Exploring Themes in the Odyssey

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Motivate (definition in context of the Odyssey)

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inspire or drive a character to act

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Objective (meaning in the Odyssey)

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main goal or aim of a character

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Pursuit (Odyssey context)

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act of chasing or striving for something

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Subsequent (definition)

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after or following something else

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Undertake (meaning in the Odyssey)

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take on or begin a task or journey

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Odysseus’s motivation for returning home

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to reunite with family and reclaim his throne

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Objective of the suitors in Ithaca

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marry Penelope and gain Odysseus’s kingdom

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Pursuit of knowledge by Odysseus

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wisdom and understanding through his journey

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Subsequent events after Odysseus blinds Polyphemus

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wrath and further obstacles on Odysseus’s journey

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Strategic undertaking by Odysseus to escape the Cyclops

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and executing the blinding of Polyphemus