Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Why Batman is a modern day Odysseus

Batman and Odysseus have the same quality's eg

  • Cunning
  • Physically fit
  • Mortal
  • A skilled worrier
  • Obsessive
  • Rich
  • Born into high society
  • Spends large periods of time away from home
  • Both wiling to kill to meet there goal
In the movie batman/superman:Apocalypses(Director: Lauren Montgomery)(Date made 28 September 2010 USA) Batman demonstrates cunning when he arms all of the hellspawn to go off and tear apart the plant and blackmails Darkseid to let Supergirl go from the mind control she was under.
Batman also shows that he is a skilled worrier and incredibly fit as shown when he is fighting the hellspawn when they attack wonder woman's home Paradise Island and along with superman and wonder woman as well as a legion of Amazonians .




Odysseus shows his cunning when he has just returned home and finds his home over run with suites so he dress him self as a lowly beggar so the suites do not recognizes him. It can be said that Penelope recognizes Odysseus so she sets a challenge that only Odysseus has ever been able to do. So the suites all try and all fail and when it comes to his turn he thoughts off his disuse and demonstrates he is a skilled worrier and incredibly fit by being to strings the great bow (which was the challenge) and slays all the suites.

So both Batman and Odysseus demonstrate similar talents that define who they are as characters as we can clearly see above. Both of them are mortal or have no existing superpowers they rely on there cunning and skills as worrier to win battles or over come situations of stress.
Even though the creation of Batman and
Odysseus was hundreds of years apart we can see similar themes between them. this says more about humans then then anything else because we enjoy these themes they have become present throughout our history.

source
The Odyssey(Homer)
Batman/Superman: Apocalypses

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