Charybdis by Yusra Ahmed https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2 By: Yusra Ahmed en-us 2018-12-11 01:15:40 UTC 2018-12-11 01:37:41 UTC hello@padlet.com How Charybdis Functions in the Odyssey yfahmed100 https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313224560 Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that threatens to swallow an entire ship. In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his men are sailing back home as victors from the Trojan War. However, while trying to get past Charybdis, they faced another problem: Scylla. Scylla is another monster that had six heads and lives near Charybdis. So, they are kind of like each other’s side kick. Trying to get past that starit is pretty difficult because “when sailors try to sail between them either they are killed in the whirlpool, or the ships try to sail away from Charybdis, and Scylla eats the men with her many heads” (Charybdis Role in the Odyssey). However, he had sailed a bit too close to Scylla’s lair and she gobbles up six of Odysseus’s best men. The rest of the crew manage to get through while Scylla is distracted eating those men as well as avoid Charybdis. Although they managed that escape, it wouldn’t be for long. Odysseus next comes to Thrinacia, the island of the Sun, even though he really did not want to. It was Eurylochus who persuaded him to let his crew rest up here. A storm had the crew stay there for a month and the ship simply did not have enough food. So, Eurylochus told the crew to disobey Odysseus and slaughter the cattle of the Sun when he is sleeping. The Sun asks Zeus to punish them for their wrongdoings and sends another storm, bringing them back to Charybdis. Leaving his crew dead from treacherous waves and his ship wrecked by Charybdis, Odysseus is hanging from the limp of a tree. He waits until, finally, the remains of his ship floated up to the surface, and the story continues. ]]> 2018-12-11 01:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313224560 Themes/Ideas Charybdis Represents yfahmed100 https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313224699 Since Scylla and Charybdis live near each other in the same strait, sailors have to choose between the two to get past. The logical choice would naturally be Scylla, as she would take six men as Charybdis would just kill and destroy everyone on the ship. In another words, being caught between Scylla and Charybdis is like being “...struck between a rock and a hard place” (Jones). Honestly speaking, choosing between the two is a difficult choice, as one is easier than the other. But would you really want six of your men to die, not knowing who from your crew is? What if you are one of those six? I definitely think that the themes or ideas of Scylla and Charybdis are fear and courage. If you choose Scylla, you would obviously have fear as the six chosen are totally random and you do not want to be one of them. At the same time, choosing Charybdis takes A LOT of courage as you and the entire rest of your crew are going to die and that’s that.]]> 2018-12-11 01:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313224699 Pictures yfahmed100 https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313225822 2018-12-11 01:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313225822 Works Cited yfahmed100 https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313227496
  • SparkNotes, SparkNotes, www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/section7/. 
  • Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Scylla and Charybdis.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 16 June 2015, www.britannica.com/topic/Scylla-and-Charybdis. 
  • Cartwright, Mark. “Scylla and Charybdis.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 9 Dec. 2018, www.ancient.eu/Scylla_and_Charybdis/.
  • Jones, Steven L. “Scylla and Charybdis: Between Fear and Courage.” Reflection and Choice, 26 Sept. 2012, https://reflectionandchoice.org/2012/09/26/scylla-and-charybdis-between-fear-and-courage/. 
    • “What Is Charybdis' Role in the ‘Odyssey?".” Enotes.com, Enotes.com, www.enotes.com/homework-help/also-what-charybdis-role-odyssey-also-could-you-4927 

    ]]>     2018-12-11 01:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/yfahmed100/4ba5hvscrqt2/wish/313227496