Monologue From Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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Odysseus S.P.D. Penelope, Salve my wonderful wife. Te amo! I miss you immensely and I cannot wait until we win the war with my splendid plan, come home to you, see my little boy, and be able to see your beautiful face. I love you so much! I miss you with all my heart. I am hoping that the Greeks come home celebrating soon. I have an idea on how to end this tragic war. I believe that the plan will end this war! I will tell you the story on the idea. So one day I was sitting in my tent telling myself that I will return to you and Telemachus. I told myself that we will win this war. We will come back with smiles on our faces and greet our loved ones! That is when I realized that I needed to come up with a plan that will defeat the Trojans! I thought and thought of every possible solution and outcome until I came across one of the strangest ideas but I thought every detail out and realized it could work out! My idea is that we build a big, wooden horse! I know it sounds weird, thats what I thought too. I thought everything out; first we build the horse big enough to fit all of us, except one. The one that is …show more content…

You are the best thing that’s happened to me and your mother! I remember you from the little time I spent with you, and I remember seeing how you are going to be a great leader! You are the person I need in my life right now. Your mother has spent almost ten years with you now, I know that I can never change that. I know that you two have a bond I dont have with you. I wish that I could just leave this war right now and come home to you! I love you, and I promise that I will spend my whole life helping you, teaching you, and be with you! I will never leave your side again! Having to leave you when you were a baby, was like having the Fates, kill me by cutting the string of my life. Then put on a boat knowing it would take me forever to see you again. I miss you so much and I am going to be so proud when I lay eyes on you! Te

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