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Odysseus had been shattered because he went to Troy for justice, family, and legacy but instead destroyed families and committed war crime.
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WAR Trauma
Odysseus had been shattered because he went to Troy for justice, family, and legacy but instead destroyed families and committed war crime.
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Odysseus' core problem is interpreted as PTSD: violence and senseless death have shattered his soul after war.
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Odysseus' trauma begins when victory forces him to see that the war was not justice, family, or legacy, but revenge, murder, enslavement, and the destruction of Troy.
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"remember the main um problem uh conflict in the Odyssey is that Odysseus his world view is shattered his sense of identity purpose is..."
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"Today, we start the Odyssey, and the Odyssey is a sequel to the Iliad, and it's a family story. It's a story about a..."
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"They've seen so much violence, they've seen so much tragedy, they've seen so much senseless death, that their souls are shattered, and that is..."
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"Because again, he's abandoning his family for 20 years, okay? So what's going to happen is this. This is the worldview that Odysseus has..."
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The Odyssey ends by making love more important than empire, fame, and heroic death.
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