Question

Read the passage from the Odyssey.

Dear friends,
more than one man, or two, should know those things
Circe foresaw for us and shared with me,
so let me tell her forecast; then we die
with our eyes open, if we are going to die,
or know what death we battle if we can. Sirens
weaving a haunting song over the sea
we are to shun, she said, and their green shore
all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I
alone should listen to their song. Therefore
you are to tie me up, tight as a splint,
erect along the mast, lashed to the mast,
and if I shout and beg to be untied,
take more turns of the rope to muffle me.


Who is the antagonist in this passage?


Odysseus


Circe


Sirens


the men

Answer 1

the answer is human odysseus

Answer 2

The antagonists in this passage are the Sirens.

In Odyssey, Circe, who is a goddess with magic powers, warns Odysseus about the danger that the Sirens represent for sailors. In the book. the Sirens are described as evil creatures that seek to trick sailors with their singing. In that way, Odysseus decides to follow Circe's advice and orders his men to plug their ears with beeswax and to tie him to a mast in order not to be deceived by the Sirens and their song.