Siren Song

In â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey† and â€Å"Siren Song† both show the shortcomings of individuals. Additionally it uncovers people discover something so alluring that they are unequipped for withstanding it. In â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey† Homer makes a dream that the alarms are perilous animals, not at all like Atwood’s sonnet, â€Å"Siren Song. † Atwood’s sonnet anyway shows a distress originating from the alarms. In â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey† the sonnet is told from Odysseus perspective. He depicts the Sirens as puzzling and luring.Circes prompts Odysseus that the Sirens â€Å"spellbind any man alive, whoever comes their direction. † Gaining this information, Odysseus made his mariners plug their ears with beeswax so they would abstain from hearing the exciting melodies of the Sirens. Odysseus was resolved to hear the excellent melodies of the Sirens, despite the fact that he knew about the outcomes. This uncovers keeps an eye on narrow-mindedness by having Odysseus take the necessary steps to hear the melody. Odysseus arranges his men to secure him on the pole to guarantee his survival.Odysseus hears the Siren's tune and begins to respond to it, his men â€Å"flung themselves to the oars† and â€Å"sprung up on the double to tie him quicker with ropes. † This shows how impelling the alarms were to men. In â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey† a man’s keen is appeared, and depicts how enticement will consistently be a piece of life. Not at all like â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey†, Atwood’s sonnet â€Å"Siren Song† is told from the Sirens perspective. The alarms are depicted as overpowering animals that cause men to totally lose all self control.One of the Sirens states â€Å"I don’t appreciate it here,† in â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey† all the alarms appear to be attached to singing their outstanding melodies. In Atwood’s sonnet a Sir en is asking for help; â€Å"Help me, no one but you can. † Unfortunately nobody can help on the grounds that once the music of the Sirens contacts the ear; they capitulate to the intensity of the Sirens. The Sirens have a specific edginess to be liberated from their disagreeable life on the island. â€Å"Will you get me out of this winged animal suit? † shows that the Sirens in Atwood’s sonnet have personalities, inverse of â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey†.There is no data in The Odyssey that surmises that the alarms have a character. In the two sonnets the Sirens voices demonstrate a compelling draw to men. The reasons that the Sirens sings contrast from every sonnet. In† Homer’s Odyssey,† Odysseus feels like they are focusing on him, anyway in Atwood’s sonnet the Sirens are basically singing for themselves. The Sirens appear to be sympatric to the men who bounce over the edge, yet unfit to prevent themselves from calling the men to their island.The sonnets â€Å"Homer’s Odyssey† and â€Å"Siren Song† have numerous similitudes in how the Sirens are depicted and yet they vary in a wide range of parts of the sonnets. The â€Å"Sirens Song† Sirens utilize the men’s own common interest to carry the men to them. The â€Å"Odyssey† Sirens use charm and the guarantee of energy to get the men to come. In any case, the Sirens uncover how precarious and shrewd they are with their otherworldly melodies. In any case, the Sirens could simply be attempting to torment men for their own diversion or they could be attempting to connect for help.