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The Odyssey sees Justice dealt to those who have done wrong - Coggle…

- - - - Odysseus stabs Polyphemus in the eye causing him to go blind 374 - 392
        
        When Odysseus and his crew escape, Polyphemus curses Odysseus name to his father Poseidon and asks him to take revenge on Odysseus 526 - 534
        
        Odysseus has now endangered himself and caused himself and his crew a lot more difficulties as now Poseidon will try his hardest and prevent his return home. Therefore justice has been dealt to him
        
        Odysseus didn't listen to his crew when they asked to leave the cave but Odysseus wouldn't listen to them and wanted to do his own thing, resulting in a few members of the crew dying at his expense. 224 - 227.
      - Helped themselves to the cyclops cheese without even asking and expected to receive gifts of hospitality 232 - 234
        
        Shouldn't just welcome yourself into someone's home and expect to receive hospitality when it isn't in that persons customs.
        
        Taking the cheese without being offered it was wrong as it shows themselves as thieves more than peaceful guests. They also don't know the cyclops customs.
  - - - Aeolus, the King of Aeolia gave Odysseus a bag of winds to take him home quickly and safely, he did not tell his crew he had it on board. 19 - 26
        
        Him not telling the crew creates a mistrust between them all and it is this mistake and unloyalty that causes them to be sent back to Aeolia when the bag opens. Odysseus mistrust of the crew saw justice being taken when they opened the bag.
      - Crew open the bag of winds causing them to be sent from Ithaca back to Aeolia
        
        Mistrust between the crew and Odysseus yet again is the reason for the misfortune because Odysseus crew don't trust Odysseus after all they've been through and think he's keeping secrets. Punished for this thinking and disloyalty. If they truly believed in Odysseus, they would trust him.
        
        Shows the crew as greedy as they would want it for themselves, not for Odysseus. Their greed is the reason why they got blown away from Ithaca and therefore justice was shown to them. Their greediness is the reason for their downfall which links to the suitors and their greed causing their downfall
  - - - Odysseus tells the crew not to go onto the island as he has been told they shouldn't. Eurylochus raises a speech in protest and they all agree, Odysseus has no choice but to go on the island
        
        This choice of the suitors predicts that something bad will happen to them as they haven't listened to Odysseus like a crew is supposed to. - Justice
      - Crew decide to eat Hyperion's cattle when Odysseus is gone
        
        This disloyalty to Odysseus and Hyperion show that justice has been served when the crew drown in the sea and Odysseus is the only one to survive
- - - - Antinous insults Odysseus when he asks for food and throws a chair at him
        
        This disrespect and defiance against the xenia shown to Odysseus shows that Antinous only cares about himself. The violent action taken in throwing the chair shows Antinous doesn't respect Odysseus home and those who enter. Justice is shown in Odysseus later killing him
        
        Shows Antinous greed for not wanting to give any food away when their is loads in front of him. Justice is shown in how he dies when he knocks into the food table. His death shows what he was like
  - - - All the suitors struggle to work the bow but Odysseus the beggar does it straight away, shocking the suitors to silence
        
        Shows that the suitors were not worthy of working the bow and that they are about to be dealt some horrible fate by trying to court Penelope when Odysseus was still alive. Predicts Justice being dealt to them
  - - - Antinous and Eurymachus die first, knocking into food tables
        
        Justice is shown to them through Odysseus killing them. As they made fun of him, their punishment is death but also in how they died. Them crashing into tables of food shows they are glutinous and greedy, how they lived is how they died. For them to die like this so dishonourably and at the hands of Odysseus is the justice served to them
      - Other suitors dying in the hall
        
        Them being killed in the hall trying to fight Odysseus and not winning shows that justice is being served to them. Especially since Odysseus is outnumbered, the suitors do not have the Gods on their side, making their deaths justified by the Gods as well as by Odysseus
      - Begging of Leodes to Odysseus
        
        The fact that Odysseus doesn't spare his life shows justice has been dealt because his bad deeds and actions are what caused him his demise.
        
        Also shows that Justice will always be given and no one can escape punishment for what they have done
- - - - Unloyal servants forced to clean the great hall and then get executed by Odysseus
        
        Justice is shown through Odysseus killing them. Their unloyalty has resulted in them dying because they have proved themselves to no longer be trustworthy.
        
        Justice is also shown through them having to clean the great hall. They are punished by cleaning the blood of who's side they chose to be on, reminding them that they made the wrong one and showing them their punishment before it is being dealt
  - - - Insults the beggar Odysseus and thinks she is above him, so gets to say what she wants
        
        Shows her disloyalty towards Odysseus which is shown justice in her death when this disloyalty shown gets her killed.
  - - - Eurycleia washes Odysseus feet and instanlty reconises him. She doesn't reveal his identity to Penelope showing she is loyal
        
        She is spared and doesn't get killed and is shown kindness and respect in return for her own.