Violence in "The Odyssey"

     In my opinion, the description of violence in "The Odyssey" is necessary. As a Greek hero, Odysseus is realizing justice by killing the suitors who has been assaulting his women and trying to take over his throne and wife. Brutal death is their payment for betraying Odysseus. Readers find out Odysseus' ingenious strategies and plots to punish the suitors. Without the detailed depiction of their death, the ultimate purpose of his 20 years of journey, to recover his reputation and take Ithaca back, will not have been able to be the grand finale of the story. The more the scenes are brutal, the higher his reputation gets.
     Also, the scene where all the suitors die is one of the visual highlights of "The Odyssey". It might be too stimulating or bloody; however, I think it dramatically maximizes the contrast of the end of the suitors and the rise of Odysseus. Readers could visualize the triumphant Odysseus over the dead bodies of malicious suitors.