#rip calypso tbh she probably interprets his pleas a means to find peaceful rest when Ody prob is full of so much regret and remorse

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“just let me close my eyes,” says Odysseus and isn’t that a double entendre

he is haunted by his demons and they keep him away from sleeping: he cannot close his eyes despite how much he wants to rest

he is surrounded by nothing but paradise that could distract him from his burdens, but when he closes his eyes, he hears the screams: it keeps him cognizant and allows him to punish himself in case he ever dares to forget

“just let me close my eyes,” he pleads and we are left to wonder which desire is pulling him when he stands on that cliff