How does odysseus respond to the shipwreck that he meets upon leavingcalypso? follow the motions of his spirit as he struggles to save himself -that is, track how the poet represents odysseus' emotions and thoughtsduring and after the shipwreck. odysseus is initially afraid and wishes that he would have died at troy, sohe could have had a hero’s death. he then becomes suspicious when thegods try to him and shows his intransigent nature by not listening. he, however, does end up listening to the gods; he then prays to the godsfor , showing his humility, and he is saved,