1) If you were one of Odysseus's shipmates, how would you feel about him? Is he foolhardy or a reliable leader?If I was one of Odysseus's shipmates I would definitely have trust for him. He seems like a great leader, and Homer illistartes that he is very caring for his men, he is also very brave even at the worst situations.
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2)The Odyssey was used as a part of greek children's education for centuries after the poem was written down. How could the adventure with the lotus eaters teach us about the temptation to forget our troubles by dropping out of society? |
3) How does odysseus describe the Cyclopes' way of life? Contrast their customs with those of an ideal human community. (Be sure to think about the significance of the cannibalism).1) Do you think Odysseus has changed since he started on his adventures? Explain your responses to odysseus as a hero.3) Dramatic irony refers to a situation in which readers or the audience knows more than the characters. Where in the scene in the swine-herd's hut do we get a great sense of dramatic irony?
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4) "Nobody" in Greek is outs, which sounds like Odysseus. in this episode, how does Odysseus show that he is clever with language? what curse at the end of this adventure foreshadows trouble?2) What simile in lines 1031-1032 describes the feelings of Odysseus and his son as they embrace after twenty years? How would you describe exactly what the father and his son are feeling here?The similes in the odyssey were lines 1031-1032, "Telemachus began to weep. Salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly" signifies about all the of their gathering. Its been about twenty years that Odysseus hasn't seen his family and its also the first time Penelope sees him for the first time ever since he left.
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