A. Part 1: Write 300-500 words reflecting on your experiences during poetry exercise 1.
Part 2: Choose a character other than Odysseus. Write an essay (between 1200 and
1500 words in length) in which you explain how Homer identifies that character’s
speeches in the Odyssey as belonging to that character (other than just saying “X said
Y,” of course.) What words, subjects, themes, literary devices and/or forms of
self-reference are characteristic of your chosen character’s way of speaking?
B. Part 1: Write 300-500 words reflecting on your experiences during poetry exercise 2.
Part 2: Choose a character other than Odysseus or Telemachus. Write an essay
(between 1200 and 1500 words in length) in which you a.) identify one or more
passages of narrative (NOT speech) that are narrated from that character’s point of view
(i.e., focalized on that character); b.) say which textual details allowed you to identify the
passage(s) you’ve chosen; and c.) having done all that, say what this investigation adds
to your understanding of the character you’ve chosen.
C. Part 1: Write 300-500 words reflecting on your experiences during poetry exercise 3.
Part 2: Choose a character with whom Odysseus interacts in the Odyssey. Write an
essay (between 1200 and 1500 words in length) that addresses the following questions:
What information does your chosen character provide Odysseus? Identify one or more
things that Odysseus learns from your chosen character without his asking about them
directly. How does Odysseus elicit this information without asking about it directly?
Offer a hypothesis as to why Odysseus might prefer to elicit this information by indirect
means.
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