ENGB30 Lecture Notes - Theatricality, Tears, Idle Tears
Document Summary
Ulysses" diagnosis for why after seven years" siege yet troy walls stand (9-10) Ulysses"s own (proper) observation of hierarchy (9) Recommendation for how order can be restored (13-14) Achilles cannot even remember why someone is going to fight. The mock battle between hector and ajax (44) The slaying of hector (58;59: fight against hector and achilles, achilles kills hector. Intelligent: emphasizes the importance of policy as opposed to brute force (11, sees how to exploit both achilles"s and ajax"s weakness (22-23) Manipulative: manipulation of ajax (23, stage-management of the greek warriors (31, manipulation of achilles (32-33) Persuasive: flatters both agamemnon and nestor, convinces agamemnon and nestor to go along with his plan. Inglorious acts such as ajax"s mock battle with hector and. Best known for short lyric poems such as charge of the light. Brigade, tears, idle tears, and crossing the bar . Narrative voice: who is speaking: ulysses, because he refers telemachus as his son.
