English 1027F/G Lecture 2: ENG1027F - Ceraldi - Lecture 2
22 Oct 2018
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Not lack of emotion that allows characters to think rationally (ie, odysseus crying); rather, Cyclopes - odysseus wants to kill cyclops immediately (high emotion); instead takes a multi-step plan to escape (planning, impulse control) *not necessarily successful - taunts cyclops due to high emotion and gets a boulder thrown at him. Human characters constantly communicated with by the gods - their interest in human character peaks reader"s interest. Massive geographic setting - not centralized in one place (multiple islands, sees hades, etc) Whole poem is united around conflicts with the suitors (how to be civilzed, how to work together with others in a society - gives story meaning) Does not necessarily follow chronological order - starts in the middle/beginning of the end of the action. Situates odysseus in social context (father, husband, king) in order to prove why his journey is important to ithaca.
