ENGL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ithaca College, Odysseus, Scheria
6 Feb 2018
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He will still need to be polytropos and display his oratory skills but this time, his challenges are not superhuman but. Human: emotional tests , omens and prodigies anticipate the end of the story, suspense, comedy-like situations: changes of identity, fake stories, recognition and intrigue. Book 13: after odysseus"s long story, alcinos repeats his promises to help him return to ithaca, the punishment of the phaeacians: they respected xenia but disrespected. Poseidon"s warning (prophecy) and so poseidon, after obtaining permission from. The stances that the gods take on various humans are a lot more personal and they interact with mortals in a much more civilized and understanding way. It"s a mysterious island, known for sailors and pirates. Acts as a sign of an upside down world; two men forced by different circumstances to act as if they are different levels of society than they are truly meant to be.
