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Literary Luminary

Name: Paul Dee________________________________ Text: The Odyssey________________________________ Date:September 2, 2010________________________ Books: XVI-XIX________________________________

Literary Luminary:

The Odyssey features a powerful array of epithets and figuresof speech. Your job is: (a) to prepare a summary of the reading. Make a quick statementto discuss the

UNIVERSAL TRUTH

found

in the text; (b) to identify

“Golden Lines”

—orspecial

passages

in the text (interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or importantsections). You will also ponder on how certain lines in the text are further illuminated insucceeding scenes. Decide which passages or paragraphs are worth remembering, andindicate how you plan to present them: (a) You can read the passages aloud yourself, (b)ask someone else to read them, or (c) read them together as a group. Make sure todiscuss your analysis of the selected text.

Quick Statement:

What, for you, is the

UNIVERSAL TRUTH

in the text?Compare this with others’.

Arrogance will always lead to one's demise. _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

GOLDEN LINESBookSignificance and

Analysis

Modesty, for aman in need, isnot a goodqualityXVIIIt shows howbeggars had to nobe modest so thatthey could live.Of all creaturesthat breathe andwalk the earth,there is nothingmore helplessthan a man is forhe thinks that hewill never suffermisfortunes infuture days.XVIIIIt talks about thepride of men andthat they think that they arepowerful whenthey are safe.But when she hadtaken herpleasure of tearfullamentationXIXTears is usuallyfound withsadness, butPenelope hadtaken herpleasure in hertears.I have twentygeese here aboutthe house, andthey feed ongrains of wheatfrom the watertrough. I love towatch them.XIXIt was said thatPenelope hatedthe suitors, butthis line shows usthat she like towatch them eatup the resourcesof Odysseus.