midterm study guide Flashcards
Describe joseph campbell’s book
It shows how a lot of stories follow the same plot structure
Describe the beginning of the hero’s Journey
The hero’s typical life is disturbed by some kind of event
Why might the hero eventually accept the adventure
The hero may be punished, bad things happen to her, for her refusal to accept the adventure
What is NOT something that the hero encounters on their journey
Romantic love
The structure of the Hero’s Journey is …
Present across genres
What is true about The Hobbit
It has all of the components of the hero’s journey
What is not true about the Hunger Games
Supreme ordeal is when katniss is at the end when she kills Rue
What word did Odysseus use to describe his men after the first battle with the Cicones
mutinous
What expression best describes the fighting skills of the Cicones
well-trained to fight on horseback or on foot
What effect did the Lotus plant have on the people who ate it
Made its victims forget about returning home, and made them want to remain on the island forever
Think about the ways Odysseus is critical of the Cyclops. “Cyclops have no muster and no meeting, / no consultation or old tribal ways…” What does this imply about the type of society the greeks valued
Greeks value hard work, teamwork, traditions, premeditation
What does Odysseus give the cyclops as a gift, and why
a really strong wine so that Polyphemus would get drunk and fall asleep
What does Odysseus tell the Cyclops that his name is and why
nobody because he wanted to trick the monster so the other cyclops would be deceived
What do Odysseus and his men do to the Cyclops and why
They blind him, so they can escape from the rock/boulder
Why does Odysseus shout his real name as he leaves
He wanted Polyphemus to know who tricked him and he was also boasting
What does the Cyclops ask his father Poseidon to do for him
Odysseus’ wife will be with suitor
personification, alliteration, simile? 1. should destiny intend 2. family in his father land, far 3. like a charm he name deceived them
- personification 2. alliteration 3. simile
What instructions does Circe give Odysseus
That Odysseus must go to the Land of the Dead and consult with the blind Prophet Tiresias
what three spirits or ghosts does Odysseus encounter in the Land of the Dead
- Elpenor 2. Articlea 3. Tiresias
What is NOT a prediction that will occur is Odysseus refuses to follow the advice given by the blind prophet
Odysseus will not survive
Why do you think Odysseus chooses to sail toward Scylla rather than Charybdis
he choose the lesser of the two evils, Charybdis would kill them all but Scylla only ate a few
Alliteration, personification, or simile? 1. Scylla made her strike, whisking six 2. the rock bellowing all around and dark sand raged 3. all the sea was like a cauldron
- alliteration 2. personification 3. simile
Why does Odysseus go onto the island by himself? Where are his men at the time?
he is looking to pray to the gods. his men are in the grotto
While Odysseus is gone, what argument does Eurylochus use to convince the men to eat the forbidden item
That starving to death is the worst death, an since they are noble warriors they should not die the worst death
