The Odyssey Scholarship Flashcards
(13 cards)
Emily Wilson
‘Odysseus”
He has many choices, many identities, many places to go and people to be and see.
Jasper Griffin
‘Odysseus and Family’
Odysseus comes from such a close and affectionate family and such a man does not throw away his life for glory.
Richard Jenkyns
‘2 strands of Odysseus’
1) the folktale figure who wanders among magic
2) a hero of epic song that is amazing in battle
Jasper Griffin
‘The speeches’
Each character uses different styles of vocabulary.
We are meant to judge characters through speech.
Peter Jones
‘The character of Odysseus’
1) The loyal husband
2) The eternal wanderer
3) The anti-hero
Edith Hall
‘Colonisation’
Odysseus is like a coloniser, he has the ‘eye of the coloniser’.
Michael Silk
‘Revenge on the suitors’
Was Odysseus actions justified?
Barbara Clayton
‘Odysseus - Words VS War’
Odysseus compensates for a lack of physical impressiveness by means of verbal skills.
Seth Schein
‘Reverse simile’
Penelope’s gladness to see Odysseus is described to be that of survivors of a ship wreck seeing land.
Ironic as that is what Odysseus endured. (Reverses gender roles)
James Morrison
‘Odysseus’ bed’
This trick proves Penelope’s loyalty to Odysseus and her cunning.
Symbolic of a good and happy marriage.
Jasper Griffin
‘Penelope VS Clytemnestra’
The two women contrast each other.
Loyal VS Unloyal
Peter Jones
‘Gods’
The gods help only those who are worthy of it.
Edith Hall
‘Xenia’
In every book of the odyssey someone is a model or an anti-model for Xenia.
