Heroic
Myths:
- The
Trojan War: The House of Atreus; The Anger of Achilles: Powell,
Chapter
19:
- Key Names & Terms:
Tantalus, Pelops, Oenomaus, Hippodamia, Atreus, Thyestes, Aegisthus,
Menelaus,
Agamemnon, Tyndareus, Leda, Polydeuces, Castor, Helen, Clytemnestra,
Peleus, Thetis, Achilles, Ajax, Aulis, Artemis, Iphigeneia, Telemachus,
Calchas,
Philoctetes, Chryseis, Briseis, Andromache, Hector, Paris, Priam, Hecabe, Aeneas, Cassandra
- sample questions at
his web site: click
here
- The
Trojan War: The fall of Troy; The Return of Agamemnon:
Powell,
Chapter 20:
- New Key Names & Terms:
Penthesilea, Neoptomenus/Pyrrhus, Laocoon, Polyxena, Orestes, Electra,
Furies,
Eumenides
- sample questions at
his web site: click
here
- The
Return of Odysseus:
Powell,
Chapter 21:
- Key Names & Terms:
Odysseus, Lotus Eaters, Cyclopes, Polyphemus, Poseidon, Aeolus,
Laestrygonians,
Circe, Sirens, Charybdis, Scylla, Helios' cattle, Calypso, Phaeacians,
Nausicaa, Eumaeus,
Euryclea, Telemachus, Penelope
- sample questions at
his web site: click
here
- Oh, Brother, Where art
thou?, the movie:
- Key names
& Terms: Everett (Ulysses), Pete, Delmar, Big Dan T, Pappy O'Daniel
(Menelaus), Homer Stokes, Tommy, "Baby Face" George Nelson, Penny,
Sirens, the sheriff
- the script of the
movie (click
here)
Possible
Essay Questions (if you did paper 6, you cannot write on the same topic
for the final):
1. Examine the importance
of song in both the Odyssey and the movie O Brother, Where
Art
Thou? As always, make sure you give specific examples to back up
your
conclusions.
2. Compare and contrast the episodes in both the movie and in Powell
that feature the Cyclops (Polyphemus in the Odyssey,
Big Dan T in the 2 scenes in the movie). Also answer how the movie
plays off the audience expectations based on the what happens in the Odyssey.
3 Odysseus/Everett
meets very many interesting women both in the Odyssey and in
the
movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? In your essay compare and
contrast
the character of Sirens (& Circe) in both the Odyssey and
the movie.
Make sure you also detail the significance of the similarities
and differences which you find. As always, make sure you give specific
examples to back up your conclusions.
4. Odysseus makes the following comment
about marriage when talking to Nausicaa: "Lastly, I pray that the gods
may grant you a husband and home, a household of peace and love, for
nothing is dearer or finer than concord of husband and wife who share
their hopes for the family, the envy of all their foes and the glory of
those who respect them." (Homer, Odyssey,
6.180-185
in
Powell, p 612). Evaluate
Everett and Penny's
relationship based on that quote. Use class discussion and Powell for the Odyssey.*