S10-CLA 215: Topics for Paper 5
Check-list Directions:
  • _____electronic copy: e-mailed to me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu);
  • _____the name of your attached file should be: S10-215-P5-Last Name, First Name  (e.g. S10-215-P5-Smith, Joan)
  • _____paper copy: bring to class
  • _____length: 600-1000ish
  • _____sources as indicated in the topics
  • citing:
  • _____have cited your sources of information (facts, theories, etc).
  • _____included author and specific page numbers when citing from books
  • _____included author and paragraph numbers when citing from web sources.
  • _____ every main body paragraph has citations
  • bibliography:
  • _____ at the end of the paper and not on a separte sheet
  • _____only included entries for what you used in your paper
  • _____the bibliography is in the same font as your main text
  • _____used hanging indents for the bibliography
  • _____used MLA 7th edition or APA 6th edition or Chicago Manual of Style
  • writing intensive, if conferenced with writing lab:
  • writing lab tutor signature: ______________________________________________
  • Write on one of the topics below:

    1. 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). Using this quote, examine 2-3 of the couples in Powell's book, chapters 19-20, entitled "The Trojan War" and "The Fall of Troy."

    2.
    Determine and demonstrate who is more heroic -- Orestes or Telemachus -- (and who less), using the material in chapters 20-21 of Powell and class discussion of both. Start with a brief description of the Heroic Code as covered in class; then use this definition when determining who is more "heroic" (and who less).