+1 862 207 3288 1. Know the first 12 books of odyssey in terms of key scenes that pertain to Xenia, Piety and Oaths;
Xenia:
Being a good guest / host, offering feasts before introductions, cyclopes had no xenia
Piety:
Menelaus decided to leave as fast as possible, without making sacrifices. He faces wondering until he forces Proteus to tell him how to get home. Proteus tells
Menelaus to make sacrifices to Poseidon.
Oath taking:
Considered sacred. Odysseus made oaths with both Calypso and Circe. Tiresias tells Odysseus in the underworld to kill/eat cattle in land of the sun (Helios’s land).
2. Know the first 12 books of odyssey in terms of key scenes that pertain to The nature’s gods in homer;
3. Know the first 12 books of odyssey in terms of key scenes that pertain to all offemale Characters… do comparative analysis for all offemale Characters.
Helen is superficial, self-absorbed, vain, she feels entitled to do anything because of her beauty, she made insincere comments to Telemachus, she foiled the Greeks
plans with the Trojan horse attack, she drugged the people at the table.
Penelope,
Athena
Dido
4. Know the first 12 books of odyssey in terms of key scenes that pertain to Telemachus,Odysseus, Hellen,suitors
Telemachus begins as a still not a man, but becomes a man throughout his actions during the epic. In the end, Telemachus is able to string Odysseus’s bow.
Odysseus,
Hellen,
Suitors
5. In The Oedipus King and Drama Know the plot of the work.
Plot:Arrangement of how events are told (Aristotle believed in chronological order, non-episodic, tragedy, short, relatable character, time-frame accuracy, and
probability & necessity), simple (no connections) vs. complex (connections)
6. In The Oedipus King and Drama Exposition, Stichomythia, Gestures, Dramatic Irony; Role of chorus in Greek Drama. Lyricism. What example does Aristotle use from
the work and why?
Exposition:
Summary (explanation/description), necessary for epics because they start en media res
Stichomythia:
Alternating line argument between two characters
Dramatic Irony:
When the audience knows something that the character doesn’t
Gestures:
An act that somebody does, with symbolism but no explanation (example: Oedipus stabs out his eyes, when he goes to oracle after being called a bastard)
Lyricism:
A long passage filled with emotion, does not present new information or progress plot
Role of chorus in Greek Drama
7. The Symposium
Know the structure of the work, the key speakers and their interactions
8. The Symposium
The significance of Socrates and Diotir the meaning of love expressed in it.
9. St. Augustine
The process of his conversion. His view of drama and reading
10. Hamlet
Madness;
Seeming
Revenge
Laertes as foil to Hamlet
Ophelia’s Madness,
Key scenes, such as the famous closet scene
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