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English Literature (Iliad by Homer)

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Iliad Imitation Writing

Part One: Write an imitation of the first 16 lines of Book 1 of Iliad. Choose a movie as your subject (I chose The Jungle Book movie). Remember, you are only introducing that subject in your imitation; you do not need to tell the entire story. Follow the example in the following page.

Original Lines from Iliad	*Purpose of Line*	Your Imitation *The Jungle book*
Rage:	Overriding emotion causing conflict (single noun)
Sing, Goddess, Achilles’ rage,	Verb, call upon god(s), repeat emotion
Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks	further description of emotion/conflict
Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls Of heroes into Hades’ dark, And left their bodies to rot as feasts For dogs and birds, as Zeus’ will was done.	Cause of emotion
Begin with the clash between Agamemnon—	plot line where the story begins
The Greek warlord—and godlike Achilles.	states initial conflict
Which of the immortals set these two At each other’s throats? Apollo, Zeus’ son and Leto’s, offended By the warlord Agamemnon had dishonored Chryses, Apollo’s priest, so the god Struck the Greek camp with plague, And the soldiers were dying of it.	description of plot elements that caused conflict

Example

Original Lines from Iliad	*Purpose of Line*	Sample Imitation *“Finding Nemo”*
Rage:	Overriding emotion causing conflict (single noun)	Love:
Sing, Goddess, Achilles’ rage,	Verb, call upon god(s), repeat emotion	Sing, mermaids, a father’s love,
Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks	further description of emotion/conflict	deep and strong, that costs a fish everything
Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls Of heroes into Hades’ dark, And left their bodies to rot as feasts For dogs and birds, as Zeus’ will was done.	Cause of emotion	Incredible loss that drives a parent to search and find, to become a hero
Begin with the clash between Agamemnon—	plot line where the story begins	Begin with the disappearance of Nemo--
The Greek warlord—and godlike Achilles.	states initial conflict	And his clownfish father—brave and loyal Marin.
Which of the immortals set these two At each other’s throats? Apollo, Zeus’ son and Leto’s, offended By the warlord Agamemnon had dishonored Chryses, Apollo’s priest, so the god Struck the Greek camp with plague, And the soldiers were dying of it.	description of plot elements that caused conflict	Will Marin find his long-lost son? Will Dory remember—anything? He sets on his journey through oceans and reefs past seagulls and cities. To find his only son.