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Assignment: Essay #3 Due electronically by Monday, 12/6

Write two papers as described in ONE of the following prompts. To jog your memory, the poetry exercises are posted below. If you’d like to write on a prompt that’s attached to a poetry exercise your section didn’t get a chance to do, please email me and I’ll make arrangements for you to complete the exercise in question.

A. Part 1: Write 300-500 words reflecting on your experiences during poetry exercise 1. Part 2: Choose a character other than Odysseus. Write an essay (between 1200 and 1500 words in length) in which you explain how Homer identifies that character’s speeches in the Odyssey as belonging to that character (other than just saying “X said Y,” of course.) What words, subjects, themes, literary devices and/or forms of self-reference are characteristic of your chosen character’s way of speaking?

B. Part 1: Write 300-500 words reflecting on your experiences during poetry exercise 2. Part 2: Choose a character other than Odysseus or Telemachus. Write an essay (between 1200 and 1500 words in length) in which you a.) identify one or more passages of narrative (NOT speech) that are narrated from that character’s point of view (i.e., focalized on that character); b.) say which textual details allowed you to identify the passage(s) you’ve chosen; and c.) having done all that, say what this investigation adds to your understanding of the character you’ve chosen.

C. Part 1: Write 300-500 words reflecting on your experiences during poetry exercise 3. Part 2: Choose a character with whom Odysseus interacts in the Odyssey. Write an essay (between 1200 and 1500 words in length) that addresses the following questions: What information does your chosen character provide Odysseus? Identify one or more things that Odysseus learns from your chosen character without his asking about them directly. How does Odysseus elicit this information without asking about it directly? Offer a hypothesis as to why Odysseus might prefer to elicit this information by indirect means.