DO NOW
From the time i say, "GO," you have exactly 10 minutes to use the text to try to correct the answers you got wrong on the test from Friday. All answers are in the introduction to the Odyssey, pages 640-646. Points will be added to your grade for all answers that are changed correctly.
1. Track Odysseus' journey - page 650
2. Read Lotus eaters page - 658.
3. Read beginning of The Cyclops - pages 660-664
4. Answer the four questions below:
a. Explain how The Lotus Eaters is a direct warning against doing drugs. How can it affect a person's life long term?
b. In your own words, in a short paragraph, summarize what is happening in the Cyclop's cave and identify three specific occasions where Odysseus shows that he is witty and clever.
(page 663, lines 270-276, page 664, lines 310-325, lines 340-345, page 665 lines 358-363.)
c. The Cyclop's symbolizes lawlessness. He does not listen to reason and is violent and cruel. Do you know people that are lawless. How do you deal with them?
d. Find a homeric simile on page 663 and explain it. Look between lines 275-285.
Share answers.
Exit pass
Compare photos of Cyclops on pages 662 and 660. Write down descriptions of each and how they are different visually and what kind of mood each creates. Which picture of the Cyclops is more realistic? Why?
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