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The Cyclops
@ Reed the itaticized portion on page 160 and answer the following questions
2 Who is the Cyclops’ father and why might this be important for
Odysseus? : a te ae
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Read lines 219-221. Odysseus and his men have made themselves comfortable
in the Cyclops’ cave. Answer the following questions:
> What do Odysseus and his men find in the cove and take for
semealvesy
found Some cheese in the cave
he ark) eat
> an whet we talked about in class concerning Ancient Greek
hospitality ond how King Alcinous treated Odysseus when he washed up
¢ ‘en the beach. Why might Odysseus and his men think that welcoming A
themselves into fy care ike sh 9 oh
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Read lines 228-233. Answer the following question:
> why can’ t Odysseus 3 his men escape thg ca cayesen their
geus and his men Cant &Sca c :
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cock that nol ever. 2 dozer foe-wheeled waadhs cart move.
Read lines 256-261. Pay attention to what Odysseus says to the Cyclops.
Answer the following questions:
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> What does Odysseus say to the Cyclops? How would you describe hil
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would the Cyclops be Sree to Aes te Odyss
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The Cyclops wo pected
to Odysseus seg bo" re hab PF ne ae
Read lines 277-283. Pay attention to how the Cyclops’ actions ore described
with figurotive language.
* What does the Cyclops do in response to Odysseus? How would this be
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Puppies” (279) i “crunching like a mountain lion” (282). What
Purpose does this figurative language serve? Hint: how dees it moke the
reader fee! about the 6,
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and mean Cyclops iS ®
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> Homer uses a lot of similes te describe the Cyclops. Now,
your
‘own simile for Odysseus and his men describing their reaction. Use
these two lines to help yout “We cried aloud, lifting our hands te Zeuss/
Powerless, locking on at this appalled” (284-285),
Optional sentence frame:
Odysseus ond his men -beg__ like 0 2 a want more Pood
(ection) (animals whe often do thet action).
Read lines 289-295. What does Odysseus want to do,
decide not to do it?
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and Scrape and hide it hl thea have the
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and planning? Which of his alter egos does this relate to? Hint: we’ ve
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nes 340-432
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> Why is this ironic? Hint: remember that dramatic irony is when we knew more
than one er more of the characters
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‘ay attention to what Odysseus says and think about
which of his choracter traits this aligns with.
> What does Od; shout to the tops?
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me. H telling hin ‘® tell aeryone he’s fhe one |
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OS'S head lines 517-535. Specking of Odysseus’ alter egos! Note thot Paseidan is
also the god of earthquakes.
Read lines 500
> what does the Cyclops ask his father to do? Why is this an issue for
Odysseus?
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