I+am+Laertes+Son

= I am Laertes' Son period 1    =  Characters   Odysseus  · Odysseus recount his long, sad journey  · Describe his homeland (Ithaca)  o Good for a boy training  o Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home  · Kept (tempted) by calpo and circe  · Odysseus tone  o Heart sick for home  o Sorrow for his men who have died (he is the stole survivor)  o At this point, he is a humbled broken men who has lost 20 years of his life, all his men, and return home to Ithaca alone  Alcinous <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · King of Phaeacian <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Show hospitality <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Odysseus is a stranger <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 27pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Given the guest’s place of honor Odysseus is asked to talk about himself <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · “…men hold me // __ formidabl __ // e for // __ guile __ // in peace and war …” <span style="background: #ce6767; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themeshade: 191; text-align: center;"> Calypo · Calypo has kept Odysseus for herself <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o Want him to stay with her <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o Promise him immortality Calypo represent temptation <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o Her home is paradise <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o She offer immortality to Odysseus <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o Life with her is a life of pleasure <span style="background: #ce6767; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themeshade: 191; text-align: center;"> Circe <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · She broken the code of xenia <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Odysseus men make themselves at home <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Circe mistreat Odysseus crew <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · She is the daughter of helio, the god of the sun <span style="background: #ce6767; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent6; mso-background-themeshade: 191; text-align: center;"> Crew · A few men ate lotus · Do not report back to ship · Forget thought of home · Feasting on the cattle of the cicones with much wine (celebrating their victory at troy) · Men ignore Odysseus command to leave · Live were lost · Temptation can lead to excess · Taking the lotus create euphoric sensation · Temptation lead to loss of motivation