1. Hera says to Apollo that there would be merit in what he says if Achilles and Hector where set in equal honor, but Hector is mortal, and Achilles sprang from a goddess. Lines 67-71. Hera said,"Yes, there'd be some merit even in what you (Apollo) say, lord of the silver bow--if all you gods, i fact, would set Achilles and Hector high in equal honor. But Hector is mortal. He sucked a woman's breast. Achilles sprang from a goddess.
2. Zeus send the bird of omen-the eagle Blackwing. Lines 374-376. And straightaway the Father launched an eagle truest of Zeus's signs that fly the skies--the dark marauder that mankind calls the Black-wing.
3. Achilles threatened Priam because Priam wanted Hector back quickly, but Achilles gave Hector's corpse back to Priam, and nobody fought or got injured. Overall the the interaction was peaceful. Lines 655-656. A dark glance and the headstrong runner answered,"No more, old man, don't tempt my wrath, not now! Line 704. "your son is now set free, old man, as you requested.
4. Yes because Achilles gives the body back to Priam, and Achilles lets Priam live. Lines 704 "Your son is now set free, old man, as you requested.
5. The typical funeral time for the Trojans is usually 11 days. Lines 782-784. Well nine days we should mourn him in our halls, on the tenth we'd bury Hector, hold the public feast, on the eleventh build the barrow high above his body.
6. In the first image of The Iliad, there was rage, but in the last image there was sadness and weeping because of Hector's death and funeral. Lines 922-923. But when the tenth dawn brought light to the mortal world they carried gallant Hector forth, weeping tears. Lines 931-933. Then they collected the white bones of Hector-- all his brothers, his friends-in-arms, mourning, and warm tears came streaming down their cheeks.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Iliad: Book XXII
1. Achilles is being compared to a a stallion. Lines: 26-29. No more words--he dashed toward the city, heart racing for some great exploit, rushing on like a champion stallion drawing a chariot full tilt, sweeping across the plain in easy, tearing strides.
2. Achilles is being compared to the star Orion's Dog. Lines: 31-36. And old King Priam was the first to see him coming, surging over the plain, blazing like the star that rears at harvest, flaming up in its brilliance, far outshining the countless stars in the night sky, that star they call Orion's Dog.
3. Homer chose these two similes because Achilles is ready to fight Hector and is very angry because it says that King Priam saw him and said he was brighter than any of the stars which mean that he is obviously not trying to hide, and he is not afraid to fight. Also it says that he rushed on like a stallion which means that he is ready to get there. The tone of the battle is going to be very violent and Achilles is going to win. Lines 26-29, 31-36. (Lines have been written on previous two questions) Lines 44-47. Oh Hector dont just stand there, dont, dear child waiting that man's attack--alone , cut off from friends! You'll meet your doom at once, beaten down by Achilles, so much stronger than you.
4. Priam pulled out his hair and Hecuba loosened her robes and showed Hector her bare breast. Lines 90-96. So the old man groanded and seizing his gray hair tore it out by the roots but he could not shake the fixed resolve of Hector. And his mother wailded now, standing beside Priam, weeping freely, loosing her robes with one hand and holding out her bare breast with the other.
5. Hector thinks about giving Helen back to Achilles, but decides not to because Hector thinks that Achilles will kill him anyway. Lines: 136, 147-148: why, I could promise to give back Helen, yes. I must not go and implore him. He'll show no mercy, no respect for me, my rights--he'll cut me down.
6. The battle begins when Hector leaves the walls of Troy and Achilles chases him. Lines 164-165: He left the gates behind and away he fled in fear--and Achilles went for him, fast sure of his speed.
7. When Hector shouted to Deiphobus for a spear, Deiphobus was nowhere near Hector. 345-350: So Hector shouted out to Deiphobus bearing his white shield--with a ringing shout he called for a heavy lance--but the man was nowhere near him-vanished-- yes and Hector knew the truth in his heart and the fighter cried aloud,"My time has come"
8. Achilles has Athena and Zeus on his side. Lines 255-260: Athena rushed to Achilles, her bright eyes gleaming, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, winging orders now:"At last our hopes run high, my brilliant Achilles--Father Zeus must love you--we'll sweep great glory back to Acheas fleet, we'll kill this Hector, mad as he is for battle!
9. Achilles dragged Hector's dead body behind a chariot. 467-469: Piercing the tendons, ankle to heel behind both feet, he knotted straps of rawhide through them both, lashed them to his chariot, left the head to drag.
10. Andromache fainted when she saw Hector being dragged to Achaea's warships. Lines 545-549. Saw him dragged before the city, stallions galloping, dragging Hector back to Achaea's beaked warships--ruthless work. The world went black as night before her eyes, she fainted, falling backward, gasping away her life breath.
2. Achilles is being compared to the star Orion's Dog. Lines: 31-36. And old King Priam was the first to see him coming, surging over the plain, blazing like the star that rears at harvest, flaming up in its brilliance, far outshining the countless stars in the night sky, that star they call Orion's Dog.
3. Homer chose these two similes because Achilles is ready to fight Hector and is very angry because it says that King Priam saw him and said he was brighter than any of the stars which mean that he is obviously not trying to hide, and he is not afraid to fight. Also it says that he rushed on like a stallion which means that he is ready to get there. The tone of the battle is going to be very violent and Achilles is going to win. Lines 26-29, 31-36. (Lines have been written on previous two questions) Lines 44-47. Oh Hector dont just stand there, dont, dear child waiting that man's attack--alone , cut off from friends! You'll meet your doom at once, beaten down by Achilles, so much stronger than you.
4. Priam pulled out his hair and Hecuba loosened her robes and showed Hector her bare breast. Lines 90-96. So the old man groanded and seizing his gray hair tore it out by the roots but he could not shake the fixed resolve of Hector. And his mother wailded now, standing beside Priam, weeping freely, loosing her robes with one hand and holding out her bare breast with the other.
5. Hector thinks about giving Helen back to Achilles, but decides not to because Hector thinks that Achilles will kill him anyway. Lines: 136, 147-148: why, I could promise to give back Helen, yes. I must not go and implore him. He'll show no mercy, no respect for me, my rights--he'll cut me down.
6. The battle begins when Hector leaves the walls of Troy and Achilles chases him. Lines 164-165: He left the gates behind and away he fled in fear--and Achilles went for him, fast sure of his speed.
7. When Hector shouted to Deiphobus for a spear, Deiphobus was nowhere near Hector. 345-350: So Hector shouted out to Deiphobus bearing his white shield--with a ringing shout he called for a heavy lance--but the man was nowhere near him-vanished-- yes and Hector knew the truth in his heart and the fighter cried aloud,"My time has come"
8. Achilles has Athena and Zeus on his side. Lines 255-260: Athena rushed to Achilles, her bright eyes gleaming, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, winging orders now:"At last our hopes run high, my brilliant Achilles--Father Zeus must love you--we'll sweep great glory back to Acheas fleet, we'll kill this Hector, mad as he is for battle!
9. Achilles dragged Hector's dead body behind a chariot. 467-469: Piercing the tendons, ankle to heel behind both feet, he knotted straps of rawhide through them both, lashed them to his chariot, left the head to drag.
10. Andromache fainted when she saw Hector being dragged to Achaea's warships. Lines 545-549. Saw him dragged before the city, stallions galloping, dragging Hector back to Achaea's beaked warships--ruthless work. The world went black as night before her eyes, she fainted, falling backward, gasping away her life breath.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Book XVIII: 1-41 75-172 430-End
1. In line 21, Homer says that Patroclus has fallen. In this case fallen means that Patroclus is dead. Line 21: Patroclus has fallen. They're fighting over his dead corpse. In line 29, Homer says that Achilles lay there, fallen. In this case fallen means that Achilles is on the ground. Lines 28 and 29: Overpowered in all his power, sprawled in the dust, Achilles lay there, fallen.
2. A black cloud. Line 24. A black cloud of grief came shrouding over Achilles.
3. He falls on the ground and tears his hair out of his head. Lines 29-30. Achilles lay there, fallen... tearing his hair, defiling it with his own hands.
4. Achilles death is going to be after Hector's death . Lines 112-113. For hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come at once.
5. The crippled Smith(Hephaestus) built his own house. Lines 431-433. Thetis reached Hephaestus' house, indestructible, bright as stars, shining among the gods, built of bronze by the crippled Smith with his own hands.
6. Thetis saved Hephaestus' life. Lines 461-462: Thetis saved my life when the mortal pain came on me after my great fall.
7. A shield and a helment and tooled greaves with ankle-straps and armor for his chest. Lines 535-537: Give my son he wont liv long a shield and helment and tooled greaves with ankle-straps and armor for is chest.
8. In one city there is happiness and weddings. There is music and dancing. Lines 573-574, 576-577. With weddings and wedding feasts in one and under glowing torches they brought forth the brides. While choir on choir the wedding song rose high and the young men came dancing.; In the other city their is a divided army which has two plans that split their ranks. There is a battle in the city. Lines 593-595, 621: But circling the other city camped a divided army gleaming in battle-gear, and two plans split their ranks: to plunder the city or share the riches with its people. Both armies battled it out along the river banks.
9. The book said that the song the boy sang was a dirge for the dying year which dirge means a sound that is about death or a funeral. Lines 664-666: And there among them a young boy plucked his lyre, so clear it could break the heart with longing, and what he sang was a dirge for the dying year.
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2. A black cloud. Line 24. A black cloud of grief came shrouding over Achilles.
3. He falls on the ground and tears his hair out of his head. Lines 29-30. Achilles lay there, fallen... tearing his hair, defiling it with his own hands.
4. Achilles death is going to be after Hector's death . Lines 112-113. For hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come at once.
5. The crippled Smith(Hephaestus) built his own house. Lines 431-433. Thetis reached Hephaestus' house, indestructible, bright as stars, shining among the gods, built of bronze by the crippled Smith with his own hands.
6. Thetis saved Hephaestus' life. Lines 461-462: Thetis saved my life when the mortal pain came on me after my great fall.
7. A shield and a helment and tooled greaves with ankle-straps and armor for his chest. Lines 535-537: Give my son he wont liv long a shield and helment and tooled greaves with ankle-straps and armor for is chest.
8. In one city there is happiness and weddings. There is music and dancing. Lines 573-574, 576-577. With weddings and wedding feasts in one and under glowing torches they brought forth the brides. While choir on choir the wedding song rose high and the young men came dancing.; In the other city their is a divided army which has two plans that split their ranks. There is a battle in the city. Lines 593-595, 621: But circling the other city camped a divided army gleaming in battle-gear, and two plans split their ranks: to plunder the city or share the riches with its people. Both armies battled it out along the river banks.
9. The book said that the song the boy sang was a dirge for the dying year which dirge means a sound that is about death or a funeral. Lines 664-666: And there among them a young boy plucked his lyre, so clear it could break the heart with longing, and what he sang was a dirge for the dying year.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Iliad: Book IX
1. Achilles says he will not fight again until Hector and kills many Argives. Lines 795-798. I will not think of arming for bloody war again, not till the son of wise King Priam, dazzling Hector batters all the way to the Myrmidon shipss and shelters, slaughtering Argives, gutting the hulls with fire.
2. When he had finished talking to Odysseus. Lines 802-805. So he finished. Then each man, lifting his own two-handled cup, poured it out to the gods, and back they went along the ships, Odysseus in the lead.
3. Odysseus says Achilles is still very angery. Lines 825-829. And the steady, long-enduring Odysseus replied, "Great marshal Atrides, lord of men Agamemnon, that man has no intention of quenching his rage. He's still bursting with anger, more than ever--he spurns you, spurns all your gifts.
4. Lines 835-837. You will never set your eyes on the day of doom that topples looming Troy. Thundering Zeus has spread his hands above her.
5. Diomedes says that Agamemnon should be done with Achilles. He challanges Agamemnon to fight in the front ranks. Line 856. I say have done with the man.(Achilles). Lines 860-865. Go to sleep now, full to your heart's content with food and wine, a soldier's strenghth and nerve. Then when the Dawn's red fingers shine in all their glory, quickly deploy your chariots and battalions, Agamemnon, out in front of the ships-- you spur them on and you yourself, you fight in the front ranks.
2. When he had finished talking to Odysseus. Lines 802-805. So he finished. Then each man, lifting his own two-handled cup, poured it out to the gods, and back they went along the ships, Odysseus in the lead.
3. Odysseus says Achilles is still very angery. Lines 825-829. And the steady, long-enduring Odysseus replied, "Great marshal Atrides, lord of men Agamemnon, that man has no intention of quenching his rage. He's still bursting with anger, more than ever--he spurns you, spurns all your gifts.
4. Lines 835-837. You will never set your eyes on the day of doom that topples looming Troy. Thundering Zeus has spread his hands above her.
5. Diomedes says that Agamemnon should be done with Achilles. He challanges Agamemnon to fight in the front ranks. Line 856. I say have done with the man.(Achilles). Lines 860-865. Go to sleep now, full to your heart's content with food and wine, a soldier's strenghth and nerve. Then when the Dawn's red fingers shine in all their glory, quickly deploy your chariots and battalions, Agamemnon, out in front of the ships-- you spur them on and you yourself, you fight in the front ranks.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Iliad: Book VI: 462-end
1. Andromache's mother and father were killed. I have lost my father. Mother's gone as well.
2. Hector says he die in shame to Troy. But I would die of shame to face the men of Troy and the Trojan women trailing their long robes if I would shrink from battle now, a coward.
3. Hector wants Andromache to be free from Argive rule. That is nothing , nothing beside your agony when some brazen Argive hales you off in tears, wrenching away your day of light and freedom! Then far off in the land of Argos you must live, laboringing a a loom, at another woman's beck and call.
4. Hector's boy was scared of his helment. In the same breath, shining Hector reached down for his son--but the boy recoiled, criniging against his nurse's full breast, screaming out at the sight of his own father, terrified by the flashing bronze, the horsehair crest, the great ridge of the helmet nodding, bristling terror so it struck his eyes.
5. Paris and Hector seem like they are on the same side now, and they are fired up to defeat the Argives. We'll set all this to rights, someday, if Zeus will ever let us raise the winebowl of freedom high in our halls, hight to the gods of cloud and sky who live forever--once we drive these Argives geared for battle out of Troy!
2. Hector says he die in shame to Troy. But I would die of shame to face the men of Troy and the Trojan women trailing their long robes if I would shrink from battle now, a coward.
3. Hector wants Andromache to be free from Argive rule. That is nothing , nothing beside your agony when some brazen Argive hales you off in tears, wrenching away your day of light and freedom! Then far off in the land of Argos you must live, laboringing a a loom, at another woman's beck and call.
4. Hector's boy was scared of his helment. In the same breath, shining Hector reached down for his son--but the boy recoiled, criniging against his nurse's full breast, screaming out at the sight of his own father, terrified by the flashing bronze, the horsehair crest, the great ridge of the helmet nodding, bristling terror so it struck his eyes.
5. Paris and Hector seem like they are on the same side now, and they are fired up to defeat the Argives. We'll set all this to rights, someday, if Zeus will ever let us raise the winebowl of freedom high in our halls, hight to the gods of cloud and sky who live forever--once we drive these Argives geared for battle out of Troy!
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Iliad: Book VI: 283-337; 366-436
1. He tells the women to pray to the gods. This shows that he is worried that the gods will hurt the Trojans. And now, when Hector reached the Scaean Gates and the great oak, the wives and daughters of Troy came rushing up around him, asking about their sons, brothers, friends and husbands. But Hector only told them "Pray to the Gods"
2. 25 boys and 6 girls. And deep within its walls were fifty sleeping chambers masoned in smooth, lustrous ashlar, linked in a line where the sons of Priam slept beside their wedded wives, and facing these, opening out across the inner courtyard, lay the twelve sleeping chambers of Priam's daughters, masoned and roofed in lustrous ashlar, linked in a line where the sons-in-law of Priam slept beside their wives.
3. She offers Hector honeyed, mellow wine. He rejects this because he says it will sap his limbs, and he will lose his nerve for war. I'll bring you some honeyed, mellow wine. "Don't offer me me mellow wine, mother not now--you'd sap my limbs, I'd lose my nerve for war.
4. Hector told her to go to Athena's shrine with older noble women and to bring a nice large robe and put it on Athena's knee. He asks his mother to do this because he wants Athena to have pity on Troy. Go to Athena's shrine, the queen of plunder, go with offerings, gather the older noble women and take a robe, the largest, loveliest robe that you can find throughout the royal halls, a gift that far and away you prize most yourself, and spread it out across the sleekphaired goddess' knees. Then promise to sacrifice twelve heifers in her shrine, yearlings never broken, if only she'll pity Troy.
5. Contrast: In book III Paris and Hector were just insulting each other but in book VI, they are going to fight. So come, wait while I (Paris) get this war-gear on, or you go on ahead and I will follow-- I think I can overtake you.
6. She feels that it is not good. She says he has no steadiness in his spirit and that he never will. I wish I had been the wife of a better man, someone alive to outrage, the withering scorn of nem. This one has no steadiness in his his spirit, not now, he never will.
7. Helen says that Zeus planted a killing doom within her and Hector. Oh the two of us! Zeus planted a killing doom within us both, so even for generations still unborn we will live in song."
2. 25 boys and 6 girls. And deep within its walls were fifty sleeping chambers masoned in smooth, lustrous ashlar, linked in a line where the sons of Priam slept beside their wedded wives, and facing these, opening out across the inner courtyard, lay the twelve sleeping chambers of Priam's daughters, masoned and roofed in lustrous ashlar, linked in a line where the sons-in-law of Priam slept beside their wives.
3. She offers Hector honeyed, mellow wine. He rejects this because he says it will sap his limbs, and he will lose his nerve for war. I'll bring you some honeyed, mellow wine. "Don't offer me me mellow wine, mother not now--you'd sap my limbs, I'd lose my nerve for war.
4. Hector told her to go to Athena's shrine with older noble women and to bring a nice large robe and put it on Athena's knee. He asks his mother to do this because he wants Athena to have pity on Troy. Go to Athena's shrine, the queen of plunder, go with offerings, gather the older noble women and take a robe, the largest, loveliest robe that you can find throughout the royal halls, a gift that far and away you prize most yourself, and spread it out across the sleekphaired goddess' knees. Then promise to sacrifice twelve heifers in her shrine, yearlings never broken, if only she'll pity Troy.
5. Contrast: In book III Paris and Hector were just insulting each other but in book VI, they are going to fight. So come, wait while I (Paris) get this war-gear on, or you go on ahead and I will follow-- I think I can overtake you.
6. She feels that it is not good. She says he has no steadiness in his spirit and that he never will. I wish I had been the wife of a better man, someone alive to outrage, the withering scorn of nem. This one has no steadiness in his his spirit, not now, he never will.
7. Helen says that Zeus planted a killing doom within her and Hector. Oh the two of us! Zeus planted a killing doom within us both, so even for generations still unborn we will live in song."
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The Iliad: Book III: 398-end
1. Paris. Paris hurled-- his spear's long shadow flew and the shaft hit Menelaus' round shield.
2. Menelaus because Paris's spear breaks and he dragged Paris by his helment. Paris hurled-- his spear's long shadow flew and the shaft hit Menelaus' round shield, full center-- not pounding through, the brazen point bent back in the tough armor. Menelaus grabbed his horsehair crest, swung him round, started to drag him into Argive lines.
3. Aphrodite helped Paris get away from Menelaus because she snapped his helment strap and she took Paris from the battle. Aphrodite, Zeus's daughter quick to the mark, snapped the rawhide stap, cut from a bludgeoned ox, and the helment came off empty in Menelaus' fist. Aphrodite snatched Paris away, easy work for a god, wrapped him in swirls of mist and set him down in his bedroom filled with scent.
4. Helen thinks it would be wrong and disgraceful to go see Paris, and she also says that the women of Troy would scorn her. Not I, I'll never go back again. It would be wrong and disgraceful to share that coward's bed once more. The women of Troy would scorn me down the years.
5. Agamemnon tells the Trojans to surrender Helen. He feels justified to do this because Menelaus beat Paris in their battle. You must surrender Helen and all her treasures with her. At once--and pay us reparations fair and fitting, a price to inspire generations still to come.
2. Menelaus because Paris's spear breaks and he dragged Paris by his helment. Paris hurled-- his spear's long shadow flew and the shaft hit Menelaus' round shield, full center-- not pounding through, the brazen point bent back in the tough armor. Menelaus grabbed his horsehair crest, swung him round, started to drag him into Argive lines.
3. Aphrodite helped Paris get away from Menelaus because she snapped his helment strap and she took Paris from the battle. Aphrodite, Zeus's daughter quick to the mark, snapped the rawhide stap, cut from a bludgeoned ox, and the helment came off empty in Menelaus' fist. Aphrodite snatched Paris away, easy work for a god, wrapped him in swirls of mist and set him down in his bedroom filled with scent.
4. Helen thinks it would be wrong and disgraceful to go see Paris, and she also says that the women of Troy would scorn her. Not I, I'll never go back again. It would be wrong and disgraceful to share that coward's bed once more. The women of Troy would scorn me down the years.
5. Agamemnon tells the Trojans to surrender Helen. He feels justified to do this because Menelaus beat Paris in their battle. You must surrender Helen and all her treasures with her. At once--and pay us reparations fair and fitting, a price to inspire generations still to come.
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Iliad: Book III: 1-315
1. Paris- Lines 24-25. Paris parading there with his big loping strides, flauting before the troops. Paris seems cocky at the beggining of the Book.
2. Hector- Lines 72-75. The heart inside you is always tempered hard, like an ax that goes through wood when a shipwright cuts out ship timbers with every ounce of skill and the blade's weight drives the man's stroke. Hector seems very hardened by war.
3. Priam- Line 127. And lead on Priam too, Priam in all his power. Lines 194-195. Priam, raising his voice, called across to Helen, "Come over here dear child, sit in front of me". Priam is a very powerful king and he usually gets his way.
4. Helen- Lines 216-218. That man is Atreus' son Agamemnon, lord of empires, both a mighty king and a strong spearman too, and he used to be my kinsman, (girl in many relationships) that I am! Helen has a lot of relationships with men and is forced into many of them.
2. Hector- Lines 72-75. The heart inside you is always tempered hard, like an ax that goes through wood when a shipwright cuts out ship timbers with every ounce of skill and the blade's weight drives the man's stroke. Hector seems very hardened by war.
3. Priam- Line 127. And lead on Priam too, Priam in all his power. Lines 194-195. Priam, raising his voice, called across to Helen, "Come over here dear child, sit in front of me". Priam is a very powerful king and he usually gets his way.
4. Helen- Lines 216-218. That man is Atreus' son Agamemnon, lord of empires, both a mighty king and a strong spearman too, and he used to be my kinsman, (girl in many relationships) that I am! Helen has a lot of relationships with men and is forced into many of them.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Iliad: Book I, 470-end
1. Lines 546-550. And soon as the men had prayed and flung the barley, first they lifted back the heads of the victims, slit their throats, skinned them and carved away the meat from the thighbones and wrapped them in fat a double fold sliced clean and topped with strips of flesh.
2. #569. Homer describes dawn with rose-red fingers.
3. Zeus did nothing.
4. Because Zeus thinks that Thetis will drive him into a war with Hera.
5. He bowed his head. Lines 632-633.
6. Hera's son, Hephaestus, told her that Zeus was to powerful and he said that she needed to go back to him.
7. A Positive Note. Lines 732-735. And Olympian Zeus the lord of lightning went to his own bed where he had always lain when welcome sloop came on him. There he climbed and there he slept and by his side lay Hera the Queen, the goddess of the golden throne.
2. #569. Homer describes dawn with rose-red fingers.
3. Zeus did nothing.
4. Because Zeus thinks that Thetis will drive him into a war with Hera.
5. He bowed his head. Lines 632-633.
6. Hera's son, Hephaestus, told her that Zeus was to powerful and he said that she needed to go back to him.
7. A Positive Note. Lines 732-735. And Olympian Zeus the lord of lightning went to his own bed where he had always lain when welcome sloop came on him. There he climbed and there he slept and by his side lay Hera the Queen, the goddess of the golden throne.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Iliad: Book 1, 334-429
1. Talthybius and Eurybates
2. Achilles doesn't argue with the men he just hands over Briseis. This tells me that he doesn't want to fight Agamemnon.
3. Achilles likes her very much because it says Achilles wept and slipped away from his companions when the men took Briseis.
2. Achilles doesn't argue with the men he just hands over Briseis. This tells me that he doesn't want to fight Agamemnon.
3. Achilles likes her very much because it says Achilles wept and slipped away from his companions when the men took Briseis.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Iliad, I, Line 61-240.
1. Achilles and Agamemnon disagree on ways to calm Apollo.
2. Calchas asks Achilles to defend him with all his heart.
3. Agamemnon says he wants Chryses more than his wedded wife.
4. Achilles says that all of their treasure is in the peoples hands and it would be disgraceful to collect it all. Achilles says he will pay him back in time with multiple gifts.
5. Agamemnon says that he will go to bring back Chryses in his own ship with his own ship and that he will take Briseis from Achilles when he arrives. Achilles says that he is going to go home on his ships with the scraps that he has then stay brimming Agamemnon's cup.
2. Calchas asks Achilles to defend him with all his heart.
3. Agamemnon says he wants Chryses more than his wedded wife.
4. Achilles says that all of their treasure is in the peoples hands and it would be disgraceful to collect it all. Achilles says he will pay him back in time with multiple gifts.
5. Agamemnon says that he will go to bring back Chryses in his own ship with his own ship and that he will take Briseis from Achilles when he arrives. Achilles says that he is going to go home on his ships with the scraps that he has then stay brimming Agamemnon's cup.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Paragraph on Jon
In the film Serendipity, even though Jon seems unfaithful, he is really devoted. Jon goes to San Fransico to look for Sara. Jon goes to find Sara right before his wedding because he wants to find her because he loves her more than his future wife Hallie. Jon has to call off the wedding because he is still in San Fransico looking for Sara. This shows that Jon is not satisfied with Hallie, but Jon does not respect proper relationship boundaries by looking for another girl on the night before his wedding. Jon should not be thinking about others, he should be thinking about the girl he is going to marry the next day.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Chapter 10 Questions
1. The pigs ordered the other animals on what to do and they drank alcohol.
2. The pigs could walk on two legs, they were fed more, they slept in beds, and lived in houses.
2. The pigs could walk on two legs, they were fed more, they slept in beds, and lived in houses.
Chapter 9 Questions
1. Squealer said the animals didn't have a shortage of food, but they had a readjustment in their rations. He also said the water was of better quality.
2. When the van comes to take boxer away.
3. Squealer said that he had been present in Boxer's final hours, and that Boxer had received every attention a horse could have. He also said that the van that took Boxer away that said horse slaughter on it had been sold to the veterinary surgeon.
4. The pigs violated the commandment that stated that animals should not drink alcohol in excess.
2. When the van comes to take boxer away.
3. Squealer said that he had been present in Boxer's final hours, and that Boxer had received every attention a horse could have. He also said that the van that took Boxer away that said horse slaughter on it had been sold to the veterinary surgeon.
4. The pigs violated the commandment that stated that animals should not drink alcohol in excess.
Chapter 8 Questions
1. The neighboring farmer gave Napoleon fake bank-notes for the timber Napoleon sold him.
2. Squealer thought that the battle was a victory because they had driven the enemy off their soil, but Boxer pointed out that the windmill had been destroyed and that all the animals were hurt. Squealer perspective makes the animals uneasy because animals had died and he still considered the battle a victory.
3. The pigs had found whiskey and they got drunk, which disobeyed one of the Seven Commandments. Squealer changed this rule to animals should not drink alcohol in excess. This shows that the pigs can make and change the rules.
2. Squealer thought that the battle was a victory because they had driven the enemy off their soil, but Boxer pointed out that the windmill had been destroyed and that all the animals were hurt. Squealer perspective makes the animals uneasy because animals had died and he still considered the battle a victory.
3. The pigs had found whiskey and they got drunk, which disobeyed one of the Seven Commandments. Squealer changed this rule to animals should not drink alcohol in excess. This shows that the pigs can make and change the rules.
Chapter 7 Questions
1. He used speeches to brainwash the animals and used the dogs to scare the animals.
2. No, because Napoleon is trying to make the animals hate Snowball by blaming him for everything that goes wrong on the farm.
2. No, because Napoleon is trying to make the animals hate Snowball by blaming him for everything that goes wrong on the farm.
Chapter 6 Questions
1. The dogs growl at the animals that oppose.
2. Animal Farm traded with their neighbors, hay and eggs were sold for money, a human was used for trading, and pigs moved into the farmhouse. These events were made acceptable because of Squealers speaches.
3. The windmill had been destroyed. Napoleon used this to his advantage because he blamed it on Snowball which made the animals hate Snowball even more.
2. Animal Farm traded with their neighbors, hay and eggs were sold for money, a human was used for trading, and pigs moved into the farmhouse. These events were made acceptable because of Squealers speaches.
3. The windmill had been destroyed. Napoleon used this to his advantage because he blamed it on Snowball which made the animals hate Snowball even more.
Chapter 5 Questions
1. Snowballs ideas were different than Napoleons ideas, so there was a lot of argument between them. They disagreed on everything.
2. Snowball had earned support for his ideas by his brilliant speeches.
3. Napoleon canvassed support for himself in between times and had been especially successful with the sheep.
4. Napoleon gains control over the farm because Napoleon's dogs he had been raising chased Snowball off the farm.
5. "Napoleon is always right."
2. Snowball had earned support for his ideas by his brilliant speeches.
3. Napoleon canvassed support for himself in between times and had been especially successful with the sheep.
4. Napoleon gains control over the farm because Napoleon's dogs he had been raising chased Snowball off the farm.
5. "Napoleon is always right."
Chapter 4 Questions
1. Snowball studied an old book of Julius Caesar's campaigns.
2. Boxer felt guilty because he had killed a man by kicking him in the head when the animals were fighting Jones and his men.
3. Snowball was awarded a medal because he fought and directed the battle.
2. Boxer felt guilty because he had killed a man by kicking him in the head when the animals were fighting Jones and his men.
3. Snowball was awarded a medal because he fought and directed the battle.
Chapter 3 Questions
1. The pigs did not work and they saved the apples for themselves.
2. "I will work harder."
3. Napoleon and Snowball were never in argreement. Snowball wanted a Re-education committee, while Napoleon thought that educating the young was more important.
4. Snowball said that the milk and apples preserved the pigs health.
2. "I will work harder."
3. Napoleon and Snowball were never in argreement. Snowball wanted a Re-education committee, while Napoleon thought that educating the young was more important.
4. Snowball said that the milk and apples preserved the pigs health.
Chapter 2 Questions
1. Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon.
2. Heaven.
3. The rebellion occurs when Jones gets drunk and forgets to feed the animals, and the animals got into the storeshed and began eating food from the bins. Right as the animals got in the storeshed Jones and his men came at the animals with whips. The animals fought Jones and his men, and Jones and his men fled. The rebellion was not intentional.
4. We can infer that Napoleon drank the milk or hid it for himself.
2. Heaven.
3. The rebellion occurs when Jones gets drunk and forgets to feed the animals, and the animals got into the storeshed and began eating food from the bins. Right as the animals got in the storeshed Jones and his men came at the animals with whips. The animals fought Jones and his men, and Jones and his men fled. The rebellion was not intentional.
4. We can infer that Napoleon drank the milk or hid it for himself.
Chapter 1 Questions
1. The pigs are portrayed as the most ambitious because they settled down in front of the platform.
2. Molly because the book said that she sat near the platform and flirted her white main, hoping to draw attention to her red ribbon it was plaited with.
3. "Comrads, you have heard already about the strange dream that i had last night."
4. no animal can ever kill another animal, no animal can live in a house, and no animal can wear clothes.
5. The main idea of Majors speech was that the animals should rebel and overthrow mankind
2. Molly because the book said that she sat near the platform and flirted her white main, hoping to draw attention to her red ribbon it was plaited with.
3. "Comrads, you have heard already about the strange dream that i had last night."
4. no animal can ever kill another animal, no animal can live in a house, and no animal can wear clothes.
5. The main idea of Majors speech was that the animals should rebel and overthrow mankind
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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