The Odyssey - Themes
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Have students identify and illustrate different themes in The Odyssey using examples to support their choices.
Storyboard Tekst
- Lysbilde: 1
- Nobody has stabbed my eye out!
- A prime example of Odysseus's use of cunning is when he devises a plan to escape the cyclops in which he tells him that his name is Nohbdy.
- Lysbilde: 2
- It's so beautiful, let me go!
- The second example of Odysseus' wit is when he uses beeswax to block his crew's ears so they could pass the Sirens.
- Lysbilde: 3
- I will marry one of you once my shroud is finished!
- An example of Penelope's use of brains is when she secretly unravels her shroud every night so she never finishes it!
- Lysbilde: 4
- Odysseus, please take my best ship and these gifts home to your kingdom of Ithaca!
- Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, assures Odysseus that he will be returned safely to his home. Consistent with their custom, the Phaeacians provide him with hospitality and safe passage home.
- Lysbilde: 5
- Odysseus enters the Cyclops' cave, bringing gifts of food and wine in exchange for the hospitality he believes he will receive. However, Polyphemus states he is not bound by the law of the gods and eats Odysseus' men instead.
- Lysbilde: 6
- You can stay with one of us... forever! Xoxo
- Both Goddesses Calypso and Circe fall in love with Odysseus. They treat him well, and offer him immortality if he will stay with them forever.
- Lysbilde: 0
- You are not welcome here! Now I will eat you and your men for trespassing.
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