Prepaired by: Loreno, Raymark G.
1.Identify its literary genre and provide a short explanation.
Odyssey by Homer
Genre - Epic Poem
- The Odyssey features many extended similes, as when Homer compares Circe’s
mountain lions to “hounds that fawn around their master, coming home from a feast,
who always brings back scraps to calm them down.” Throughout the poem, it use the
same phrases and brief descriptions repeatedly.
Iliad by Homer
Genre - Epic Poetry, Tragedy, War Drama
- Our concept of epic comes from Homeric poems. If that sounds too circular, then
just bear in mind that the Iliad is an extremely long narrative poem, which deals with the heroic
actions of mortals, gods, and demi-gods. It also a tragedy, because it focuses on the downfall of
a great hero as a result of his own flawed character. It also War Drama, provides many
important insights into the nature of war and its place in human life.
Beowulf
Genre - Epic Poetry
- Beowulf is a larger-than-life tale about heroic battles and journeys. It characterize to
work together to give it a broad scope and truly make it, not just a poem, but an epic poem.
2. Analyze them and identify the literary devices/figurative language present.
Odyssey by Homer
Protagonist and Antagonist -- Odysseus is the protagonist, Poseidon is the principle
antagonist, though many characters and forces frustrate Odysseus over the course of his
journey.
Foreshadowing - Because the epic is told as a history and begins in medias res, the
entire tenor of the narrative is influenced by elements of fairly overt foreshadowing.
Imagery - " There's nothing better than when deep joy holds sway throughout the
realm and banqueters up and down the palace sit in ranks, enthralled to hear the bard,
and before them all, the tables heaped with bread and meats, and drawing wine from a
mixing-bowl the steward makes his rounds and keeps the winecups flowing"
Personification - The sunrise is personified as 'rosy-fingered Dawn'.
Iliad by Homer
Symbolism - When Achilleus tells Hektor that he wishes he were angry enough to
"hack meat away and eat it raw," this symbolizes his loss of humanity.
Foreshadowing - Homer offers the information freely in the form of prophecy. We also
learn the fates of many characters in the same way before they meet their ends
Irony - Dramatic irony that exists between the reader’s knowledge of the gods’
mediation of the war and the resulting actions of mortals.
Beowulf
Imaginary - The dangerous sea-crossing that Beowulf and his warriors undertake to go
from Geatland to Denmark; the swimming contest between Beowulf and Breca and the
sea monsters they had to fight; the bloodstained lake, or "mere," where Grendel's
mother lives in an underwater cave; and the seaside cliffs where Beowulf slays the
dragon.
Simile and Metaphor - Simile is when vomparing the ship to a bird gives us an image of
the ship sailing smoothly across the waves the way that a bird flies through the air.
Methapor used is, finger-licking, knee-slapping, tiptoeing, lip-smacking, knee-jerk.
Personification - When the speaker describes the woods where the monster lives.
We're told in the following passage: ''That is no good place. / When the wind blows up
and stormy weather / Makes clouds scud and the skies weep.'' This is an example of
personification because the sentence describe the skies as being able weep. Since the
sky obviously isn't alive and can't cry, the speaker is giving the sky human
characteristics.
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