Book IX

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Book IX

• What could the behavior of Odysseus men
  symbolize/parallel?
• How does Homer write using imagery in Book IX?

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Symbolism

• Def When an object, person, situation, etc, is
  used to represent another object, person,
  situation, etc.
• Something else in the text, called a parallel
• The journeys of Odysseus and Telemachus
• Something to happen in the text, called
  foreshadowing
• The omen of the eagles attacking in Book II
• Something tangible outside the text
• The Pearl the doctor, priest, and pearl-buyers
  symbolizing oppressive forces at work during
  Depression-era America (intellectuals and
  business)
• Something intangible outside the text, called
  allegory
• When characters represent emotions or human
  characteristics (example coming soon!)

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Review

• Review With your partner, find an example not
  mentioned for each of the types of symbolism
  mentioned
• Parallel Symbolism
• Foreshadowing Symbolism (Disclaimer Not all
  foreshadowing is symbolism)
• Outside Tangible Symbolism
• Inside Tangible Symbolism

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Symbolism with Odysseus Men

• Describe the men
• Duplicitous
• Def the quality or state of being double or
  two-fold
• Who else is duplicitous in the text?
• What makes Odysseus duplicitous?
• What is Odysseus hamartia?
• Hamartia Odysseus pride men
• If they represent pride and the ruin it brings,
  what type of symbolism could this be?
• Allegory

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Application

• How else could this text be allegorical?

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Imagery

• Writing that creates an experience (not just an
  image) in your mind
• Good imagery activates two or more senses.
• Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell
• Can be achieved through description or figurative
  language (simile, metaphor, personification)

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Application

• With your partner, find at least two examples of
  imagery in the Book IX scene of Odysseus and
  Polyphemus in the cave.
• 1st example descriptive writing
• 2nd example figurative language