THE CYCLOPS

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THE CYCLOPS

• Problem Solving
• how to impair the giant without diminishing his
  strength / find raw materials for the spear
  (olive tree)
• thinking of a way to dull the giants senses and
  make him sleep soundly (wine from Maron)

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THE CYCLOPS

• Problem Solving Cont.
• 3) tell the Cyclops his name is nobody
• also spelled nohbdy
• 4) ram spear into the eye of the Cyclops
• 5) ties men to the rams (underneath)
• in order to escape the Cyclops cave

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THE CYCLOPS

• Epic Simile ? boring the spike into the
  Cyclops eye is like drilling into a plank (lines
  291-295)
• Epic Simile ? hissing eyeball like the sound of
  hot metal plunged into a tub of cold water
• (lines 300-303)

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THE CYCLOPS

• Epithet ?
• -Odysseus raider of cities (line 418)
• Epithet ?
• -Poseidon blue girdler of the islands (line
  443)

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THE CYCLOPS

• Personification ?
• - young dawn with fingertips of rose (line
  211)
• Personification ?
• - death sat there huge (line 331)

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THE CYCLOPS

• The Escape
• -uses mental strength (intelligence)
• -O boasting about his escape, so Cyclops hurls a
  hilltop at them
• -Os human weakness PRIDE (notice how often
  excessive pride HUBRIS - occurs in literature)
  ? tells the Cyclops his real name
• -Cyclops calls on his father, Poseidon, to doom
  Os voyage home