Unit
3 |
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English
201:
Masterpieces
of Western Literature |
Questions:
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You do not have to write essay answers, but you should look at relevant
passages of the text & jot down several points before the chat session
so that you can easily contribute to the discussion.
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Is PAT's life acceptable? Is he a role model? In spite of all
his flaws, AK remains awesome. PAT is far more human. Is PAT
responsible for his teenage end? Does AK (dad) bear some responsibility
for PAT's death? What does PAT accomplish? He kills 50 or more
Trojan champions in his brief explosion of power. Why isn't this
celebrated?
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HK takes AK’s armor from PAT’s corpse. Thetis
asks Hephaistos to make new armor for AK. There
is a long section describing this armor: 18.551—699. Consider
the scenes rendered in the armor, e.g., the harvest scene, 18.633. Explain
why this ironic.
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Can HK be blamed for (1) disobeying his father & mother,
& (2) for his vanity in deciding to stand against AK?
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What do you think of The Iliad? Why would some of us nominate
as the quintessential Western classic; the work that best explains Western
values?
![](HK_bye.jpg)
Hektor's Farewell to his wife, mother, &
son
Short Answers:
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After PAT slays Sarpedon, he vows to strip the corpse of armor & desecrate
the body. What happens to the armor & the corpse?
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Who is being spoken about?
spirit from body fluttered to undergloom,
bewailing fate that made him leave
his youth
& manhood in the world
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Who guides Priam through the Greek guards to reach AK's tent unseen?
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Who is Kassandra? What is her talent?
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Who is "laughter's darling,"
that Grace
the bowlegged god had taken to wife.
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