Homework due September 26th 2011

Homework for the week

Write a descriptive paragraph on the topic of your choosing.

Read Iliad book 16 and 18

Add outline information to notebook.

• — New Characters
• — Character Development
• — Note New Vocabulary Words- look up definitions
• — Major Plots Developments
• — Examples of Literary Techniques
• — Your Interpretation of Passages
• — Interesting Quotes or passages

Answer 10 of the following questions. Respond in complete sentences.

1. Think about the potential symbolism of the armor. What part of Achilles armor does Patroclus leave behind?

2. Patroclus convinces Achilles to let him enter battle wearing armor. Why doesn't he go himself? If he is so insistent on not participating why send Patroclus?

3. Patroclus kills Sarpedon, Zeus' son, whom Zeus considers saving. Why doesn't he? What happens to Sarpedon?

4. What happens to Patroclus after killing Sarpedon?

5. Is Patroclus diminished in the end of exalted? Is Hector's conquest of him glorious?

6. Why does Homer go into such detail about the laments of Achilles' mother and encamped women for Patroclus?

7. Thetis gives Hephaestus the full story of her marriage and says Apollo, not Hector, killed Patroclus; is this the way you see it?

8. What did the shield represent?

9. What are some examples of personification?

10. Who attacked Hector? How?

11. Why did Poseidon leave the battle?

12. What idea does Poseidon plant in Ulysses head?

13. What are the attitudes and rituals of the ancients toward their dead?

14. What did Achilles first think when he saw the chariot with Patroclus?

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