Hero's Journey
Gandalf, Dumbledore, & Obi-wan
What is a mentor or helper?
Master storyteller who used metaphor, simile, & philosophy in his stories
Who is Homer?
Freeloaders trying to usurp Odysseus's home, wife, and position
Who are the suitors?
Father & son separated for 20 years
Who are Odysseus & Telemachus?
bright-eyed, owl-eyed, gray-eyed
What is the ordinary world?
an extended simile
What is an epic simile or a Homeric simile?
God of the underworld
Who is Hades?
Divine father & daughter who help Odysseus
Who are Zeus & Athena?
Rosy-fingered, blooming, born early
What is dawn?
Haman, Sanballat, Tobiah, & the Pharisees
What are enemies?
Beginning in the middle of the plot
What is in medias res?
Alias of the trickster who blinds the Cyclops
Who is "No man"?
A monstrous whirlpool & a 6-headed sea monster
complicated, god-like, long-suffering, sly
Who is Odysseus?
Most of Odysseus's 12 adventures are this; requires hero's strength; looks like the climax but isn't; reward follows
What is the ordeal or testing?
Any two typical qualities of the main character
What is noble birth, great strength/courage, national hero, humility, supernatural help/foes, long journey?
Name of an inhospitable one-eyed giant
Who is Polyphemus?
Two admirable, practically perfect women who each represent a positive archetype
(a faithful wife & a beautiful virgin)
Who are Penelope & Nausicaa?
1. blue, earth-shaker, lord of earthquakes
2. Cloud lord, thundering, storm god
3. mercurial, helpful, sharp-eyed
Who are Poseidon, Zeus, & Hermes?
Four main parts of the hero's journey
What are the Call to Adventure, Initiation, Transformation, Return?
Opening lines of the poem addressed to a divine being
What is the invocation to the muse?
Very possessive of his cattle
Who is Helios, the Sun God?
Two dangerous beauties who try to keep Odysseus from returning to his wife
Who are Calypso & Circe?
upright, noble, loyal (Book 14)
Who is Eumaeus?