Question

In the selection from Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad how is Odysseus transformed from an epic hero into a common man?
A. He has become tired of adventure
B.He has become fearful and cowardly
C.He has become selfish and unreliable
D.He had become a low-ranking official

Answer 1

I would personally choose A simply for the fact that I've read The Odyssey and that is exactly what it seemed like to me.

Answer 2

Okay thanks! I have like 9 fill in the blanks just on usual english questions could u help?

Answer 3

He was never selfish or unreliable. Quite the opposite. He was never fearful other than of his wife marrying another suitor, and he sure wasn't a coward. He was never low-ranking. He was the best hunter, not to mention, he was the only one that could string his bow. That showed tremendous strength when no one else who tried to string it, could.

Answer 4

Probably, I excel in english.

Answer 5

1.Using an idea from an online or print paper source in your own paper without proper citation is called_____

2.A secondary character in a story that the author uses to highlight the protagonist's personality or characteristics is called_____

3.The use of an unreliable narrator can heighten the ____ in a story.

4.The term____ refers to the use of words that name a particular sound, such as hiss, and is sometimes used in poetry.

5.An authors use of hints or clues to events that will occur later in the story is called____.

6.Shakespeare wrote during the time of Queen _______ I an King James of England.

7.Shakespeare was fortunate enough to have a theater built. It was called the ___ theater.

8.Shakespeare wrote in the the structure of the ______ -act play a number that corresponds with the elements of plot.

Answer 6

9. the name of juliets kinsman whom romeo killed was_____.

Answer 7

1. plagarism
2. antagonist
3. suspense (I think)
4. cacophony

Answer 8

5. Foreshadowing

Answer 9

6. Elizabeth
7. Globe Theatre
8. Verisimilitude (I think)
9. Paris

Answer 10

Thank you so much :):)

Answer 11

you're welcome. Let me know if you need anymore help.

Answer 12

Okay i sure will :)

Answer 13

I do have on essay question if u dont mind??

Answer 14

Sure.

Answer 15

Choose one selection from the list below that you think is the most suspenseful and frightening. Persuade your reader why it is the scariest and support your arguments by citing the elements of the horror genre it contains. Be sure to include specific plot elements as well.
"the most dangerous game"
"the cast of Amontillado"
"the lottery"
"the raven"

Answer 16

Well, which one do you think is the scariest?

Answer 17

Since you have to write the essay, it should be on the one you think is scariest. I can help you figure out how to write it out and find ways to persuade a reader why it's the scariest. But I won't write it for you.

Answer 18

probably the raven

Answer 19

of the most dangerous game

Answer 20

Why would you say the raven?

Answer 21

t's late at night, and late in the year (after midnight on a December evening, to be precise). A man is sitting in his room, half reading, half falling asleep, and trying to forget his lost love, Lenore. Suddenly, he hears someone (or something) knocking at the door.

He calls out, apologizing to the "visitor" he imagines must be outside. Then he opens the door and finds…nothing. This freaks him out a little, and he reassures himself that it is just the wind against the window. So he goes and opens the window, and in flies (you guessed it) a raven.

The Raven settles in on a statue above the door, and for some reason, our speaker's first instinct is to talk to it. He asks for its name, just like you usually do with strange birds that fly into your house, right? Amazingly enough, though, the Raven answers back, with a single word: "Nevermore."

Understandably surprised, the man asks more questions. The bird's vocabulary turns out to be pretty limited, though; all it says is "Nevermore." Our narrator catches on to this rather slowly and asks more and more questions, which get more painful and personal. The Raven, though, doesn't change his story, and the poor speaker starts to lose his sanity.

Answer 22

okay, that would be quite frightening. But so would being hunted down by a madman on an island you cannot leave that he specifically built to hunt you on.

Answer 23

exactly

Answer 24

If I were you, I'd go with the raven simply for the fact that you can't escape insanity. Losing your mind is truly terrifying compared to losing your life.

Answer 25

hahaha okay i think i got this now but how would u compare and contrast the characteristics of romeo and Odysseus??

Answer 26

well, for one. Romeo died with his love. He commited suicide in her tomb. Odysseus kept journeying home instead of giving up. there's one example.

Answer 27

okay that would be more of a difference right??? so what would be something you could compare?

Answer 28

They both fought for their loves. Odysseus fought all those obsticles, scilla and charybdis, cyclops, poseidon, etc. to get to penelope before she remarried. I don't remember exactly what romeo did. I remember Juliet drank something that put her in a state that made her seem as though she was dead and when romeo foud out, he thought she truly was dead so he killed himself in her tomb so they could be together in death.

Answer 29

Okay totally got it thanks!

Answer 30

you're welcome.