Essay #2 The Odyssey
link to The Odyssey summary: http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/Odyssey.pdf
Respond to this prompt in 1200-1500 words. Use Modern Language Association (MLA) citation style and Works Cited page. You must cite The Odyssey itself, and you must use at least two other sources. The Introduction to the edition we are using is a fine source, as is anything in the Invitation to World Literature material in the Course Unit. You may use academic sources or non-academic sources; just make sure if you google, you are careful to employ only reliable sources. Do not use the many, many essays available to purchase or otherwise plagiarize from.
Prompt: Other than Odysseus himself, who is the most important character in this epic poem?
You can define “important” as the character that the story can’t do without, or the character with the most influence on the others, or perhaps you can make a case for the most interesting character other than Odysseus. You must explain your answer with quotes, explanations and analysis.
You are probably going to struggle to make a case for THE most important character, but you can use subordination, i.e., something like, “Although there are several very important characters other than the hero, without whom the story would make no sense, one stands out as the most fascinating: _____.” ….Fascinating, or sympathetic, or appealing, or intriguing, or the one who seems to mirror Odysseus’s personality, or…..
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