Blogger #27 - Jerry Su - Period 9 - 12/15/20 - Day C - Freshmen 2021
Aim: How does Homer's invocation establish the tone for the beginning of the Odyssey?
Do Now: In today’s do now, we had to answer the questions “How do you become inspired?” and “Where does it originate?” As this was a broad question, many answers were acceptable. Some include music, games, idols, and stories.
Before we did the Do Now, we had a name change event where we go into our team’s breakout group and we change our team name into something else that is related to “The Odyssey”, since before our group names were related to the book “The Alchemist.” Since we shifted topics from books to poems, we needed to change our team names to further deepen our shift in topic.
For our Do Now, we discussed as a class how we get inspired, and most of us got inspired by Greek mythology and video games since they are a topic that almost everyone at a young age starts to get excited about. We then point the origination of this inspiration to when we found out that things inspire us, like events that we experienced before that let us learn something new that helps us remember and modify the past.
We then took notes and talked a little bit about the nine muses and watched a youtube video:
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They are considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for centuries in these ancient cultures.
The Nine Muses:
Muses serve as inspiration for poets and other artists
In Greek mythology, there were nine goddesses of arts, literature and science that served as muses
One of nine Muses inspired different forms of prose, poetry, drama, rhetoric, or general writing.
Homer’s invocation pays homage (special honor and respect) to these goddesses and to Ancient Greek culture in general
expresses the purpose of the narrative
Incorporates traditions familiar to his specific audience.
After watching the video about the nine Muses, we were told we had to google the definition for invoking, which the correct google definition was “to call on a deity or spirit as a witness or for inspiration.”
Homer’s Invocation (1) Invocation, Sailing From Troy & Lotus Eaters (text).pdf - Google Drive:
Homer’s invocation pays homage (special honor and respect) to the goddesses and to Ancient Greek culture in general.
expresses the purpose of the narrative
Incorporates traditions familiar to his specific audience.
After we read a little bit of the Invocation, we had to answer these 3 questions:
What is your opinion of Odysseus so far after hearing Homer's invocation to the muses and learning about the Trojan War?
Odysseus was a skilled warrior who wandered for years after he defeated troy through his cunning strategy. He fought and weathered through bad climate to save his and the lives of his crewmates, but his crewmates died to their own recklessness.
How does Homer maintain the audience’s interest in the story, knowing that the audience is aware of the outcome from the very beginning?
Homer uses a very audience-grabbing method to make sure that they will be reading the story based on interest. Although he tells the outcome in the very beginning, he adds a lot more detail to the rest of the plot to make it get better and better. For example, he adds suspense, action, and much more just like what film scripters add into their movies to grab our attention.
What does the invocation of the Muse in the opening lines clarify about Odysseus’ culpability (responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame) during his voyage home?
The muse’s invocation clarifies that Odysseus does not affect the fate of himself, or in other words, Odysseus cannot control his own fate. Since the crewmates decided to feast on Helios’ cattle, the crewmates ended their own fate but not Odysseus, because it wasn’t his choice. No matter what Odysseus does, fate won’t intertwine with it.
After we reviewed these questions, we ended the class for the day and we needed to do the anticipation guide.
Today, I learned about the Nine Muses, their roles in Greek Mythology, invocation, and how it matters to Homer’s “The Odyssey.” In Greek mythology, the nine Muses are goddesses of the various arts such as music, dance, and poetry and are blessed not only with wonderful artistic talents themselves but also with great beauty, grace, and allure. Invocation played a huge role in “The Odyssey,” for it is about mythology and Invocation is a huge part of Greek Mythology. Personally, I feel that I can use some beliefs about the Nine Muses and Invocation in my life to think about how life is constructed, the basics and fundamentals of life, and what is the true meaning of fate, death, and birth. I can also use these to understand more about the world around us since the world is huge and a lot of this can apply to my understanding of this world.
No comments:
Post a Comment