Epic Transformations - The Odyssey by Dan Cadman https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y Add your comments about your assigned section of the extract here. en-us 2017-10-05 06:23:54 UTC 2017-10-05 11:51:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194206956 Similarities to genesis in that women are seen as ‘bestial’ and plotting. 

]]> 2017-10-05 09:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194206956 1. https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207047  - Odysseus asks Agamemnon if he fell to the same troubles as he himself experienced, however A. reflects on how he and his men were treated as animals, showing that Odysseus' trials are not the worst they could've been.
- Women are presented in a negative light ('whore'). Such as in Genesis, women presented as being sinful. This is shown at the bottom of the first page. 
-]]> 2017-10-05 09:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207047 1. https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207108 - References to the sea: "wrecked in the ships"; chaotic sea once again
- Hospitality, or lack thereof is referenced: perversion and inversion of hospitality as a construct. "he invited me to his palace [...] then cut me down..." Possible reference to betrayal? 
- Bad deaths: "wretched, ignominious death". Survivors of war perishing outside battle. They're ultimately 'bad' deaths outside the framing of the Trojan war. (Other references elsewhere in the text with the guy that falls off the roof?)
- Clytemnestra is the binary opposition to Penelope. Infidelity vs chastity; betrayal vs loyalty; 'femininity' vs 'masculinity'.]]> 2017-10-05 09:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207108 1 https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207173 Theme of survival (or lack of) prevalent here. 
"he killed me" 
Theme of Betrayal is also apparent, the narrator speaks of several people who appear to betray him
- "he invited me to his palace, Sat me down to feast, then cut me down as a man cuts down some ox at the trough" 
- "but she, that whore, she turned her back on me" ]]> 2017-10-05 09:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207173 https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207468 Women are subservient to men and when 1 women does something wrong the blame is on all of women kind. ]]> 2017-10-05 09:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207468 https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207561 2. Extract generalises women and tries to enforce the subservience of them to men, by saying they're all dishonest and their opinions should not be listened to]]> 2017-10-05 09:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207561 Odyssey https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207568 The author's contrast of how he portrays men and women is highlighted by the pre-modifier "lawful", when compared to the use of "monstrous" for a woman.]]> 2017-10-05 09:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207568 Section 1. https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207621 The symbol of the alluring nature of women is visible within the ghost of Agamemnon's story. The quotation "if you'd laid eyes on this..." may be a symbolic reference to Circe, who is a symbol of the danger of women, and their alluring nature, which can transform men into animals presumably. Supported by the imagery of "close my jaws" which shows his full transformation into an animal with an unruly, barbaric nature over their lust and desire for women. ]]> 2017-10-05 09:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207621 https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207782 It shows that inspire of what he's done over the past two years his deeds have gone vastly underappreciated by his family, friends peers etc ]]> 2017-10-05 09:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207782 https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207866 acknowledgement that some women are worthy, “Penelope, that wise woman”, but mostly women are seen less compared to the man ]]> 2017-10-05 09:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207866 Lack of dignity in Agamemnon’s death - part of the survival feature of the narrative - he was a general at war, he could have died fighting and what not but ended up dying via his wife https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207886 2017-10-05 09:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207886 2 https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207968 Men can kill in war and it's ok but when a woman kills her husband, all women ("even the honest ones") take the blame ]]> 2017-10-05 09:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194207968 1 https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194208297 Theme of survival throughout, highlighting the struggles of surviving an]]> 2017-10-05 09:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194208297 Hypocrisy https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194208656 Woman are definitely shown within a massive theme of hypocrisy and that they are sexuality deviant if they do not adhere to what their husbands want. Despite what their husbands may get up to on the sly.]]> 2017-10-05 09:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194208656 1. https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194209170 Demonstrates how people and things change over time]]> 2017-10-05 09:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194209170 Fate & destiny https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194214294 The power of fate and destiny seems more prominently influential over men than that of the power of Gods. The idea that fate can have such a destructive impact and cannot be traced back to a specific being. The lack of a being to take blame is perhaps why all women are then blamed for a murder that just one woman commited]]> 2017-10-05 09:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/d_cadman/aewsv1h5sc2y/wish/194214294