LOREM IPSUM
Book Title
DOLOR SET AMET
C HAPTER 1
Summary
We begin the chapter with Ulysses telling
wooden shaft from the fire and jams it
King Alcinous what had happened during
through the cyclops' eye and blinds him.
his journey. Ulysses briefly mentions be-
Polyphemus was told that the man who
ing trapped by Calypso and Circe, and his
blinded him was called "Noman" and
quick encounter with the Lotus-eaters. He
when he screamed for the other cyclops'
then begins to describe his encounter
to save him from "Noman," they leave. The
with the cyclops Polyphemus. When Ulys-
rest of Ulysses crew escape the cave by ty-
ses' crew lands on the cyclops' island, he
ing three sheep together and hanging
takes a few men with him to explore one
onto the bottom of the middle one. When
of the cyclops cave. Inside they find hun-
they get back to the ship, Ulysses screams
dreds of sheep, cheese and plenty of wine.
back towards the island that it wasn't No-
Instead of taking some cheese and leaving,
man who blinded Polyphemus, it was Ulys-
the men decided to eat some cheese and
ses. Polyphemus then prayed to Neptune
wait for the cyclops to return. When Poly-
to curse them to never return home and
phemus sees the intruders, he traps them
threw a bolder in an attempt to sink the
in the cave and eats two of them. This hap-
fleeing ship.
pens everyday until after two or threeUlysses gets Polyphemus drunk and takes a
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M OVIE 1.1
C HAPTER 2
Themes
In book IX of the Odyssey, the gen-
fied when Ulysses warned his crew not
eral theme is that it is better to be safe
to eat any lotus flowers when they en-
than to be sorry. This is clearly shown in
countered the Lotus Eaters. They did
multiple negative encounters through-
not listen to him and ate lotus flowers
out the book. When Ulysses and his
(enchanted to be extremely addictive).
crew were on the island of the Cicon
They wanted to stay with the Lotus Eat-
people, Ulysses led them in robbing the
ers and leave their families and previous
Cicon of their wives and valuable items.
life behind. Ulysses needed to force
However when Ulysses told his crew to
them back onto the ship. Had they lis-
leave they were selfish and continued to
tened to Ulysses and not eaten a lotus
move inland robbing the Cicon people
flower they would not have become ad-
against Ulysses’s wishes. The Cicon peo-
dicted to the lotus flower.
ple conducted an attack and killed half
of Ulysses’s men. Had his crew not been
selfish and been satisfied with what they
had gained they would not have perished. Had they been safe, they wouldn’t
of had to be sorry. This is also exempli5
C HAPTER 3
Literary
Elements
A literary element used is personification. The phrase "rosy fingered dawn" is
used multiple times throughout book
IX. This is turning the time of day dawn
into a person. The time of dawn is
meant to be the child of the morning, a
young rosy fingered child just shimmering light onto the earth, warming up everything. Homer is connecting dawn as a
time of day that is happy and great. The
Earth is not cold and dark, like night,
but warm and joyful. The entire day is
ahead of the crew, putting everybody in
a good mood. When dawn comes the
crew admires the island they are on, and
wander looking for game and beautiful
vegetation. Dawn is personified as a
happy child because it is a very pleasant
time of day.
Another literary element is the example of word play. This comes up in page
28 of book IX. Ulysses says to the Cyclopes “my name is Noman; this is what
my father and mother and my friends
have always called me.” This is word play
used to trick the Cyclopes. Later in the
story Ulysses gets Polyphemus drunk
and causes him to pass out lying in his
cave. Then he gets a large piece of wood
and heats it over hot coals. Ulysses stabs
the Cyclopes in the eye, he yells out "Noman" has stabbed me. Polyphemus yells
"Noman is killing me by force."All the
other Cyclopses think that "no man"
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stabbed him. This shows the word play
world, these tastes are the best known to
of Ulysses being a clever witty man that
the mortal man. They not only taste
tricks a dumb Cyclopes. Homer uses
amazing but have magical powers of heal-
word play to characterize Ulysses as a
ing. Polyphemus says this to get Ulysses
clever man and show how foolish Poly-
thinking about wine and not what his
phemus.
real present will be. Right before Poly-
A third literary element is a simile.
"We have wine even in this country, for
our soil grows grapes and the sun ripens
phemus passes out from the wine, he
says that his real present will be eating
Ulysses's crew and him.
them, but this drink is like nectar and
ambrosia all in one." This is Polyphemus
speaking to Ulysses about presents that
he will give him. He says this between
one of his swigs of wine. He is trying to
get Ulysses exited about what his wine
tastes like. He compares this to nectar
and ambrosia because in the greek
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C HAPTER 4
Character
Analysis
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M OVIE 4.1 Ulysses
M OVIE 4.2 Telemachus
C HAPTER 5
Review
R EVIEW 5.1
R EVIEW 5.2
What city is Ulysses trying to get back too?
Who hasn’t trapped Ulysses?
A. Athens
A. Circe
B. Sparta
B. Calypso
C. Troy
C. Daisy-eaters
D. Ithaca
D. Polyphemus
Check Answer
Check Answer
R EVIEW 5.3
R EVIEW 5.4
What does Ulysses find in the cyclops cave?
When the author says this, “I want to see if
they are uncivilized savages, or a hospitable
and humane race.” He most likely means
hospitable as...
A. Cows
B. Sheep
C. Lions
D. Unicorns
A. welcoming or friendly
B. rude and mean
C. foolish
D. athletic
Check Answer
Check Answer
R EVIEW 5.5
When the author says this “Then they went
away, and I laughed inwardly at the success
of my clever stratagem." He most likely
means inwardly as...
A. loud
B. obnoxiously
C. happily
D. quietly
Check Answer