2023: A Space Odyssey

A Course Site for English 107

Group 12-Final Post- .1

Introduction: In Emily Wilson’s interpretation of The Odyssey, we are taken with Odysseus on his treacherous 10-year journey with ups and downs and everything in between. One of the most notable parts of this story, however, is his encounters with the ‘monsters’ he...

Group 12-Creative Narrative- Circe

The source I have chosen for my creative narrative case study is the 1997 TV series titled “The Odyssey”. I believe this is an important source for my case study as it offers not only a story component very similar to the physical book but also a much-needed visual...

Image reading-Circe- Group 12

When looking at this painting created in 1891 by John William Waterhouse, we see Circe seated on an elaborately crafted gold throne holding out a cup of wine to Odyesseus in her right hand and holding her magic wand in her left hand, arm outstretched to the sky. A...

Group 12- close reading- Circe

In book 10 of the Odyssey, Circe tempts Odyssues’s men into her palace thrugh her beautiful singing and warm hospitality and turns them into pigs, explained best in this passage: “They shouted out to her. She came at once, opened the shining doors, and asked them in....