2023: A Space Odyssey

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Group 7 – Creative Narrative – Telemachus

Group 7 – Creative Narrative – Telemachus

In the poem Telemachus by Ocean Vuong, there is a tone of resentment and slight hatred for his father, Odysseus. There are many breaks between the sentences in the poem that emphasize the pause between the words. A new verse never starts with the beginning of a new...

Group 7-Creative Narrative-Athena

I chose this image for its striking representation of my case study on Athena. It impeccably glasses the dynamic I conceptualize when reflecting on the member where Athena informs Telemachus about his father’s actuality and his eventual return. The image’s...

Group 8-Creative Narrative-Sirens

Sirens, as seen in The Odyssey, are not represented in the media too often, we see them mainly referenced in stories of Greek mythology or retelling of The Odyssey. For my multimedia source, I chose the poem “Siren Song”, by Margaret Atwood. I believe this is...

Group 9-Creative Narrative-Athena

Importance Apart from the title and some indirect references to the goddess in the lyrics, “Athena” by The Who could be perceived as having very little relation to the goddesses’s character in The Odyssey. However, looking at the song from a modern...

Group 9-Creative Narrative- Telemachus

I chose to analyze an article about the development of Telemachus throughout the first four books of the Odyssey. Before reading the article my view of Telemachus throughout these books was that he was finding himself. As a young man, he is still unsure about who he...

Group 7-Creative Narrative-Penelope

For my multi-media source, I chose the television series Gilmore Girls to be in comparison with my case study of Penelope. The TV show is about a mother and daughter duo dynamic, in which Rory, daughter to Lorelai, doesn’t have a father figure present in her life. The...