A Tale of Two Cities

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Loyal Swineherd

How does Odysseus escape from the pack of dogs?
Describe Eumaeus’s attitude towards the suitors.
What island does Odysseus say he is from?
What does Eumaeus give Odysseus to keep him warm and what is the significance of it?

4 comments:

  1. He sank to the ground and the staff dropped from his hand and dashed for the fence. Odysseus says he is from Crete. Eumaeus gives Odysseus a cloake. Odysseus is lying the whole time to Euamaeus and Eumaeus is doubting that Odysseus will come back.

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  2. Odysseus sank to the ground at once and dropped the staff that he was carrying. Because he knew this "trick" the dogs did not attack him.

    Eumaeus despises the suitors. He believe, and rightly so, that the suitors are wasting Odysseus' money and resources. He thinks that they are simply there because Odysseus is dead or lost and they want to court his wife.

    Odysseus says that he comes from "Crete's broad land".

    Eumaeus gives Odysseus a heavy cloak. This is significant because of the story that Odysseus tells, where, he says, the commander (Odysseus) made it so that Eumaeus would have the cloak of another man to keep warm at night.

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  3. To escape the pack of dogs, he sank to the ground and dropped his staff. Eumaeus highly dislikes the suitors. He believes that they are wasting Odyssey's money and taking advantage of his open home. Odysseus says that he is from Crete. Eumaeus gives Odysseus a cloak. This is significant because the cloak is something that Odysseus gave to Eumaeus to keep warm.

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  4. Odysseus escapes from the pack of dogs by sinking to the ground and dropping his staff. Eumaeus hates the suitors. He thinks they are just wasting everything Odysseus every made by eating his animals, using his palace and drinking his wine. He says he is from Crete. He gives him a cloak. The significance of this is the story that Odysseus tells about how the real Odysseus gave him (the disguised one) a cloak.

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