Epics Flashcards
When does the epic begin?
In medias res (in middle of thins)
Uses flashbacks to remind audience of related events not included in epic
What’s. Stock epithet
A descriptive phrase used in place of a name example : fleet footed Achilles
EPICS USE THIS
Classical epics includes descriptions of?
Detailed descriptions of THE ARMOR and weapons of the combatants and descriptions of the battles
EPIC SPEECHES ARE USED IN
Elevated language
Often boastful
Long and often repetitious
Epics use what two forms of comparison
Epic simile and CONSISTS of multiple comparisons
The heroes quest often ends by
Re asserting the dignity of the family the community of nation
The hero is of
Heroic stature
The poet invokes the aid of the
Muse and states the theme of work
Nature of hero
Many Heroes remove themselves from society to plan and simply grow up called
Withdrawal
Nature of hero
Hero is tested and introduced to world of experience
Initiation
Hero is threatened at birth
The Heros life is threatened at birth
The hero is singled out and overpowered by a force that transcends humans
Inspiration
The hero is unwilling to assume his role he needs to be pushed into it
Reluctance
Most heroes can perform superhuman feats sometimes show mental skills or special physical powers
Possession of special powers
The hero represents a cause…
Greater than himself
The hero acquires and aire of ?
Mystery of otherness a fearful lonely quality that sets him apart from crowd
The hero is subject to ? Treated inconsistently in his time crowd is fickle
Vacillating reputations
Rallying to him when he offers what they want
Turns against him when things get rough
The hero has what that make him vulnerable
Limits and weaknesses that prevent them from becoming gods
The quest
The search for someone or something when found and brought back it restores fertility to the wasted land
The task
To a possibly superhuman feat hat must be accomplished to fulfill the ultimate goal
The Initiation
The moment a individual becomes mature gains a new awareness Ito nature of problems and understands his responsibility for trying to solve his dilemma
Often denies the question calling and in the intimation will accept the responsibility
The fall
A descent in action from a higher to a lower state of being might involve moral imperfection a loss of innocence this fall also accompanied by expulsion from a kind of paradise as penalty for disobedience
Death and rebirth
Those situations where someone or something dies yet is accompanied by some sign of rebirth
Nature vs the mechanistic world
Refers to situations which suggest that nature is good whereas the forces of technology are bad
What’s an epic
Long narrative poem dealing w great heroes and adventures has supernatural forces written ceremonial style
