Epics

Question 1

When does the epic begin?

Answer 1

In medias res (in middle of thins)

Uses flashbacks to remind audience of related events not included in epic

Question 2

What’s. Stock epithet

Answer 2

A descriptive phrase used in place of a name example : fleet footed Achilles

EPICS USE THIS

Question 3

Classical epics includes descriptions of?

Answer 3

Detailed descriptions of THE ARMOR and weapons of the combatants and descriptions of the battles

Question 4

EPIC SPEECHES ARE USED IN

Answer 4

Elevated language
Often boastful
Long and often repetitious

Question 5

Epics use what two forms of comparison

Answer 5

Epic simile and CONSISTS of multiple comparisons

Question 6

The heroes quest often ends by

Answer 6

Re asserting the dignity of the family the community of nation

Question 7

The hero is of

Answer 7

Heroic stature

Question 8

The poet invokes the aid of the

Answer 8

Muse and states the theme of work

Question 9

Nature of hero

Many Heroes remove themselves from society to plan and simply grow up called

Answer 9

Withdrawal

Question 10

Nature of hero

Hero is tested and introduced to world of experience

Answer 10

Initiation

Question 11

Hero is threatened at birth

Answer 11

The Heros life is threatened at birth

Question 12

The hero is singled out and overpowered by a force that transcends humans

Answer 12

Inspiration

Question 13

The hero is unwilling to assume his role he needs to be pushed into it

Answer 13

Reluctance

Question 14

Most heroes can perform superhuman feats sometimes show mental skills or special physical powers

Answer 14

Possession of special powers

Question 15

The hero represents a cause…

Answer 15

Greater than himself

Question 16

The hero acquires and aire of ?

Answer 16

Mystery of otherness a fearful lonely quality that sets him apart from crowd

Question 17

The hero is subject to ? Treated inconsistently in his time crowd is fickle

Answer 17

Vacillating reputations

Rallying to him when he offers what they want

Turns against him when things get rough

Question 18

The hero has what that make him vulnerable

Answer 18

Limits and weaknesses that prevent them from becoming gods

Question 19

The quest

Answer 19

The search for someone or something when found and brought back it restores fertility to the wasted land

Question 20

The task

Answer 20

To a possibly superhuman feat hat must be accomplished to fulfill the ultimate goal

Question 21

The Initiation

Answer 21

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

Question 22

The fall

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Death and rebirth

Answer 23

Those situations where someone or something dies yet is accompanied by some sign of rebirth

Question 24

Nature vs the mechanistic world

Answer 24

Refers to situations which suggest that nature is good whereas the forces of technology are bad

Question 25

What’s an epic

Answer 25

Long narrative poem dealing w great heroes and adventures has supernatural forces written ceremonial style