Ovid Lines 31-58 Notes

Question 1

Give a line that is chiastically arranged and portrays chiasmus

Answer 1

Line 31

Question 2

What is chiastic arrangement?

Answer 2

ABAB

Question 3

What does the chiastic word arrangement in line 31 show?

Answer 3

Reinforces the idea that there will inevitably be a loss of chastity in the theatre

Question 4

What idea do the words ‘casti’ and ‘pudoris’ contain?

Answer 4

Purity

Question 5

What is pleonasm?

Answer 5

Two words that contain the same idea of purity

Question 6

What is the effect of the pleonasm in line 32?

Answer 6

Forcing his point that it is the best of morals that are destroyed here

Question 7

What does Ovid do to the legend of the Sabine women at the theatre?

Answer 7

Makes it a primitive theatrical performance and treated with humour that is heightened by a slight touch of pathos

Question 8

What is the legend of the Sabine women at the theatre?

Answer 8

When Rome was a brand new city, ruled bu its first king Romulus, it was short of women. Romulus invited the neoghbouring Sabine tribe to a programme of games he was organising for the harvest festival. When the guests were comfortable seated, the Romans abducted 600 Sabine daughters at sword point

Question 9

Why does Ovid reference the legend of the Sabine women?

Answer 9

To prove that if Romulus could use the theatre for picking off women( in a forceful way), then Ovid thinks that contemporary Romans should have success here too ( using more refined methods of course)

Question 10

What is apostrophe?

Answer 10

The device of addressing a character in a story

Question 11

Why is apostrophe more forceful on line 33? What is the effect of that?

Answer 11

For coming at the beginning of the story

Turns our attention dramatically to the new subject

Question 12

What is the effect of describing the theatre as rough and rustic?

Answer 12

To give an air of antiquity

Question 13

Give an example of when Ovid portrays the theatre as rough and rustic. What is the effect?

Answer 13

Not even the applause is as sophisticated as modern applause

Helps the comparison with the current air of luxury surrounding Rome

Question 14

Where is the location of Ovid’s ancient theatre?

Answer 14

Palantine Hill

Question 15

What was at Palantine Hill?

Answer 15

Imperial Palace

Several temples

Question 16

What word on line 38 is very unpoetic? What is the effect?

Answer 16

‘Simpliciter’

Mimics the primitiveness of theatre seats

Question 17

What was a traditional custom in a theatre?

Answer 17

Women sat at the back away from the men

Question 18

Where does Ovid use the historic present?

Answer 18

Lines 41 onwards

Question 19

What is historic present?

Answer 19

When the present tense is used to narrate historic events

Question 20

What is the effect of the historic present?

Answer 20

Create feeling of immediacy in the audience’s minds

Question 21

How does the theatre relate to Romulus’ signal?

Answer 21

The signal is for drama of a very kind

Question 22

What is chiasmus?

Answer 22

The repetition of ideas and the reversal of order

Question 23

On line 48, where should ‘que’ be? Where actually is it? Why?

Answer 23

At the beginning
Near the end
Add drama to the description or to allow other words to be placed in more emphatic places e.g. Virginibus

Question 24

What is the theme on lines 49-50? What grammar?

Answer 24

Hunting

Similes

Question 25

What is the emphasis on on lines 49-50? Why?

Answer 25

Focuses on the helpless prey fleeing the predator In Roman times, doves were seen associated with cowardice

Question 26

What grammar is in lines 53-6? What is the pace like?

Answer 26

Historic presents | Rapid

Question 27

How are the girls' contasting reactions highlighted in lines 53-6?

Answer 27

Antithesis Anaphora of 'haec', 'pars' and 'altera' and 'haec... Illa' Use of different pairs to add to this idea Chiastic phrases

Question 28

Where is the chiastic arrangement? What is is? Why?

Answer 28

Lines 53-6 No chiasmus, chiasmus, chiasmus, no chiasmus To make the passage stand out

Question 29

What does 'sine mente' literally mean? What does this show?

Answer 29

Mindless | They were so overcome with fear as to be distraught and incapable of thought

Question 30

What is apposition?

Answer 30

Relationship between expressions usually those that have the same function and supplement each other

Question 31

Give two words that are in apposition. What is the effect?

Answer 31

Praeda- reward Puella- girls Praeda is used to qualify or add detail to the description of the girls

Question 32

The words 'praeda' and 'puellae' are placed next to each other. Why?

Answer 32

Create a rhetorical effect

Question 33

Give an unusual word on line 57. What does it normally describe? What is the effect?

Answer 33

Genialis Weddings Has poignancy (strong and keenly distressing) here

Question 34

What is paradox? Where is this seen? What does it describe?

Answer 34

Juxtaposes two ideas that contradict each other even if they are true Line 58 Fear makes the girls more beautiful