Homer: The Odyssey•Grade 7•dialectic Stage
The End of the Wandering
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What You'll Learn
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Comprehension
Describes Eurycleia bringing news to Penelope: "Ulysses hath come back, and hath slain the men that devoured his substance"
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Cause & Consequence
Explains why Penelope was slow to believe: "ever I feared that some one should deceive me, saying that he was my husband"
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Meaning
Articulates the theme that shared secrets prove identity: only the true Ulysses would know how he built their bed around the olive tree
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Defense
Explains why the counterargument has merit
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