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Figurative Language In The Odyssey

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This book in The Odyssey mainly highlights the absolute massacre of the suitors in the hall performed by Odysseus. In my group, I had been assigned the category of effectiveness. Similar to most if not all books in The Odyssey, book 22 contains several instances of figurative language to spice the story up. Not only that, but the book can detail many events in-depth, giving it a more drawn-out and emphasized feel. For example, before Antinous is killed by Odysseus, the book is quoted, “the cup was in his finger; the wine was even at his lips; did he dream of death?”(Homer 22, 8-10). This quote was very powerful to me just having started to read the book. Antinous’s death was very unexpected, especially to Antinous himself. The quote emphasizes
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