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How To Keep Lines 21-45 From The Odyssey

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Eddie Mercado Mr. Tinti-Kane English I 6/6/24 Declamation essay Have you ever let something play out and it actually ended up good? For my declamation lines I chose lines 21-45 from The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson. In these lines, Telemachus is talking with his mentor and asking for advice on how to make a speech. Athena, disguised as his mentor, says that it will play out just fine and you will pave your own path. Then Pallas led him to the center of the town. This is where they were welcoming people and where they were having a feast for the God Poseidon. These lines are important to the story and should be declamed because they express the common themes of Hospitality and Fate vs. Free Will. While Pallas is leading Telemachus to the …show more content…

When they saw the strangers coming, they all stood up with open arms to greet them, inviting them to join them.” (Homer, pg. 136). The. This quote shows how they are getting ready to praise Poseidon. This is also clearly showing the people greeting the strangers with open arms and inviting them to come and join them, which is the theme of hospitality. In these lines, while Telemachus is talking with his mentor about how he should approach and talk to his elders during his speech, we see the theme of Fate vs. Free Will come up. We see this when the mentor responds to his question saying that he will come up with the speech his own way. “‘You will work out what to do, through your own wits and with divine assistance. The gods have blessed you in your life so far.’” (Homer, pg. 136) This Quote shows the theme Fate vs. Free Will because Athena disguised as a mentor saying that he will work out what to do through his own wits expresses the free will. The Fate is that he will inevitably have to make a speech, but the way he comes up with the speech is all up to his Free

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