On their respective journeys, Odysseus, Dante, Arthur, and Frodo face events that forever alter their perspectives on life and profoundly changed how they live their lives. What life lessons have you derived from your reading of their stories? How will these lessons change the way you live? If you want, you may also use King Arthur as choice.
How to proceed:
1. First, select an episode or several episodes from the epics, ones that have been especially influential to you personally, and from which you have learned [an] important life lesson[s].Place the selection in quotation marks at the beginning of your analysis. If the episodes are from films, summarize the episode carefully.
Next, after quoting the text exactly, briefly paraphrase it. Describe the episode that prompted your strong reaction — the scene, event, character, idea — in your own words. Be clear and specific. What happens? Where does it happen? Why does it happen? Remember, this section should be succinct and clear and not too long; in fact, you should not write more than one paragraph in this description.
Next, state precisely what life lesson you learned from the scene you described. If you choose to analyze only one life lesson, you will have to develop your ideas quite. thoroughly; you must compose, after all, three pages of analysis. You may prefer to identify up to three episodes from which to derive your ideas. If you choose to describe three life lessons, make sure you repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 for each one.
Finally, write a conclusion, describing the existential implications of the lesson[s] you have learned. How does or will the lesson[s] you learned from the epic[s] apply to your life now and in the future?
Textual Analysis: Remember to back up your assertions with evidence from the texts. Choosing and analyzing lines and passages provides “evidence” that supports your argument.
Research and Documentation: This paper should be based on your own analysis of the text; you should consult NO secondary sources, except the Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded in One Volume, edited by Maynard Mack, or the individual translations listed on the syllabus.
However, since you MUST quote from the primary sources, and these quotes should be followed by parenthetical references using MLA format.
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