THE PROMPT
Using the text the Iliad, respond to this question:
How are females and dogs portrayed in the Iliad?
MATERIALS
In providing an answer, consider only the materials we have covered in this class. Do not use any other materials except the texts and the videos in Module 1. Any evidence that you have used a source other than the ones in the Module will be taken as a sign of academic dishonesty. See the syllabus for the penalties.
- Book: The Norton Anthology of World Literature – Volume A, Puchner, Akbari, Denecke, Dharwadker, Fuchs, Evine, Lewis, Wilson, 3rd Ed., ISBN: 9780393913293
- Pages: Homer (Historical Contexts and The Iliad) (Norton: pp. 222 – 226) The Iliad (Norton: pp. 230 – 331).
WRITING SPECIFICATIONS
In formatting the paper, use MLA style. Use this link https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ or a standard handbook with an up-to-date MLA section. Follow these rules given below. Failure to do so will result in a failing paper.
- Your paper should be at least five full pages of text and should also include a Works Cited. Thus, the paper you turn in to me will be at least 6 total pages.
The paper should be formatted to follow the rules outlined here: https://tinyurl.com/ybr3uryu
- Please note the paper must have 1 inch margins.
- Use Times New Roman 12 font
Pay particular attention to the information on margins, text formatting, heading and title, running head with page numbers, and placement of the list of Works Cited.
- Your Works Cited will have exactly ONE item in it, a single Works Cited to The Illiad as it appears in the class textbook.
Follow, to the letter, the format shown in the listing for “A Work in an Anthology, Reference, or Collection” shown at this link: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_books.html
Look carefully at the sub-category “Poem or Short Story Examples.” The Iliad is a poem and the author is Homer. The editor of the class anthology is Martin Puchner.
- Your citations IN the paper must be given whenever you are referring to anything in The Iliad, EVEN IF YOU ARE PARAPHRASING IT. A common error that students make is that they think they should only cite when they quote directly. WRONG. You must also cite when you paraphrase. Never forget this.
The style you will use throughout is as follows. Please follow carefully: Book #/Line #
Example with a quote:
Achilles rips into Agamemnon and calls him a “shameless, profiteering excuse for a commander” (1.159). [NOTE: This leads the reader to think this quote will be found in book 1 on line 159. Also note the placement of the quotation marks relative to the citation.]
Example with a paraphrase:
Achilles begs his mother for help (1.409-410). [NOTE: the reader will expect a paraphrase that indicates Achilles begging his mom on lines 409-410 of book 1. Please note that this is cited even though it is completely paraphrased.]
PLEASE NOTE: There are 8 “books” within the required text book for Homer’s Iliad. The current paper provided doesn’t not accurately reflect the book numbers for the citations in the paper. They all reference book one, which isn’t accurate.
Thesis sentence: In general, female characters and dogs are negatively or stereotypically portrayed in the Iliad.
Topic sentences (remember — all must be used exactly as stated here):
- Several female characters never go beyond the traditional role of relatively submissive wife and mother.
- Other female characters could easily be thought of as merely rape objects for the pleasure of men.
- The feelings, fates, and potential futures of females are often overlooked by males, and in some cases, men seem to take pleasure in the thought of hurting them.
- Some of the female characters are best thought of as conniving schemers or meddlers.
- Dogs fare no better than female characters in this story, with multiple examples showing just how poorly the characters in the Iliad thought of “man’s best friend.”
