The Odyssey: Theme Development, Part 6

A theme is the ____ conveyed in the text.

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey about Odysseus and his son in battle. Telemachus swerved around him, leaving the long dark spear planted in Amphinomus. If he paused to yank it out someone might jump him from behind or cut him down with a sword at the moment he bent over. So he ran—ran from the tables to his father's side and halted, panting, saying: "Father let me bring you a shield and spear, a pair of spears, a helmet. I can arm on the run myself; I'll give outfits to Eumaeus and this cowherd. Better to have equipment." How do Telemachus's actions in battle compare to his father's?

One theme found throughout The Odyssey is that help often comes when least expected. Which lines from the text best support this theme?

Odysseus is called to adventure when he

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. Few men can keep alive through a big surf to crawl, clotted with brine, on kindly beaches in joy, in joy, knowing the abyss behind: and so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever. From which part of Odysseus's epic journey is this excerpt taken?

Odysseus is an example of a dynamic character because

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. But the man skilled in all ways of contending, satisfied by the great bow's look and heft, like a musician, like a harper, when with quiet hand upon his instrument he draws between his thumb and forefinger a sweet new string upon a peg: so effortlessly Odysseus in one motion strung the bow. According to this excerpt, how has Odysseus changed over the course of his adventure?

Being reunited with Penelope is which part of Odysseus's epic journey?

Learning patience and humility is which part of Odysseus's epic journey?

Which themes are found in The Odyssey? Check all that apply.