Module 2 Lesson 11

Essential Question

What is the significance and power of the hero's journey?

Focusing Question 2

How does The Odyssey exhibit the genre Expectations of the Monomyth?

The Odyssesy

Read Pages 26-47

​​Add to your Character and Settings Journals

The Odyssesy

Read Pages 26-47

• What can we infer about Odysseus's view of duty?

• What can we infer about his view of temptation?

​​Add to your Character and Settings Journals

arête

• following duty

• honor

• self-control

• intelligence

​​What concept in Ramayana: Divine Loophole does this remind you of?

The Odyssesy

​Word	​Meaning	​Synonyms/Examples
arête	​Virtue or excellence	​living up to one's full potential; the ideal form

Sequence of Events

11A

• In pairs complete Handout 11A

• You have 10 minutes

Open Ended

TDQ: Which events establish a context for Odysseus's hero's journey? Why do you think the author included these events?

Multiple Choice

TDQ: For the REST of Handout 11A sequence of events, what phase and stage of the hero's journey do they represent?

• Initiation Phase: Tests, Allies and Enemies

• The Departure Phase: The Call to Adventure

• The Return Phase: The Road Back

Open Ended

TDQ: What is important about the LAST event in the sequence?

Open Ended

Exit Ticket: Based on Odysseus's behavior in the first two chapters, do you think Odysseus fits the description of the hero archetype? Briefly explain your thinking in one or two sentences.