For your homework tonight, please do the following:
1) Pick 3 interesting/meaty passages from Books 1-10. Passages should between between 4-10 lines long. Look for passages that speak to an important theme of the epic and/or reveal something about a major character. Please look for passages that we haven't already discussed in class.
2) Re-type the passages and give the book and line number for each passage.
3) After each passage, write a brief analysis. In your analysis of the passage, you should state clearly what important theme and/or character trait the passage suggests (1-2 sentences). Then, referring to specific words and phrases from the passage, state how, why or what the passage implies about this theme or character trait (3-4 sentences).
4) Please post this homework in the "Homework" section of your personal website.
5) Optional but useful: try to pick passages that all address the same theme or character trait.
6) Assignment should take you no more than 40 minutes.