3.18.14+and+3.19.14

Summarize Bk 4: main events
 * Telemachus goes to Sparta to find King Menelaus and hopefully information about Odysseus
 * When he arrives, a double wedding/feast/party is going on. He's welcomed in, and after some normal hospitality, his host remark that he looks a lot like Odysseus. I guess he really is the "true son" after all if they can see it in him without prompting. After he admits that this is true, they begin to tell him how great Odysseus is, and recall stories from Troy. Everyone starts to get a bit weepy, so Helen stops this sorrow by "drugging" the crowd. They party continues on with no more sorrowful thoughts.
 * In the morning, Telemachus and Menelaus find a few moments to talk. Menelaus recalls his journey home from Troy, where he separated from his brother, and eventually Odysseus. But, he goes on to tell him a long story about when he was stuck on an island and with the help of a sea nymph, captured the "old man of the sea" aka Proteus. Proteus is a shapeshifter and hard to capture, but if one does, he or she can ask Proteus for information and he has to be truthful. Menelaus asks for information about how to get home, and what has happened to his brother and other men he fought with in Troy. He learns about Agamemnon's death and that Odysseus is stuck on Calypso's island.
 * Telemachus is filled with hope at the knowledge that is his father is still alive and begins to prepare to go back to Ithaca (by way of Pylos where his boat is).
 * Meanwhile, the suitors finally realize that Telemachus is serious and thus begin to plot his death upon his return. They plan to ambush him on his return journey. Penelope hears about their plans and is distraught. Athena, hearing her, sends a phantom in the shape of Penelope's sister to tell her that all will work out and that Athena is helping Telemachus. This comforts Penelope and she sleeps.

WU: POV Imagine how your day would be if viewed from another's perspective. Describe the main events of your day from an alternate perspective. This could be another person, or an inanimate object. Be creative!

Discuss: what affects our POV --emotions --setting --history --desires --tone

Read: Bk 5 through pg. 161 (when Odysseus leaves Calypso's island).

POV Assignment: Calypso

HW: Complete the brainstorm chart (pg. 2 of this assignment) for next class.