A Sirens comparison of Homer’s "Odyessy" and Margaret Atwood’s "Siren Song" Siren Comparison In the "Siren Song" there are three Sirens and in the "Odyssey" there are only two sirens. The Sirens in the "Odyssey" sing a song filled with passion and yearning to lure men to them. The Sirens in "Sirens Song" use a song of secrets to lure the men treacherously to their deaths. The "Sirens Song" Sirens use the mens own natural curiosity to bring the men to them. The "Odyssey"
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The Sirens are known for luring men to their death with the sounds of their beautiful voices‚ and hypnotizing lyrics. In both the encounter of Odysseus and the Sirens by Homer and ’The Siren Song’ by Margaret Artwood the story is told of an attempt to lure the men. The pieces of writing differ in the portrayal of the Sirens‚ their comparison in metaphors shift‚ and use of imagery as well. The excerpt analysis the set up of the Sirens and compares their voices to ’honeyed voices’ sweet and relaxing
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Rat Song Introduction ”Rat Song” is a poem written by Margaret Atwood and is part of Selected Poems from 1976. What is interesting about the poem is that it is written from the point of view of a rat. And by looking through the eyes of a rat (which many people see as a primitive and inferior animal) the poem shows how judgemental‚ hateful‚ hypocritical and “unnatural” the human race is. The poem furthermore advocates that humans are a much greater parasite than the rats they are so desperately
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“Atwood presents us with heroines who suffer victimization but who are not finally defeated” How far do you agree with this view of Atwood’s presentation of Elaine thus far in the novel? Margaret Atwood’s novel Cat’s Eye explores the life of the female protagonist Elaine‚ and her struggle to move on from her difficult and disturbing past. As a heroine who suffers victimization‚ to say Elaine was not effected harshly by these circumstances would be untrue. The victimisation and bullying Elaine received
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the "Odyssey"‚ the hero‚ Odysseus‚ encounters the Sirens and their deadly song. Odysseus in the is the only one in his crew to listen to the enchanting song of the Sirens and gives his portrayal of the Sirens. And in Margaret Atwood’s "Siren Song"‚ she conveys the point of view of the Sirens to her audience. Through Homer’s and Atwood’s use of diction and point of view in their literary pieces they are able to exemplify their perspective of the Sirens. In the "Odyssey"‚ Odysseus and his crew speed
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Summary and Analysis PrintPDFCite. “This Is a Photograph of Me‚” by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood‚ presents a speaker who begins by promising to show us a photograph of herself. Later‚ however‚ we learn that the speaker has died from having drowned in the lake the photograph depicts. The poem begins with a title that is a crucial part of the text. Unlike many poems‚ where the title has little effect on the work’s meaning‚ here the title is essential to a total understanding of the whole
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Colin Stone 10 October 2012 3.05 Free Writing Practice Dr. Cooper Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” is written with a crafty yet concise one-sided dialogue with a tone of an almost dark and malicious sense of humor. It is a clever work containing one of the three alluring Sirens‚ alluding to Homer’s The Odyssey‚ successfully captivating a mariner’s attention to “save” her. The poet starts the slow and soft with an appealing cry and by using the device of enjambment‚ is able to speed up and introduce
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The sirens are portrayed differently in the Odyssey and in the “Siren Song”. The change of tone‚ point of view‚ and diction between the two sends a different portrayal of the sirens. The tone and point of view play a big roe in both of these writings. In the Odyssey the tone is suspenseful. Odysseus tells the event from his point of view‚ so in first person. This gives the story more action because it is a closer encounter of his feelings. What he feels and experiences from the sirens is best perceived
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Odyssey"‚ and Margaret Atwood‚ the poet who wrote "SIREN SONG"‚ have different points of view on the sirens. The song that the sirens sang was different in both of the poems. The poets’ opposing uses of imagery illustrated the sirens differently. In addition‚ the tones that the poets used were different. Although these two poems were written about the same subject‚ they are still different. One difference is the song that the sirens sang to the sailors. In "The Odyssey"‚ the sirens’ song was about
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Homer’s epic poem Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus’ encounter with the Sirens and their deadly song which is shown in Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song.” When comparing each text‚ it is found that the Sirens are portrayed as temptresses that trap you with their beautiful‚ “honeyed voices.” The tone in the epic poem is bright in the beginning when Homer writes “Helios’ burning rays” and “the sun at high noon.” As the poem progresses‚ it takes on an ominous tone that shows Odysseus’ self-control
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