Author: b.liang1

To what degree is this a play about jealousy? What does it have to tell us about jealousy?

This play is about a love triangle. We see Othello in a love triangle. His mistress Emilia suspects Othello of having a wife. In the play, Othello said, “O the pernicious caitiff!
How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief
That was my wife’s?”

This shows that jealousy can cause social disfunction.

I find the poems descriptive. The writers themselves write in a way to provoke the readers to be in his shoes. The 637th poem from Book 13. Love from The Kokinshu, written anonymously, is about parting. (Norton B, 1116) What I like about this poem is that one can imagine that when he and his lover wakes up in the morning, they collective their separate clothing and walk away separately. Separation is part of life.

Q. Is Aeneas a hero? In what ways yes and no? Why might Virgil have chosen to depict him in this way? How might he compare with Odysseus?

A. Based on my perspective, Aeneas is a hero. From lines 525 to 530 of Book XII, it said that while Turnus, Mnestheus, and Achates gave death to their enemies, Ascanius accomplished Aeneas to the camp while bleeding, using his long spear to put weight on. (Virgil, Fitzgerald, 381) Virgil possibly chose to depict Aeneas in this way to show that he fought bravely and victoriously. He was able to defeat his enemies while getting injured, even to the point of near death. According to Odysseus, after he defeated the enemies and abandoned the dead, he longed for home. His father-son relationship backed up his fighting spirit. Aeneas possibility has the same type of support.

Q. Do you totally trust in Odysseus’s desire to return home? Do you think Homer does? Why or why not?

A. I totally trust in Odysseus’s desire to return home. One sentence of the Book I that supports my claim is from lines 19-22 it said that it began when the men who left behind the dead have returned, while Odysseus longed for home and his wife. (Homer, Fitzgerald, 1) I think Homer does. From this sentence, it can be interpreted that the men who fought in the war went back home, but Odysseus, however, wished to return. The war seemed to make him want to return.