WMST 2000 Lecture : WMST - 2 pdf.pdf
27 Mar 2014
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Helen was potion-maker - category of character", of femininity". Roles of women in the odyssey ! Along the way, he meets circe, his crew arrive on her island, they are immediately attracted to circe"s voice (they can"t see her, but they hear her singing)! Has alluring voice, but she is a monster. (sleeping lions at her feet --> a woman that controls nature)! Odyssey"s men enter her house, they immediately feel desire for her, and she exploits that weakness. She recognizes what they want, and offers the men a drink. She slips a potion in their drink, and turns them into swine (pigs)! Considered a low life of barn animal ! Odysseus escapes (he is the hero), he gets a potion from the god, hermes. And when he encounters her, he draws his sword" He is still infatuated and stays on the island for a year.
