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(English) Text Response Ransom- Storytelling
« on: November 01, 2011, 06:56:12 pm »
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Hi guys, this is just a part of the essay on the prompt:

“THIS OLD FELLOW, LIKE MOST STORYTELLERS, IS A STEALER OF OTHER MEN’S TALES, OF OTHER MENS’ LIVES”. HOW DOES RANSOM SHOW THE VALUE OF STORYTELLING?


Story does not just help readers to understand the characters of Ransom; it forges an emotional connection between the characters themselves because it allows them to see into the other’s world. Indeed, Patroclus and Achilles develop their special, intense bond through Patroclus’ story. The way in which it is related by Menoetius is so powerful that it leads them back to that fateful morning, making it seem like they are “in a story (Patroclus) might be hearing for the first time and which has not found its end”.  The effect of the story leaves Achilles “breathless”, wanting to “cry out” to stop the fatal blow, but “stands spellbound”. It is the story that has truly “mated (him) with Patroclus”. The power of the story comes from the ability to see the viewpoint of Patroclus, so much so that “the blow connects, bone on bone” and “Achilles is stunned as if the blow was to himself”. However, this is only one case of the power of storytelling and its ability to unite characters. Storytelling also connects Priam and Somax. Yes, it does allow Priam to understand the world of the incidental and develop an interest in it. However, it also serves as an important connection between them which leaves Priam with a “new found respect” for this “old fellow”, and this respect is really developed as a result of Somax’s stories about his children, which allow Priam to see “clearly for a moment into the fellow’s life, his world – and the world of the daughter-in-law too”. Even the story of Podarces allows Hecuba an insight into the life of Priam. Though she “must have hear it a hundred time in (her) father’s palace…perhaps even then (her) heart was touched” , Priam insists that the way in which his story was told is romanticized, in that everyone knows that the “little victim is…happily snatched up and restored”, but he feels that the actual events that occurred have somewhat traumatized him. By showing her “what it was like to be that child”, he “frightened her”, but also allowed her to understand his need to ransom back Hector’s body, even though Hecuba may not agree with it. Thus, the power of story is shown to connect the characters as it allows them to experience each other’s world.

Does this answer the prompt adequately/ relate to the prompt?

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Re: (English) Text Response Ransom- Storytelling
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 06:59:49 pm »
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P.S. Please ignore the other post, it's locked because I accidentally double posted :)

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Re: (English) Text Response Ransom- Storytelling
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 07:08:16 pm »
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Yes, pretty good textual evidence that covers this prompt: however, i reckon you need to focus on another aspect that will improve your essay and that is Malouf's interpretation of the Iliad, where he essentially becomes 'the stealer of other men's tales, of other men's lives' in his own storytelling in which he modernises the Iliad by 'putting it together, in a experimental way, of this or that bit of an existing world to make something new'.
Hope i helped :) 

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Re: (English) Text Response Ransom- Storytelling
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 07:12:37 pm »
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Yeah, I think that will be another paragraph to do.

Thanks  ;D