Week 2 Post 1

 Post 1 Week 2

Women Portrayed as Monsters:

• Charybdis
• Scylla 
• Medusa
• Lamia

Quote: "Female monsters represent 'the bedtime stories patriarchy tells itself,' reinforcing expectations about womens' bodies" (McGreevy). 

Talking Points:

• Control 
• Historical Analysis
• Antagonist
• Mother/Nurturing (Lamia)
• Women as rewards 

Coursera: Odysseus 

• Ogygia: Calypso (Sexuality Analysis?)
• Trying to persuade Nausicaa (brings up beauty, marriage, etc).

Quote: "young women are characterized as being exciting, in an erotic way, around a pong or river or spring, this is the archetypal example of such a thing in western literature" (Struck).