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Epic (def)
long & formal narrative poem written in an elevated style about a hero's adventures of almost mythic proportions which includes traits of a nation or people
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Epic (Characteristics) (5)
- Protagonist (hero)
- Setting (grand)
- Plot (amazing, sometimes superhuman efforts)
- Supernatural entities involved
- Showcases characters & their actions in elevated style
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Epic (Conventions) (4)
- invoking the Muse
- starting in medias res (in the middle of the story)
- characters introduced w/ speeches that show their character
- uses epic simile
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epic simile (def.)
ex. Homer's Odyssey: Book V, lines 394-398
long & fancy simile where the tenor (subject) is nearly obscured by the vehicle (the thing which describes the subject)
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