Use Of Imagery In Fitzgerald's 'Cyclops From The Odyssey'

Cyclops Essay

The author Robert Fitzgerald translates a chapter of The Adventure of Ulysses which was Chapter 4 “The Cyclops Cave.” This chapter was about Ulysses and his men having to be trapped in the cave of Polyphemus. Ulysses tries to devise an escape plan and encounters Polyphemus in his cave. Robert Fitzgerald uses imagery/sensory details and metaphors in “The Cyclops from The Odyssey'' to create unsettling and more realistic feelings in this chapter.

The author uses the Imagery technique to establish disturbing/unsettling effects. For example, the excerpt/ reading says ” Rammed it deep in his crater eye.” In other words, this quote describes the Cyclops as a huge monster because of the way the author described it. The way he described it was to make the reader feel intimidated and disturbed by the Cyclops. Another quote from the reading is “ we bored that great eye socket while blood ran out around the red-hot bar.” This quote describes that Ulysses and his men gruesomely attacked the cyclops. The way the author described this quote was disturbing because of his word choices and

For example, in the reading, it says “gaping and crunching like a mountain lion,” In other words, this quote means that when the cyclops was eating the author described the way he was eating like he never ate before and can tell how hungry he was. For example, the words like “gaping” and “crunching” describe the way the cyclops were eating. The words the author uses makes the Cyclops a monster. Another example from the text is “who cast your lives like dice, and ravage other folk by sea?” In other words, this quote means that they created their lives by luck. The words the author uses describe the meaning of the quote because it shows that their lives were created by luck and chance. The author uses these techniques to create a vivid explanation and extra meaning to the