Now that you have identified a central idea and motif, explain how the recurring idea supports the central idea. use details from the text to support your explanation.

Sample Response

Explanation:

The central idea revealed by the motif of flattery in this passage is that self-serving individuals cannot be trusted. The conspirators said one thing while behaving in a very different manner, being hypocrites. In his speech, Antony describes how the conspirators fawned over Caesar, "kissing Caesar’s feet.” This flattery was a cover up for their true ill intentions. They revealed "vile daggers” and stabbed Caesar, betraying and killing him. By pointing out the conspirators’ use of flattery, Antony calls them hypocrites, for their actions, who used false words to further their ambitions.

agamemnon was the leader of the greek troops in the trojan wars and orestes was his son. when agamemnon returned from the war, he was murdered by his wife's lover in conjunction with his wife. orestes could not stop them but he seeked vengeance for his father. after a long time, he found them and avenged his father while killing them. he killed his mother, but greek mythology claims that his act was just and he was spared the remorse and the guilt. there are a lot of similarities with the ulysses/telemachus father son pair. ulysses was also one of the leaders of the excursion to troy. he still has not returned home, but in a sense the suitors of penelope are marring his estate and his reputation. while penelope is faithful to ulysses, the suitors by taking hold of the palace and committing their shameful acts are dishonoring ulysses. in the same context, telemachus is asked just like orestes to restitution his father's honor, regardless of whether he is alive or dead. athena is him and encouraging him with this example and he himself feels the need to save his father