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Storytelling - By Byron Neale, Adam Wazowski and Hettiarachchige Janindu…
Storytelling - By Byron Neale, Adam Wazowski and Hettiarachchige Janindu Vishwajith Gomas Abeysinghe Weerakoon
Definition :explode:
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A retelling of events, possibly with differing perspectives
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Relevance :fire:
The whole story is a retelling of Penelope's life based on her views after she died. (In the underworld).**
Atwood added in the chorus to give a separate perspective, and it was written in a rhymy childlike song manner. - Songs, court proceedings, play, sea chanty- to stay revelvant they alter the presentation method, for credibility
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Storytelling is a "low art": Introduces the retelling of the 20years post Trojan War. Penelope is in the underworld and dead, suggests the truth is uncovered in death.
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During the time period, stories can only be told from person to person, so it changes each time, and can have inconsistencies. Positions of power seem to alter their recollection of the truth to suit their credibility- power is trusted in society, unchallenged
Examples
'Low art' - story telling is referred to as a lowly art due to the nature of the people who utilise it, such as beggars and the elderly
Each time the maids show up, their story is told against the story of Penelope. They offer their perspective of events
The story telling is often contradictory to various other recounts of the tales - Odysseus recounts how the maids were disloyal, Penelope states that she was unable to help the maids while the maids say that it was intentional.
"Once, people would have laughed if I'd tried to play the minstrel" - showing how class can impact the effect storytellers have on their audience
"Rumors came, carried by other ships…" falsehoods can arrive from anywhere and they can soon be established as the truth by people of status, like how "the minstrels took up these themes and embroidered them considerably".
The structure of the novel is based around storytelling, with differing accounts between characters, demonstrating how no one retelling can be trusted, and the truth is usually somewhere in the middle
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