Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Antaeus

1. I think the speaker is Haiti lord of the dead
2.The speaker seems to be taunting someone so he seems to be a protagonist. He talks about how you cant wean what he will do and that you must wrestle him to get it.
3. I'm sure that he is talking to Antaeus because his name is the title but he isn't the speaker.
4. The speaker seems confident and sure of himself which arnt really emotions but the speaker is a god so emotions don't seem to play a vital role in the things a god does.
5. It may be that it isn't Haiti speaking but death itself which is a servant to Haiti, and is speaking to intimidate.
6. Trying to avoid death and capture fame but they might actually be closely related. Death and fame that is.
7. The wanting of fame like heroes of old but being unwilling to pay the price.
8. The setting is important to the speaker because he is descibing the inevitable.
9. That fame, heroism, and death come in a box and are only good when eaten together.

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