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How to Organize Your Mock Epic

How to Organize Your Mock Epic. Begin with the Invocation of the Muse—choose a Muse who fits with your epic hero Introduce your hero and describe him or her in great detail Then describe where your hero is Let that lead into a description of the obstacle he or she faces

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How to Organize Your Mock Epic

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  1. How to Organize Your Mock Epic Begin with the Invocation of the Muse—choose a Muse who fits with your epic hero Introduce your hero and describe him or her in great detail Then describe where your hero is Let that lead into a description of the obstacle he or she faces Have the hero overcome that obstacle

  2. How do you use epic language? • And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd,Each Silver Vase in mystic Order laid.First, rob'd in White, the Nymph intent adoresWith Head uncover'd, the cosmeticPow'rs.A heav'nly Image in the Glass appears,To that she bends, to that her Eyes she rears;Th' inferior Priestess, at her Altar's side,Trembling, begins the sacred Rites of Pride.Unnumber'd Treasures ope at once, and hereThe various Off'rings of the World appear;From each she nicely culls with curious Toil,And decks the Goddess with the glitt'ring Spoil.This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks,And all Arabia breathes from yonder Box.

  3. How do you invoke the Muse? • Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the storyof that man skilled in all ways of contending,the wanderer, harried for years on end,after he plundered the strongholdon the proud height of Troy. • Homer asks the goddess to help him compose a worthy epic about a great man. You do the same—only it will seem silly.

  4. Ridiculous, isn’t it? • The Tortoise here and Elephant unite,Transform'd to Combs, the speckled and the white.Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows,Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux.Now awful Beauty puts on all its Arms;The Fair each moment rises in her Charms,Repairs her Smiles, awakens ev'ry Grace,And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face;Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise,And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care;These set the Head, and those divide the Hair,Some fold the Sleeve, while others plait the Gown;And Betty's prais'd for Labours not her own.

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