When Odysseus offers the Cyclops a gift of wine so that he can catch the giant off guard and escape- this gift?
When Odysseus offers the Cyclops a gift of wine so that he can catch the giant off guard and escape; this "gift" is an example of: (6 points)
A) hospitality
B) irony
C) respect
D) good will
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It is really none of these. Hospitality does not fit because Odysseus is in the Cyclop’s cave. Irony is totally out of place here. Respect and Goodwill might be candidates but they are only faked,because neither Odysseus and his men feels one or the other for the Cyclops,they feel FEAR.
It is all a hoax to mislead the Cyclops,get him drunk so that they can beat him and get away.
So,I would say that the gift is an example of misuse of trust. In this case rightfully so.
The answer the test is looking for is
B) Irony.
I don’t really see it as irony.
I see it as a trick.
Odysseus tricked the Cyclops.
Is that irony?
I think it was just being clear headed in a horrible situation.
That’s what Odysseus was good at.