74 pages 2 hours read

Madeline Miller

Circe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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Essay Topics

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Circe is unable to determine whether her first mistake was changing Scylla, changing Glaucos, or speaking to Glaucos. Which, if any, of these acts do you think set her future in motion? Why?

2.

Circe has relationships of various forms with Glaucos, Hermes, Daedalus, Odysseus, and Telemachus. Which do you think has the largest impact on the story? Why?

3.

Pasiphaë states that Circe’s ignorance is willful. Do you agree? Why or why not?