Please answer the following questions in complete sentences



Please answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. “Truly, life in the Underworld deeply changed Persephone…In Hades, she learned to care for human souls. And so Persephone grew to womanhood.”

What does this passage mean as it is used in the story? What kind of person was Persephone before Hades took her to the underworld and elaborate on how her experience in the underworld changed her?

2. Why is Hades confused for the feelings he has for Persephone?

3. How does Zeus feel about his brother Hades?

4. Describe Demeter’s actions when Persephone disappears…in detail.

5. Why is Persephone forever tied to Hades? What compromise is made regarding Persephone’s future?

6. What natural happening does this myth explain? Describe/explain it.

VOCAB POEM: Choose 10 of your 20 vocab words from this myth to use in a creative poem. Your poem should be about the “Theft of Persephone” in some way; it can focus on a character, one event from the myth or the entire myth itself. Please remember to use your best writing skills; don’t forget to use proper punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. You may write in any poetic form (free verse, rhyming, haiku, etc.), but you must use 10 words form your list. For one extra credit point on the homework, you may draw an illustration to accompany the poem. Underline the vocab words throughout the poem. Use the space below to work!

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