Calypso’s Island Is a Trap Homer Makes Sound Like a Haven
Calypso’s island is a haven of peace and beauty, and even the god Hermes takes delight in its wonders. It is also a trap or a prison.
Homer’s descriptions of beautiful places make the reader long to be transported there; the invitation and the warning belong to the same description.
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The island is a trap with excellent staging: the reader longs to be there even as the place is called a trap or prison.
Pushback
Excellent staging is still staging. A trap is a trap, and the reader’s longing says more about Homer’s technique than about the place itself.