Circe's Tale
The legendary goddess, Circe, is portrayed to her fullest view in Olga Broumas’s masterful poem “Circe.” In Greek mythology, Circe is a masterful sorceress, who lived on the island of Aeaea, where with potions and incantations she was able to turn people into beasts. While Circe's magic did transform men into animals, she never did anything to alter the spirit or soul of a man; rather, she merely transformed his body into that of the animal that was closest to his true nature. Broumas’s poem incorporates ideas and themes from Homer’s Odyssey, to which she adds a feminist perspective. In the course of his wanderings the hero, Odysseus visited her island with his companions, whom she turned into swine. With the help of Hermes, Odysseus was able to resist Circe’s enchantments and restore his men to their natural form. Through three stanzas –the Charm, the Anticipation, and the Bite – Olga Broumas displays a new view of the myth of Circe, as well as the outlook on women both past and present. Throughout the first stanza, the Charm, Broumas depicts Circe as a wanton woman - a woman that is touching the horizon of ecstasy. Sometimes considered a nymph, Circe is of a divine beauty that enables her to be a great lover capa
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Approximate Word count = 932
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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