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Clear, as each individual paragraph is well structured; collectively, however, they are quite fragmented and are pieced together puzzle-like.

Regardless, still overall a strong empiricist argument, and an engaging read with a lot of character.

Anything for Sanford

We are NOT getting to page 456 by tonight gang. My Nayder paper will HUMILIATE ME.

Venereal image of Agamemnon makes sense-- his sin is sexual. Furthermore, he's the "source" of flaw among the Greeks, which spreads down the military hierarchy, according to Thersites in a meta deconstruction of Ulysess' bottom-up argument.

Almost forgot how remarkable the opening to this book is; I have more appreciation for the character psychology (minus the women, whose backstories are foreshadowed but nonetheless somewhat cartoonish)

The humor is great, and general craftwork and structure is more appreciated. Havisham, I now realize, is the funniest character.

Stayed up reading this just for my professor to forget he has a 3 hour seminar and go swimming

Not to mention— Thersites is genuinely funny. His cynicism is appealing in the otherwise wooden play.

Opens up somewhat in the second act. Here, Thersites, structurally our fool, unravels Ulysses’ grand dialogue into truth; whereas Ulysses identifies a bottom-up dilemma (where soldiers scorn their betters and hierarchy fails) Thersites proposes trickle-down foolery (Agamemnon, whose foolish war demands hierarchical servitude, implicates Greece in his foolery— from the top down)

Impenetrable Shakespeare; words chosen here have not stood the test of time, exacerbate immensely poetic passages. Ulysses has interesting ideas, although requires much work.

Class focuses on Thersites, who’ll emerge in act 2; nonetheless, I look forward to not having to read this anymore