Read the Iliad by Homer several times (maybe read parts of it aloud) making note of the features that seem particularly beautiful, inspiring, emotional, meaningful, or true. You must systematically cover the following questions:
How does the work help us better value goodness?
How does the work help us better understand Truth?
How does the work help us better recognize and appreciate beauty?
Focus your thoughts into an argument about how the work of literature helps us better understand aspects of the Christian faith in regard to the three ideals above.
Compose a thesis-driven, organized essay presenting your argument and using textual support for your points. Although your essay will be thesis-driven, it is not a literary analysis. Do not simply pick a theme or a literary device and make an argument about that aspect of the work.
It will almost certainly be easier to do this assignment well if you choose a shorter piece of literature or a small section of a long work,
