Question

100 POINTS!! HELP In no less than seventy-five words, explain some differences between the kind of memorization that is required in a game like “Telephone” and that which is required by a bard reciting The Odyssey. Comment on the effects of those differences for an oral society versus a literary one.

Answer 1

Explanation:

In games like telephone, words can be missheard, left out, added, changed, or exaggerated. Those mistakes are more likely to happen in an oral society than in a literary one. However, in a literary society, words can still be changed, though not as often, and can also be misspelled. In the long term though, if you want something to be remembered right, it is better to write it down.

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