The scene I have selected is the Slaughter in the Hall. In this scene, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and one other helper, trapped the suitors in the hall. They moved the weapons to safe place so that the suitors could not access them, they sealed the doors shut, and readied themselves for what may be their biggest challenge. Odysseus reclaimed his throne with Telemachus sitting beside him. Antinous took a sip of wine from his cup, and just as he lifted the cup; Odysseus shot an arrow through his throat - the wine and blood streaming out from his nostrols, throat, and mouth. With that, Odysseus and his son started raining arrows upon the remaining suitors; killing every last one of them. Amphinomus charged at Odysseus in anger, but Telemachus stabbed him from behind. It was an all-out slaughter.
I can relate to this, not in the way that I've actually slaughtered a mass number of people, but in a way that someone has done something or said something that I've wanted to kill them on the spot. This scene really makes me anxious. It's full of suspense and action. When I read it, I can imagine what's going on in my head, and I'll I can say to myself is, "Wow...that really happened. They actually murdered all those people."
The song I would choose to fit the background is Awake by Godsmack. It has a very hardcore, hardrock guitar riff that brings out the anger in the scene. The lyrics fit into what would be going on inside Odysseus' mind during the whole slaughter. It's a perfect fit; nothing else could describe it better than this song.
Here are the links to both the song and the lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opU1urLhw50
http://www.metrolyrics.com/awake-lyrics-godsmack.html
WARNING: The song and lyrics contain explicit content.
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