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What is one effect that an in medias res opening is meant to have on the
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In medias res, the opening line of the Iliad means in the middle of action. So it starts off chaotic and complex, a war scene on the battlefield. Doesn't really give any info as to why the action is taking place, but the reader is right there in it.

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