Monday, October 30th

Dear Mythology Kids,
If you missed class, the following was completed:

1. Students were introduced to "Antigone," the companion piece to "Oedipus." YOU HAVE THIS MYTH in the HANDOUT section of you r notebook; it is copied on a yellow sheet of paper, and it has a flow chart at the top of the handout.

2. Students were given information on the characters via the flow chart. Please obtain this information from another mythology student. DO NOT COPY THE NAMES, but rather have the other student EXPLAIN the characters' roles within the myth.

Several images were offered to the class in order to give schema regarding the myth.  See the following:

3. Students were then reviewed "Oedipus" regarding the irony found within the myth.
4. For PC #2 prt 2, students were asked to watch a short film entitled "INJA." You will need to locate the film via YouTube. It is a foreign film containing a significant amount of Irony. As you view the film, make a list of the elements of irony and how they effect you as the audience. 
 5. Students were then given the quiz for "Oedipus." The quiz will be given in class on Wednesday.

HOMEWORK:
1. Please read "ANTIGONE." You have the myth in the "handout" section of your binder.
ANNOTATE for the myth's "TRUTHS." There are several truths to the myth, but you are required to indicate a minimum of TWO. For each theme, please locate a minimum of THREE pieces of text that support the themes you have chosen.
 

October 26th, 2017

Dear Mythology Kids,
 If you missed class, we completed the following:

1 Students were given schema regarding the "Oedipus" myth. This information was recorded on the back of the "Greek Drama" handout. The following images were used to guide students through offering schema. If you missed class, please communicate with a friend.

2. We then read the myth together. It is located on page  in your textbook. You will need to read it as homework!

3. Students worked on Journal #5 entitled "Oedipus." They were given two moral questions, and then asked to consider their own personal view, and then how the question is relevant to "Oedipus."

PC #2
1. If a person is not taught that something is wrong, and then they commit that crime, are they guilty? Explain.
2. Do you believe in fate or choice? Explain.


HOMEWORK:

1. Read Oedipus in your textbook  pgs. 375-382

2. As you read located a  minimum of THREE pieces of text that possess irony. We reviewed IRONY with the class, so I suggest communicating with a peer.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU SHOULD SUBMIT FOR HOMEWORK!

 

 

Sarah Collins                                                                                                   Collins, 1

Mrs. Kori Crampton

Mythology, B4

15 October 2013

Irony found within “Oedipus”

#1 Quote: “He spoke to his people….” Let no one of this land give him shelter. Bar him from your homes, as one defiled, companioned by pollution. And solemnly I pray, may he who killed wear out his life in evil, being evil.”

Justification: The people of Thebes are suffering from a plague. Oedipus, as their king, is concerned for their well-being.  The previous king, Laius, has been murdered, and the only way the plague will end is if the murderer is discovered and punished.  Oedipus makes the above statement without any knowledge that he is actually the responsible party. He is pleading with the people to search for the killer; yet, he has no idea that he is the guilty party. This represents dramatic irony because the audience is fully aware that Oedipus is guilty, but the citizens and Oedipus are completely unaware of this fact.

#2 Quote: 'On these accounts I, as for my own father. Will fight this fight, and follow out every clue. Seeking to seize the author of his murder.'
Justification: Again, Oedipus insists that he'll make sure Laius's murderer is punished, unknowingly cursing himself. He says that he'll search out the murderer with all his might, as he would for his own father. The declaration is an example of dramatic irony because he vows to find the murderer of his own father… he just doesn't realize Laius is his father or that he is the murderer, as we do.

#3 Quote: 'I say you know not in what worst of shame. You live together with those nearest you, And see not in what evil plight you stand.'
Tiresias is trying to tell Oedipus that he has unknowingly cursed himself multiple times, but Oedipus declares Tiresias a liar and refuses to listen. Here Tiresias is hinting that Oedipus is living in shame by being married to his own mother, and Oedipus doesn't understand that hint. The dramatic irony is that we know that Oedipus should be listening to Tiresias because he's telling the truth, but Oedipus refuses to acknowledge the claim. Also ironically, although Tiresias is physically blind, Oedipus is the one who can't see the situation he's in. By the end of the play, Oedipus will have physically blinded himself as punishment.

 
3. Anticipate a quiz covering "Oedipus" on Monday!

October 26th and 24th, 2017

WELCOME TO HADES!

If I were to ask you to envision Hades, especially now that we have discussed its varying aspects, how would you describe it? This picture is an artist's concept of the entrance to Hades. He clearly DOES NOT know Hades as well as he should. Remember that only a part of Hades was Saturnine, and that of course was Tartarus.

If you missed class today, we discussed the Greek underworld of Hades. Each student received handout, which we completed together. I HAVE INCLUDED A COPY OF THE HANDOUT FOR YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST! Several images were shared with you in relationship to the areas we discussed. I have attempted to include some of the images for you below.


HOMEWORK:
1.  Please read the handout given to you in class about "Tantalus."
2. Please read "Orpheus and Eurydice" pg. 107 in your text. This myth illustrate how just Hades actually was. This myth will appear on your test. 

3. Please read the myth entitled "Danaids" located on page 256 in your book. 

The following pictures should give you greater insights into some of the aspects we discussed on Tuesday. Please make sure you obtain the information from someone else in class BEFORE you return.



This is the character known as Sisyphus. He was destroyed by Zeus due to his inappropriate sexual behavior. His pushes a boulder up a large mountain in Hades, with the one purpose of pushing it over the top. He is never successful in doing so, as the boulder always comes crashing down on him. This punishment is highly symbolic of the crime, as the rock represents Sisyphus' sexual desires. He hopes to overcome them, but he he is unsuccessful in doing so.

These women are known as the Danaids. There are fifty of them, and on their wedding night, all but one, murdered her husband by stabbing him in his heart. Their punishment in Hades is to obtain water from the River Styx with the hope of filling Hades' garden pond; however, their jars have holes in the bottom. They were never able to complete the mundane task of filling the pond. This is symbolic of the fact that they took the trivial and mundane away from their husbands; consequently, they are forever cursed with it.


This is Ixion. He attempted to rape Hera. Zeus had him strapped to a wheel of burning fire. This is symbolic of the fact that a rapist will continue to rape unless caught...hence the wheel. The fire on either side is symbolic of the pain the victim feels. Ixion was constantly burned, but never burned away. OUCH!

Tantalus is another sinner in Hades. He murdered his nephew, and then fed his flesh to the gods in the form of a stew. The Olympians were so appalled by Tantalus' behavior that they cemented him within Styx, being cursed with perpetual hunger and thirst. Each time he attempted to drink from Styx the water would move away from him. There are fruit trees hanging above his head, and yet each time he attempted to grab some of the fruit it, too, would move away from him. He is perpetually hungry and thirty. Can you recognize that each punishment is symbolic of its crime!

THE GREEK UNDERWORLD (handout given on Friday, Oct. 20th)

1. The rulers of the underworld are _________ and his queen _________.
2. The ferryman is called __________________ and he must receive an _________ in order for the dead to cross the River Styx. The coin is placed under the _________ of the deceased.
3. The three most significant rivers in Hades are:
a. The River ______ is the river of the “unbreakable oaths.”
b. The River ________ is the river of the “forgetfulness.”
c. The river Mnemosyne is the “pool of ____________.”
4. The dog __________ guards the gates, and its most distinctive physical feature is ____________________.
5. When ghosts first arrive in Hades, they are taken to the judges of the dead to be tried according to the deeds during life. They are called __________________, ____________________ and _______________.
6. ________________ is the goddess of justice. She determines if the punishments are fair.
7. There are three areas of the underworld:
a. ____________ where people are sent who ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________
b. _____________ for those who lived ___________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
c. _______________ for those who could not _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________
8. A significant motif of mythological stories is justice: defining what is right and wrong and deciding how sinners should be punished. The Greeks were extremely imaginative in punishing those they considered guilty. There are four individuals who have eternal punishment due to their actions on earth.
a. The Danaids:


b. Sisyphus:


c. Tantalus:


d. Ixion:


9. From the surface of the earth, how does one find the entrance to Hades?

10. The FATES determine the length of one’s life. _________________ weaves the thread; the “disposer of lots,” ____________ gives each man their destiny; the most feared is ____________, as she cuts the thread and your life along with it.

11. The god of sleep, ___________________ and the god of dreams, ______________ belong to the retinue of Hades.
12. _____________ is the Greek goddess of Justice.

Posted by Mrs. Crampton at 11:31 AM

Monday, October 9th, 2017

Dear Mythology Kids,
If you missed class today, we completed the following:

1. PC #11
PC #11
Smithson Funeral Home claims that their caskets are hermetically sealed. Interpret the “note of authenticity.” Go beyond what is written on the certification.
 
2. Together we read "Daphne" (pg. 155-156) and "Arachne" (pg. 427) in class. We then worked with a partner and identified each of the "truths" found within the myths, text to support the "truths," and finally recorded the information on the yellow handout.  IF YOU DID NOT READ THE MYTHS THEN YOU MUST DO SO ON YOUR OWN.

HOMEWORK:
1. Read "Demeter and Persephone" (you have this myth in the "homework" section of your notebook), identify the two primary "truths" and then record the information on your yellow handout. 
2. PROJECT is due on Tuesday, October 17th. This assignment counts as the final for this quarter.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY!