Transcript Oct 6

MRS. CONTRERAS
Language Arts
9th Grade – Eng I Gifted Honors
Room C209
Home Learning
PLACE COMPLETED
ASSIGNMENT(S) IN HOMEWORK
BOX BEFORE THE BELL RINGS!
• (hold onto) PP presentation on your
individually/group assigned works. Students must
print all PP slides in addition to any other research
information used. PP presentation must be turned
in in floppy or CD format (Other formats will not
be accepted)
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Weekly Forecast
10/2/06 – 10/6/06
Monday – Teacher Planning Day
Tuesday – (FCAT Retakes - Block schedule 1,3,5)
Finish "Ajax." Discuss play in conjunction with other
Greek works and review key Drama elements.
Wednesday – (FCAT Retakes - Block schedule 2,4,6)
Finish "Ajax." Discuss play in conjunction with other
Greek works and review key Drama elements.
Thursday – View & take notes on movie: "Clash of
the Titans.” Students not watching film must report to
the media center with alternate assignment.
Friday – View & take notes on movie: "Clash of the
Titans.” Students not watching film must report to the
media center with alternate assignment.
Home Learning
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By Monday 10/9:
Bring to class all required books. (Student's last name
must be written on the side pages of each book).
Read introduction to Roman civilization pg 344-355.
Read "The Aeneid" pg 356, "Metamorphoses: The
Story of Daedalus and Icarus" pg 398, "Seize the
Day" & "Better to live, Licinius…" pg 392.
Write expository essay based on movie (see handout)
Extra Credit: (2 grades)
Ancient Newspaper Article (see slides to follow)
Have a great week!
Ancient Newspaper
Article…
• Student will provide a creative newspaper article on his/her
favorite chapter of Homer’s the “Iliad” (hanging display &
hardcopy for writing sample folder)
• This global news article is to resemble a catchy front page
newspaper article that the Greek or Trojan people would have read
during the time of the Trojan war.
• The article must narrate the key events of the chapter, addressing
typical Who? What? When? (use 1250 BC for the year of the war)
Where? How? questions
• Article must include at least 1 example of direct quoting (can be
dialogue), 1 example of paraphrasing (small sections of text and
stating it in your own words), and 1 example of summarizing
(recount of large section of text). All citations must be in MLA
format. Ex: Andromache pleaded with Hector (##).
Ancient Newspaper
Article…
• After explaining what happened in the section, student will provide a
concluding paragraph where he/she provides an overall evaluation of
the section in terms of its function within the completed work (what is
the purpose of this section in terms of the whole?). Since this is the
evaluation of events, it should be related to the title of your article and
the picture.
• Conclude editorial with a persuasive call (gods, armies, citizens, etc)
that can serve as a transition into the next book/section.
• Be Creative! You may use mythological elements to report the news
(ex: describe the manner in which you witnessed the events (flying
through the clouds riding Pegasus); Zeus sent you a dream in
mainland Greece about events happening in Troy; Apollo gave you a
vision as one of his priests/priestesses of what’s going on, etc).
Creativity is vital
Ancient Newspaper
Article…
Items to bring to class on Monday are:
• 3 copies of finished article (no dead space,
color/make paper look aged, burn edges use
glitter, lots of color!!!)
• 1 sheet of construction paper (any color pre-cut to
10 to 11” x 13 to 14”)
• 1 paper clip (any size)
Project will count as 2 grades & the best will
be displayed.
Perseus
By: Jessica Ordax
Period 6
10/03/06
Above we see
Perseus holding
up Medusa’s
head.
Courtesy of:
Wikipedia.com
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Dogpile images.
Characters
• King Acrisius of Argos
• Danaë – only child of King Acrisius.
• Perseus – son of Danaë and Zeus.
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Dictys – humble fisherman.
Polydectes – ruler of the little island, and brother of Dictys.
Andromeda – daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia.
King Cepheus + Queen Cassiopeia – rulers of Ethiopia.
Electryon – son of Perseus, and grandfather to Hercules.
Medusa – a gorgon, but the only one of the three that is mortal.
Gods: Zeus, Athena, Hermes, Apollo, Nereus, Demeter; The Furies, Gray
women.
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PLOT
pgs. 146 - 148
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King Acrisius of Argos had only
one child: Danaë (Hamilton 146)
Since he bore no son he traveled
to the land of Delphi to ask an
oracle if he would ever have a boy
(146)
The oracle said he would not have
a son, but a grandson who would
destroy him (147)
At this the king would have killed
his daughter himself were it not for
his fear of the outcome for
shedding kindred blood (Furies
would pursue murderers of kin) .
Instead he had a house made of
bronze and sunk it into the ground
to guard her (147).
Then Zeus came down and she
knew she bore his son – Perseus
(147).
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Eventually Acrisius found the child
and when he found out he was a
son of Zeus he dare not kill him,
so he placed Danaë and Perseus
in a chest and set out to sea
(147).
The next day they landed on an
island where Dictys and wife
cared for them like their own
children (148).
Polydectes wanted to marry
Danaë, but she did not want to,
and with her son to protect her
Polydectes could do nothing
(148).
Polydectes then designed a plan
and talked to Perseus about the
Gorgon, and then extended an
invitation to Perseus for his
wedding, and that he must bring a
present for the bride-to-be (148).
PLOT
Pgs. 148-151
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Just as Polydectes wanted, Perseus
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said aloud to all who were there that
he would slay Medusa and bring back
her head for the bride-to-be (148).
He went with out his mothers
permission and sailed to Greece to find •
where these beasts dwell (149).
Once at Delphi the oracle told him:
“seek the land where men eat not
Demeter’s golden grain, but only
acorns” (Perseus 149), and so he went
to Dodona, he was lost though and out
of nowhere came Hermes (149).
Hermes explained that if he wanted to •
beat the Gorgons he must have the
proper equipment, and so he needed
to talk to the Gray Women to find the
way to the nymphs of the North (149).
The three Gray Women shared an eye
and Hermes instructed Perseus that he
was to get the eye in the transition of
the eye was from one to the other
(150).
He did this as instructed and told
them if they wanted to get their eye
back they had to tell him how to get
to the Path to the North nymphs,
and they did (150).
He, accompanied by Hermes, was
on his way to the country of the
Hyperboreans, past the North Wind,
although the Gray Women told him:
“Neither by ship nor yet by land
shall one find the wondrous road to
the gathering place if the
Hyperboreans (150).
When he finally reached the
nymphs of the North he realized
that they were very merry folk, and
they partied all night, and gave him
three very useful gifts: A silver
wallet that adjusts to what ever size
you need it, a cap of darkness, and
winged sandals (151).
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PLOT
pgs.150- 153
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With these newly received gifts,
along with the sword of Hermes and
the shield of Athena, Perseus had
newly found hope (150).
With his reestablished confidence
Perseus and Hermes took off
towards the land of the “Terrible
Sisters” in search of the gorgons
(150).
When Hermes and Perseus arrived
the gorgons were fortunately
sleeping and then Athena and
Hermes pointed out Medusa, for she
was the only mortal of the three
sisters (150).
Then with one swift cut he removed
Medusa’s head, never of course,
looking at her directly, but only
through the shield (150).
As soon as he placed Medusa’s
head in the wallet her sisters awoke
in search of the slayer, but Perseus
had the cap of darkness on and was
invisible (150).
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Upon his return, he stopped by
Ethiopia where he was told that a
very beautiful maiden was being
offered to a terrible sea monster
because her mother, Queen
Cassiopeia had declared that she
was even more beautiful than the
daughters of Nereus, so in order
to appease him and get ride of the
sea monster they must offer
Andromeda (151-153).
As soon as Perseus saw her he
fell in love with her, he then killed
the serpent, and took her to her
parents to ask for her hand in
marriage, and they obviously
agreed (153).
Together they sailed back to the
island, but the house was empty
for his mother and Dictys had to
flee from Polydectes, who was
enraged that Danaë refused to
marry him (153).
PLOT
pgs.153-154
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Then Perseus herd that the king was
holding a gathering with all his
followers, and sought his chance for
revenge (153).
He went to the banquet and had
everyone’s attention, and before they
could look away he pulled out the
head of Medusa, and they all turned to
stone (153).
After everyone herd that they were
liberated of the tyrant it was easy for
Perseus to locate his mother and
Dictys became king of the island (153).
Perseus and his mother decided to
take Andromeda with them to Greece,
in order to visit Acrisius and make up,
but after arriving at Argos they were
told that Acrisius had been driven out
of the land as was nowhere to be
found (153-154).
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In the mean time Perseus had herd
of an athletic contest that was being
held in the North, and he journeyed
there in order to take part in it.
When it came his turn to throw the
discus, he flung it hard and it
swerved hitting a spectator: Acrisius,
who died instantly, proving Apollo’s
oracle true (154).
Perseus and Andromeda lived
happily ever after with their son
Electryon (154).
Medusa’s head was given to Athena
who placed it upon Zeus’ shield,
which she constantly carried (154).
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Cultural Characteristics
• Heroism – when Perseus kills
Medusa and the serpent, by
using not only his physical
strength, but intellectual
abilities ("Perseus, The
Graeae and the Gorgon
Medusa").
• Role of the father figure –
Polydectes and Dictys are the
two sides of a father, one that
shows love and attention, and
one that shows ruthless and
dangerous ("Perseus, The
Graeae and the Gorgon
Medusa").
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Weak Women – woman are
viewed as helpless and vain
especially when Danaë is put in
the bronze house, and chest, and
then Andromeda is chained to the
rock awaiting her doom, as if she
was a piece of meat, a trophy and
not a human being worth anything,
and her mother is directly referred
to as a “silly vain woman” (151)
Courage/Bravery – when Perseus
runs away without telling his
mother, and when he kills
Medusa, knowing that the wrath of
her two sisters would follow
(149;151).
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• Fear of the Gods – when Acrisius does not want to kill his
daughter or his grandson for fear of the Gods (147).
• Throwing child in the water – when Acrisius tossed
Danaë and Perseus into the ocean this symbolized rebirth and made
him seem even more heroic ("Perseus, The Graeae and the Gorgon
Medusa") (Hamilton 147).
• Divine Assistance – when Zeus helps the mother and child
in the chest reach land, when Athena and Hermes help Perseus kill
Medusa, and when the nymphs give Perseus three gifts, as well
(148;151;151).
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Conflicts…
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• Man vs. man: For example:
between Danaë and
Acrisius - her having a son,
which is said to kill him in
the future (147).
• Man vs. supernatural
being/external force: For
instance - between Queen
Cassiopeia and Nereus:
She claimed she was more
beautiful than his daughters
(153).
• Man vs. himself: when
Perseus is mad at himself
for having boasted about
getting Medusa’s head
(149).
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clipart.
Literary Devices
• Epithets
– Hermes: the guide; the giver; messenger of Zeus; son
of Maia (149;151)
• Metaphor
– Perseus: “hurled the heavy missile” (154)
• Similes
– “And in that chamber secret as the grave” (147)
• Personification
– “…The shrill voice of the wind…”(148)
– “…Perseus had been led by his angry pride…” (149)
Beautiful use of language/imagery
• Visualize Danaë trapped in a small
bronze house beneath the Earth
hidden from the world with only the
sky to comfort her: “So Danaë
endures, the beautiful, to change the
glad daylight for brass-bound walls,
and in that chamber secret as the
grave she lived a prisoner. Yet to her
came Zeus in the golden rain.”
• Visualize being stranded and all of
a sudden you spot a God, and you
have renewed hope: “…when youth is
loveliest…hope must have entered
Perseus’ heart, for he would know that
this cold be none other than
Hermes…” (149).
• Visualize Perseus zooming by
as fast as Hermes: “So over the
sea the rich-haired Danaë’s
son,…Flying swift as thought…”
(151)
• Visualize a lonely terrified
mother with her innocent baby
fearing for her life as well as his
tossed into the ocean by her own
father: “When in the carven chest
the winds and waves struck fear
into her heart she put her arms,
not without tears, round Perseus
tenderly she said, O son, what
grief is mine…(147) The night
darkness visible the scudding
waves so near your soft
curls…”(148).
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Elements of myth
• Unlikely event: Perseus
finding Hermes in the
midst of his desperation
(149)
• Supernatural being:
Medusa, Hermes,
Athena, and the nymphs.
• Support social customs,
attempt to explain
features of the natural
world, or guide people
through life: when they
make Perseus seem
larger than life and the
hero in all this story, when
really the gods did all the
work.
• Passed down by word of
mouth: This is not directly
proven, but all myths
started out as oral
traditions, and then were
later written don on
paper.
• Original authors are
unknown: The original
author is never known
because ther are so
many different versions,
for the reason that it was
passed down by word of
mouth and it can easily
be changed.
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Characterization of Perseus
• Faithful – He is faithful to the Gods when he listens to
their every word, he is also faithful to his word when he
killed Medusa, as well as his mother for going back
(150;151;153).
• Determined – he is determined to get Medusa’s head for
his own self-pride, and he will do anything to get it.
• Foolish – for being so boastful and declaring such things
that make him work so hard, to almost kill himself (148).
• Wise – because he is given the help of the gods and he
takes the opportunity- Athena gives him her shield and
Hermes his sword(150).
• Brave – for facing Medusa, although not completely
alone (151).
• A hero – because he accomplished what he said he
would, and came out victorious over a gorgon, and a
tyrant.
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Characterization
• Women: Mortals
– Were seen as a trophy, or a
reward, not as capable humans,
and are only made to look
beautiful and serve the men
“Danaë…the beautiful” (147).
– Women are stupid: “silly vain
woman” (151).
• Men: Mortals
– Were seen as the ruler or master
of the poor woman, they did what
they pleased with the woman
“here he shut her up and guarded
her” (147); “the maiden was on a
rocky ledge by the sea, chained
there to wait for the coming of the
monster” (153).
Andromeda chained
to the rock –
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images.
The gods
helped Perseus
take Medusa’s
head – Courtesy
of Dogpile
images.
• Gods:
– Could sometimes help the
mortals.
– Were unpredictable. (There is no
explanation as to why Athena and
Hermes help Perseus).
Hermes, who helps
Perseus – courtesy of
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Questions the text raised:
• Why do Athena and Hermes help Perseus?
• Why doesn’t the reflection turn you into stone?
• Who do the Gods choose to help some mortals
over others and why?
• Why are women portrayed as insolent trinkets?
• Why is the man the superior being?
• Why do women appear to be dependant on
men?
• What is a hero?
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Purpose
• The purpose of this myth was to show how
if you listen to the gods you will prevail and
achieve greatness.
• It also demonstrates how Greeks view
men and a hero. (they believed that a hero
was someone who was strong and
triumphant, and Perseus demonstrates
that, he also demonstrates that in order to
prevail you need intellect.
Vocabulary
• Carven – past tense of carve (to cut as to form something).
(147)
• Scudding – to run or move quickly or hurriedly.(148)
• Abode - to remain; continue; stay (149)
• Shrouded - A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding
sheet. (149)
• Folly – lack of understanding or sense. (149)
• Revelry – boisterous festivity. (151)
• Alighted – to come down and settle. (151)
Research
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(mythology)
– We find Perseus the story with its historical
content and a little background with other links
for a more in depth study of Perseus, as well as
pictures.
• http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/education/pro
ductions/eyecatcher/themes.shtml - The themes
and cultural characteristics of Perseus.
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mytholog
y/perseus.html&edu=elem – You’ll find a
summary of the adventures of Perseus as well
as his picture.
• http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0838503.ht
ml - A summary of Perseus.
Conclusion
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Perseus was son of Zeus and
Danaë, who prevailed against
multiple odds. His great
achievements were due to the
help of two Olympians: Athena
and Perseus, and he is now
viewed as one of Greek histories
greatest characters.
The cultural characteristics are
intertwined with the themes and
they include: heroism and fear of
the gods.
In Perseus we find multiple
similes, metaphors, epithets and
personification.
We also find many conflicts: man
vs. man, man vs. external
force/supernatural being, etc.
The author uses beautiful and
descriptive language very often
and it is depicted in depth in slide
11.
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The elements of a myth are the
only way to tell a myth apart from
just any other fairytale, some
elements are: supernatural beings
are present, has it has been
passed down orally.
Perseus is the main character and
he is a very typical Greek “hero”. –
strong, and brave.
Women are viewed in a worthless
manner, and men are beautiful in
every way shape or form, while
the Gods rule and are random, as
well as unpredictable.
What is a hero?
The purpose of his quest is to
fulfill his destiny and feel like a
true accomplished man, as well as
to try and explain the above
question.
Some new vocabulary words are:
alighted, and folly.
Work cited
• Hamilton, Edith. "Perseus." Mythology 146 - 154.
(Greek/Roman Literature packet)
• "Perseus." Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia. 02 oct 2006.
01 OCT 2006
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(mythology)>.
• "Eyecatcher." Perseus, The Graeae and the Gorgon
Medusa. 02 oct 2006. 1 Oct 2006
<http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/education/production
s/eyecatcher/themes.shtml >.
• "infoplease." Perseus. 02 oct 2006. 1 Oct 2006
<http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0838503.html >.
• "Windows to the universe." Perseus. 02 oct 2006. 1 Oct
2006
<http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/pers
eus.html&edu=elem>.
Pictures Cited
• All courtesy of www.dogpile.com/images