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Step 1 HOMEWORK Step 2 Notes heading Hero’s Journey/Archetype HW A Day: 9/19/16 Intro to Gilgamesh B Day: 9/20/16 Write down title & date. Step 3 Start the Welcome Work Journal #6: (page 15) HONESTLY, consider this. What is the purpose of life? I want at least ½ page. Song of the day: “Anna Sun” by Walk the Moon Pleathe…mora! PLETHORA • Def Overabundance or excess of anything • P.O.S. NOUN • Clue Pleathe mora! • “Pleathe… mora!” I would yell, in order to have my baby tray filled with a plethora of cheerios. Snaily scent SALIENT • Def Outstanding; noticeable • P.O.S. ADJ. • Clue Snaily scent • When I worked at the pet store, I always noticed the salient snaily scent. Archetype Quiz The Epic of Gilgamesh and Ancient Mesopotamia The history and culture behind the world’s oldest recorded story – Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamia– Geography (circa 4000 BC ) • Mesopotamia means “the land between the rivers.” • It is located in an agriculturally rich region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (also known as the “Fertile Crescent” or “cradle of civilizations”. • It was located in the region known today as Iraq as well as parts of Iran. Mesopotamia was a wide plain open for invasion • Some believe that Sumer is the very first civilization. There are TWO things need to be considered a civilization. What do you think they are? Enlil – god of the air Utu – sun god; lord of truth and justice Beat that, Hagrid. Remember me? Gilgamesh Stop at 2:37 GILGAMESH: AS YOU READ * Use a star for significant information, devices, and strategies you notice. ! ? Use an exclamation point to indicate what you feel strongly about in the article. Use a question mark next for parts that are confusing or next to any information that you’d like to explore further. GILGAMESH: CLOSE READING C F V Mark when the writer directly or indirectly characterizes Gilgamesh. Mark instances where Enkidu is described as a FOIL. Mark where cultural values are described. GILGAMESH: CLOSE READING I Topic: Immortality P Topic: Pride and Power FIDDS Devices: Fig lang, imagery, diction, details, syntax Timeline: BCE 2800 BCE Gilgamesh is king. 2600 Early Sumerian literature appears and the real Gilgamesh is deified in the gods' list. 2100 Oldest known copy of a Sumerian poem about Gilgamesh. 1800 "Surpassing all other kings," the first epic, is written by an unknown person 1200–1100 The scribe Sin-liqe-unninni edits "Surpassing all other kings" and other materials into the Akkadian epic, "He who saw the deep." This is one example of how the work circulated around the ancient Middle East. 100 The story of Gilgamesh is lost as the Assyrian empire falls. Timeline: CE CE 1840s Archeologists find tablets of the Gilgamesh epic in various sites. 1872 Amateur Assyriologist George Smith deciphers the tablets at the British Museum. 1900s–2000s Gilgamesh is compiled, translated and published in many editions and languages. HOMEWORK: A DAY DUE WEDNESDAY, 9/21 • 2 VOCAB. NOTECARDS HOMEWORK: B DAY