Due
at the end of class,
(in
both paper and electronic form)
Directions:As
always, make sure you give specific concrete
examples from the stories (with
author, line or page numbers as
appropriate) to back
up your conclusions and that you
indicate your sources as the pdf in ANGEL indicates When citing the
movie script, simply indicate (script) at the end of the sentence; when
citing from the movie itself, simply indicate that you are doing so
(i.e. no need for page or paragraph numbers when citing the script or
movie).
Option 1: write 3
600-900 word
essays
on three of the topics given below
1.
Compare and
contrast the portrayal
of Aphrodite (and/or of the nature of "love") in four of the following
(as always, detail the significance of your findings):
The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
(Powell, Ch 8)
Ovid's account of Pygmalion in
Powell, Ch 8
The selections from Euripides'
play The Hippolytus in
Powell, Ch 15
"The Fire Goddess" in Leonard,
Ch 2
Inanna & Dumuzi in Powell,
Ch. 9 and Leonard, Ch 2
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter in
Powell, Ch 9
"A Taste of Earth" in Leonard,
Ch 2
Disney's Hercules [link for movie script (click
here)]
2. Which goddess from Powell's chapters
8 and 9 and Leonard's Chapter 2 would you most like to be and which
godess
would you least like to be and why? In answering this question, make sure
you give at least three
reasons for each and
that you show sufficient
insight into the character of the goddesses
you choose. Also make sure you base your answers on the actual stories given in
these chapters and not the summaries, etc. given by Powell or Leonard.
[for Athena, you may also use Pindar's poem at Powell, 341]
3. Examine the primary (i.e. key or significant)
differences and similarities between Disney's Hercules and the actual myth of
Heracles as presented in Powell, Chapter 14. As always, detail the
significance of your findings [link for movie script (click
here)]
4. Examine the divine
interactions ("good" and
"bad") in the Heroic myths we have covered in class, looking for
patterns and points of dissimilarity. As always, detail the
significance of your findings. Limit your discussion to one of the
following:
two of the following:
Gilgamesh, Disney's Hercules,
and a Greek hero (i.e. Perseus, Theseus, Jason, or Heracles). If you write on topic 3, do not write on Hercules or Heracles [link for movie script (click
here)]
three myths (choose from:
Gilgamesh, Perseus, Theseus, Heracles, Jason, and Disney's Hercules); if you write on topic 3, do not write on Hercules or Heracles [link for movie script (click
here)]