Topics
for Paper 3
Directions:
electronic copy: e-mail me at
victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your attached file
should be:
F09-227A-P3-Last Name, First
Name
(e.g. F09-227A-P3-Smith, Joan) or
F09-227B-P3-Last Name, First Name
(e.g. F09-227B-P3-Doe, John)
paper copy: bring to class
length:
600-1000ish
source: selections from Herodotus' Histories
citing reminders:
you
must
cite your sources of information (facts, theories, etc).
for
Herodotus, give the number in brackets, e.g. "Thus did Io pass into
Egypt" (Hdt. 1.1) or (1.1) if you've already mentioned Herodotus.
bibliography:
Herodotus, The History of
Herodotus, Rawlinson, G. translator. pdf in ANGEL
writing intensive:
don't
forget
to turn in the draft copy with my or the Writing labs' comments
on it for it to count towards your revised paper total (and don't
forget to make the revisions!)
bring
this
to your writing lab conference and have the tutor sign here:
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more
information, click
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Write on
one of the topics
below:
-
Time Portal: You have come
into possession of a time portal that will allow you to visit the past
briefly
as two individuals (but without affecting the time continuum or
changing what
happened in any way), but it has some restrictions. You must submit
your
request in writing to the portal and demonstrate that you have good
cause to
visit (or it may refuse your request). Based solely on all the
selections of
Herodotus' Histories assigned for
class, determine and demonstrate which two individuals you would most
be
interested in visiting the past as—Gyges, Candaules’ wife, Croesus,
Miltiades,
Xerxes, or Leonidas—but one can’t pick both Gyges and Candaules’ wife.
Remember, the portal is very particular about whom it lets go through
and
requires a request that contains good argumentation and good supporting
facts.
- Causation:
Herodotus, as an historian, was very
interested in what caused things to happen. With this in mind, examine
to what
extent human affairs are controlled by the gods (i.e. fate) or by
humans
themselves (i.e. free will) in one of the following groups of stories
(from the
pdf only):
- Introduction & Gyges, Croesus &
Delphi, and Marathon
- Hellespont
& punishment, and Thermopylae