Topics
for Paper 4
Directions:
electronic copy: e-mail me at
victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your attached file
should be:
F09-227A-P4-Last Name, First
Name
(e.g. F09-227A-P4-Smith, Joan) or
F09-227B-P4-Last Name, First Name
(e.g. F09-227B-P4-Doe, John)
paper copy: bring to class
length:
600-1000ish
sources:
ancient:
only that in
Kebric, Ch 7.
modern:
Kebric, Ch 7.
citing reminders:
you
must
include in-text citations for your sources of information
(facts, theories, etc) either at the end of the sentence (or at the end
of the paragraph if everything is from 1-2 pages).
when
citing
Kebric's
book
Greek People,
give Kebric and the page number, e.g. (Kebric, 210).
if
Kebric is using an ancient source, indicate this either in the main
body of
your text or at the end of the sentence, e.g. for the Eratosthenes'
story (Lysias, Kebric, 209), for "A Poisonous Stepmother" (Antiphon,
Kebric 215), and for "Diogeiton" (Lysias, Kebric, 222).
bibliography: either APA6, MLA7, or
Chicago
Manual of Style (APA7 style given below, but don't use bullets)
Kebric R. B. (2005). Greek
People. 4th edit. Boston: McGraw Hill
reminders:
at
end of paper
not on a separate sheet
only
include
entries
for
what
you
used
in
your
paper
make
sure
the
bibliography
is
in
the
same font as your main text
make
sure
that
you
use
hanging
indents
for the bibliography (which I can't replicate
on this web page):
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!)
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out
and
bring
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to
your
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Write on
one of the topics
below:
- Aristotle,
in his Politics, states "the relation of male to female is
naturally
that of the superior to the inferior-- of the ruling to the ruled"
(1254b)
because the male possesses "the rational ... element"; the female "the
irrational ... element" (1260a). Kebric provides some first hand
evidence
of women and their lives in the following stories: Eratosthenes
(205-211),
A Poisonous Stepmother? (214-217), and Diogeiton (217-223). Using two
of
these stories, determine whether Aristotle was correct in his
assessment
of Athenian women and/or men then and present your case accordingly
(i.e.
that men were "rational" and women "irrational").
- We have seen that one way the
Greeks
explained the misfortune or ruin of individuals is to note that these
individuals
deserved their misfortune because they committed hubris as a
result
of having too much, i.e. the koros-hubris-ate pattern. Examine
the
three stories from Kebric [Eratosthenes
(205-211),
A
Poisonous Stepmother? (214-217), and Diogeiton (217-223)] and determine whether this pattern
fits for 2-3 of the main characters (no more than one per story). Make
sure
you support your thesis with good examples from the stories and that
you
consider all the evidence available in Kebric (pro or con your thesis).