Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your
attached file should be:
- F14-215-E3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F14-215-E3-Leuci, Victor)
- paper copy: bring to class or drop off in the box outside my office prior to the start of the in-class exam
- In-text Citations
- you must have in-text citations for your sources of information (facts, theories, parts of myths, etc.)
- every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph)
- for Powell's text, see directions for Paper 2
- for the movie and the script, mention the title of the movie in your opening paragraph, then you don't need in-text citations when quoting from the movie itself (but include in the works cited)
- Works Cited "Page" reminders:
- to save paper, don't put on a separate page
- in the same font, size, etc. as your main text
- use hanging indents
- for the movie here is what the entry should look like: Hercules. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Perf. Tate Donovan, James Woods, Susan Egan, and Danny DeVito. Disney, 1997. VHS. [or DVD if you use a DVD of the movie]
- for the script of the movie, the entry should look like: Clements, Ron , and John Musker et al. "Hercules Script." Angelfire: Welcome to Angelfire. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <.http://www.angelfire.com/movies/disneybroadway/herculesscript2.html>.
- entries for classical texts from Powell's book should list ancient author first, then the work (in italics), then the translator, ... Here is an example: Pseudo-Hesiod. Shield of Heracles. Trans. by Herbert M. Howe. In Classical Myth. 7th edit. Barry B. Powell. Boston: Pearson. 2012. Print.
- use MLA 7th edition (see syllabus for how the entries for our textbooks should look)
- Length:
- Option 1: Write two 600-1000ish word essays on the two topics given below:
- Option 2: Write one 1200-1800 word essay on one of the topics below:
Topics:
- Love: "People always do crazy things... when they are in love" (Clements, "Hercules Script"). In your essay contrast and/or compare Meg & Hercules' actions while "in love" with that of two to four of the following:
- Megara & Deianira (Ch 15),
- Procris (Ch 16),
- Tereus & Procnê (Ch 16),
- Phaedra(Ch 16).
Use only the movie and the primary source material in Powell as your evidence.
- Love: "People always do crazy things... when they are in love" (Clements, "Hercules Script"). In your essay contrast and/or compare the descriptions of Meg & Hercules' feelings/emotional state while "in love" with that of two to four of the following:
- Pasiphaë (Ch 17),
- Procris (Ch 16),
- Tereus & Procnê (Ch 16),
- Phaedra(Ch 16).
Use only the movie and the primary source material in Powell as your evidence.
- Religion: In transforming the Greek myth of Heracles into an American myth, Disney transformed the religious underpinings of the myth. Excluding Orpheus' voyage to the underworld & Hercules' voyage, if you wrote on this in Paper 3, examine how and why Disney changed the religious underpinings from that found in Greek mythology (restrict your evidence base for Greek mythology to Powell's chapters 12, 15-17, 7th edition). Make sure you include in your discussion the impact the differing audiences for the myths--Greek and American--had. [NB: for the plays, the audience was Athenian males, especially citizens; for the Disney movie it is both the children and their adult parents]
- Heroes: In transforming the Greek myth of Heracles into an American myth, Disney transformed the role of the 'leading man.' Examine how and why Disney changed the role from that in the Greek myths related to Heracles (based solely on Powell's chapter and, wherever possible, using the primary source material in the chapter versus his summaries). Make sure you include in your discussion the impact the differing audiences for the myths--Greek and American--had. [NB: for the plays, the audience was Athenian males, especially citizens; for the Disney movie it is both the children and their adult parents]
