"Achilles: The Making of a Hero," Maurizio, Chapter 10
- Key Names & Terms:
- background: 5 traits, Hero cult, Hero shrine, Cleomedes
- Heracles, Zeus, Hera, Megara, Heracles's labors, Alcestis, Admetus, Deianira, Nessus, Hyllus
- Theseus, Aegeus, Poseidon, Minotaur, Ariadne, Hippolytus, Phaedra
- Oedipus, Jocasta, Laius, Sphinx, Antigone, Colonus
- Homer, The Iliad, Achilles, Thetis, Priam, Hector, anger
- The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Ishtar, Utnapishtim
- Vergil, the Aeneid, Aeneas, Venus, Anchises, Pallas, Turnus
Hercules, the movie:
- Key names & terms: Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Hades, Pain, Panic, the fates, Hercules, Alcmene, Amphitryon, Phil, Pegasus, Meg, the titans, the cyclops, Thebes, "go the distance", "true hero"
- web site for script: click here
"Medea: The Making of a Heroine," Maurizio, Ch 11:
- Key Names and terms:
- background: 5 traits, Charilla, Heroine Shrine
- Helen, Zeus, Leda, Menelaus, Hermione
- Clytemnestra, Leda, Tyndareus, Agamemnon, Erinyes
- Hecuba, Priam, Hector, Cassandra
- Euripides, Medea, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Medea, Aeëtes, Cruesa, Jason, Hera Acraia
- Antigone, Creon, Haemon, 2 brothers
Odysseus and Quest Heroes
- Key Names & Terms:
- Ovid, the Metamorphoses, Perseus, Danaë, Dictys, Gorgon, Medusa, Andromeda, Pegasus
- Bellerophon, Chimaera, Pegasus
- Apollonius, the Argonautica, Jason, Golden Fleece, Argo, Aeëtes, Medea, Apsyrtus
- Homer, the Odyssey, Odysseus, Penelope, Polyphemus, Circe, Scylla, Sirens, Agamemnon, Achilles
- the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh, Uruk, Enkidu, Utnapishtim
- Vergil, the Aeneid, Aeneas, Anchises, Romulus, Augustus
Iphigeneia and new Heroines
- Key Names & Terms:
- Tyrannicides
- Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Iphigenia, Orestes, Agamemnon, Artemis
- Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Amor, Psyche, Venus
- Thecla, Paul
The Movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Key Names & Terms: Everett (Ulysses), Pete, Delmar, Big Dan T, Pappy O'Daniel (Menelaus), Homer Stokes, Tommy, "Baby Face" George Nelson, Penny, Sirens, the sheriff
- the script of the movie (click here)
Reminder: The only acceptable answers for the fill-in-the-blank questions are the names/terms/etc listed above.
Possible Essay Questions:
Reminder 1: Unless the topic specifically says so, use only the primary material (i.e. the actual stories) in Maurizio's Classical Mythology in Context, Disney's Hercules, and the Coen brothers' Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Reminder 2: You can't cover individuals in the in-class exam essay that you covered in Paper 6 (if you did paper 6); e.g. if you write about Meg for Paper 6, you can't write about Meg in an exam essay.
Topics:
- Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter:
- Source material: Their audition material consists of the
- movies for Meg and Penny,
- primary source material in Maurizio for Medea (Ch 11), Circe (Ch 12), Iphigenia (Ch 13), and Thecla (Ch 13)
- Optional: for Medea click here; for Circe from books 10 & 12 click here; for Iphigenia click here
- Prompt: You are the casting director for the Harry Potter films
and you need to narrow down the possible canditates for the role of the Dolores Umbridge.
You will present these to the producer David Heyman and author J. K. Rowling for consideration.
Make sure you have good argumentation with solid facts to back up your arguments.
If recommending someone for the role, make sure you demonstrate why that person would be good,
but also include reasons why the person might be bad (if there are some).
If not recommending someone, focus on why that person would not be good for the role,
but also include why she would be good, if applicable. If you've never watched the movies or read the books,
here is a description of the qualities the Dolores Umbridge possesses:
- "evil in a whole new way"(Tom Felton, plays Draco):
- "smiles on the surface but will dig the knife in" and "defines the world according to her rules"(David Heyman)
- externally "warm and soft"; actually "quite hard"; prefers others present "no argument, no thinking"(Imelda Staunton, plays Umbridge)
- all quotes above from Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters. Exec Producer Michael Meadows. Produced by Jonathan Strailey, Mark Naissief, Carl Jordan. Edited by Carl Jordan. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2016.
- Source material: Their audition material consists of the
- "Percival Graves"" in Fantastic Beasts:
- Source material: Their audition material consists of the
- movies for Hades, the sheriff, and Big Dan T
- primary source material in Maurizio for Odysseus (Ch 12), Aeneas (Ch10 & 12), and Gilgamesh (Ch 10 & 12).
- If you need extra source material, you may use the primary and secondary source material in Maurizio's Chapter 10 & 12 for Aeneas and Gilgamesh, and the secondary source material in Maurizio's Ch 12 for Odysseus.
Prompt: You are the casting director for the Harry Potter films
and you need to narrow down the possible canditates for the role of the Percival Graves
who is revealed at the end of the movie to be Gellert Grindelwald.
You will present these to the producer David Heyman and author J. K. Rowling for consideration.
Make sure you have good argumentation with solid facts to back up your arguments.
If recommending someone for the role, make sure you demonstrate why that person would be good,
but also include reasons why the person might be bad (if there are some).
If not recommending someone, focus on why that person would not be good for the role,
but also include why she would be good, if applicable. If you've never watched the first movie, Wikipedia has a
here is a description of the qualities that "Percival Graves" possesses:
- has an "air of intense confidence"(7); can "appear sympathetic" (43) or "patronizing but authoritative"(157) or "menacing"(157) or can "easily cowes people"(47) depending on the circumstances
- in a fight "his reactions are marvelous, astounding" (236); has "immense power"(246)
- throughout the movie pursues a "weapon" he can use to accomplish his goals
- interested "mass slaughter for the greater good" (158)
- "intrigued, almost excited" by a "scene of decimation" has an "interest in causing mass disruption" (221)
- excellent at disguise
- all quotes above taken from Rowling, J.K. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay. New York: Scholastic. 2016.
2 from the following: Hades, the sheriff or Big Dan T (but not both), Odysseus, Aeneas, Gilgamesh. - Source material: Their audition material consists of the
- Source material:
- the movies Hercules and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
- primary source material in Maurizio from Euripides's Medea in Ch 11 and Iphigenia in Tauris in Ch 13.
- Optional: you may use other parts of the plays, for Medea: click here; for Iphigenia in Tauris: click here
- Prompt: As Winkler argues (see Maurizio, pp 226–233), myths can challenge social norms. In your introduction, briefly note some of the ways that Winkler demonstrates that myths can challenge norms. In the main body examine:
one of the movies listed above or one of the Greek texts listed above.
for some of the ways that American social norms are challenged in the movies or ancient Greek social norms are challenged in the Greek texts(if you wrote on paper 4 or 5, don't use that source material).
- Source material:
- the movies Hercules and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
- primary source material in Maurizio from Euripides's Medea in Ch 11 and Iphigenia in Tauris in Ch 13.
- Optional: you may use other parts of the plays, for Medea: click here; for Iphigenia in Tauris: click here
- Prompt: As Foley argues (see Maurizio, pp 174–185), myths can affirm social norms. In your introduction, briefly note some of the ways that Foley demonstrates that myths can affirm social norms. In the main body examine:
one of the movies listed above or one of the Greek texts listed above.
for some of the ways that American social norms are affirmed in the movies or ancient Greek social norms are affirmed in the Greek texts(if you wrote on paper 4 or 5, don't use that source material).