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F17-CLA215
Take-Home Exam 4
& Paper 6
Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your
attached file should be:
- F17-215-E4-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F17-215-E4-Leuci, Victor)
- F17-215-P6-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F17-215-P6-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)
- when citing the ancient material from Maurizio's text book, mention the ancient author (if there is one), the ancient work (in italics), then work numbers (if there are any), and then the page number in Maurizio's book
- for the movie(s) make sure you
- have a works cited entry that is correct (see below for what it should look like)
- have good concrete examples, but you don't have to have in-text citations provided that you have mentioned what the name of the movie is in your introduction. However, if you use a copy of the script for direct quotes, then you do need an in-text citation: (Coen, "script, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?") and you will need to include an entry for the script in your works cited "page."
- link for the script of Hercules: click here
- link for the script of the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?: click here
- Works Cited "Page" reminders:
- to save paper, don't put on a separate page
- in the same font, font size, etc. as your main text
- use hanging indents
- for Foley, see paper 4 or 5 on what the entry should look like
- for Winkler, the entry should look like: Winkler, John J. "The Laughter of the Oppressed: Demeter and the Gardens of Adonis" in The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece. New York: Routledge Press. 1990. In Classical Myth in Context. Lisa Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2016.
- for primary texts in Maurizio: for example: Hymn 4: To Hermes. [give what Maurizio has on page xi–xiii for the appropriate text] In Classical Myth in Context. Lisa Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2016.
- for Disney's movie: Hercules. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Perf. Tate Donovan, James Woods, Susan Egan, and Danny DeVito. Disney, 1997. DVD. [if you streamed it, indicate so]
- for the Coen brothers' movie: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?. Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen. Perf. George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman. Touchstone. Pictures, 2000. DVD.
- for the script of Hercules, 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>.
Take-Home Exam 4 & Paper 6
- Exam, Option 1: Write two 600-1000ish word essays on two of the topics given below:
- Exam, Option 2: Write one 1200-1800 word essay on one of the topics below (pay attention as each topic specifies what to do if doing option 2):
- Paper: chose one of the topics below and write a 600-100ish word essay (note: you can't write on the same topic for both paper 6 and the exam!)
- Reminder: Each essay can't cover individuals covered in other essays on the exam or paper 6, i.e. if you write about Meg for Paper 6, you can't write about Meg for the exam (or if you do Paper 6, and Option 1, then you can't write about an individual in more than 1 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.
- Paper 6 & Option 1: 2 from the following: Medea, Circe, Iphigenia, Thecla, Meg, & Penny.
- Option 2: 3-4 from the following: Medea, Circe, Iphigenia, Thecla, Meg, & Penny.
- 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.
- Source material: Their audition material consists of the
- Paper 6 & Option 1: 2 from the following: Hades, the sheriff or Big Dan T (but not both), Odysseus, Aeneas, Gilgamesh.
- Option 2: 3-4 from the following: Hades, the sheriff or Big Dan T (but not both), Odysseus, Aeneas, Gilgamesh.
- 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:
- Paper 6 & Option 1: one of the movies listed above or one of the Greek texts listed above(if you wrote on paper 4 or 5, don't use that source material).
- Option 2: 2–3 of the sources listed above (if you wrote on paper 4 or 5, don't use that source material)
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.
- 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:
- Paper 6 & Option 1: one of the movies listed above or one of the Greek texts listed above(if you wrote on paper 4 or 5, don't use that source material).
- Option 2: 2–3 of the sources listed above (if you wrote on paper 4 or 5, don't use that source material)
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.