S15-CLA227 Take-Home Exam 4

Directions:

electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file should be:
- for Exam 4: S15-227-E4-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S15-227-E4-Leuci, Victor)
- for Paper 6: S15-227-P6-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S15-227-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)
- for Thucydides, give the number in brackets, e.g. "No movement ever stirred Hellas more deeply than this" (Thuc. 1.1) or (1.1) if you've already mentioned Thucydides
- for Herodotus' Histories, use the numbers provided in the brackets (see pdf for an exammple)
- for Sophocles and Aristophanes, use the page numbers and abbreviate authors names and the titles of the plays,
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 Herodotus and Thucydides the pdfs give what the Works Cited entries should look like
- for Aristophanes and Sophocles, use what I've provided on the syllabus

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:
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 not cover individuals covered in the other essays on the exam or paper 6; and each essay needs to be on different topics as well.

Love: Examine the role of love (or "love") in the movie, Troy, or in 2 of the murder trials from Kebric's chapter 7. [option 2: write on both the movie and the murder trials]

The divine: Examine the role of the gods in the movie, Troy, or in the Apology. [option 2: write on both the movie and the Apology]

Women: 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). Examine whether this is true for 1-2 women from the movie (Helen, Briseis, Andromache) and 1-2 women from Kebric's passages about Eratosthenes (205-211), A Poisonous Stepmother? (214-217), and Diogeiton (217-223). [option 2: 2-3 from each]

Time Travel: You have come into possession of a time portal that will allow you to visit the past from "inside the head" of an individual (but you can't communicate with the person or change the past), 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). Your choices are Hector, Achilles, Helen, or Odysseus from Troy, and Philip, Alexander from Pomeroy's text, and Socrates from the Apology. For Paper 6 or Option 1, pick 1 person from each source material (i.e. you can't pick both from the movie or from Pomeroy); for Option 2 pick Socrates and 1-2 from each of the other 2 sources. In your request, focus on their "character-traits" or "nature"; also indicate why you rank them in the order you do. Remember, the portal is very particular about whom it lets go through and requires a request that contains good argumentation and good supporting facts

Fate: At one point in the movie, Achilles says, "I chose nothing. I was born and this is who I am." As a movie critic, evaluate the movie's stance on this issue versus Homer's stance (based solely on the selections from Homer we read at the beginning of the semester) or Sophocles' stance (based solely on the Antigone) or Herodotus' stance based on the reading about Croesus. [option 2: may cover 2 of the ancient source materials listed here]