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)

Topics:

Reminder: if you did paper 6, you must write on something different for this essay

• 5 Traits of a Heroine: Maurizio, in her Chapter 11, lists 5 traits of a heroine. How does the Penny of the movie fulfill them?


• 5 Traits of a Hero: Maurizio, in her Chapter 10, lists 5 traits of a hero. How does the Everett of the movie fulfill them?


• The Doctor's Companion:
  • Source material: Their audition material consists of the movie for Penny, the primary source material in Maurizio for Circe (Ch 12), Iphigenia (Ch 13), and Thecla (Ch 13), and the secondary material in Maurizio for Psyche (Ch13). If you need extra source material, you may use the secondary source material in Maurizio's Chapter 13 for Circe & Iphigenia.
  • Prompt: You are the casting director for the show Doctor Who and, with the departure of the current companion, you need to present two possible candidates to Steven Moffat for consideration as the next companion for Peter Capaldi's Doctor. If you've never watched the show, here is a BBCAmerica article about the top 10 companions that does a good job describing the characteristics of a good companion (click here). The following "actresses" have applied: Circe, Iphigenia, Psyche, Thecla, & Penny. Make sure you have good argumentation with solid facts to back up your arguments.


• The Doctor:
  • Source material: Their audition material consists of the movie for Everett, the primary source material in Maurizio for Odysseus (Ch 12), Aeneas (Ch12), and Gilgamesh (Ch 12), and the secondary material in Maurizio for Amor (Ch13). 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 show Doctor Who and, you need to present two possible candidates for the role of the Doctor to Steven Moffat for consideration to replace Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. In case you've never watched the show, here are some essential qualities of the Doctor: extremely smart, versatile (good at doing many different types of things), very persuasive, an effective liar (e.g. he never reveals his name, and can produce credentials "proving" he has just about any job title or position or name), adverse to killing (prefers talking first and mediating wherever possible), likes exploring and trying out new things, places, etc., is a moral being but sometimes needs to be "grounded" by the companion. The following "actors" have applied: Odysseus, Aeneas, Gilgamesh, Amor, & Everett. Make sure you have good argumentation with solid facts to back up your arguments.


• Time Travel Summer Program:
  • Source material: Movie for Everett; primary source material in Ch 12-13 wherever possible; secondary source material in Ch 12-13 if needed.
  • Prompt: You work for Westminster College 100 years in the future when time travel is a reality (but it can't change the "past"). Two professors want to take a group of students to the mythical past for a three week "summer" course (i.e. summer in the future, not necessarily in the past). You work for the publications department and are entrusted with providing a brief write-up of what the trip would entail. Your write up need to both focus on the positive but also be honest about the challenges of visiting that time period. The professors want you to include something on 3 of the following topics:
    1. Everett's travels (as described in the movie) [can count as 2 if one writes about about more]
    2. Aeneas trip to the underworld,
    3. Gilgamesh's trip to Utnapishtim
    4. Odysseus' visit with Kirke (Circe)
    5. Iphigeneia in Tauris
    6. Thecla's life