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Respond in your notebook If you were throwing a party, which of the Greek gods and goddesses would you invite? Why? Who would you leave out? Why? Writing Turn in your viewing guide & written response to the Greek Gods & Goddesses film
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Fill in chart – Books in the LMC – Internet at home – Document all resources on a Works Cited Create Seating Plan Write Explanation & create Works Cited (MLA to turnitin.com) Due 10.29
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Review of Film Underworld – Erebus – a passing place – Tartarus – NOT HELL / final resting place / not necessarily for good or bad, but all Originally, dungeon for the Titans
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Why Study Ancient Grecian Literature? Lessons that still hold true today Defined “archetypes” – Character Heroes Villains Deities – Comedy – Tragedy Toolbox
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Greek Theater Structure of the Theater – Orchestra – Theatron – Skene – Parados Staging a play Toolbox
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The Playwrights Aeschylus (525 B.C. - 426 B.C.) Wrote three plays, single story / theme Sophocles (496 B.C. - 406 B.C.) Defeated Aeschylus in 1 st competition Introduced 3 rd actor, scenery, increased chorus size Euripides (480 B.C. - 406 B.C.) Most tragic of the three Humanized characters “Dues Machina” – Introduced & overused Toolbox
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– Comedy, Satyr, and Tragedy Comedy – presented ordinary people & happy ending Satyr – comic, lewd treatment of the tragedies (satire) Tragedy – heroic character & unhappy ending Greek Theater Toolbox
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The Tragic Hero Read critically – Take notes as you read What is the definition of the tragic hero? Reading
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The Tragic Hero Can you think of any tragic heroes? Reading
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The Tragic Hero? Toolbox
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Begin research – Chart, Seating Plan, Explanation, & Works Cited, due 10.29
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