Greek Drama Questions

1. A bull or a goat is given for dancing choruses of worshipers.

2. Fourteen thousand spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysos.

3. The mask affects the voices of actors in that it made their voices sound louder.

4. Antigone was suspenseful to viewing audiences because the audience already knew her story.  Even though the audience tried to warn the characters, they still saw her doing the same thing.

5. The shepherd was to leave the infant to die on the mountainside.

6. The riddle that Sphinx gave to Oedipus was, "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"

7. Oedipus's kids were Antigone, Ismene, Polyneices, and Eteocles.

8. After Oedipus is exiled, Creon takes over Thebes.

9. Families closed the person's eyes/mouth, wash the body, dress the body in white or wedding clothes, place the body on a bier pointing towards the door, and throw wild marjoram and other herbs on the body. While the women wait next to the body, the men  enter the room with their right hand raised and the closest relative holds the person's head, while the others beat their faces, tore their hair, cried and wailed, as well as leaving offerings such as wine.

Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar Reaction Assignment

Eating Dogs

                In many places people eat dogs and to some people it sound disgusting. Have you wondered what other people think when you eat cows, chicken, or pork? They also think it disgusting.  I personally like meat but I have to ask where it came from. I would say I am against eating dogs but if dog aren't eaten they will still get killed in shelters. It is just wrong but why do people get arrested if they eat dog and some people can sell it. It’s kind of ironic. 

                There are many reasons why eating dog is wrong; first of all if more people started eating dog would we look at dogs as pets or food. Of course we wouldn't play around with our “food”. John D. Sutter said “Here in the Untied States, we will spend $58.5 billion on pets this year, according to one industry projection. We pamper dogs with Christmas presents; send them to "doggie daycare"; bring them on planes (more than 2 million pets and animals fly per year); and trot them around show rings, judging the perfection of their pedigree.” In other words he thinks that it is weird how people spend a lot of money on their pets and now, turn out they eat man’s best friend.  

Dogs get a lot of love from their owners .How would it feel that the animal you love is transferred to other places illegally as food. In china there are advertising campaign in northeast China that sell dog meat. "They think we should not put up the advertisements because eating dogs is a so-called 'tradition,'" said Carrot Chen, Animals Asia cat and dog welfare deputy manager who is trying to stop dog meat being sold. In earlier times tradition were sometime sacrifices but it is different now tradition doesn't mean it has be a dead animal and in this case it is cruel to kill dogs for their meat and people should not it eat it. If people started eating dogs imagine in the future are we all going to end up eating each other. 

Cites

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1377829/rights-groups-ads-against-eating-dog-and-cat-meat-rile-traditionalists

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/anti-dog-meat-protest-held-in-south-korea/

Latin Root #4

Roots and Derivatives

1. bon, boun= good
2. capit, capt= head, Chief, Leader
3. carn(i)= flesh
4. ced(e), ceed, cess=go, yield, surrender

Word List

1.  accession= the attainment of a certain rank or dignity, an increase by means of something added, the act of becoming  joined      The accession of the chemical made it work.
2. bona fide= in good faith; genuine       The guy is bona fide.
3. bonanza= a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches, a wind fall         The women got a bonanza for the gold watch which was more then she expected.
4. bounteous= inclined to be generous, plentiful and abundant      The guy was bounteous to the women that asked for help. 
5. capitulation=A surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions: a final give up     Capitulations in many places happened because many people died.
6. carnage= a great slaughter, as in a battle      The soldiers were in carnage and not many people were left.
7. carnivorous= flesh-eating, as an animal      Travelers became carnivorous to keep some of them alive.
8. incarnate= literally, in the flesh, in bodily form: personified: flesh-colored        A King who were disliked were incarnated by the people.
9. intercede= To act on another's behalf: to mediate       The prince interceded for the young beautiful girl.
10. precedent= A previous act or decision taken as a valid model: a having gone before        Many precedent have and is changing many people life.
11. recapitulation= A brief repetition, a summary, as of what has already been said.        To check if we understand, the teacher asks us for a recapitulation of the subject.
12. reincarnation= a thing that is reborn or comes back although perhaps in a different form      The reincarnation of the city changed in a good way.

lit analysis #1 Hamlet

1. In the beginning of the play Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnardo see the ghost that has been seen twice before. They noticed that the ghost looked like king Hamlet of Denmark so they decide to tell his son Prince Hamlet. Then they arrange a meeting and when hamlet sees his father, he tells him to get revenge for his death. Hamlet master plan involved him acting like a lunitic. Everyone were aware of this  so everyone had an eye on him even Rosencrantz and Guildenstern which were Hamlet's childhood pal's. They all want to know why he gone mad. As Rosencrantz and Guilderstern fail to spy on Hamlet, he plans a play about a king who gets murdered the same way as his father to see Claudius reaction. He wanted to know if what the ghost said was truth. His plan worked Claudius did kill Hamlets dad. So he attempts to kill Claudius but instead he kills Ophelia's dad in front of  his mom. He is sent to England but on his way he sees king of England which was demanded to kill Hamlet. Hamlet writes a letter saying that Prince has returned to Denmark after pirates attacked his ship. So Claudius uses laerates desire for revenge to make sure Hamlet gets killed. He arrange a friendly game between them but he poison Laerate's blade so when it got blood hamlet would die. Clasudius had a backup pkan he poison a golbin and he would give it to Helmet if he scored first or second hit. His plan worked he killed hamlet but the poison didn't kill him immediately so he was able to kill Claudius. 
2. The theme in Hamlet is that revenge will only cost problems and may lead to death of innocent  people. I think Shakespeare wrote about this topic because it was very common in the old days for people to be revengeful so he maybe wanted to give a understanding of how it can effect you.
3. I chose this book because it was written by Shakeseare. His stories are unique. What kept me going forward was that I wanted to know how it ended because his stories aren't predictable. They don't end like "and they lived happily ever after." Although I like those books too.
4. I didn't find this book realistic because ghost don't exist. I was still able to connect to it because in school they're many people who say "I get you back" .personality I don't bsay that because I have this saying that says crime will never go unpunished. I still fell like getting revenge on my sister.
5. The the author tone in Hamlet is revengeble and evil. First the ghost appears telling his son to get revenge for his death. Claudius uses poison even thought the Prince could be effected by it. Finally Hemlet is so angry he kills his lover father in accident because he thought it was Claudito.
6.  "My father's brother, but no more like my father / Than I to Hercules."  He used a simile to come his father to his brother and himself to Hercules., "'Tis an unweeded garden that grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely." He used a metaphor to compare the city of Denmark to a garden. "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! / The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's eye, tongue, sword ... [is] quite down."  She names three aspects of Hamlet's character. Dialect is all in the play because Shakespeare was an inventor,  he invented many worwithout looking ate their actions.
7. The direct characters are Hamlet because Shakespeare tells us he is melancholy and that he is filled with grief because his mother married Hamlets father's brother.Claudius is also a direct character because since the beginning we knew he was evil until the end of the story.indirect characters are Ophelia and laerles they are both indirect because we can't tell their characteristics without  looking at their actions.
8. The protagonist is static because Hamlet is a character who thinks before he acts ,he is calm too. Hamlet or the protagonist is round because he changed feelings, reactions, thinking before he act was in the beginning he let that go when he accidentally killed Ophelia's father.
9. It didn't fell anything when I read the book maybe because I didn't understand all the words.
10. The part that I will remember would be the part where Claudius plans a plan to eliminate hamlet. I think I will remember this along time because I learned that revenge spent get you anywhere and because everyone revealed the secret and some were forced like Claudius. Everyone got what they deserve.

Perseus and Medusa blog

Main Characters

• Medusa: A snake-headed girl, dangerous, monster. When you see her you turn into stone.
• Perseus: A wise, brave, strong young man. He slashed medusa's head.
• King Polydectes: old, mischievous, stubborn
• King Akrisios: heartless, selfish
• The Graiai: ugly, monsters, one eye and one tooth three of them share, tattle tales
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   After curse                                         Before curse

Setting

This story has three settings, The Graiai's lair, Medusa's lair, and Seriphos.  Seriphos where the story first took place, it's where Perseus was born and where he accentlenly killed his grandfather. The conflict took place in both the Graiai's lair and Medusa's. He arrived and demanded the Graiai to tell him where Medusa lived.

Main Plot

King Akrisios wanted to know when the birth of his first grandson would be. King Akrisios was so eager to know, he went to a priestess who told him he would die at the birth of that one grandson. He was so scared that he decided to hide his daughter Danae forever. However, the god of thunder, Zeus, built a barrier and turned himself to gold to get to Danae. Finally perseus was born. King Akrisios eventually found out about his grandson and sent them both down a river where a fisherman found them. The fisherman took Perseus and Danae in as a family and they all lived together in the land of Seriphos.  Danae was so beautiful it caught the King of Seriphos attention. He wanted her with a passion, but Perseus was in his way. To get rid of him he sent Perseus to capture a monster's head hoping he would die. Unfortunately, his wish was not granted. Perseus was able to capture the gorgon's head, and kill the King Polydectes by turning him into stone with that same head, Medusa's head.

Main Conflict

Perseus is sent on an impossible mission by the King of Seriphos. He is to capture the Gorgon's head. With the help of a man named Hermes, Perseus is able to get there safely. Hermes gives Perseus winged boots, a bag of winds, a shield, and a helmet. He encounters the Graiai's sisters whom they all shared just one eye and one tooth. He takes their eye and forces them to tell him where Medusa's lair is. He finally gets their and with his sword he slashes Medusa's head while she sleeps. The bag of winds helps him get back to Seriphos where King Polydectes awaits. When Perseus gets there he laughs at him. Perseus then takes the head out and turns the King and his friends into stone. He was able to save his mother and the people from that evil King.

Attempts

I believe Perseus and Medusa attempts to explain origin of destruction. There is many deaths that occurred. First Peresus kills Medusa, he then kills King Polydectes, and lastly his grandfather. I think a moral would be "what comes around goes around." King Polydectes sent Perseus with the intention for him to get killed, when in the end the one that ended dying was him

Words from Latin Roots #1

Words from Latin Roots #1

ROOTS AND DERIVATIVES

1. act, ag, ig: to do, to move, to drive
2. ali, alter: another, other
3. am: at/ to love
4. anim: life, spirit, soul

WORD LIST

1. agenda:a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon,
Sentence:In school many people use a  agenda to keep track of events and homework.
2. agile:marked by an ability to think quickly; mentally acute or aware                                                                                                       Sentence:She is 95 but she is still very agile.
3. alienate: to make in different or hostile

           Sentence: I alienate my homework sometimes

1. altercation:a headed or angry dispute:noisy argument or controversy
2. Many people are amorous in the beginning of their relationship

1. amiable:full of life, action, or spirit, lively, vigorous
2. An animated debate on the death penalty

1. amorous
2. animated
3. equanimity
4. inalienable
5. inanimate
6. magnanimous
7. reactionary

Journal 1

My priorities are school and sports. I actually don't know why I am in this class, I thought I was going to get a normal English. I could move to a different class but I am a person who doesn't like to quit even when I know this class will be hard for me. I know I will pass this class for sure if I know what I have to do. I'm a quiet person, and I am shy to talk to people unless they start the conversion. I will probably talk back with confidence. To me success looks like victory or an accomplishment. I am proud of myself and when I work hard to succeeded. I know at least I tried and gave all I had. I am realistic but I know nothing is impossible when you put your mine to it.