Essay Problems
str - sentence fragment - structure error
awk - you have mixed up sentence order or used a word strangely or used modifiers that you don’t need - very - constantly - really - etc - don’t try to sound smart with words of which you don’t know the use - a complex sentence that loses the subject part way through or inverts it
“The guy who went to the class that I liked.”
ref? If you make a categorical statement - Macbeth is easy to manipulate. HOW? WHERE? If you speculate on Macbeth’s motives, you HAVE to show your reasoning. Defining your “givens”. Where is that from?
proof? same
logic flow or flow of ideas - Thesis = statements that you explain and give examples for
Thesis should be simple. This is what’s happening.
How do you know?
Because of that. Discuss that. Show that in the play. Show how it proves that you know it.
State your points in clear, simple language. ESPECIALLY in the intro.
Macbeth is tragic hero - high point, hubris (pride), we learn from his fall
Manipulation - NOBODY’S MIND CAN MANIPULATE THEM! You ARE YOUR MIND!
You are proving that he is PRONE to manipulation.
Don’t list the ways she manipulates - show HOW it works - how does it pull or push him?
Supernatural - don’t list - explain -
Today:
Introduce you to the new way of doing exams
Figure out how to achieve on this new way of writing exams
How can we actively contribute to our success?
Presentation Problems - quick recap of what went wrong/right
Exam -
Dispel something - there is no trick
there is no secret agenda
I get nothing if you are amazed and surprised
Dispel something else - there is no reason to make you memorize something
Dispel something else else - there is no reason for me to make your exam
Three New Tasks:
Create an exam group - this will be your team and together you will form your version of the exam -
Design an essay topic and a rough outline for that topic, for your group.
Implement your plan and your essay into a scheme (that we will learn today) that you will submit to Mr. The Lobb (that is me)
I will make a Master Exam from the best of your submissions.
Pro Tip: Why wouldn’t you make a web site where every group submitted their material?
Figure out the sections under which you will plan your version of the exam.
A Typical English Exam in ENG3U for Mr. The Lobb in June
The Three Mark Question - 15 marks (3 marks X 5 questions) (6 or 7)
Defining or explain a term, character or an event, etc
give its importance or explain HOW it comes into use
exemplify or refer to a way that it was seen
Hubris -
character flaw possessed by a tragic hero
would it maybe lead to his/her downfall? lead to a series of actions that are negative?
Macbeth had hubris (he wanted to become king) and the witches utilized it to control him
The Five Mark Question - 25 marks (5 marks X 5 questions)
1. Some kind of defining - explaining (this is this)
2. Look at one element of the “thing”
3. Explain how it works or why it’s used.
4. Show the importance of this thing in the context/class.
5. Show the example or what it is in the context we discussed it.
Plato’s Cave Allegory -
Created by a Greek Philosopher as a lesson and a story in association with the perfect world of forms.
It’s a model for thinking about the way people learn and the way people think in which a character is in a cave, watching shadows on the wall by candlelight.
The assumption is that puppeteers are controlling the character by showing him/her only the rough images of reality.
The character must break loose from the shackles that hold him/her in the cave and go out into the real world - the sun, which represents knowledge.
This allegory gives us a way of looking at literature and thinking about the way writers work and affect us.
Define the thing
Explore a few ideas within that “thing”
Contextualize how it is important in our class.
Response to a Sight Passage of some sort
Most common - Poetry or Short Story
Poetry can fit on one page. It’s almost instant.
What kind of poem?
A poem that is short, powerful and full of imagery and concepts to discuss.
15 - 25 marks of questions that get the student applying that pattern for analyzing poetry
Sylvia Plath
Charles Bukowski
Gary Snyder (environmentalist)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Beat)
Siegfried Sassoon (war poet)
Essay Question
40 - 60 marks
10 marks for your rough outline, which you complete FIRST on the spot
intro idea - show your angle and thesis
AoD 1 show your three body paragraph ideas with major reference choice
AoD 2
AoD 3
conclusion idea - state the thesis as proven
Write a good essay that is not too short or too long - Goldilocks Paper
worth a Level - not a number - (30)
Overall Presentation/Style/Structure - Professional Judgment Mark
10
What is this essay topic?
You decide!
Macbeth and Frankenstein
motherhood and the role of women
going against God and the “rules” of Nature
the nature of evil
the way things look = the way things are
inversion and perversion
the main characters have similarities that show us things about Human Nature
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The most common essay problem is finding a thesis and following it in what we will call a “chain of logic”.
Macbeth is a classic tragic hero.
Define a classic tragic hero - where did you get that definition? REFER! a good idea when referring is to use a quotation and then source it.
Three stages of the classic tragic hero
THe hero begins on a lofty note - you need to prove that the hero is in a high position and that everything is going great. Macbeth did this and he felt like that (here’s the reference).
he came before the king, and then he felt like this and the people said that and that shows us this
“I have won golden opinions of late” or something
Here’s what he did, here’s what he thought, here’s what is proving this, here is my thought on that - finding meaning, showing how this sets up on a high place
HUBRIS - the tragic hero suffers from a flaw - this flaw is called hubris - this hubris would be good to define (ie reference)
show how Mac suffers this - he already starts planning “something” when the witches talk to him - “fertile ground”
his wife hits the same target - she only has to inspire what he already has in his head
he felt like this, the manipulators only appealed to that thinking, then he did things that benefited this drive for power - this ambition - show the areas where he realized what he was doing - he wasn’t being controlled
The tragic hero goes to his fitting end by his own actions and we (the audience) learns from this and grows by his example
live by the sword, die by the sword
nemesis - refer
just desserts - refer
show how he built his own doom and then KEY - what do we learn - BECAUSE HE LEARNS FROM IT - he knows exactly what he did, and he knows exactly what is coming because of it
Macbeth is manipulated by supernatural forces.
Witches and Apparitions - Wife - the fertile ground of his thinking
Prove that he is a ripe target for manipulation by these forces.
SHow that he wants it already - show that he KNOWS what’s happening - he’s a willing participant - he allows it to happen
OR
Show that he’s unfit and weak and cannot control himself. Show that he is mental unstable and cannot stop the manipulation - refer to and prove some kind of mental problem - outside sources - Bipolar
Wife - if you say that his wife is a supernatural manipulator - you HAVE to show that she is using the supernatural -
Unsex me - THEN you show her using wiles and manipulating
Then - you have to show the effect and the result
3. Apparitions and visions as per our discussion.
Use all past tense. ALL
Use active voice - SUBJECT -> VERB
Macbeth did something.
You need to read your words out loud and catch those crazy awkward sentences.
Get a peer checker - USE THAT PERSON
AWK - your sentence is funky, or maybe backwards - Your mom went to my house who was pretty.
CHOPPY - what that means. Is that you. Use a lot. Of little sentences. THat. Are. Ch. Op. y. - you need to try and combine sentences that are linked
DO NOT refer to yourself or your essay or your thesis or anything about me. People, not “you”
Macbeth is a classic tragic hero.
Define a classic tragic hero - where did you get that definition? REFER! a good idea when referring is to use a quotation and then source it.
Three stages of the classic tragic hero
THe hero begins on a lofty note - you need to prove that the hero is in a high position and that everything is going great. Macbeth did this and he felt like that (here’s the reference).
he came before the king, and then he felt like this and the people said that and that shows us this
“I have won golden opinions of late” or something
Here’s what he did, here’s what he thought, here’s what is proving this, here is my thought on that - finding meaning, showing how this sets up on a high place
HUBRIS - the tragic hero suffers from a flaw - this flaw is called hubris - this hubris would be good to define (ie reference)
show how Mac suffers this - he already starts planning “something” when the witches talk to him - “fertile ground”
his wife hits the same target - she only has to inspire what he already has in his head
he felt like this, the manipulators only appealed to that thinking, then he did things that benefited this drive for power - this ambition - show the areas where he realized what he was doing - he wasn’t being controlled
The tragic hero goes to his fitting end by his own actions and we (the audience) learns from this and grows by his example
live by the sword, die by the sword
nemesis - refer
just desserts - refer
show how he built his own doom and then KEY - what do we learn - BECAUSE HE LEARNS FROM IT - he knows exactly what he did, and he knows exactly what is coming because of it
Macbeth is manipulated by supernatural forces.
Witches and Apparitions - Wife - the fertile ground of his thinking
Prove that he is a ripe target for manipulation by these forces.
SHow that he wants it already - show that he KNOWS what’s happening - he’s a willing participant - he allows it to happen
OR
Show that he’s unfit and weak and cannot control himself. Show that he is mental unstable and cannot stop the manipulation - refer to and prove some kind of mental problem - outside sources - Bipolar
Wife - if you say that his wife is a supernatural manipulator - you HAVE to show that she is using the supernatural -
Unsex me - THEN you show her using wiles and manipulating
Then - you have to show the effect and the result
3. Apparitions and visions as per our discussion.
Use all past tense. ALL
Use active voice - SUBJECT -> VERB
Macbeth did something.
You need to read your words out loud and catch those crazy awkward sentences.
Get a peer checker - USE THAT PERSON
AWK - your sentence is funky, or maybe backwards - Your mom went to my house who was pretty.
CHOPPY - what that means. Is that you. Use a lot. Of little sentences. THat. Are. Ch. Op. y. - you need to try and combine sentences that are linked
DO NOT refer to yourself or your essay or your thesis or anything about me. People, not “you”
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Frankentation - groups
chapter work
whole “lesson” approach
multimedia
question/activity/etc for the students
thematic analysis
10 minutes
poster
Frankenssignments Package
Paracelsus, etc
Age of Reason Thinker Profile
Character Analysis (motivations)
Creation of the Monster moment - done in some other form - art, script, video, etc
notes from the readings
Macbethkage
soliloquies (four)
essay process - this is a PROCESS, not a final piece of paper
character analysis of a character
character web -
notes from the readings
multimedia thing
poster
Poetry Ass.
poster
poet bio
poetry analysis
THREE poems by you (I will mark one)
chapter work
whole “lesson” approach
multimedia
question/activity/etc for the students
thematic analysis
10 minutes
poster
Frankenssignments Package
Paracelsus, etc
Age of Reason Thinker Profile
Character Analysis (motivations)
Creation of the Monster moment - done in some other form - art, script, video, etc
notes from the readings
Macbethkage
soliloquies (four)
essay process - this is a PROCESS, not a final piece of paper
character analysis of a character
character web -
notes from the readings
multimedia thing
poster
Poetry Ass.
poster
poet bio
poetry analysis
THREE poems by you (I will mark one)
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Plato - Cave
Freud - 3 parts of personality
Jung - archetypes
Campbell - quest wheel
Dialectics - thesis + antithesis = synthesis
conflict creates new things (not necessarily negative)
putting things into new associations or coming up with new ideas from opposing arguments and concepts
argument like this, to be positive, requires confidence, acceptance, recognition of the best idea without ego, and ability to find new positions for yourself
conflict creates change - change is good
is there a way of taking a dialectic approach to Frankenstein?
maybe - are there clashes of ideas that create new ideas?
the most common use of dialectic is argument and essay -
Feminist criticism
Deconstruction - breaking open the material and looking for specific elements that fit into, or contribute to, theories and ideas
ie looking for feminist ideas, religious, technological, scientific, etc
Frankenstein
the book is written by a teenage girl
it’s about a monster created by a man (men)
it is judged by its looks, which are horrid
it is sensitive and only wants to be normal and feel loved and have companionship
it is a creature who becomes bitter and seeks vengeance
it would not be a bad idea to consider the concerns of modern teenage girls as being pertinent to this book
Chapter Assignments for Frankentations
11 - 12 - Meryn, Kalie, Courtney
13 - 14 - Tasha and Becky
15 - 16 - Melissa and Melissa Jenn
17 - 18 - Brittany and Clayton and Cruz
19 - 20 - Glenn and Aaron and Tolm
21 - 22 - Cassie and Shraddha and Hannah
23 - 24 - Wil and CarMac
11 - 12 - Keisha and Erica and Billy
13 - 14 - Zack and Ria and Candace
15 - 16 - Bonus - Meryn and Kalie and Courtney
17 - 18 - Miranda and Taylor
19 - 20 - Jason David and Lukas
21 - 22 - KateLynn
23 - 24 - Pat
10 - 15 minutes - starting Thursday, May 25
Freud - 3 parts of personality
Jung - archetypes
Campbell - quest wheel
Dialectics - thesis + antithesis = synthesis
conflict creates new things (not necessarily negative)
putting things into new associations or coming up with new ideas from opposing arguments and concepts
argument like this, to be positive, requires confidence, acceptance, recognition of the best idea without ego, and ability to find new positions for yourself
conflict creates change - change is good
is there a way of taking a dialectic approach to Frankenstein?
maybe - are there clashes of ideas that create new ideas?
the most common use of dialectic is argument and essay -
Feminist criticism
Deconstruction - breaking open the material and looking for specific elements that fit into, or contribute to, theories and ideas
ie looking for feminist ideas, religious, technological, scientific, etc
Frankenstein
the book is written by a teenage girl
it’s about a monster created by a man (men)
it is judged by its looks, which are horrid
it is sensitive and only wants to be normal and feel loved and have companionship
it is a creature who becomes bitter and seeks vengeance
it would not be a bad idea to consider the concerns of modern teenage girls as being pertinent to this book
Chapter Assignments for Frankentations
11 - 12 - Meryn, Kalie, Courtney
13 - 14 - Tasha and Becky
15 - 16 - Melissa and Melissa Jenn
17 - 18 - Brittany and Clayton and Cruz
19 - 20 - Glenn and Aaron and Tolm
21 - 22 - Cassie and Shraddha and Hannah
23 - 24 - Wil and CarMac
11 - 12 - Keisha and Erica and Billy
13 - 14 - Zack and Ria and Candace
15 - 16 - Bonus - Meryn and Kalie and Courtney
17 - 18 - Miranda and Taylor
19 - 20 - Jason David and Lukas
21 - 22 - KateLynn
23 - 24 - Pat
10 - 15 minutes - starting Thursday, May 25
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012
Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Quest” (also known as The Monomyth or the Quest Wheel)
Hey, a lot of this stuff is similar - and some of it is REALLY similar.
There is a Jesus character in so many stories and religious beliefs and myths and legends and so on.
The character follows the same pattern that the Biblical Jesus follows.
Unusual Birth - there is a hero born who does not fit the world into which he/she is born
the birth separates the hero as special
the birth is marked by strange or unusual circumstances
eg - Harry Potter - was “born” when he didn’t die
Hercules - born of a human and a Greek god (Zeus)
Jesus - born of a human and a god (Yahweh)
Spiderman - born when he was bitten by a radioactive spider
Superman - sent from Krypton to Earth by his father in a global catastrophe
Orphaned! - the hero is almost always alone - the parents are “dead” in some way - often there is adoption, separation (forced or unforced) or maybe actual orphaning
this creates a distance between the hero and the rest of the hero’s community
the hero feels outside and alone
EVEN if the hero is adopted, he/she doesn’t fit and doesn’t work out in the situation
The hero feels a need that he/she cannot really address - a yearning, sadness or some kind of seeking
Luke Skywalker - “you can’t keep him here forever”
Wise Master - is a character who encounters the hero and provides some clues as to the hero’s DESTINY and then may train or guide the hero in developing the skills and talents that make the hero different.
“hey, you’re actually a ____________ and you need to learn your __________ in order to __________ your _________. “
the wise master can be all good (Gandalf, Yoda) or can be a little bit uncertain or even flat out evil - (R’as-al-ghul from Batman Begins)
the hero needs to learn how to harness whatever it is that he/she has (that difference)
sometimes there are more than one - sometimes the WM is part of a process in general
In the Disney model (or similar) this character can be a wisecracking sidekick - the conscience or the moral or the joker, etc - Donkey in Shrek
the hero is dangerous - if he/she isn’t trained and guided, he/she will be a serious problem to “the community” - this is the key turning point for villains.
The Call to Adventure - there is some factor or process that forces the hero to leave the community and go out into the unknown - this can be something very dark and dramatic (Star Wars - Luke’s aunt and uncle are killed - HP gets a letter(s) - LOTR - the ring is dangerous and HAS to be destroyed)
this call to adventure could be the hero’s decision or not
it usually causes the hero to be forced into a tough decision - dilemma or a scary choice
the story really begins here - the stuff before was set up for this
Defeat the Guardian to the Underworld
there is some kind of challenge or trick or puzzle or obstacle or difficult task or something that has to be negotiated in order to get into the “adventure world”
Does Harry simply get to Hogwarts? No way - it takes some work
this model is based upon the old Greek legends where heroes went into Hades - the boatman Charon - who required a coin), the river Styx, Cereberus, etc
the model is set that everything is designed to TEST the hero and if he/she fails, he/she dies, or something like death
In the Underworld - The Obstacle Course - The Test Ground - The Labyrinth
almost all video games are based upon this structure
one after the other, challenges and puzzles and obstacles that test the hero and force the hero to utilize his/her powers and talents
the hero will often discover a TALISMAN or object of power
the hero will often gain new skills or abilities
the hero will often gain a friend or sidekick or partner (romantic as well)
the hero will encounter minions of the Dark Lord, a character who is responsible for some evil and brutality that can often be the key to things from his/her past
Confrontation with The Darkness
the hero has negotiated through the Underworld and has proven him/herself to a point where he/she is ready to confront the Darkness
the Darkness could be internal or external, natural or character, or even some simple monster -
the hero engages in a “battle” where he/she has to dig deep and apply all that he/she has learned - recall the words of the Wise Master, rely on the friend/sidekick, use the talisman or object and finally, in the REAL TEST, be confident in him/herself
the ultimate test for the hero
the riskiest, the scariest thing that there could ever be is what this is
Evil Father Figure - a frequent character in this confrontation - often, the EFF has been the cause of the hero’s problems in early life - ie killed the parents (paging Harry Potter), chased the hero out of the community, killed the adoptive parents, or the wise master, etc.
often, the EFF will try to tell the hero to “join me!”
the idea here is that the hero has been created by the Evil Father Figure
we often read the line “I made you!” as well
the EFF is correct - the hero has been made powerful and honed by the struggle with the Underworld and his minions. Heroes without villains are freaks and vigilante - a lawbreaker who takes the law into his own hands
the hero realizes that this is true - this is a difficult thing to realize - “I almost need him and he almost needs me”
8. Flight or Escape from the Underworld
once the hero has defeated the EFF, the Underworld will collapse - sometimes literally
in the chaos surrounding the death or defeat, the hero gets a new choice: does he/she want to “rule in Hell?”
if not, the chaos intensifies and the hero must escape back to the real world
that escape is often very quick, with Hell falling apart, sometimes like a “rollercoaster ride”
there a few more challenges here, but they are fast and not quite as troublesome, until
The Exit Guardian
in order to get back to the daylight, there is one final challenge, and it is often a very dramatic and sudden challenge - ie we thought we’d made it!
this challenge will be a final “kiss goodbye” from the underworld
could be anything, but it’s the last traces of the Underworld (so we think)
upon defeating it, the hero is back “home”
10a) - Fairy Tale Ending
the hero returns to the real world, all is well, he/she wins, gets the reward (lands, title, acceptance by the community, the prince/ess, and the feeling that he/she has done exactly what they were designed to do - fulfill his/her destiny
this is an old-fashioned, fun, nice, awesome ending and the audience feels satisfied
10b) - Enlightenment
the hero comes back and realizes some things about him/herself and about the Underworld and about Life and it is a hard thing to learn
He/she has looked in the Darkness and seen him/herself looking back
because the darkness is in us all
the real world is just as dark
the people judge the hero
the hero is as much a product of the Underworld as the EFF
the hero misses the Underworld and needs it and will have to live knowing that
Hey, a lot of this stuff is similar - and some of it is REALLY similar.
There is a Jesus character in so many stories and religious beliefs and myths and legends and so on.
The character follows the same pattern that the Biblical Jesus follows.
Unusual Birth - there is a hero born who does not fit the world into which he/she is born
the birth separates the hero as special
the birth is marked by strange or unusual circumstances
eg - Harry Potter - was “born” when he didn’t die
Hercules - born of a human and a Greek god (Zeus)
Jesus - born of a human and a god (Yahweh)
Spiderman - born when he was bitten by a radioactive spider
Superman - sent from Krypton to Earth by his father in a global catastrophe
Orphaned! - the hero is almost always alone - the parents are “dead” in some way - often there is adoption, separation (forced or unforced) or maybe actual orphaning
this creates a distance between the hero and the rest of the hero’s community
the hero feels outside and alone
EVEN if the hero is adopted, he/she doesn’t fit and doesn’t work out in the situation
The hero feels a need that he/she cannot really address - a yearning, sadness or some kind of seeking
Luke Skywalker - “you can’t keep him here forever”
Wise Master - is a character who encounters the hero and provides some clues as to the hero’s DESTINY and then may train or guide the hero in developing the skills and talents that make the hero different.
“hey, you’re actually a ____________ and you need to learn your __________ in order to __________ your _________. “
the wise master can be all good (Gandalf, Yoda) or can be a little bit uncertain or even flat out evil - (R’as-al-ghul from Batman Begins)
the hero needs to learn how to harness whatever it is that he/she has (that difference)
sometimes there are more than one - sometimes the WM is part of a process in general
In the Disney model (or similar) this character can be a wisecracking sidekick - the conscience or the moral or the joker, etc - Donkey in Shrek
the hero is dangerous - if he/she isn’t trained and guided, he/she will be a serious problem to “the community” - this is the key turning point for villains.
The Call to Adventure - there is some factor or process that forces the hero to leave the community and go out into the unknown - this can be something very dark and dramatic (Star Wars - Luke’s aunt and uncle are killed - HP gets a letter(s) - LOTR - the ring is dangerous and HAS to be destroyed)
this call to adventure could be the hero’s decision or not
it usually causes the hero to be forced into a tough decision - dilemma or a scary choice
the story really begins here - the stuff before was set up for this
Defeat the Guardian to the Underworld
there is some kind of challenge or trick or puzzle or obstacle or difficult task or something that has to be negotiated in order to get into the “adventure world”
Does Harry simply get to Hogwarts? No way - it takes some work
this model is based upon the old Greek legends where heroes went into Hades - the boatman Charon - who required a coin), the river Styx, Cereberus, etc
the model is set that everything is designed to TEST the hero and if he/she fails, he/she dies, or something like death
In the Underworld - The Obstacle Course - The Test Ground - The Labyrinth
almost all video games are based upon this structure
one after the other, challenges and puzzles and obstacles that test the hero and force the hero to utilize his/her powers and talents
the hero will often discover a TALISMAN or object of power
the hero will often gain new skills or abilities
the hero will often gain a friend or sidekick or partner (romantic as well)
the hero will encounter minions of the Dark Lord, a character who is responsible for some evil and brutality that can often be the key to things from his/her past
Confrontation with The Darkness
the hero has negotiated through the Underworld and has proven him/herself to a point where he/she is ready to confront the Darkness
the Darkness could be internal or external, natural or character, or even some simple monster -
the hero engages in a “battle” where he/she has to dig deep and apply all that he/she has learned - recall the words of the Wise Master, rely on the friend/sidekick, use the talisman or object and finally, in the REAL TEST, be confident in him/herself
the ultimate test for the hero
the riskiest, the scariest thing that there could ever be is what this is
Evil Father Figure - a frequent character in this confrontation - often, the EFF has been the cause of the hero’s problems in early life - ie killed the parents (paging Harry Potter), chased the hero out of the community, killed the adoptive parents, or the wise master, etc.
often, the EFF will try to tell the hero to “join me!”
the idea here is that the hero has been created by the Evil Father Figure
we often read the line “I made you!” as well
the EFF is correct - the hero has been made powerful and honed by the struggle with the Underworld and his minions. Heroes without villains are freaks and vigilante - a lawbreaker who takes the law into his own hands
the hero realizes that this is true - this is a difficult thing to realize - “I almost need him and he almost needs me”
8. Flight or Escape from the Underworld
once the hero has defeated the EFF, the Underworld will collapse - sometimes literally
in the chaos surrounding the death or defeat, the hero gets a new choice: does he/she want to “rule in Hell?”
if not, the chaos intensifies and the hero must escape back to the real world
that escape is often very quick, with Hell falling apart, sometimes like a “rollercoaster ride”
there a few more challenges here, but they are fast and not quite as troublesome, until
The Exit Guardian
in order to get back to the daylight, there is one final challenge, and it is often a very dramatic and sudden challenge - ie we thought we’d made it!
this challenge will be a final “kiss goodbye” from the underworld
could be anything, but it’s the last traces of the Underworld (so we think)
upon defeating it, the hero is back “home”
10a) - Fairy Tale Ending
the hero returns to the real world, all is well, he/she wins, gets the reward (lands, title, acceptance by the community, the prince/ess, and the feeling that he/she has done exactly what they were designed to do - fulfill his/her destiny
this is an old-fashioned, fun, nice, awesome ending and the audience feels satisfied
10b) - Enlightenment
the hero comes back and realizes some things about him/herself and about the Underworld and about Life and it is a hard thing to learn
He/she has looked in the Darkness and seen him/herself looking back
because the darkness is in us all
the real world is just as dark
the people judge the hero
the hero is as much a product of the Underworld as the EFF
the hero misses the Underworld and needs it and will have to live knowing that
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Tuesday, May 12, 2012
Group Frankensignment - Chapter Analysis Presentation
11-12
13-14
15-16
17-18
19-20
21-22
23-24
Poster on Presentation Points/Skills
Overview of your chapters
plot summary
character changes
setting/time changes
Thematic Ideas - The Big Ideas (talk abouts)
Link to the real world - find real world example(s) of the theme(s) (current events)
Some engagement activity for the class - questions, game, tasks, etc (exam is coming)
Some kind of multimedia thing.
After this, we will focus on the outstanding work that is preventing you from getting this credit.
Exam Creation -
You will form a group.
You will scan your notes and from them, you will create possible exam questions and answers and you will submit them to me, Mr. the Lobb.
I will collect and collate and from your submissions, I will curate an exam.
I will give you the specific requirements for your questions, in detail. There will be no mystery about what kinds of questions you should make.
You will have an essay to prepare for the exam.
You will prepare in your group.
You will do rough in your group.
You will write your own first draft, or outline.
And then, on the exam, you will write your own essay.
You will write a quick essay skeleton in the exam time.
Plato’s Cave Allegory
(locked in)
Freud’s Tripartite Theory of Personality
Sigmund Freud is the inventor of modern pyscholanalysis
looking at people with mental AND physical problems - eg hysteria -
he started to see that many problems are mental in nature (psychological) and are based upon trauma or situations stemming from childhood
he looked at people’s minds as being “split” into three parts
Oedipus Complex - boys loves their mothers and hate their fathers and want to kill them and replace them - THEN, they become “normal” and “healthy” by transferring those feelings to their girlfriends and so on.
Elektra Complex - other way around for girls -
Id - the animal you - the hunger, the appetite, the beast, the child, the tantrum
uncontrollable response that is automatic and “old” - ancient like a primate
lust, rage, gluttony, etc
we jail these people - these are not good citizens - these are selfish, unpleasant and brutal people
when we are babies we are like this, and then, ideally, we grow OUT of it
How Might This Aspect of Self Be Useful?
this can be a very powerful motivator towards survival
Ego - the careful you, the watcher, the protector, the one who makes sure, the schemer, the planner, the avoider of punishment
this one is considering the status of self in the group
this is a more advanced self
realistic -
more cunning and more designed to fit into society
SuperEgo - the Mother’s Voice - the conscience, angel on your shoulder, the good little voice, Jiminy Cricket, the higher moral
this is the self that cares for others and places VALUES higher than selfish desire
this is about what is RIGHT and WRONG
it’s like an outside look at yourself
this is very useful in a society - in fact, it’s critical for a society to work successfully
In people, there is usually a balance between these elements of the unconscious mind.
A person who is healthy and has grown up in a good place, will be good at balancing.
Someone who has grown up with trauma will have a much harder time.
Can this series of ideas be applied to literature? Of course.
Jungian Archetypes
models for ideas and thoughts and patterns that exist across cultures and show up in stories and art and literature and so on
Star Wars is loaded with them - Wise Master - Young Apprentice - The Rogue - The Dark Father - The Princess, etc
Harry Potter uses these same archetypes
they appear to be built into our psychology
Fairy Tale Challenge
Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Quest (Monomyth)
Feminist Criticism
Dialectics
Aristotelian Poetics (story theory)
11-12
13-14
15-16
17-18
19-20
21-22
23-24
Poster on Presentation Points/Skills
Overview of your chapters
plot summary
character changes
setting/time changes
Thematic Ideas - The Big Ideas (talk abouts)
Link to the real world - find real world example(s) of the theme(s) (current events)
Some engagement activity for the class - questions, game, tasks, etc (exam is coming)
Some kind of multimedia thing.
After this, we will focus on the outstanding work that is preventing you from getting this credit.
Exam Creation -
You will form a group.
You will scan your notes and from them, you will create possible exam questions and answers and you will submit them to me, Mr. the Lobb.
I will collect and collate and from your submissions, I will curate an exam.
I will give you the specific requirements for your questions, in detail. There will be no mystery about what kinds of questions you should make.
You will have an essay to prepare for the exam.
You will prepare in your group.
You will do rough in your group.
You will write your own first draft, or outline.
And then, on the exam, you will write your own essay.
You will write a quick essay skeleton in the exam time.
Plato’s Cave Allegory
(locked in)
Freud’s Tripartite Theory of Personality
Sigmund Freud is the inventor of modern pyscholanalysis
looking at people with mental AND physical problems - eg hysteria -
he started to see that many problems are mental in nature (psychological) and are based upon trauma or situations stemming from childhood
he looked at people’s minds as being “split” into three parts
Oedipus Complex - boys loves their mothers and hate their fathers and want to kill them and replace them - THEN, they become “normal” and “healthy” by transferring those feelings to their girlfriends and so on.
Elektra Complex - other way around for girls -
Id - the animal you - the hunger, the appetite, the beast, the child, the tantrum
uncontrollable response that is automatic and “old” - ancient like a primate
lust, rage, gluttony, etc
we jail these people - these are not good citizens - these are selfish, unpleasant and brutal people
when we are babies we are like this, and then, ideally, we grow OUT of it
How Might This Aspect of Self Be Useful?
this can be a very powerful motivator towards survival
Ego - the careful you, the watcher, the protector, the one who makes sure, the schemer, the planner, the avoider of punishment
this one is considering the status of self in the group
this is a more advanced self
realistic -
more cunning and more designed to fit into society
SuperEgo - the Mother’s Voice - the conscience, angel on your shoulder, the good little voice, Jiminy Cricket, the higher moral
this is the self that cares for others and places VALUES higher than selfish desire
this is about what is RIGHT and WRONG
it’s like an outside look at yourself
this is very useful in a society - in fact, it’s critical for a society to work successfully
In people, there is usually a balance between these elements of the unconscious mind.
A person who is healthy and has grown up in a good place, will be good at balancing.
Someone who has grown up with trauma will have a much harder time.
Can this series of ideas be applied to literature? Of course.
Jungian Archetypes
models for ideas and thoughts and patterns that exist across cultures and show up in stories and art and literature and so on
Star Wars is loaded with them - Wise Master - Young Apprentice - The Rogue - The Dark Father - The Princess, etc
Harry Potter uses these same archetypes
they appear to be built into our psychology
Fairy Tale Challenge
Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Quest (Monomyth)
Feminist Criticism
Dialectics
Aristotelian Poetics (story theory)
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Why does Frankenstein react with horror to his creation?
We discussed the mother element - postpartum depression
We discussed the idea of anticipation and disappointment as a natural letdown of all that build up
Frogs -
Dead people -
Blood -
Many fears are actually fear of something else.
Many fears are sensible if we look BACK into our past.
Some people believe that some of our fears are built in and come from ancient, almost collective, unconscious.
Carl Jung - student of Sigmund Freud
archetypes
Jung studied people from vastly separate areas - different cultures that had never cross-communicated
he found many really clear similarities in their beliefs, myths, cultural symbols and so on
He wondered why?
He theorized that there was something linking all these people - something deep in their minds that was common - or collective (shared)
it wasn’t something on the surface and it wasn’t something they thought about - it was underneath and it was powerful
it was tied to a way of looking at the world
there is something about being human that makes certain ideas, images, symbols and so on, particularly powerful and rich and those things link us
a Christ figure may exist in many different religions, stories, movies, books, etc.
The Mother
The Wise Master
The Trickster
The Princess
The Knight
The Mad Scientist
Our fears work in a very similar way.
We share common fears based upon our human nature and psychology.
Some obvious fears are based in bodily harm.
Others are less obvious.
Monsters in pop culture are archetypes and they are also SYMBOLS
Why are there so many vampire shows? Vampires are more than just vampires.
What is blood? - injuries, death, sickness.
Frogs - slimy, green - sickness
There is an element to many of our deep fears and reactions to things that are “scary” that has its roots in avoidance of disease and avoidance of the diseased person.
In a very deep place in the human brain, there is a sentry on guard, keeping alert for danger. Keeping us safe, even when we ARE safe.
The amygdala.
It doesn’t think. It reacts.
It responds to “things” that are dangerous.
It can be broken, over-active, messed with, etc.
On some level, Frankenstein is about the human reaction to the way others look.
We can dig into this by looking at our amygdala, at archetypes, at xenophobia and our treatment of those who are “different”.
Monsters are lonely and sad and outsiders and ugly and angry and strike back at the society that excludes them. (this is one area of monster meaning)
They can also represent the sins of those who go into areas into which Man was not meant to go.
Monster = ugly.
We are a shallow society and we judge by looks and we are brutal in our judgment, but some of it is DEEP in that lizard brain and we have to fight that.
We discussed the mother element - postpartum depression
We discussed the idea of anticipation and disappointment as a natural letdown of all that build up
Frogs -
Dead people -
Blood -
Many fears are actually fear of something else.
Many fears are sensible if we look BACK into our past.
Some people believe that some of our fears are built in and come from ancient, almost collective, unconscious.
Carl Jung - student of Sigmund Freud
archetypes
Jung studied people from vastly separate areas - different cultures that had never cross-communicated
he found many really clear similarities in their beliefs, myths, cultural symbols and so on
He wondered why?
He theorized that there was something linking all these people - something deep in their minds that was common - or collective (shared)
it wasn’t something on the surface and it wasn’t something they thought about - it was underneath and it was powerful
it was tied to a way of looking at the world
there is something about being human that makes certain ideas, images, symbols and so on, particularly powerful and rich and those things link us
a Christ figure may exist in many different religions, stories, movies, books, etc.
The Mother
The Wise Master
The Trickster
The Princess
The Knight
The Mad Scientist
Our fears work in a very similar way.
We share common fears based upon our human nature and psychology.
Some obvious fears are based in bodily harm.
Others are less obvious.
Monsters in pop culture are archetypes and they are also SYMBOLS
Why are there so many vampire shows? Vampires are more than just vampires.
What is blood? - injuries, death, sickness.
Frogs - slimy, green - sickness
There is an element to many of our deep fears and reactions to things that are “scary” that has its roots in avoidance of disease and avoidance of the diseased person.
In a very deep place in the human brain, there is a sentry on guard, keeping alert for danger. Keeping us safe, even when we ARE safe.
The amygdala.
It doesn’t think. It reacts.
It responds to “things” that are dangerous.
It can be broken, over-active, messed with, etc.
On some level, Frankenstein is about the human reaction to the way others look.
We can dig into this by looking at our amygdala, at archetypes, at xenophobia and our treatment of those who are “different”.
Monsters are lonely and sad and outsiders and ugly and angry and strike back at the society that excludes them. (this is one area of monster meaning)
They can also represent the sins of those who go into areas into which Man was not meant to go.
Monster = ugly.
We are a shallow society and we judge by looks and we are brutal in our judgment, but some of it is DEEP in that lizard brain and we have to fight that.
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