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- EPIC
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A STORY WITH MANY EPISODES
LONG STORY - ARCHETYPE
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MODEL OR TYPE AFTER WHICH OTHER SIMILAR THINGS ARE PATTERNED
PATTERN - HERO
- PRINCIPAL CHARACTER OF THE PLAY
- FOIL
- THE COUNTER CHARACTER TO THE PROTAGONIST
- NARRATIVE
- A COLLECTION OF EVENTS TAHT TELLS A STORY, WHICH MAY BE TRUE OR NOT, PLACED IN A PARTICULAR ORDER AND RECOUNTED THROUGH TELLING OR WRITING
- LYRIC
- SONG-LIKE POEM WRITTEN MAINLY TO EXPRESS THE FEELINGS OF EMOTIONS OR THOUGHT FROM A PARTICULAR PERSON
- ALLITERATION
- PATTERN OF SOUND THAT INCLUDES THE REPETITION OF SOUNDS
- CAESURA
- PAUSE IN THE LINE
- STYLE
- THE WAY IN WHICH SOMETHING IS SEAD, DONE, EXPRESSED, OR PERFORMED
- CUNEIFORM
-
WEDGE-SHAPED WRITING
GILGLAMESH - IMAGERY
- VIVID IMAGES WITTIN THE TEXT SO YOU CAN BE "SHOWN; NOT TOLD"
- SYMBOL
- WORD OR OBJECT THAT STANDS FOR ANOTHER WORD OR OBJECT
- DICTION
- WORD CHOICE
- SYNTAX
- ORDERING OF WORDS INTO MEANINGFUL VERBAL PATTERNS SUCH AS PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES
- METAPHOR
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN WHICH SOMETHING REAL IS COMPARED TO SOMETHING ELSE IT IS LITERALLY NOT
- SIMILE
- METAPHOR BUT USING LIKE OR AS
- SYLLABLE
- PARTS OF A WROD
- RHYTHM
- REFERS TO THE RECURRENCE OF STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED SOUNDS IN POETRY
- THEME
- COMMON THREAD OR REPEATED IDEA THAT IS INCORPORATED THROGH A LITERARY WORK
- METER
- WHEN A RHYTHMIC PATTERN OF STRESSES RECURS IN A POEM
- IAMBIC PENTAMETER
- A METRICAL PATTERN IN POETRY THAT CONSISTS OF FIVE IAMBIC FEET PER LINE
- PROSE
- A KIND OF OPEN FORM POETRY THAT IS PRINTED AS PROSE AND REPRESENTS THE MOST CLEAR OPPOSITE OF FIXED FORM POETRY
- CLIMAX
- ARCH OF THE STORY
- RESOLUTION
- END OF STORY
- CHORUS
- GREEK TRAGEDIES A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE MAINLY AS COMMENTATORS ON THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS
- FRAME
- AN EPISODE IN A STORY
- COMEDY
- WORK INTENDED TO INTEREST, INVOLVE, AND AMUSE THE RAEDER OR AUDIENCE IN WHICH NO TERRIBLE DISASTER OCCURS AND THAT ENDS HAPPILY FOR THE MAIN CHARACTERS
- TRAGEDY
- STORY THAT PRESENTS COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS WHO CONFRONT POWERFUL FORCES WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THEMSELVES WITH A DIGNITY THAT REVEALS THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN THE FACE OF FAILURE, DEFEAT, AND EVEN DEATH
- IN MEDIAS RES
- IN THE MIDDLE
- MYTH
- STORIES TOLD TO EXPLAIN WORLD PHENOMENA
- GILGAMESH TIME PERIOD
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2700 BC ORIGIN
2000 BC WRITTEN - GIGLAMESH PLACE
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URUK
ANCIENT MESOPATAIMA - GILGAMESH FOUND WHERE?
- LIBRARY OF ASSURBAMIPAL IN ASSYRIA
- ISTAR
- SENT BULL OF HEAVEN, REJECTED BY GILG, FATEHR WAS SHAMASH
- HUMBABA
- GUARDIAN OF THE CEDAR FOREST WHO WAS KILLED BY GILG WITH THE INFLUENCE OF ENKIDU, ANGERED SHAMASH (SUN GOD)
- SIDURI
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WINE MAKER
VEILED WOMEN WHO TOLD GIGLI ABOUT "UTNOPISHTIM - UTNOPISHTIM
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IMMORTAL
WATCHER OF LIFE - WHAT DOES THE GODDESS WHO WANTED GILGAMESH AS HER LOVER DO WHEN SHE WAS REJECTED?
- ASK HER FATHER TO SEND DOWN THE BULL OF HEAVEN
- WHERE IS "HOME" FOR EACH OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS? HOW IS "HOME" CHARACTERIZED IN EACH TALE? WHAT ABOUT OTHER THEMES LIKE "LOVE," "MARRIAGES," ETC.?
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GIGL: URUK, BEHIND THE WALLS
BEOWULF: GEAT
LYSTISTRATA: ATHENS, AT HOME WITH THEIR HUSBANDS AND HER FAMILY
MEDEA: NO WHERE, WITH JASON
ACHILLES: ON THE BATTLE FIELD
ODYSSEUS: AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY AND PENELOPE - HOW DOES ODYSSEUS PROVE HIMSELF
- KNEW THE BED COULD NOT BE MOVED, ALSO HIS MATURATION PROCESS IS CUNNING AND SECRETIVE
- HOW WAS THE BIBLE VERSION OF THE FLOOD ACCOUNT DIFFERENT FROM TEH ONE FOUND IN GIGL
- 7 DAY/NIGHT VS 40 DAY/NIGHT
- WHAT DOES OLIVE TREE REPRESENT
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PEACE
STRENGTH
SECURITY
STURDINESS
SUSTAINING
MARRIAGE
MAN-MADE
BEAUTY
NATURAL
BEARS FRUIT
WEALTH - PATTERN OF ARCHETYPE OF A HERO FOLLOW
- MATURATION; NOT USING STRENGTH AND USING WISDOM TO WIN BATTLE
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WHY DOES MEDEA KILL HER CHILDREN?
HOW?
WHO HELPED? -
REVENGE ON JASON
STAB WITH A BLADE
NURSE - WHAT DO THE WOMEN USE IN SYS TO ENCOURAGE THE MEN TO DO WHAT THEY WANT
- REFRAIN FROM SEX
- WHAT MOSTER DOES ENKIDU ENCOURAGE GIGL TO KILL
- HUMBABA
- HOW DOES PENELOPE TEST ODYSSEUS
- TELLS HIM SHE IS GOING TO MOVE THE BED
- WHAT KEEPS ODYSSEUS FROM GETTING HOME
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GREEDY ISLAND OF CICONES
LOTUS FRUIT
CYCLOPS: POLYOMEROUS - WHAT TAKES THE PLANT OF YOUTH FROM GILG
- SNAKE
- HOW WAS URUK DESCRIBED
- BEAUTIFUL, HIGH THICK WALLS, BRONZE, STRONG, MAJESTIC
- HOW DOES THE NURSE KNOW IT WAS ODYSSEUS
- CHILDHOOD SCAR
- HOW DID PENELOPE KNOW
- TESTED HIM ABOUT THE OLIVE TREE BED
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HOW DOES GIGL DIE
BEOWULF
HECTOR -
MORTALITY
DRAGON NECK BITE
STAB IN THE THROAT -
HOW IS ENKIDU CIVILIZED
WHAT IS THE VIEW OF WOMEN IN THE TEXT -
HARLOT SEDUCED HIM
INSIGNIFICANT, POWERFUL IN ACTING, HAS A ROLE, OPINIONLESS - WHAT IS THE WAR IN THE ILIAD
- ACHAEANS VS TROJANS
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WHY DOES BEOWULF TRAVEL TO HEOROT HALL
WHOSE HALL IS IT -
GRENDEL HAS TERRORIZED FOR 12YRS
DANES - WHO IS HELEN AND WHAT IS HER ROLE IN THE TROJAN WAR
- QUEEN OF GREEKS AND RAN OFF WITH PARIS AT THE START OF THE TROJAN WAR, STARTED THE WAR
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WHAT ANIMAL IS SENT TO KILL GIGL
WHY -
BULL OF HEAVEN
REJECTED ISHTAR - WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE POEMS BTWN CATULLUS AND SAPPHO
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SAPPHO: WOMAN, MORE UPSET, DEEPLY HURT, NOT COCKY, ADMIRES LOVE, MORE EMOTIONAL
CATTULUS: COCKY, BITTER ANGRY, INTELLECTUAL -
THEMES OF ILIAD
ODYSSEY -
WAR
PEACE, GETTING HOME, FAMILY, LOVE, MARRIAGE, TRANSITION PEACE>WAR -
CATULLUS WROTE POEMS FOR A REAL LOVE NAMED?
WHO DOES HE COPY?
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES? -
LESBIA
SAPPHO
SAPPHO: WOMAN, UPSET+, EMOTIONAL, GENUINE, ADMIRES LOVE
CATULLUS: COCKY, BITTER, ANGRY INTELLECTUAL - HOW IS PEACE SYMBOLIZED DURING THE CONFERENCE BTWN "SIDES" IN LYS
- NAKED WOMAN, STATE OF GREECE (LAND)
- HOW MUCH TIME IS COVERED INTHE ILIAD? ODYSSEY? BEOWULF? GIGL?
- 10 YEARS (2WKS), 10 YEARS (20YRS FOR O), 50YRS (12+ WITH GRENDEL), LIFETIME
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PLOT POINTS OF ILIAD
CLIMAX -
ARGUMENT WITH AGAMEMNON, PATROCLEUS DYING, GIVING HECTOR BACK
PRIAM ASKING HECTOR FOR HECTOR BACK -
ODYSSEY: HEROIC PATTERNS
CLIMAX - CICONES ISLAND, LOTUS FRUIT, CYCLOPS, HOME, SUITORS
- BEOWULF
- GRENDEL, MOM, DRAGON
- GIGL PLOT AND CLIMAX
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FIGHT ENKIDU, BEFRIEND ENKIDU, CEDAR FOREST, BULL OF HEAVEN, ENKIDU DIES
GOES TO WOLVES, SCORPION MEN, TUNNEL, FERRY, UTONIPSIAM, SLEEP, SNAKE, HOME
ENKIDU DIES -
WHAT DOES THE CONTRAST BTWN HECTOR AND ACHILLES REVEAL
GILG/ENKIDU -
SOLDIER VS HUMAN, LONE VS FAMILY, NO MERCY OR COMPASSION
G: NOT BEST, FRIENDSHIP, IMMORTALITY, CIVILIZATION VS WILD
- WHAT DOES MYHHRINE DO TO TRICK KINESEAS
- SAYS SHE WILL SLEEP WITH HIM BUT THEN KEEPS GOIGN BACK TO FETCH THINGS
- MEDEA CLIMAX
- JASON FINDS SHE HAS JUST KILLED CHILDREN
- LYS PLOT POINTS AND CLIMAX
- WOMEN PACT WITH WINE, FIGHT MEN, FIGHT POILICE, FIGHT COMMISIONER, LYS MAKES SPEECH, KINEIOS AND MYTHINNE, SPARTAN BREAKS, LYS BRINGS "PEACE" AND HAS PEACE TALKS WAR SETTLED WITH USING HER AS A MAP