March 24

Do now Vocabulary Pre-Quiz

Today ACTIVITIES • Vocab Pre-Quiz • Greek mythology in the modern

day • Prometheus and Io • Pyramus and Thisbe TURN IN • “Promethus and Io” and

“Pyramus and Thisbe” notes. HOMEWORK • Pygmalion and Galatea for

Tuesday (145-149): Quiz • Hero’s journey packet by

Wednesday

Greek Heroes and mythology in Modern movies

Prometheus

Pygmalion: My Fair Lady

Troy

Triangle

Oedipus

Jason

Jason

Hercules

Hercules

Perseus

Perseus

Perseus

Theseus

Odysseus

Odysseus

Odysseus

March 25

Do now Take out a sheet of paper for

the Pygmalion Quiz.

An absence yesterday does not excuse you from the quiz. The reading assignment and quiz were announced FRIDAY.

Today ACTIVITIES

• Pygmalion and Galatea Quiz

• Mythology quotes

• Pygmalion and Galatea

• Characteristics of a Hero

TURN IN

• Pygmalion Quiz

HOMEWORK

• Read Hero’s journey packet by Wednesday

March 26

Do now Take out a sheet of paper for

Vocabulary Quiz.

Today ACTIVITIES

• Vocabulary Quiz

• Characteristics of a Hero

TURN IN

• Nothing

HOMEWORK

• Read Hero’s journey packet. We will go over the Hero’s Journey packet tomorrow.

Essay Prep: For every myth we read, find 2 quotes that fit the prompts.

Unit Essay Prompts

• Myths show the relationship between humans and the divine world. Most myths teach what the gods will do to those who are so arrogant as to treat the gods disrespectfully, either in word or in deed. By referring to at least three (3) different Greek myths in the book, analyze the relationship between humans and the gods. How do the characteristics of each (humans and gods) affect the way they interact with each other?

• Women are portrayed as powerful creatures in Greek mythology. This

power can be either positive or negative. By referring to at least three (3) different women/myths in the book, analyze the roles women play in the world of Greek mythology. How do the actions of women affect the world in which they live? (Identify the roles that women play, and provide 3 ways in which this is supported) (mothers, daughters, goddesses/protectors)

Vocabulary – Week 28

•ambivalent – adjective – having mixed feelings about

someone or something; simultaneously feeling opposing

feelings; uncertain

•eclectic – adjective – made up of a variety of sources or

styles

•stoic – adjective – indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

•novel – adjective – strikingly new or unusual

•paramount – adjective – of chief concern or importance;

above others in rank or authority

•abstract – adjective – not concrete (an abstract idea)

•exculpate – verb – to free from guilt or blame

•conviction - noun – a fixed or strong belief

•maverick – noun – one who resists adherence to a group

•benevolent – adjective – well-meaning; generous

Hero Characteristics • 3rd

– Courageous

– Determined

– Integrity

– Stature

– Endurance

• 4th – Courageous

– Motivated

– Incorruptible

– Powerful

– Situational awareness

• 6th – Brave

– Persistent

– Noble

– Strong

– Intelligent

5 characteristics of a Greek Hero

Courageous A hero is willing to face his fears, and meet them head on. He or she is willing to make hard decisions, even when the likely outcome is grim. He’s committed to a notion of what is right or just, and has the determination to keep pushing forward no matter what.

Skilled A hero is very good at something. He possesses an important skill which makes it possible to face overwhelming odds and have a chance of success.

Sacrificial At some point in the story, the hero is willing to give up his life. In some cases this takes the form of a sacrificial death. In others, the hero is willing to face serious danger, which is likely to result in his own demise. In each instance, the odds of survival are slim, and the risk is taken for the well-being of others.

Destined There is something about the hero which makes him the right person to meet the challenge. He is destined to face the source of the danger, and is especially suited to do so. This could be due to heredity, history, prophecy or the will of God.

Wounded Every hero has a wound. Like their villain counterparts, heroes are scarred in some significant way, either physically or emotionally. Often the wound takes the form of a fatal weakness, making the hero vulnerable and imperfect.

Hero’s Journey

Why study The Hero’s Journey?

• It is the pattern of human experience

• Every challenge we face in life is a journey

• It is a process of self discovery

• Understanding the Journey pattern can help us understand the stories we read, the movies and shows we see, and the experiences that shape our lives.

The Journey Begins

The Journey is divided into three stages and 12 steps:

1. Separation (from the known)

2. Initiation and Transformation (Unknown or supernatural world)

3. The Return (Back to the known)

The Archetypal Hero

What Do Luke Skywalker, Simba, King Arthur, Moses, and William

Wallace all have in common?

Jung and Campbell

• Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell developed the idea of the archetype

–Archetype: A recurring pattern of images, situations, or symbols found in the mythology, religion, art, and dreams of cultures around the world

Joseph Campbell

Carl Jung

Archetypal Characters

• The same types of characters show up in classic forms of stories.

• Archetypal characters

March 27

Do now

Today ACTIVITIES • Seat changes • How does the Hero’s Journey

work? • Hero’s Journey exercise. TURN IN • Nothing HOMEWORK • Read Perseus & summary for

Monday/Tuesday, March 31/April 1 (Pp. 197-208)

• Read Theseus & Questions for Wednesday/Thursday April 2/3 (Pp. 209-223)

The Hero’s Journey connects past heroes to

the present.

Archetypal Hero Traits

• Unusual Circumstances of Birth • Leaves Family and Lives With Others • Traumatic Event Leads to Quest • Special Weapon • Supernatural Help • Proves Himself on Quest • Journey and Unhealable Wound • Atonement With Father • Spiritual Awakening and/or transformation

It’s important to remember that the journey is a process of separation, transformation, and return.

It is a process where each stage must be completed successfully if the initiate is to become a hero.

To turn back would mean that the initiate is rejecting his or her own need to grow.

Unless the initiate sets out again, he or she may become locked into unending adolescence and will have to give up

the benefits, freedom, and fulfillment of adulthood.

NINE-STEP TRANSFORMATION

We usually divide the Journey into nine steps, but it is important to remember that

the journey is an individual process

of growth and transformation.

The sequence and duration of the experience

will vary from one person to another.

March 28

Do now

Today ACTIVITIES

• Hero’s Journey

TURN IN

• Nothing

HOMEWORK

• Read Perseus & summary for Monday/Tuesday, March 31/April 1 (Pp. 197-208)

• Read Theseus & Questions for Wednesday/Thursday April 2/3 (Pp. 209-223)

Unusual Birth

• Often in danger or born into royalty

– Luke w/ aunt and uncle

– Simba born a prince

– Moses put in basket

– King Arthur in danger from Uther Pendragon’s rivals

Leaves Family

• Raised away from his people

– Luke w/ aunt and uncle

– Simba w/ Timon and Poobah

– King Arthur w/ Merlin

– William Wallace with uncle

– Moses w/ Pharaoh’s daughter

The Call: Traumatic Event

• A hero’s life is changed forever

– Luke’s aunt and

uncle’s death

– Wallace’s wife is killed

– Arthur pulls sword from stone

– Simba fights Nala

– Yahweh appears to Moses

Threshold: Special Weapon

• Only the hero can wield his weapon

– Luke’s light saber

–Arthur’s Excalibur

–Moses’ staff

–Wallace’s sword

– Simba’s ... claws?

Threshold: Supernatural Help

• Hero often has spiritual guidance

– Luke hears Obi-Wan Kenobi

– Arthur has Merlin

– Yahweh guides Moses

– Wallace dreams of his dead father

– Simba sees Mufasa in the sky and has Rafiki help him

Challenges and Abyss: Road of Trials

• Hero descends into a hell-like area and suffers wounding from encounter w/ evil

– Symbolically goes where normal humans can’t and finds truth about self

Transformation/Revelation

• Hero performs feats while on Quest

– Luke blows up Death Star,

leads rebellion

– Arthur leads battles

– Moses perform miracles

– Simba contemplates his life

– Wallace leads his men against British

Atonement With Father

• Hero either redeems father’s evil deeds or reconciles with father over wrongs done by the hero

Return Home and Final Reward

• Hero returns to home to create a new and better place.

• Often spiritually rewarded.

Hercules is considered the greatest Greek hero of all. Hercules is incredibly strong. In

fact, he is the strongest man who has ever existed, and therefore he considers

himself something of a god. Indeed, he is half-god, a son of Zeus. Supremely

confident, Hercules showed his brute force from a very early age, when he wrestled a

snake that had slithered into his baby cradle.

The saddest incident of his life occurs after he has married Princess Megara and had

three children with her. Hera, Zeus's jealous wife, cannot forgive her husband for

having had Hercules as an illicit son, so she sends Hercules into insanity. One night

Hercules goes mad and unwittingly kills his three boys. When he realizes what he has

done, he almost kills himself, but Theseus persuades him to go on living; that is the

heroic option.

To cleanse himself, Hercules visits the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle tells him to go to Eurystheus, who sends him on almost impossible challenges. Hercules completes all of

his twelve labors: killing the lion of Nemea, killing a creature with nine heads called

the Hydra, capturing a stag with horns of gold, killing a boar, cleaning the thousands

of Aegean stables in one day, exiling the Stymphalian birds, going to Crete and

retrieving the beautiful savage bull that Poseidon gave Minos, retrieving the man-eating

mares, bringing back the girdle of Hippolyta, returning the back of the cattle of Geryon

(a monster with three bodies), bringing back the Golden Apples of Hesperides—and,

finally, bringing Cerberus, the three-headed dog, up from Hades.