*Fountain of Youth- is a legendary spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. It is said to be found in Florida. The Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, even though the actual fountain does not exist there the tourists still drink the water from the fountain that is a tribute there. In 1513 Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon searched for the fountain of youth.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Immortality
*Immortality- endless life or existence; being immortal- not liable or subject to death or undying. Being immortal means that you have been granted eternal life. The concept has changed a lot over the years. For instance in the book we just read "The Epic of Gilgamesh" immortality was a gift given by the gods. In present day reality, it is something we are trying to make scientifically come true, through medicines and other advances coming about today.
*Fountain of Youth- is a legendary spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. It is said to be found in Florida. The Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, even though the actual fountain does not exist there the tourists still drink the water from the fountain that is a tribute there. In 1513 Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon searched for the fountain of youth.
*Fountain of Youth- is a legendary spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. It is said to be found in Florida. The Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, even though the actual fountain does not exist there the tourists still drink the water from the fountain that is a tribute there. In 1513 Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon searched for the fountain of youth.
Monday, September 28, 2009
The Tragic Man- Oedipus
1. A Belief in His Own Freedom-
This fits Oedipus very specifically because its about having to make choices based on dilemmas and obviously Oedipus has a lot of dilemmas in his life. Even though his fate was inevitable once they realized the prophacy has become true (to be killed or banished) he could have fought it, but he basically said "take my life I don't deserve to see anything good every again". That is a choice he made based on the fate he was destined to live.
2. A Supreme Pride-
In the beginning of the story this is very true because they speak of him as more than human, he seems to have godlike powers because he saved them from the Shinx. "But we do rate you first of men, both in the common crises of our lives and face-to-face encounters with the Gods" (161). When he saved them he did something that they were all loosing hope in, making him seem more than any of them, more than human.
3. Capacity for Suffering-
Again this is true because his actions inevitability destroy him. He is suffering more than anybody else in these plays because something didn't happen to him, he did it to himself which is much worse. He can't blame his fate on anybody else because the things that destroyed him (killing his father and marrying his mother) he did by himself.
4. A Sense of Commitment-
I think this comes true the moment he kills his father because his fate has been set in motion. Up to that point he had some sense of hope that he could have a better life than the one laid out for him but the second he killed that "strainger" at the crossroads, his fate was set in motion. The worst part was he didn't even know it was happening. I think he if he knew then he would've either ended his life instantly or spent the rest of his life hiding.
5. Vigorous Protest-
Oedipus shows this when he stabs out his eyes with his mother's broach. He is fighting his fate by refusing to face it. He is so ashamed of what he has done that he doesn't ever want to see anything ever again. I think this is him lashing out to the Gods because he is afraid. Afraid of himself and everything else around him because now that he has faced reality he doesn't believe anything can seem good and happy ever again and if it did, he doesn't deserve to see it.
6.Transfiguration-
I think his soft spot in all of this is his children and what they are have to go through because of him. He is starting to accept that this is who he is now and he cannot change it. When he tried to fight his fate it didn't help anything, if anything it just prolonged it. Also he changed from the beginning to the end and he doesn't fight the punishment. Even though he did horrible things in his life he ends with a good decision to take his punishment no matter how gruesome it may be.
7. Impact-
In the story I think it impacts the entire city, after all they did lose both their King and Queen to a tragic fate. Also Creon has to go through loosing his sister. But I think the biggest impact is on two daughters. "Such disgrace, and you must bare it all! Who will marry you then? Not a man on earth. Your doom is clear: you'll wither away to nothing, single, without a child" (248). Oedipus is saying in this speech that his girls must face a life of rejection and bitterness all because of their father/brothers fate. When you read this story it hits straight to the heart I think because it is about family. I believe family is something close to everyones hearts so this is a very emotional story. Even though we can't exactly relate to it the best, it still has a very big impact.
This fits Oedipus very specifically because its about having to make choices based on dilemmas and obviously Oedipus has a lot of dilemmas in his life. Even though his fate was inevitable once they realized the prophacy has become true (to be killed or banished) he could have fought it, but he basically said "take my life I don't deserve to see anything good every again". That is a choice he made based on the fate he was destined to live.
2. A Supreme Pride-
In the beginning of the story this is very true because they speak of him as more than human, he seems to have godlike powers because he saved them from the Shinx. "But we do rate you first of men, both in the common crises of our lives and face-to-face encounters with the Gods" (161). When he saved them he did something that they were all loosing hope in, making him seem more than any of them, more than human.
3. Capacity for Suffering-
Again this is true because his actions inevitability destroy him. He is suffering more than anybody else in these plays because something didn't happen to him, he did it to himself which is much worse. He can't blame his fate on anybody else because the things that destroyed him (killing his father and marrying his mother) he did by himself.
4. A Sense of Commitment-
I think this comes true the moment he kills his father because his fate has been set in motion. Up to that point he had some sense of hope that he could have a better life than the one laid out for him but the second he killed that "strainger" at the crossroads, his fate was set in motion. The worst part was he didn't even know it was happening. I think he if he knew then he would've either ended his life instantly or spent the rest of his life hiding.
5. Vigorous Protest-
Oedipus shows this when he stabs out his eyes with his mother's broach. He is fighting his fate by refusing to face it. He is so ashamed of what he has done that he doesn't ever want to see anything ever again. I think this is him lashing out to the Gods because he is afraid. Afraid of himself and everything else around him because now that he has faced reality he doesn't believe anything can seem good and happy ever again and if it did, he doesn't deserve to see it.
6.Transfiguration-
I think his soft spot in all of this is his children and what they are have to go through because of him. He is starting to accept that this is who he is now and he cannot change it. When he tried to fight his fate it didn't help anything, if anything it just prolonged it. Also he changed from the beginning to the end and he doesn't fight the punishment. Even though he did horrible things in his life he ends with a good decision to take his punishment no matter how gruesome it may be.
7. Impact-
In the story I think it impacts the entire city, after all they did lose both their King and Queen to a tragic fate. Also Creon has to go through loosing his sister. But I think the biggest impact is on two daughters. "Such disgrace, and you must bare it all! Who will marry you then? Not a man on earth. Your doom is clear: you'll wither away to nothing, single, without a child" (248). Oedipus is saying in this speech that his girls must face a life of rejection and bitterness all because of their father/brothers fate. When you read this story it hits straight to the heart I think because it is about family. I believe family is something close to everyones hearts so this is a very emotional story. Even though we can't exactly relate to it the best, it still has a very big impact.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Quotes
1. Proper Burial- "But the body of Polynices, who died miserably-why a city-wide proclamation, rumor has it, forbids anyone to bury him, even mourn him." Pg 60
2. Conscioentious Objection- "No, he has no right to keep me from my own. Pg 61
3. Individual vs State- "I am on my way, I will raise a mound for him, for my dear brother." Pg 63
4. Consciences vs Law- "Who on Earth alive in the midst of so much grief as I, could fail to find his death a rich reward" Pg 82
5. Moral Law vs Human Law- "Not ashamed for a moment, not to honor my brother, my own flesh and blood" Pg 84
6. Hubris- "You my lord are the one sheild, the one savior we can find." Pg 176
7. Purpose of Prophesy- "That day you learn the truth about your marriage, the wedding march that sent you into your halls, the lusty voyage home to the fatal harbor!" Pg 183
8. The blind "see"- You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life, to the house you live in, those you live with- who are your parents? Pg 183
9. Loyalty- "But look, we're both guilty, both condemned to death" Pg 87
10. Free will vs Fate- "If you are the man he says you are, believe me, you were born for pain" Pg 232
11. Ritual- "No matter-death longs for the same rites for all." Pg 89
12. Despair- "What can I ever see? What love, what call of the heart can touch my ears with joy? Nothing friends." Pg 241
13. Integrity- "But if I had allowed to let my own mother's son rot an unburied corpse-that would have been agony!" Pg 82
14. Ignorance is an exuse- "Die, die- whoever he was that day in the wilds who cut my ankles free of the ruthless pins, he pulled me clear of death, he saved my life for this, this kindness- Curse him, kill him! If I'd died then, I'd never have dragged myself, my loved ones through such hell" Pg 242
2. Conscioentious Objection- "No, he has no right to keep me from my own. Pg 61
3. Individual vs State- "I am on my way, I will raise a mound for him, for my dear brother." Pg 63
4. Consciences vs Law- "Who on Earth alive in the midst of so much grief as I, could fail to find his death a rich reward" Pg 82
5. Moral Law vs Human Law- "Not ashamed for a moment, not to honor my brother, my own flesh and blood" Pg 84
6. Hubris- "You my lord are the one sheild, the one savior we can find." Pg 176
7. Purpose of Prophesy- "That day you learn the truth about your marriage, the wedding march that sent you into your halls, the lusty voyage home to the fatal harbor!" Pg 183
8. The blind "see"- You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life, to the house you live in, those you live with- who are your parents? Pg 183
9. Loyalty- "But look, we're both guilty, both condemned to death" Pg 87
10. Free will vs Fate- "If you are the man he says you are, believe me, you were born for pain" Pg 232
11. Ritual- "No matter-death longs for the same rites for all." Pg 89
12. Despair- "What can I ever see? What love, what call of the heart can touch my ears with joy? Nothing friends." Pg 241
13. Integrity- "But if I had allowed to let my own mother's son rot an unburied corpse-that would have been agony!" Pg 82
14. Ignorance is an exuse- "Die, die- whoever he was that day in the wilds who cut my ankles free of the ruthless pins, he pulled me clear of death, he saved my life for this, this kindness- Curse him, kill him! If I'd died then, I'd never have dragged myself, my loved ones through such hell" Pg 242
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Oedipus- Act 1
-Oedipus lifted the Sphinx from the land of Thebes and is now their king, but he is more than a king to them, he is seen as a God, the highest of all man can be. (pg 161)
-Creon tells them that the reason the plague has hit their town is because of the murder of their previous kind Laius. After this murder the man who did it went free so until he is killed the plague will continue. (pg 164)
-Oedipus is astonished that they let the man go free after such a thing happened (pg 166) but vows that he will not rest until this man is given what he deserves (pg 171).
-Tiresias confesses that he knows something he will never tell any of the others (pg 177). Then him and Oedipus go back and forth with accusations for awhile, Oedipus says he is the one who killed Laius then Tiresias says he is the curse of their land.
-Right before Tiresias leaves he gives a few hints to who the murderer in a riddle (pg 185)
-Creon tells them that the reason the plague has hit their town is because of the murder of their previous kind Laius. After this murder the man who did it went free so until he is killed the plague will continue. (pg 164)
-Oedipus is astonished that they let the man go free after such a thing happened (pg 166) but vows that he will not rest until this man is given what he deserves (pg 171).
-Tiresias confesses that he knows something he will never tell any of the others (pg 177). Then him and Oedipus go back and forth with accusations for awhile, Oedipus says he is the one who killed Laius then Tiresias says he is the curse of their land.
-Right before Tiresias leaves he gives a few hints to who the murderer in a riddle (pg 185)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
The Od.-Book IX
>Cyclopes-->Aeolia-->Almost to Ithica-->Aeolia-->Laesrygonians-->Aeaea
>In Aeolia Aeolus give Od a bag of magic wind to help get him back to Ithica. They almost make it to Ithica, so close that it is in sight. But Od's men think its a bag of gold so they rip it open which unleashes a storm. Which sends them back to Aeolia.
>They row to Laesrygonians but only stay breifely because a few of the men get killed.
>Then they stay on the Laesrygonians because Od becomes a lover to the Goddess Circe. They live their for a year until Od's men convince him to start heading back to Ithica. She then explains to them they must sail to the land of death (Hades) and ask for the way home from there.
>Od's men are very dissappointed in this but they must do what is needed to continue their journey home.
>In Aeolia Aeolus give Od a bag of magic wind to help get him back to Ithica. They almost make it to Ithica, so close that it is in sight. But Od's men think its a bag of gold so they rip it open which unleashes a storm. Which sends them back to Aeolia.
>They row to Laesrygonians but only stay breifely because a few of the men get killed.
>Then they stay on the Laesrygonians because Od becomes a lover to the Goddess Circe. They live their for a year until Od's men convince him to start heading back to Ithica. She then explains to them they must sail to the land of death (Hades) and ask for the way home from there.
>Od's men are very dissappointed in this but they must do what is needed to continue their journey home.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The Od.-Book IX
>Od starts telling the royal family of his journey after he and his crew left Troy. First he talks a little about being trapped on the island with Cal and how she wanted to make him her husband. But he tells them that when a man leaves his home and his family nothing seems as sweet as what he left behind.
>They traveled from Troy-->Ismarus-->Lotus eaters-->Cyclopes
>In the land of the Cyclopes they find a cave full of goods such as cheese. Even though some of the men want to eat and leave fast they stay and spend a little more time there.
>Then Polyphemus son of Pos finds them in his cave, he immediately eats 2 of them. Od wants revenge right there but he knows it is a battle he would loose. So when Pol is doing his afternoon chores Od heats a wood steak.
>When Pol returns Od gets him drunk off of wine. When he falls down from too much Od and a few of his other men stab Pol in the eye with the steak they heated. Od told him that his name was no one so when he yelled for help he said "no one is killing me".
>In the morning Od and his crew sneak off because Pol is now blinded and can't go after them. However Pol does ask for revenge from his father, Pos.
>They traveled from Troy-->Ismarus-->Lotus eaters-->Cyclopes
>In the land of the Cyclopes they find a cave full of goods such as cheese. Even though some of the men want to eat and leave fast they stay and spend a little more time there.
>Then Polyphemus son of Pos finds them in his cave, he immediately eats 2 of them. Od wants revenge right there but he knows it is a battle he would loose. So when Pol is doing his afternoon chores Od heats a wood steak.
>When Pol returns Od gets him drunk off of wine. When he falls down from too much Od and a few of his other men stab Pol in the eye with the steak they heated. Od told him that his name was no one so when he yelled for help he said "no one is killing me".
>In the morning Od and his crew sneak off because Pol is now blinded and can't go after them. However Pol does ask for revenge from his father, Pos.
The Od.-Book V
>Athena describes why she feels so sorry for Od on pg 95 Then Zeus tells his sun Hermes to go tell Od he is free to go home as long as he sails home alone with no helps from any God or man.
>Calypso says she has no boast or supplies to help Od get home but she will help him in any way she can because if he can't be happy there she still wants him to be happy somewhere.
>Cal helps Od get supplies to go home after she promises to him that she won't do anything to make his journey more difficult.
>When he is beginnning his travels Pos sees he has been set free. He sends a huge storm to make it harder for him to get home. Ino comes and tells Od that he must abandon his boat and swim to shore. At first he doubts this advice but after one more huge crash of waves and wind he jumps and starts swimming.
>In the end of this book Od is landed in a rivermouth on land and goes to sleep there.
>Calypso says she has no boast or supplies to help Od get home but she will help him in any way she can because if he can't be happy there she still wants him to be happy somewhere.
>Cal helps Od get supplies to go home after she promises to him that she won't do anything to make his journey more difficult.
>When he is beginnning his travels Pos sees he has been set free. He sends a huge storm to make it harder for him to get home. Ino comes and tells Od that he must abandon his boat and swim to shore. At first he doubts this advice but after one more huge crash of waves and wind he jumps and starts swimming.
>In the end of this book Od is landed in a rivermouth on land and goes to sleep there.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Od-Book II
>Pg. 23 *threshold*
>Tele called a gathering to discuss his fatehr and tells them all the the suitors are ruining his wealth and fortune.
>Antinous tells him his mother is to blame because she gives the men false hope when her heart is still hoping for Od to come home. She tells them men that she has to finish sowing something for him but every night she undoes the work she did that day so it is never finished.
>Tele vows to never send off his mother pg 27
>Halitherses warns the suitors of Od's return and that will give them a very painful death for trying to steal his wife.
> Ath the town meeting Tele is denied his request for a crew and boat so he prays to Ath. When she answers him she promises to find him a boat, a crew, and also says she will join him on his journey to find Od.
>Tele called a gathering to discuss his fatehr and tells them all the the suitors are ruining his wealth and fortune.
>Antinous tells him his mother is to blame because she gives the men false hope when her heart is still hoping for Od to come home. She tells them men that she has to finish sowing something for him but every night she undoes the work she did that day so it is never finished.
>Tele vows to never send off his mother pg 27
>Halitherses warns the suitors of Od's return and that will give them a very painful death for trying to steal his wife.
> Ath the town meeting Tele is denied his request for a crew and boat so he prays to Ath. When she answers him she promises to find him a boat, a crew, and also says she will join him on his journey to find Od.
The Od-Book I
>All of Odysses men were killed by Posiden and Od was bannished to a life at sea.
>Other God's were taking pity on him because he was longing for his family.
>Pos celebrates his revenge with a feast amoung all other God's.
>Zeus belives people put more punishment upon themselves then the Gods/fate does.
>Athena expresses her sorrow for Od because he is longing for his home and family. Then Zeus reassures her that Pos can't have his way forever.
>Athena arrives in Ithica to talk to Telemachus. He is very polite and invites her to feast with them.
>After the feast they sing, dance, and chant while Ath tells Tele his father is still alive and she wants him to go on a journey to find his father. She tells him to get a crew together and go to the island where he is being held captive because he is still alive.
>Other God's were taking pity on him because he was longing for his family.
>Pos celebrates his revenge with a feast amoung all other God's.
>Zeus belives people put more punishment upon themselves then the Gods/fate does.
>Athena expresses her sorrow for Od because he is longing for his home and family. Then Zeus reassures her that Pos can't have his way forever.
>Athena arrives in Ithica to talk to Telemachus. He is very polite and invites her to feast with them.
>After the feast they sing, dance, and chant while Ath tells Tele his father is still alive and she wants him to go on a journey to find his father. She tells him to get a crew together and go to the island where he is being held captive because he is still alive.
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