Notes

Notes

12/9/11 On page14, " I imagine some kings and queens are the most stupid, absurd, banal people you could run into, probably interested only in horse and women, you know. But you're not responding to them as personalities, you're responding to them in their mythological roles." It makes me think about Creon. When Oedipus died, he became the king of Thebes. But not many people followed because he was righteous. It just because he was the of the country, if they didn't respect him, he probably let them die. Also on page15, " They were acting not as individuals, they were acting as agents of something above them and to which they had by dedication given themselves. To judge them as though they were individual human being is totally improper." Antigone is a good example about this. When she against Creon, she though was not herself，the only thing she thought was to bury her brother.

11/22/11

** __ Name: Iris Zhang Date: 11/22/11 Period: C __ **


 * __ Reading Assignment: Read through Genesis 19 (halfway on page 9) __ **

God not only give the penalty, but also let the people who always believe god and acted well live. ||
 * ** P ** oint/Main Idea

P5 line 16, 17 || You are free to eat form any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will certainly die. I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with pain you will give birth to children.
 * ** E ** vidence (Citation) || ** T ** echnique/Term ||
 * P3 line 15

Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. || Line 11 || Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
 * P6, line 9

God said to Noah,” I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them, I’m surly going to destroy both them and the earth. ||
 * P8, line 20 || The Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart:” Never again will I curse the ground because of human beings, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood, and never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. ||

Because Adam and Eva ate the fruits that they supposed not to eat it. So god gave they punishment. After god created earth and he found there was so many violence happened, so he decided, he didn’t tell any humans except Noah. And he also told Noah to take pairs of animals and to make an ark. That’s show it doesn’t mean god is cruel to the world, but just because the humans began degenerate. That the phenomenon god doesn’t want. ||
 * ** E ** laborate** /R **esponse


 * ** // New Vocabulary // **


 * __ Word __ **** [Part of Speech] - Definition **

1.Subdue – v def: to conquer and bring into subjection

2. Nostrils-n def: either of the external nares; //broadly//

3. Ark-n def: boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood

4. Perish-v def: to become destroyed or ruined

5. Recede-v def: to move back or away ||


 * ** // Questions // **


 * 1. Why Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt? Why she couldn’t look back? **
 * 2. How did lot know that LORD is going to destroy the city? ** ||

11/18/11 As we read the Greek Myths and Oedipus. We think god always descends penalty to humans beings. In this Genesis, the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. So the god wanted to destroy the earth and the people. Because Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. So the god gave he a chance to live. That's show us the god will save the people who always put his faith in god and righteous. If you have not done any evil things, god would not abandon you. Like Noah, god told him to make a ark and stay in it in order to be safe. Lot, he was told that the god would destroy the whole city, and the angles guarded his way and wanted him to escape from the penalty.

11/7/11

Antigone

Oedipus has two son and two daughters--- Eteocles and Polyneices. Ismene and Antigone. But the difference is Eteocles died becuase he fought for his country, is to be buried with full military honors. His brother Polyneices, who brok his exile to come back with fire and sword against his native city and shrines of his father's gods.( Antigone 197) On page 199, it mentioned the dead man Polyneices was buried by someone. Creon was furious and said:' The man who has done this thing shall pay for it!" (P202). Also, this sentence relate to "You will give no support to whoever breaks this //**law**//." (P198) and Creon said:" This girl is guilty of a double insolence, breaking the given laws and boasting of it.(P209). According the quotes upon, we can clearly identify that Creon hate traitor, he thinks traitor its evil and should be punished forever, also could not be buried peacefully. Who ever break the rule, or the law, will be rescued and killed. That's the law that govern Greek society.

For the second question---What is the role of citizens in Greek society? Go through the reading, I found the citizen or the person who served for the king are represent obey and amenable to law that Creon made. For example, On page 197, Choragos said:" If that is your will, Creon son of Menoikeus. You have the right to enforce it: we are yours." He speaked in a respectful and humble tone.

The third point is the king is cold blood, cruel and heartless. On Page 214, Creon said:' I want no wicked women for my son!" Antigone is his son's bride. Also Creon:" No, Death will do that for me." So he not only want her away from his son, but also want to kill her!