Saturday, October 24, 2009

MRS>JOHNSTON! I HAVE A QUESTION!! PLEASE READ

hi mrs.johnston
i thought i heard you say during class that you would be giving us a review sheet so that we could study for the test, but you never handed one out in class, so i thought that you might have posted it on edline. i checked edline and there is no review sheet on there soooo are we supposed to have a review sheet or nott?

Monday, October 19, 2009

I Am...fixedd

I Am…
Aphrodite.
Goddess of love and beauty.
Relative of Zeus and Dione.
Resident of Mt. Olympus.
Who likes swans, doves, and sparrows.
Who loves love, the masculine aspect, and the arts.
Who fears having one husband, losing Adonis, and not being the fairest of the gods.
Who wishes to punish those that defy her, for people to desire her, and for the golden apple.
Who admires potently masculine men, mans capacity of success, and a mans capacity for combativeness.
Who needs to stay faithful to her husband, Adonis, and have less children
Who aspires to help young people in love, and to gain the golden apple
i fixed it a little bit, like i really dont know what to write english is not my sunjectt =/

Sunday, October 18, 2009

I Am... Aphrodite

I Am…
Aphrodite.
Goddess of love and beauty.
Relative of Zeus and Dione.
Resident of Mt. Olympus.
Who likes swans, doves, and sparrows.
Who loves love, the masculine aspect, and the arts.
Who fears having one husband, losing Adonis, and _______
Who wishes to punish those that defy her, for people to desire her, and _________
Who admires potently masculine men, mans capacity of success, and a mans capacity for combativeness.
Who needs to stay faithful to her husband, one lover, and less children
Who aspires to help young people in love, and _____
sorry im missing a couple. i was having alot of difficulty finding things to put for fear, wish, need, and aspire, but i finally managed to find some things to stick in there. i hope its alright =/

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

TREE paragraph on the Iliad

5. Review the oath that Achilles swears in lines 281-287. What future events might be foreshadowed by his words?

In the Iliad, Achilles swears an oath towards Agamemnon that foreshadows many possible events. It foreshadows a new found desire for Achilles. This is expressed in the oath when Achilles says: “someday, I swear a yearning for Achilles will strike Achaea’s sons and all your armies!” Achilles is telling Agamemnon that one day all of his armies and people will no longer want him and they will acquire a desire (or yearning) for Achilles. Achilles’ oath also foreshadows the death of Agamemnon. You see this embodied when Achilles states: “…Atrides as harrowed as you will be, nothing you do can save you...” This is foreshadowing that when Agamemnon’s armies acquire that yearning for Achilles that Achilles will kill him, take over, and there will be nothing that Agamemnon will be able to do to stop him. It also foreshadows Agamemnon will die disgracefully. We know this because in Achilles oath he says: “…you will tear your heart out, desperate, raging, that you disgraced the best of the Achaeans!” Achilles is telling Agamemnon straight up that he will die disgracefully. The oath Achilles makes to Agamemnon is not a good one; however, it foreshadows many important events to come.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Sappho responses

1. i think i understand "He is more then a Hero" the most because i think she is talking about that guy that like whenever you see him, you get that butterfly sensation. i feel like this poem is just describing how every girl feels when she meets a guy and instantly like him. And he becomes like a hero to you. she describes how every girl feels when they meet that guy : "the enticing laughter makes my own heart beat fast. if i meet you suddenly, i cant speak..." so on and so forth she describes these feelings and i think i understand it best cause ive had the same feelings.
6. if Sapphos poems were music i think the singer that would do them most justice would be Mariah Carey because she has such a beautiful voice and i think since she has alot of expierence i think she would be able to do the songs justice.