Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Women's History Month
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)- British Modernist author known for her use of stream of consciousness. She was a powerful voice in the women's right's movement and is often credited as an author to inspire feminism. She struggled with mental health from an early age. This would follow her throughout her life and ultimately led to her deathHer works include: Mrs. Dalloway and the short work, "A Room of One's Own."
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1. Continue watching An Iliad.

Focus on THEME- A universal issue and the stance or message that an author takes on this issue.

What is a major theme in The Iliad that is represented in An Iliad?



2. Schoology response:

1. Select ONE universal ISSUE that you feel is in The Iliad. 

2. Think about what you think Homer's STANCE OR MESSAGE is on this universal issue. What does it teach us about life? (What advice is this offering us?) 

3. Write out the theme such as this: Homer believes pride overrides all rational thought. 

4. Now write without "Homer believes".   Pride overrides all rational thought.  THIS IS A THEME! (Make sure that it does not give any specific reference to the text.. it needs to be able to be applied to multiple texts) 

5. Provide one example of how this is demonstrated in Denis O'Hare's An Iliad. 

STRUCTURE LIKE THIS: 

1. Pride

2. Homer believes pride overrides all rational thought. 

3. Pride overrides all rational thought. 

4. Hector returns to battle knowing he faces sure death.