http://a-phale.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] a-phale.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2007-02-04 11:27 pm

Traditional Fairy Tales, Class Five

Monday, February 5, Period Two

"Today, for the first part of the period, work in pairs or groups to review the material we covered in the previous classes. I will be available to take questions if you have them. When the review period is over, Miss Lang and Miss Halliwell will pass around your exams, and you'll have the remainder of the period to complete them. Before you leave today, I will need absence excuses from Armony Eiselstein and Phoebe Halliwell."


Class One (01/08): Introduction
Class Two (01/15): Character Archetypes I
Class Three (01/22): Character Archetypes II

EXAM 1:
Choose two of the following and write a short essay in response to each.

1. In "Jack the Giant Killer", the central character achieves status and riches. In "John the True", the central character sacrifices himself for another. Examine the differences between the two characters, and explain how both still fit the model of "hero".

2. Using the examples provide by "Molly Whuppie" and "The Sleeping Beauty", examine the "active heroine" versus the "passive heroine".

3. Discuss how the three hermits of "The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird" fit the archetype of "helper".

4. Examine the differences between the parent/family figures in "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Mr Fox".

HOMEWORK: Your reading assignment for next week is "The Rose Tree" and "Brother and Sister".

Syllabus
Class Roster
Project Groups
Linkdrop for classes

Re: SIGN IN

[identity profile] iftheseshadows.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Neil Perry

Re: EXAM

[identity profile] iftheseshadows.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Neil had spent much of the weekend studying for this test and as such he turned in two essays with meticulous detail and threading of the work they'd gone over in class, the texts themselves and his own opinions supported by the text subject matter.

Grammer and punctuation were impecable.

Re: SIGN IN

[identity profile] pyroliz.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Liz Sherman
nadiathesaint: (Default)

Re: SIGN IN

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2007-02-05 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Nadia Santos
nadiathesaint: (homecoming)

Re: REVIEW FOR THE TEST

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2007-02-05 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
The bizarre migraine from the night before was thankfully gone, and Nadia was flipping through her books, attempting to focus on reviewing for the test.

Re: EXAM

[identity profile] pyroliz.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Liz's two essay questions were well structured, full of relevant evidence and she convincingly backed up the evidence that she had. Overall she did a handwavily very good job.

Re: REVIEW FOR THE TEST

[identity profile] pyroliz.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Liz was quietly reviewing the material that she needed to go over.
nadiathesaint: (resigned)

Re: EXAM

[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2007-02-05 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Nadia's exam isn't half-bad, but it's obviously not her best work, either. This might have something to do with the fact that she spent a good chunk of time for the exam staring vaguely down at her paper, her eyes half-shut.

Still, she does get it all done, and it's probably at least C worthy work.

Re: SIGN IN

[identity profile] 2-twin-devils-2.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Kaoru Hitachiin

Re: REVIEW FOR THE TEST

[identity profile] 2-twin-devils-2.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Kaoru looked over his notes and the stories they'd read so far. He'd studied while at work the other day, and felt pretty prepared for this.

Re: SIGN IN

[identity profile] connernotconnor.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Conner McKnight

Re: REVIEW FOR THE TEST

[identity profile] connernotconnor.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Conner? Totally not eating meatballs while he studied. Really.

. . . the boy had a weird idea of what "cramming" meant.

Re: EXAM

[identity profile] connernotconnor.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
1. In "Jack the Giant Killer", the central character achieves status and riches. In "John the True", the central character sacrifices himself for another. Examine the differences between the two characters, and explain how both still fit the model of "hero".

Well, I guess both of them will get a good spin on the ten o'clock news. Because we all know that it's just the stuff on the highlight reels that gets covered, and it doesn't matter how many times you turn the ball over or play really, really solid fundamental ball in between the highlights. All the people watching the news are going to see is the cool flashy highlight stuff.

So they both come out looking like heroes.

2. Using the examples provide by "Molly Whuppie" and "The Sleeping Beauty", examine the "active heroine" versus the "passive heroine".

The active heroine is the kind my friend Kira will write a song about. The passive heroine is the one I get to hear her complain about for hours on end, and that gets really tiring after a while.

Re: SIGN IN

[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Turtle Wexler

Re: REVIEW FOR THE TEST

[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Turtle gets ready to flex her B.S. muscles.

Re: SIGN IN

[identity profile] moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
River Tam

Re: SIGN IN

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Marie D'Ancanto

Re: REVIEW FOR THE TEST

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Marie sat near Conner.

"Wanna study together?"

Re: EXAM

[identity profile] untouchableskin.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
Marie had spent most of her weekend studying for her two exams, so she did a really good job on her essays and knew the material well.

Page 1 of 4