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Traditional Fairy Tales, Class Seven (02/19)
Monday, February 19, Second Period
The usual offering of breakfast pastries and drinks was laid out on the table. Aziraphale was looking slightly distracted, and occasionally would lose track of what he was doing and stare off into space with a bemused expression. He appeared to be in good spirits, however, albeit a bit sheepish.
“Before we begin our discussion, I have a bit of other business to take care of. First, there is a list on the wall of students who missed class last week, and from whom I will need written excuses.
Armony Eiselstein
Phoebe Halliwell excused
Jack Harkness excused
Jude Lizowski excused
Miley Stewart excused
Second, I’d like to remind all of you that I need to speak with at least one representative from your project groups regarding your end of term projects. My regular office hours are third and fourth periods on Tuesdays, or you can sign upbelow in the comments to schedule a meeting at another time. Lastly, I also want to remind you all that we’ll be making a trip to New York City over the weekend of March 16-18 with Dr Wilson’s Conflict Management class.”
LECTURE/DISCUSSION: “Your reading assignments for this week, and the reading assignment you’ll have tonight, deal with the themes of morals and morality in fairy tales. Not only do the tales present common character types, but they often deal with the concepts of sin, corruption and punishment, as well as the dichotomy of good versus evil.
“For today’s discussion, I want you to look at the tales you read, "Little Snow White" and "Lambikin", and consider how they depict the Seven Deadly Sins:
Wrath
Greed
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
Envy
Pride
“To start you off, I’ll use the example of Pride as it’s found in “Little Snow White”. The evil step-mother, who is a witch or sorceress, owns a mirror which she uses to reinforce her self-image as the most beautiful woman in the land. When this self-image is threatened – when her Pride is threatened – she lashes out and attempts to destroy her competition. In this way, the evils of the extremes of pride are depicted for the tale’s audience, presenting a case for moderation and humility.”
READING ASSIGNMENT: “Your reading assignment for our next class is "Jack and the Beanstalk". Remember that there’s no class next week due to Spring Break. However, the week after we’ll be meeting in the Danger Shop for another Immersion Study.”
[OOC information about the group projects: Your group project assignment is choose a tale not on the reading list for class and to update it for a different setting, maintaining the character archetypes, themes, etc. There are a number of ways you can do this: rewrite the tale so that it takes place in a modern/futuristic setting, keep the “medieval” setting but rewrite the story itself to reflect modern sensibilities, rewrite the tale for a different cultural setting, etc. If you’re not certain how to go about this, please contact me OOC or talk to Aziraphale IC for assistance.]
[ooc:Please wait for OCD is up and class is in session.]
Syllabus
Class Roster
Project Groups
Linkdrop for classes
The usual offering of breakfast pastries and drinks was laid out on the table. Aziraphale was looking slightly distracted, and occasionally would lose track of what he was doing and stare off into space with a bemused expression. He appeared to be in good spirits, however, albeit a bit sheepish.
“Before we begin our discussion, I have a bit of other business to take care of. First, there is a list on the wall of students who missed class last week, and from whom I will need written excuses.
Armony Eiselstein
Second, I’d like to remind all of you that I need to speak with at least one representative from your project groups regarding your end of term projects. My regular office hours are third and fourth periods on Tuesdays, or you can sign up
LECTURE/DISCUSSION: “Your reading assignments for this week, and the reading assignment you’ll have tonight, deal with the themes of morals and morality in fairy tales. Not only do the tales present common character types, but they often deal with the concepts of sin, corruption and punishment, as well as the dichotomy of good versus evil.
“For today’s discussion, I want you to look at the tales you read, "Little Snow White" and "Lambikin", and consider how they depict the Seven Deadly Sins:
Wrath
Greed
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
Envy
Pride
“To start you off, I’ll use the example of Pride as it’s found in “Little Snow White”. The evil step-mother, who is a witch or sorceress, owns a mirror which she uses to reinforce her self-image as the most beautiful woman in the land. When this self-image is threatened – when her Pride is threatened – she lashes out and attempts to destroy her competition. In this way, the evils of the extremes of pride are depicted for the tale’s audience, presenting a case for moderation and humility.”
READING ASSIGNMENT: “Your reading assignment for our next class is "Jack and the Beanstalk". Remember that there’s no class next week due to Spring Break. However, the week after we’ll be meeting in the Danger Shop for another Immersion Study.”
[OOC information about the group projects: Your group project assignment is choose a tale not on the reading list for class and to update it for a different setting, maintaining the character archetypes, themes, etc. There are a number of ways you can do this: rewrite the tale so that it takes place in a modern/futuristic setting, keep the “medieval” setting but rewrite the story itself to reflect modern sensibilities, rewrite the tale for a different cultural setting, etc. If you’re not certain how to go about this, please contact me OOC or talk to Aziraphale IC for assistance.]
[ooc:
Syllabus
Class Roster
Project Groups
Linkdrop for classes
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The result was restless, soft, incomprehensible muttering of the upset variety, and the notebook she been using as a pillow getting shoved off the desk, though she didn't wake up.
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"Miss Santos," he said softly, putting a hand on her arm. "Miss Santos, wake up now."
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The dream was not quite done, yet. Now it was, strangely enough, a chinchilla running through spring grass. Someone grabbing her from behind, dragging her off. A tiny cave, a fight with Walter. . . .
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And then, as though on a 20 second delay on obeying Aziraphale's command, she did wake up, jerking awake and upright hard enough to possibly give herself whiplash, and then, before she was thinking clearly, trying to lunge out of the chair and make a break for the door.
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"Miss Santos, listen to me," he commanded, adding a touch of the VOICE to his words, in hopes it would calm her, or at least get her to listen to him.
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"If there's anything I can do, Miss Santos, you know that you only need ask."
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She mentally poked at the memory of the dream, and had to suppress a shudder.
"I'm fine."