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Traditional Fairy Tales, Class Ten (03/19)

Monday, March 19, Period Two

Once the students are assembled, Aziraphale reveals the test questions, which are written on the blackboard.

"You have the entire period to take the test. If you finish early, you may talk quietly, so long as you don't disturb your classmates. Also, I will need the following students to turn in their written absence excuses to my office by the end of the week."

Matilda Wormwood (three absences)
Jude Lizowski (one absence)
Miley Stewart (one absence)

EXAM 2:
Choose two of the following and write a short essay in response to each.

1. How does the tale "Brother and Sister" address the theme of Coming of Age?

2. Death is a very common theme in fairy tales. Explain how death is portrayed in either "The Rose Tree" or "Little Snow White".

3. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an example of a tale that deals with the theme of Morals and Morality. How are the characters moral or immoral, and how does that affect the story? Would the story be different if Jack did not possess some immoral qualities?

4. In "Lambikin", the main character meets his death, which is somewhat unusual for the hero of a fairy tale. Explain why this happens, and what the teller of the tale might have been trying to achieve.

READING ASSIGNMENT: "Little Red Cap", "Diamonds and Toads", "East of the Sun, West of the Moon"

FINAL PROJECTS: "There has been an alteration in the final project requirements for this class. Rather than a group project, you will be giving an individual presentation on one tale that is not covered in the syllabus for this class. You will discuss how some of the elements we've covered in class are portrayed in the tale, and you will offer your interpretation of how that tale might differ if it were written for a different time and/or audience. Please see me during my office hours or make an appointment to meet with me if you have any questions. You are welcome to work in pairs if you like, so long as you let me know that you'll be doing so."

[ooc: ~~Please wait for~~ OCD is now up, and class is in session. I will probably not be around very much on Monday, so if you need to speak to Aziraphale, please come by his office hours on Tuesday or call his school voicemail to set up an appointment.]

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Miley Stewart

Nadia Santos

Liz Sherman

Turtle Wexler

River Tam

Jack Harkness

Phoebe Halliwell

Marie D'Ancanto

Cedric Diggory

Lana Lang

Neil Perry

Layla Williams

Evie Carnahan

William Kessler

Jude Lizowski

Angela Chase

Kaoru Hitachiin

Haruhi Fujioka

Write your answers out feel free to handwave them.

Liz wrote a ~~handwavey~~ essay for questions 2 and 4 and did a very good job.

River wrote an essay on questions 2 and 4, involving a rather complex analysis.

Phoebe wrote out an essay for questions 2, 3, and 4 as she is indecisive and distracted today.

Jack spent most of his time on question three, indulging in some fairly in-depth analysis, concluding at the end that Jack wasn't immoral, but rather amoral, which set him apart from the other characters. They were locked into roles defined as good or bad, moral or immoral, whereas Jack was free to wander between the two poles as circumstances dictated, and it was that ability that enabled him to achieve the status of 'hero'.

With the remaining time, he tackled question four, and did a reasonably credible job on it.

Marie had actually studied a good deal on the train, so her ~~handwavy~~ results were excellent.

Cedric wrote entirely too much for essay questions 1 and 3 because he was too afraid of leaving something significant out.

Lana wrote out excellent answers for questions one and two.

Despite not having the weekend to study, Neil produced quite detailed ~~and totally handwavey~~ answers to all the test questions.

3. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an example of a tale that deals with the theme of Morals and Morality. How are the characters moral or immoral, and how does that affect the story? Would the story be different if Jack did not possess some immoral qualities?

Jack would have quit while he was ahead, and the giant wouldn't have ended up dead, that's what. Jack is greedy and hasty, and a bit lazy, since he doesn't go out and get a real job instead of trading in cows and magic beans. If those beans hadn't been magic, he would have gone down to the corner pub and tried to win money for dinner playing dice or possibly chatting up barmaids and asking for loans.

4. In "Lambikin", the main character meets his death, which is somewhat unusual for the hero of a fairy tale. Explain why this happens, and what the teller of the tale might have been trying to achieve.

"Don't get cocky", to coin a phrase. And also that as clever as you are, it doesn't help if you're too plump to even run away effectively. Even the best disguise or plan can go awry if the hero relies on only one ploy to escape danger. So I think the teller of the tale was trying to point out that even though we're the heroes of our own stories, someone else's story ends with the wonderful monster eating the nasty hero.

Billy remembered the stories ~~much better than his mun did~~, but the events of the past few weeks had muddled him somewhat. His work is passable, but not his best.

Angela wrote elegant, careful essays for numbers 1 and 4.

Jude's concentration was shot.

That would have something to do with the fact that he hadn't gotten much sleep the night before - not dirty, omg - and the reason was still curled up in his bed, all warm and fuzzy and . . . still not dirty, really.

Needless to say, his exam wasn't the best.

Haruhi ~~handwaved~~ took the test, and did very well with her answers.

Turtle ~~handwavily and totally on time~~ wrote her essays on number 2 and 3. Most of her time went into number 3. And about how not only was Jack immoral, he also needed a good talking-to on economics and the concept of even trades. She didn't care how magical they were or if they got you golden chickens and harps and whatnot. You don't trade a cow for beans. End. Of. Story. Jack wouldn't last two seconds under her employment, no way, Jose.

Layla wrote her ~~painfully belated~~ essay on questions 3 and 4, and was fairly detailed in her analysis.

Quietly, please, so as not to disturb the students still taking their tests.

Please wait for them to ping in.

Phoebe is here.

Lana is here as well.

Students turning in written excuses for their absences today can hand them in to the TAs. If your character doesn't have a written excuse, please see Phale in his office hours tomorrow instead.

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