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fandomhigh2007-06-14 06:01 am
sensethevisions) wrote in fandomhigh2007-06-14 06:01 am
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History Of Witchcraft [Week 5 : Thursday, Period 4, Main Campfire]
When the students showed up to the class, there was a table with drinks and snacks and Phoebe was looking more cheerful than she had last week. After everyone had signed in and gotten whatever refreshments they chose, she smiled at them.
"Okay, the last two classes have been pretty serious in subject matter. Unfortunately, the reality of history tends to be more with the ugly and the depressing than with the happy and the shiny. They say that history is written by the victors, but in the history of witchcraft, there have been losers on both sides. The problem is, it was sometimes hard to tell which were friends and which were enemies. A warlock could betray a witch just as easily as a parishioner could betray a priest. There were never any really clear lines between your friends and enemies... and the lines between good and evil are not always black and white. Sometimes, the lines are gray. Sometimes, the lines don't exist at all." Phoebe paused, taking a drink from her cup. "My point is, just because someone is supposedly on your side or just like you, it doesn't make them your friend. Likewise, if someone is on the opposite side of a conflict, it doesn't make them your enemy. Things change. People change."
She smiled. "Okay, for today, we're going to do something different. Throughout the ages, in stories, film and television, there have been several portrayals of witches. I want each of you to pick one that was called a hero, and one that was called a villain. I want you to tell us who they are, and then I want you to tell us why the hero wasn't neccesarily the good guy, and why the villain wasn't really the evil character."
[[OOC: Short class due to the fact that work killed my brain yesterday and am ill today because of it.]]
"Okay, the last two classes have been pretty serious in subject matter. Unfortunately, the reality of history tends to be more with the ugly and the depressing than with the happy and the shiny. They say that history is written by the victors, but in the history of witchcraft, there have been losers on both sides. The problem is, it was sometimes hard to tell which were friends and which were enemies. A warlock could betray a witch just as easily as a parishioner could betray a priest. There were never any really clear lines between your friends and enemies... and the lines between good and evil are not always black and white. Sometimes, the lines are gray. Sometimes, the lines don't exist at all." Phoebe paused, taking a drink from her cup. "My point is, just because someone is supposedly on your side or just like you, it doesn't make them your friend. Likewise, if someone is on the opposite side of a conflict, it doesn't make them your enemy. Things change. People change."
She smiled. "Okay, for today, we're going to do something different. Throughout the ages, in stories, film and television, there have been several portrayals of witches. I want each of you to pick one that was called a hero, and one that was called a villain. I want you to tell us who they are, and then I want you to tell us why the hero wasn't neccesarily the good guy, and why the villain wasn't really the evil character."
[[OOC: Short class due to the fact that work killed my brain yesterday and am ill today because of it.]]
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