Roots and Derivatives

1.corp(or): body
2.cred: to believe; to trust
3.cur(r), curs, course: to run; to flow
4.dic(t): to speak; to say

Word List

1.benediction-the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service, a blessing or a state of blessedness


 2.concourse-running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

 3.concurrent-occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together

 4.corporal-related to the physical body


 5.corpulent-very stout; fleshy and obese; fat


 6.credibility-the quality of being believable or trustworthy


 7.credulity-the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof

 8.cursory-done in a superficial or hasty manner.

9.dictum-an authoritative saying or maxim
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10.incorporate-to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole


 11.incredulous-not believing, skeptical, or doubt


 12.indicative-a characteristic of or very much like; suggestive

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Of Mice And Men

 

Part 1: The part of the novel is of two men dreaming of their own farm. They see to escape the past and start out fresh. It all falls apart with one decision, Thus; the dream dies.

 

Part 2: The main themes would be impossible dream and the power of women. Lennie a huge strong man who has the mind of a child and his friend/protector George a small dark of face man. They wish for a new start and their own land. The new land leads to a new start and not having to work on other people's land. The women end the dream. Lennie loves to pet soft things so one day he touches a girls soft dress. Well she screams, Lennie's only instinct is to hold on for life. George takes Lennie before the kill him for rape. The two men end up in another farm work stay out of trouble. Until another women's neck is snapped by Lennie.

 

Part 3: The protagonist(s) Lennie and George are static. They don't change in anyway and stay the same.

 

Part 4: A symbol would be the mouse. Lennie as sated earlier loves to pet soft things. Well he finds a mouse pets it and touches it until his strong fingers kill it. The mouse represents the future to come. In the past we see he rips a SOFT dress and kills a SOFT mouse. The foreshadowing of when the two men start fresh in a new farm.

 

Part 5: I choose this book because I read it before  and wanted to refresh myself on it. When I read it I understood much more. Once you pick it up you can't put it down.

 

Part 6: I saw so much of Lennie in myself how he never wants to fail and works hard to accomplish his dreams. Lennie isn't the smartest but with help he'll understand.

 

Part 7: One idea I will never forget would be when you love something set it free. For example, on page 106 "And George raised the gun and steadied it, and brought the muzzle of it close to Lennie's head." George set Lennie free otherwise Lennie would've ended up on jail. When you love or care about something set it free.

GREEK DRAMA HANDOUTS

 

1. The prize given to the dancers was bull or goat.
2. In the open-air theater fit as much as a football stadium.
3. The mask with exaggerated mouthpieces amplified actor's voices.
4. Suspense came from their knowledge of things characters on stage did not known which made it suspenseful.
5. The shepherd is to leave Oedipus to die in alone mountainside.
6. The sphinx riddle was "what creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"
7. Oedipus kid's are Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.
8. Creon became king after Oedipus was exiled.
9. Polyneices dead body was left unburried and to rot in the sun.

Antiogone Quick-Write

 

If my sister wouldn't help me because she's scared well I'll help myself. I would burry mu brother in honor because he was totally radical and he didn't deserve to die. I am willing to die to do the right thing. I first will burry my brother in honor and put his soul to rest. Then expose my jerk brother as an unworthy coward. If that plan fails I will resort to plan B. Plan B will include killing my uncle.  I'd have a hit man do the deed. I would take the throne. First, declaration as king un burry my loser brother and tell my citizens he was pathetic and nothing. He started pointless fight; therefore, my other brother should be buried in honor. My citizens and I would throw a huge ceremony to honor my late brother and set his soul to peace