BigBoy4 Flashcards
Myth
Anonymous stories that have their roots in the primitive beliefs of races or nations and present supernatural episodes as a means of interpreting natural events in an effort to make concrete and particular a special perception of man or a cosmic view.
Archetype
An image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore, and is therefore believed to evoke profound emotions in the reader because it awakens a primordial image in his unconscious memory, and thus calls into play illogical but powerfully resonating responses.
Functions of Myth
- Myths ease our way into the tremendous mystery of the world, making it easier to understand.
- Myths give us a cohesive worldview in which all things fit together.
- Myths support a moral order, telling us why some things are wrong and others right.
- Myths help the individual to understand his role in the world as a human.
Why tragedies occur
accident
fate/destiny
chance
William E. Stafford
1914-1993
Traveling Through The Dark
Traveling Through the Dark
William E. Stafford
Driving, sees dead deer on a bridge
deer has baby, he rolls it off bridge anyway
Actaeon
hunting. Stumbles on Diana’s hideout, sees her+nymphs naked
she turns him into a stag
his dogs find and kill him
A Worn Path
Eudora Welty 1909-2001 Christ figure getting medicine for grandson falls down, red rag(crown), document on wall, climbs up steps(hill)
Zoo: you are perfectly safe ______
you are perfectly safe as long as the bars are there
LoTF Theme
the theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature.
Why have the Beast/LoTF?
it unites the boys, common enemy
Simon wants to tell the boys:
dead man on a hill
Ralph wept…
Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend named piggy.
Kurt Vonnegut
1922-2007
Duty-dance with death
no art can be created until you confront death HEAD ON
