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BIBILICAL/MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCES You will be working as a class to create a Google document covering all of the attached biblical and mythological references. Doing so will adequately prepare you for the biblical and mythological exam. Each student is expected to contribute equally. It is up to you to gather each others’ email addresses and contact information in order to successfully establish this GoogleDoc. You should also elect a responsible peer to create the original document you will be working on. You will be able to help each other find the original stories, decide what is essential knowledge, and brainstorm together where you see references to these in popular culture. Use your individual areas of expertise to help each other in a responsible, mature manner. College students do this all the time. Do not cut corners because in the end, it will be your own exam score that suffers… Knowledge of tales from the Bible and Greek mythology are considered essential to the full understanding of European and American masterpieces of literature and to media literacy. Although we are not requiring you to create cards for the mythological and Arthurian legends, we expect you to know this integral background knowledge. In regards to the Biblical stories, the information can be accessed through internet searches or by going to the Arcadia public library (the children’s section has most of this material). For each story or reference, include A plot summation (this can be bullet style or running story line) Don’t just download or copy the story – actually summarize it succinctly Note the salient points Character(s) – identification of the major “players” in this story For example a brief description of the Greek god – powers, lineage Adam and Eve – Jehovah, Adam, Eve, Satan/Lucifer, archangel Michael, angels posted at the gates (making sure to include an identifying description of who/what each is and the role s/he/it plays) One allusion Identify the source (eg. Seinfeld’s episode where Elaine and Kramer argue over who gets a bike, resorting to Newman judging who is the proper and worthy owner) The match up: you may list or bullet Baby = bike Newman = Solomon Etc. Analyze the allusion ( In this episode both Elaine and Kramer claim ownership of a child’s bike. Elaine, unthinkingly, says she would give anything to get rid of a neck ache. Kramer then “adjusts” her neck, alleviating the pain. He demands Elaine’s childhood dream bike that she has just bought from an antique dealer. She refuses, saying she did not mean “anything.” Unable to resolve the problem, they agree to allow Newman to decide. He holds “court,” deciding to solve this by cutting the bike in half; Elaine thinks that is great while Kramer shrivels up, screaming, “NO, don’t destroy the bike. Give it to her.” This is an allusion to Solomon, the wisest of the biblical judges who, when presented with two women claiming one baby, decides to cut it in half. One woman agrees while the other is horrified and relinquishes her claim. Solomon awards the baby to the woman who would relinquish it, saying the true mother would never wish for the baby’s death. When Newman awards Kramer the bike because Kramer has the true love of the bike, he approximates Solomon, wise and kind. This is ironic since Newman is neither – he is in actuality a slob, judgmental, fat, etc. By making him Solomon, it becomes hilarious, a juxtaposition of what should be and what is (as Sunil says, situational irony). Humorous submissions – BUT examples like this will NOT help you or your fellow classmates study: 1. Jezebel (BAD ANSWER EXAMPLE) Summary: Jezebel was a pretty, sinning woman who must have looked like Angelina Jolie because she's pretty and sinful. Anyway, Jezebel is the wife of a King who makes their kingdom amazing but they worship a bad god and the good and actual God gets angry at them. Now Jezebel is what sinful women like Angelina Jolie are called. Allusions: Angelina Jolie is sinful like Jezebel because she stole Brad Pitt from Jennifer Aniston in that movie called Life. Characters: Jezebel, Angelina Jolie, King, God, Baal MORE APPROPRIATE SUBMISSION: 1. Sword in the Stone a. Summary: In the King Arthur legend, King Arthur (Merlin’s original choice to lead England to a righteous victory) misused his power and the sword that Merlin had given him. When he died, the contention between the other nobles as to who should be king in his place left the country torn and divided. In order to determine the rightful and proper heir to the throne and to “name” the king apparent to unite Britain and lead her to victory over the Germanic invasions, Merlin (the magician) set up a “test” by which the true king would be known. The true king, and only the true king, would be the sole person able to draw the sword from the stone in which Merlin had placed it. Arthur, as a boy, does do this and thus becomes King. b. Allusion – In the movie It’s A Bug’s Life, the one little ant decides to lead his people (the other ants) in a fight against invaders. He climbs to the top of the hill and sees a stick poking out of a stone or hillock. He proceeds to pull it out and triumphantly wave in the air. This is an allusion to the story of the sword in the stone: just as Arthur’s sword signified that he was the true king and leader, when the ant pulls out the stick, he too is signifying that he will be the one to lead them to victory in their fight. The allusion is heightened because the other ants all recognize the force of the leadership now bestowed upon him. GREEK MYTHOLOGY Difference between titans and gods Daedalus and Icarus Persephone and Demeter Prometheus Euydice and Orpheus Agamemnon Achilles Hector Tantalus Perseus Theseus River Lethe Sisyphus Bacchus Creation story Helen of Troy Three Fates Oedipus Oracle Narcissus Pandora Teiresias Hercules Jason and the Quest Medea River Styx Cerberus Midas ARTHURIAN LEGEND Arthur Launcelot Elaine Galahad Gawain Percival Merlin Lady of the Lake Sword in the Stone Logres Holy Grail Joseph of Arimethea Round Table Last Battle Mordred Morgaine Guinevere Excalibur Camelot Tristan and Isolde (Iseult) BIBLICAL REFERENCE (Most Old Testament references can be found in the books of Genesis and Exodus; most of the New Testament references can be found in the books of Matthew and Luke) Old Testament The Creation Adam & Eve, Original Sin, & Garden of Eden Noah and the Ark/Rainbow/Birds Exodus War in Heaven Lucifer/Satan Jonah and the Whale Solomon Ruth Joseph and the Coat Elijah King David David and Goliath Moses (**long and essential) Abraham and Isaac Jacob and Essau and Jacob’s Ladder Tower of Babel Samson and Delilah Job 10 Plagues Daniel in the Lion’s Den Jezebel Lot Ten Commandments Golden Calf Promised Land Sodom and Gomorrah Passover Burning Bush New Testament Birth of Jesus and Bethlehem Lazarus (both stories) John the Baptist and Jordan River Judas Iscariot and Judas Kiss Trinity Armageddon Peter Nazareth Golgotha and Gethsemane Parable of the Prodigal Son Sermon on the Mount Last Supper Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension Doubting Thomas Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Mary Magdalene Virgin Birth/Mary Temptation of Christ/Desert (40 days & nights) Terms and “current” reformers Born Again Straight and Narrow Path Faustian bargain John Calvin Max Weber Sins of the Fathers 7 Deadly Sins Martin Luther (the reformer)