World Lit I Take-Home Midterm, Section 2 Worth up to 100 points Directions: Responses must be typed in 12 point font, double-spaced with 1 inch margins. MLA is required for outside sources, not the texts (readings). Answers should be a mixture of summary and analysis. 1. Analyze how The Epic of Gilgamesh or The Odyssey is an epic. 10 points 2. Discuss hospitality in The Odyssey or Medea. 10 points 3. Explain the interaction of gods/goddesses with humans in 2 of the following works: The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, and Metamorphoses. 15 points. 4. How does the biblical story of Joseph differ from The Koran’s? What is the significance of the differences? 15 points. 5. Describe how 5 out of 11 Aristotle’s tragedy themes appear in Antigone and Medea (you can pick the same 5 tragic themes to describe both if you choose). 25 points Pick one of the following: 6. Analyze how Antigone, Medea, and Lysistrata are or are not feminist works. 25 points 7. Discuss how predestination appears or doesn’t appear in the Gilgamesh, The Odyssey and Metamorphoses. 25 points Extra Credit up to 10 points: 8. Out of all the characters from the works so far, who do you think is the most compelling or fascinating character and why? Due on D2L or Rammail on Wednesday, March 1 by midnight. MLA is required for outside sources, so do not PLAGIARIZE!! 2111 World Lit Midterm Study Guide Gilgamesh, Enkidu, epic structure, unconscious, Humbaba, Ishtar (whore of Babylon) and Tammuz, Utnapishtim, flood, immortality, 2nd creation, original sin, mark of Cain, Noah’s flood, Noah’s son’s populating the earth, Sons of Ham, birthright, Joseph and dreams, Job, other biblical characters and actions, in medias res, Paris, Golden apple of discord, Helen and Menelaos, Trojan War, Arete, Achilles, Odysseus, Metis, Athena, Penelope, weaving, courtship, hospitality (and abuse of), Telemakhos, predestination, Calypso, Circe, pigs, Cyclops, sirens, bard, storytelling, Hades (Tartarus), Persephone and Demeter, Hermes, Tantalus, Sisyphus, Tragedy (origins of word and concept), Athens, Dionysus, tragic hero, fatal flaw, Chorus, Thespis, Aristotle’s Poetics and Tragedy themes (mimesis, representation, catharsis, reversal, recognition, miscalculation, plot, character, theme, diction, melody, spectacle), revenge, sexism, Tiresias, blindness, prophecy, Oedipus, Antigone, Polynices, Eteocles, Haemon, Ismene, burial, suicide, death, Medea, foreigner, Hecate, Jason, Golden fleece, argonauts, Kreon, Aegeus, deux ex machina, Lysistrata, abstinence, revolution, feminism, war, peace, Ovid, Metamorphoses, laurel, Io (Isis) and Jupiter (Jove), Ceres and Prosepina, rape (kidnapping), Pygmalion (My Fair Lady), Myrrha, Atalanta, Venus, Adonis, Petronius, Greek gods and equivalents. 5 Pillars of Islam (submission to Allah, pray 5 times a day, charity (alms-giving), fasting during Ramadan, 1 pilgrimage to Mecca), The Koran (Qu’ran) (Moses, Joseph, Jesus), Mohammed, Beowulf, Grendel, mother (descendants of Cain), dragon, outsider.