Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Jan. 29, 2007
Well, sadly, I have not had an epiphany yet this week! So I will try to keep you all posted on that aspect of my life. However, I hope that this blog will be much better by the end of the week.
Jan. 26, 2007
I was researching the 9 muses on the internet, and this picture caught my eye:
This picture captures the nine inspirational beauties dancing with Apollo. I thought it was pretty cool because each of their names are written on the bottom of the photo. This picture to me, represents the notion of real beauty. Real beauty to me is inspiration, music, singing, and everything that the 9 muses stand for. They are a great representation of women who can lead you to get your "wings" back!
(The website I obtained this photo is: http://beta.communities.msn.ch/TheGreekMythologyAge/themuses.msnw.)
This picture captures the nine inspirational beauties dancing with Apollo. I thought it was pretty cool because each of their names are written on the bottom of the photo. This picture to me, represents the notion of real beauty. Real beauty to me is inspiration, music, singing, and everything that the 9 muses stand for. They are a great representation of women who can lead you to get your "wings" back!
(The website I obtained this photo is: http://beta.communities.msn.ch/TheGreekMythologyAge/themuses.msnw.)
Jan. 24, 2007
For my blog today, I would like to discuss the idea and influence of tragedy on everyday society. Tragedy, in its simplest form, is when something that isn't supposed to happen, does. I know that everyone can describe a certain tragedy that has occured in their lives. Tragedy is very much the basis of creating history, or better yet, the stories of the past. For example, the very first tragedies of the Gods such as Zeus and his forefathers, fighting for their power over the world. Zeus, the son of the great god Cronus, overthrows his own father (something that isn't supposed to happen), and defeats Cronus to obtain power over ALL (and it does happen). Many of the tragic stories of the Gods are still repeated today, only in different versions. So, what are the myths behind things? ~"Read not in the times, read the eternities." Henry David Thoreau So what things have happened today, that have already happened in the past, or what modern day events relate to the past?
= Demeter and Persephone 
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= Demeter and PersephoneZeus overthrowing the most powerful gods = 
= = (Also, if you would like a better understanding of the "tragedy" here is a useful site of information from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy.)
Monday, January 22, 2007
Jan. 22, 2007
NOTES- 1/22
Vocabulary-
Agon- a Greek word for battle or contest. Thus creating the word in English, "agony".
Ob-"off" scene- "the scene" = obscene
There are 5 main conflicts in lines 441-581 in Antigone:
1) Man and woman
2) Young and old
3) Individual vs. society
4) Living and dead
5) Human and God(s)
Steiner - pg114, pg121: You can take myths from the past, and relate them back today.
pg231-277: Thoroughly explains lines 441-581. Steiner takes the 5 conflicts and presents them in a different, and much more complex, language.
So in terms of old versus new, I ask myself, how does Antigone fit into the old and how does she fit in with the new? To begin with, Antigone is trying to change an old notion or law, and create something new. By "illegally" buring her brother and being charged with death, she defies old laws and typical notions of men being in charge and women being the followers. She also stands for what she believes is right, which in her day, was very hard to do as a woman. But, without the old laws and beliefs, how would she have influenced the new? "It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings." ~Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta Antigone just wants to embrace the past by enhancing its' values, to better the future. For every beginning, there is an ending, but for every ending there is a bright new beginning. Thus proving that everything in life, whether in the past or present, can ALWAYS relate to something in the past.
THE PAST IS NOT A PACKAGE THAT ONE CAN LAY AWAY. ~EMILY DICKINSON
Vocabulary-
Agon- a Greek word for battle or contest. Thus creating the word in English, "agony".
Ob-"off" scene- "the scene" = obscene
There are 5 main conflicts in lines 441-581 in Antigone:
1) Man and woman
2) Young and old
3) Individual vs. society
4) Living and dead
5) Human and God(s)
Steiner - pg114, pg121: You can take myths from the past, and relate them back today.
pg231-277: Thoroughly explains lines 441-581. Steiner takes the 5 conflicts and presents them in a different, and much more complex, language.
So in terms of old versus new, I ask myself, how does Antigone fit into the old and how does she fit in with the new? To begin with, Antigone is trying to change an old notion or law, and create something new. By "illegally" buring her brother and being charged with death, she defies old laws and typical notions of men being in charge and women being the followers. She also stands for what she believes is right, which in her day, was very hard to do as a woman. But, without the old laws and beliefs, how would she have influenced the new? "It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings." ~Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta Antigone just wants to embrace the past by enhancing its' values, to better the future. For every beginning, there is an ending, but for every ending there is a bright new beginning. Thus proving that everything in life, whether in the past or present, can ALWAYS relate to something in the past.
THE PAST IS NOT A PACKAGE THAT ONE CAN LAY AWAY. ~EMILY DICKINSON
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