Lecture 7
● Lecture 7 Addendum - New Writing Assignment (Research)
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Argue a thesis that these two films (they are not 'movies') present the psychic energy and psychic lessons of the FATHER/SON
DUALITY. Prove this claim to be valid with at least two research sources that can be taken from psychology, history, cinema, visual
art, and mythology.
Compare the father/son symbolism of the two major clips from CITIZEN KANE and the two major clips from STAR WARS, all four of
which represent the mythology and the psychological trope of
FATHER/SON Duality (also known as the JANUS TROPE in a more
complex, more sophisticated context, but never mind that if you
don't want to make things even harder for yourself).
Use block quotes and in-line quotes from your research as well as
from the dialogue and description of the films to expand on
supporting details in the body paragraphs. Remember, expansion id when you widen the things you have to say about the supporting
detail and development is when you provide quotes.
At least one fully formed body paragraph for each supporting
detail, and two would be better. Minimum five pages, seven pages
is the limit. Due on March 26, by 5pm, using correct submission of
a WORD document attached to your email.
I will return any papers not written in basic essay form, any
papers not formatted correctly and not drafted correctly and will
return any papers that are less than five full pages, for you to
revise or finish drafting.
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MORE CONTEXT: Confronting and defeating the Father
and Confronting and defeating PATRIARCHY
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MORE CONTEXT: When the Son Becomes the Father and
The Brother Rejects Patriarchy
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Reearch keys: Oedipus Complex; Castration Anxiety and the Father;
Janus; Alexander the Great and his father, King Philip; Darth
Vader's and Luke Skywalker's relationship; Charles Foster Kane's
and Mr. Thatcher's relationship; How the son rescues the father;
How the son slays the father; Former President Trump and his son,
Don Jr.-- psychological castration and why the father hates and
destroys the son.
● Lecture 7 - Bringing together precepts of the semester so far
Without being as direct as I would have been in previous semesters
of on campus instruction prior to COVID and the shift to on-line
instruction, I have given you my 119 students assignments and
posted lectures that have incorporated the five rhetorical forms.
We have emphasized the most crucial form, argument, with the understanding that it is very important that you be prepared to
move on to English 120, perhaps next semester. 120 will emphasize
argument and will introduce formal research technique, formatting
of research papers, and will give you tools you'll need to assess
research sources.
I. Bringing things together
At this point in the semester it is necessary to be certain you
all are developing and growing as academic writers and thinkers,
as students who can show a basic understanding of rhetorical
forms, and who can now shift attention to the last portion of the
semester, that must emphasize research. Here, briefly, are the
rhetorical forms you have worked in as part of the process of
learning basic writing at the paragraph level, learning college essay form, and doing assignments using revision and drafting:
1. Summary
2. Description: Topic sentences 3. Process: The summary of support
4. Comparison and Contrast: Expansion and Development 5. Argument: Intro paragraphs, the summary of support
II. Research is the basis of argument, not 'opinion'
As academics we are interested in claims, documentation, and the
verification of claims using 1. sources, 2. disciplines (science,
history, technology), 3. documentary rather than rhetorical or
vernacular evidence. This describes an ancient, SECULAR basis of
knowledge acquisition, substantiation, recording, and
verification--
Achimedes
Ptolemy
Pythagoris
Aristotle
Hypatia
POINT: needless to say, there IS NO support through 'opinion' (meaning without information), no knowledge through simple
acclamation (simple, meaning without documentary support), nor any
such thing as consensual verification (not without comparison of
bibliographic and documentary evidence, either historical or
empirical in nature).
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III Case Study: The Goddess
Fritz Lang "Metropolis" and the Whore of Babylon
Beyonce, Unknowing Participant
Gold plaques embossed with winged bee goddesses, found at Camiros Rhodes, dated to 7th
century BCE (British Museum)
The Goddess Isis, Egypt and Rome 10 BC
bibliographic lead: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bust_of_the_goddess_Isis,_Egypt,_10_BC_-_40_AD,_terracotta_-_
Huntington_Museum_of_Art_-_DSC04811.JPG
American 'Miss Ann' (Traditional, photo from 1950s/60s advert)
Miss Ann - Propaganda Children's 'toy'
"Decoding the Southern Belle" - Cintra Wilson, Sept 8 2015 SALON https://www.salon.com/2015/09
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uthern_belles_as_a_super_elite_task_force_of_lethally_disciplined_
femininity/
Above" 1940s/50s lynching motivated by 'Reckless Eyeballing"
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EXAMPLE: Verification through multiple means
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DOCUMNTATION: Bees are often considered a symbol of Divine Feminine because they are ruled by queens. They are associated with the goddess Venus, in particular, because part of their labor is the fertilization of flowers, all of which come under the dominion of Venus. The Sumerians were the first to introduce bees and their byproducts to civilization. Egyptian, Greek, Dogon, and Atlantean are only a few of the cultures that venerated the bee. The Mother Goddess is the oldest deity in the archaeological record and above all her different manifestations are the dancing bees of which she is the Queen. She was the leader and ruler of the hive, and was often portrayed in the presence of adorning bee priestesses. The beehive inspired motif was popular in earliest society and confirmed the goddess’s exalted status as a Queen Bee who ‘streams with honey’.
The Delphic Omphalos, c. 330 BCE, literally meaning ‘navel’, it is the renowned Oracle as the center of the earth. A carved stone in the form of a wicker bee-skep. Delphi Archaeological Museum, Greece. In Christian allegory a queen bee sometimes represents the Virgin Mary with the hive symbolizing the church. The Bible mentions a ruler and prophetess of ancient Israel called Deborah, the “Queen Bee”, her priestesses were known as “Deborahs” as well. In ancient Greece, a High Priestess was considered the
Queen Bee, and her rituals required honey to induce states of spiritual ecstasy. Aphrodite, the nymph-goddess of midsummer is renowned for murdering the king and tearing out his organs just as the queen bee does to the drone. The priestesses of Demeter, Rhea, and Cyble were called Melissae, the ancient Latin word for bees. Similarly, the god Apollo anointed Pythia, his chief priestess at Delphi, with the title “the Delphic Bee”. Possibly the most underrated tradition of Egypt is the veneration of the honeybee. The Egyptians believed that bees were born from the tears of the Sun-god, Ra. In ancient Egypt, bees were the symbol of royalty as well as a symbol of Egypt itself and the Pharaohs title was “The Beekeeper”. Honey and all bee products were vital to Egyptian society and the area around the Nile Delta was called the “land of the bee.” Before Isis, there was Neith, an important deity from the First Dynasty whose cult was based in Sais, a town in the Nile Delta. In Sais, Neith was regarded as the Goddess of the “House of the Bee” and the Virgin Mother of Ra. Neith’s temple bore the inscription: “I am All That Has Been, That Is, and That Will Be. No mortal has yet been able to lift the veil that covers Me.” https://freemantv.com/queen-bee-robotic-whore-metropolis/