Reading and Writing

Choose one character from one of the TRAGIC dramas in this unit. (NOT FROM THE COMEDY LYSISTRATA and NOT FROM THE EPICS IN THE PREVIOUS UNIT ) Discuss---with specific words from the text as your support--the qualities of that character, both good ones, and "flaws" that bring about that character's downfall.

Pick one "topic"--such as love, hatred, revenge, fate, honor, loyalty, family, etc.--that is dealt with in at least two of the genres in this unit (drama. poetry, philosophy, fables). Compare and contrast---with specific words and phrases from the texts as your support--each of the two genres you chose presents situations and themes about this same topic.

Some ideas & Help Links: https://mthoyibi.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/antigone_2.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama

http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/agamemnon.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_poetry

http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/symposium.html