TROY PAPER

Major Writing assignment Troy and Trojan war Summer 2020.

There will be a link in Modules where you shall answer some questions about your paper and then paste in your essay. This paper does not need to use sources, but if you use them, you can embed the references in the text for example (Alvares 2020, page 34). Let me know if there are questions.

In this assignment, which must be at least 1200 words with a word count, you must write a dialogue and debate. There must be a minimum of five characters. One is Philopeliades, who supports Achilles and his actions. The other is Misopeliades, who thinks poorly of Achilles and his actions. The third is a Trojan slave named Luvion. The fourth is a slave women, Servilia, who is actually from Italy, who was abducted by pirates and sold to the Greeks. The fifth character is a cyborg mouse, named X’hêxij, from a distant planet, sent by an extraterrestrial scholar of cultural studies to explore the primitive tribes of the remote planet Earth. The script should contain at least the following

(1) A paragraph setting up where and when the conversation takes place.

(2) A paragraph or two giving Misopeliades’ views on Achilles and his situation.

(3) A paragraph or two in which Philopeliades attacks Misopeliades’ negative views and presents his own.

(4) A paragraph or two in which Misopeliades’ rebuts Philopeliades positive views and presents more of his own.

(5) A paragraph or two in which Luvion attacks both of them and presents his own views.

(6) A paragraph or two in which Servilia comments, from her position as a (1) woman and (2) neither Greek or Trojan

(7) A paragraph or two in which !X’hêxij comments from its role as an alien robot who looks at human behavior rather like we might observe animals behave.

This conversation must make references to events of the Trojan war, and must name at least three gods and at least three other Greek and Trojan human characters. It should also deal with the following issues.

A. The heroic code Achilles subscribes to –and may question

B. The social code Achilles may defy, and which Agamemnon also breaks

C. The workings of the gods

D. The whole question of the justice of the Trojan war

E. The question of Helen – is she worth dying for

F. Trojan perspectives on the whole matter.

G. Female and non-Greek perspectives on the matter

H. Alien, not human, perhaps biological or evolutionary, perspectives on the matter.

Your work will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Have you followed ALL instructions?

Did you deal with all eight issues?

Do you give examples that support the comparisons or points you make?

Do you express your ideas in a clear and well-organized way?

Do you use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation?

How well does your dialogue read?

Did you give a world count?