"Medusa's Head/Hero's Journey
What are the two different world that the hero in the Hero's Journey travels through?
Ordinary World
Special World
What does is mean to be a Third and why is it special?
The third child of a family and only the government can give a family permission to have a third child
What was the prophecy that Jocasta and Laius tried to avoid and that Oedipus tried to run away from?
Oedipus would kill his father and marry and have children with his mother
The play's setting and mood is set as a very ___________ story shown by ____________ and ______________ in the sky and three _______________ meeting around a cauldron.
dark/evil
thunder and lightning
witches
Setting
What is the name of the stage of the Hero's Journey when hero receives special skills, advice or tools.
Meeting the mentor
What are Ender's siblings names and why was he chosen for Battle School over them?
Peter and Valentine
Peter was too evil, Valentine was too sensitive, Ender was a combination of the two
What does Oedipus' name mean and why what is the reason for the meaning?
Swollen foot. When the servant took him away he cut/bound his ankles so that he could never return to Thebes.
Macbeth -- Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, King of Scotland
Banquo -- Lesser than Macbeth but greater, Not so happy but much happier, His children will be kings, but he will not
__________________ is a literary device when the reader receives hints and clues about something that will happen later in the story.
Give an example of this literary device from either Ender's Game, Oedipus or Macbeth
Foreshadow
Various examples
Perseus is unsure that he can find and defeat the Gorgon Medusa. What stage of the Hero's Journey does this represent?
Refusal of the Call
Who is the leader of Salamander Army and how does he treat Ender?
Bonzo. He doesn't let Ender participate in any of the battle simulations and bullies him.
Describe Lady Macbeth's plan to kill Duncan
Wait until Duncan is asleep, Lady Macbeth will get Duncan's guards so drunk that they pass out. Macbeth will take the guards daggers, kill Duncan and wipe the blood on the guards, return the daggers and the guards will be blamed.
When the reader/audience knows something that the characters do not.
Various answers:
Oedipus asks the citizens of Thebes to tell him who the murderer is
Macbeth does not know how he can be Thane of Cawdor
In what stage of the Hero's Journey does Perseus defeat Medusa and what are the two ways he avoids looking at her so he doesn't turn to stone?
The Supreme ordeal, looks at her reflection in the shield, puts her head in the sack
Who is Petra and what special skill does she have and what does she do for Ender?
Only girl in Salamander Army, best sharpshooter, teaches Enders special skills
Who did Oedipus send to the Oracle at Apollo, and what was the message he told this person, and what did Oedipus do in response to the message?
He sent Creon.
Message was the the citizens must find the killer of Laius to stop the plague.
Oedipus asks Tiresias to come and tell him who the killer is.
What was the mistake that Macbeth made with the murder plan and how and why did Lady Macbeth have to fix the problem?
Macbeth took the daggers with him back to his bedroom. Lady Macbeth had to take the daggers back to put them on the guards because Macbeth was too guilt ridden to do it.
The climax of a story is the most exciting part or the highest point in the story. What was the stage in the Hero's Journey would be the same as the climax in the story and why?
The Supreme Ordeal -- it's the point where the hero faces his/her greatest challenge -- the reason he or she is going on the journey
What was the prophecy the Oracle of Apollo gave King Acrisios and how did he try to avoid the prophecy and how did it come true?
His daughter Danae would have a son who would grow up and kill him.
He locked Danae up in a tower so no man could get to her, he put Danae and Perseus in a box and pushed them into the ocean hoping they would drown.
What was the Third Invasion and what did Ender find out about the Buggers
The Third Invasion was the humans invading the Buggers. Ender found out that the Buggers were a peaceful species and just wanted to co-exist with the humans
When Oedipus and Jocasta realize that the prophecy came true what do both of them do? What punishment does Oedipus give himself?
Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus takes the brooches off of Jocasta's dress and gouges his eyes out. Oedipus banishes himself from Thebes
Comic Relief: the play has been filled with such dark, evil images and situations like storms, witches, war, blood, death and murder that the audience needs a mental break with a bit of humor.
What is the name of the literary device when the is a disagreement between two opposing forces? What part of the literary device relates to Macbeth being unsure about whether he should murder Duncan? And what is an example of this?
Conflict
Man vs. Himself
Macbeth hallucinates and sees the bloody dagger before him but can't grab it