Background
What was Medusa famous for?
Her snake hair that turned things into stone.
What does Gray imagery show in the poem?
Shows dullness
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The gray imagery also creates a feeling of hopelessness by describing the loss of life.
What kind of connotation is shown:
"filthy", "hissed", "spat"
Negative connotation
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Duffy then goes on to describe her thoughts as if they were snakes that “hissed and spat,” which portrays her own mind as an enemy.
What is the name of this poem?
Medusa
What did the video ask at the VERY end?
To smash the like button and have a good day
Who did King Polydectes send to behead Medusa?
What literary device is used below:
"I glanced [...] I glanced"
Anaphora
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The repetition of “I glanced” makes the animals turning to stone seem like an accident.
True or False: Does this show a rhetorical question?
"Wasn't I beautiful?
Wasn't I fragrant and young?"
True
Who is the author of this poem? (full name)
Carol Ann Duffy
What brand mentioned in the video is associated with Medusa?
Versace
Who was Medusa according to Hesiod?
Hesiod claims Medusa was born a gorgon, not beautiful at all, and was never mortal.
What does: "My bride's baby breath" demonstrate/show?
= was once his wife; like a baby breath flower dying = her youth and beauty
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Calling herself a “bride” serves as a reminder that Medusa once was his wife with a positive image of herself, but now even her breath is rotten.
What do these words showcase:
"buzzing", "singing"
Medea by Euripides
What kind of treatment did Perseus show to Medusa?
She was treated like a final boss and is slain
Why do modern readers often describe Medusa as a victim of the myth?
Athena punished Medusa rather than Poseidon.
What literary device is used below:
"but I know you’ll go, betray me, stray
from home."
Enjambment
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At the same time, she is already convinced he will betray her, which is shown within the enjambment between “stray” and “home”.
What literary device is used below:
"with a shield for a heart
and a sword for a tongue"
Metaphor= he is closed off from her/verbal abuse/suggests he is emotionally unavailable and closed off to her.
What is something that both Medusa and Medea have in common?
Shows how someone's identity is corrupted by insecurity, jealousy, and doubt.
What movie clip was referenced in the video?
Tangled; Mother Gothel brushing Rapunzel's long hair
Why did Athena curse Medusa?
Athena cursed Medusa because Poseidon took her inside a temple of Athena, and the virgin goddess treated the desecration of her sanctuary as an outrage that demanded punishment.
What is going on in the following lines:
"I’m foul mouthed now, foul tongued,
yellow fanged.
There are bullet tears in my eyes.
Are you terrified?"
She weaponizes herself and demonstrates violent imagery
What does this stanza as a whole demonstrate:
"Be terrified.
It’s you I love,
perfect man, Greek God, my own;
but I know you’ll go, betray me, stray
from home.
So better by far for me if you were stone."
The whole stanza is her obsession over the man (her husband)
What's the last line in the poem?
"Look at me now."
Who is speaking in the video? ( +200 if you tell us who edited it!)
Daron Garcia ; Edited by Leah Aronson