Topic One-- Keywords on Term Explanation
a. in media res-- mid-point and narrative technique
b. Homer epithet-- prescriptive linguists, descriptive, and glorified
c. epic poetry-- lengthy narrative poetry, oral, themes, and heroism
d. Achilles' heel-- physical vulnerability and lead to down fall
e. invocation-- ask for help and Muse
* Muse-- After Muses finished their tasks, they would call on Apollo.
Topic Two-- Keywords on Essay
Q1-- The audiences know better than the author of the story. They want to know how the characters stumble toward ends.
* fate-- which means that you have no real choice
>> fatal attraction >> fatal woman (femme fatale)-- who is a stock character, archetype of stories, and she can also called enchantress. e.g. Salome
* destiny-- which you can actually choose or change
>> destination
Q2-- differences between immortals' behaviours and their attitude
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B. Book Discussion
a. Profound issue in tragedy-- What's the story about in the tragedy? e.g. justice, suffering, or clashes
* Drama Festival-- Dionysia >> It's for commemorate Dionysus. It was just two days for drinking wines and dancing initially. When the festival starts, the Satyrs would come out and sing as the introduce. -- P.603
Satyr (half goat and half human)b. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are three famous dramatists. -- P.603
* A dramatist can refer to a comedy writer (comedian) or a tragedy writer (tragedian).
c. Thespis, father of tragedy or creator of tragedy, who added the concept of "single character", "dialogue", and "sympathy" in a drama/ tragedy. -- P.604
* Sympathy is the catharsis of tragic pity and fear.
* Most of time, people go to watch a drama for "stronger" characters, however, these characters always have some tragic flaw/ tragic hero (hamartia) such as hubris, pride, and seven deadly sin.
Thespis 
d. Altar-- It's for main characters to act and for chorus to set fire.
* They always set the fire to represent that the god, Dionysus, is here to watch the performance.
Orchestra-- It is the place that chorus stays most of time. -- P.605
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C. Tragedies of the day
a. Oresteia-Agamemnon-- This play details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his murder, partly as revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia. Many years later, their another daughter, Electra, planned to kill Clytemnestra as well due to revenge for her father. After murdering her mother, Electra was chased by Furies.
b. The story of Thebes, Oedipus the King-- Once upon a time, Oedipus was born in the castle of Thebes at a night. He is the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. This should be a joyful thing, however, the prophet told them that this child will kill his father and marry his mother someday in the future. Therefore, they Laius and Jocasta decided to abandon the baby and they marked his name on his ankle as a symbol. Under some coincident circumstances, Oedipus was raised by the king of Corinth. When he was age 16-17, he asked a prophet and knew how dangerous he will be so he chose to escape from Corinth at night. Later, he met a old man on the road and killed him accidentally during their arguing. This old man is his father, Laius. The king's death was known by everyone soon so Jocasta announced if someone can answer Sphinx's riddle, she's willing to rule Thebes with the one. Oedipus did it and married Jocasta eventually. They had four children after all.
* Riddle of Sphinx-- Because Oedipus wanted to get into Thebes, he had to answer Sphinx's riddle.
"What is that which in the morning goeth upon four feet; upon two feet in the afternoon; and in the Evening upon three?"
Sphinx in British Museum
* Electra complex and Oedipus complex--
Electra complex is a girl’s psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father. In the course of her psychosexual development, the complex is the girl's phallic stage; formation of a discrete sexual identity, a boy's analogous experience is the Oedipus complex.
Electra and Oedipus
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D. Vocabulary
a. magnificent-- "Magnif" stands for huge and big.
b. attach and detach>> detach-- to separate or remove something from something else
that it is connected to
c. Joseph Campbell-- He was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."
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