CLASS 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Theogony, Irony, Pentheus
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Makes fun of women in the beginning, but in the end makes fun of men too. All men make fun of each others wives, but they forget about their own wives. Why were women created and how are they different in these stories. Mythic stereotypes of women from men"s point of view. Dionysos: madness and violence influenced by loss of mental control. Women were viewed to be under the protection of a male guardian (father) When they got married, they are in custody and under the guardian of her husband. Women don"t have an independent legal state. Title 9, athletics in sparta had female athletes. Women celebrity or their intelligence and not looks (aspasia) Queen and general at battle of salamis. Demonstrate your creative engagement with the material of the course. Adapt a greek myth to convey the shared stories. Freud jung campbell bolen. One size fits all - everyone goes through this.
