Tuesday, April 17 ~ TWHF Chs. 13-14

Discuss Ch. 11-12

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Is Psyche the first Disney princess? 
  • Significance of the dream/sleeper motif? 
  • Does Psyche have any motives to lie? 
  • Consider Orual's questions on pages 133-34: (a) Does [a glimpse of the palace] tell against the gods or against me?  (b) If they had an honest intention to guide us, why is their guidance not plain?
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Do you know about Medieval architecture? 
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Medieval/Gothic Style
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Classical Greek Style

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More Greek style
Read Ch. 13-14
  • What does Psyche mean when she tells Orual, "You are indeed teaching me about kinds of love I did not know" (165).  Compare the love of Orual with the love of Psyche.
  • Why won't Orual tell anyone about seeing the castle in the fog? 
Some vocab..
hellebore (ch.13) - an herb that works as an anti-depressant
ferly (ch.13) - something strange and marvelous
Alcibiades (ch.13) - a Greek orator who was known to have a lack of a spine, known for his cunning and treachery.
hoplites (ch.13) - a soldier


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