Latin Roots #6

Roots and Derivatives

 Corp(or): body, corpse

Cred: to believe, to trust, credo

Cur(r), Curs, course: to run, to flow, current

Dic(t): to speak, to say, diction

Word List

Benediction: the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness.  I recieved a sensation of benediction at today's mass.

Concourse: a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng.  I jogged along the concourse in the building to see what had occured.

Concurrent: occuring at the same time; meeting or acting together.  In order to open the vault, we have to turn our keys on a concurrent fashion.

Corporal: related to the physical body.  Anatomy is a branch of corporal study.

Corpulent: very stout; fleshy and obese; fat.  The corpulent elephant charged towards us. 

Credibility: the quality of being believable or trustworthy.  He is a source of credibility since he has never lied to me.

Credulity: the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof.  The people who display credulity in this town will believe he is innocent after his pathetic hearing.

Cursory: done in a superficial or hasty manner.  The old man displayed cursory when he hastily confiscated the toy from the toddler.

Dictum: an authoritative saying  or maxim.  The judge made announced his dictum on the defendant's fat yesterday evening. 

Incorporate: to form into one body or fuctioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole.  In order to incorporate religious ideaology into global occurances, one must have a penetrating outlook on life.

Incredulous: not believing, skeptical, or doubting.  One must always be incredulous of the word of one who is not credible.  

Indicative: characteristic of or very much like; suggestive.  Not many of my associates have indicative mentalities as I do. 

Literature Analysis #2: The Great Gatsby

1) The novel commences when the narrato, Nick Carraway, moves to West Egg district of Long Island.  He visits his cousin Daisy Buchanan and Tom Buchanan.  He learns that his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, is a very rich and liked man who throws parties every Saturday night.  Nick becomes fond of Jordan Baker, Daisy's companion.  Nick is eventually invited to one of Gatsby'sparties and he reveals that he loves Daisy from the past and still has feelings for her.  Nick assists and fascilitates the respark of their relationship and they commence an affair.  Meanwhile, Tom is having an affair with Myrtle, George Wilson's husband who is lifeless.  Gatsby earned all of his fortune through criminal activity.  Myrtle gets ran over by Gatsby's car and Tom tells George that Gatsby did it so he shoots hum to death in his pool and later Nick fascilitates a small funeral for him.

2) The main theme of the novel is that the American dream is dead because all people care about now is money and aristocracy.  The author chose to write about this in order to demonstrate how our society has changed for the worse since aristocracy dictates everything including romance.

3) The protagonist is Gatsby and he is static because his mindset and characterization doesn't change much thriughout the novel.  Nick Carraway is also another major character and he is significant since this is told through his point of view and he fascilitates the rekindling of Daisy's and Gatsby's affections for eachother.

4) The green light at the end of Daisy's dock visable from Gatsby's lawn represents his hope for his future with her.  This is applicable tothe themes of romance and initiative in the novel.

5) The book's reputation and many recomendations from fellow peers aided me in selecting this novel to read and it's unique plot and incredible flow ensured my progression of reading it.

6) Someof my compamions have participated in affairs-like relationships like the one displayed by Gatsby and Daisy and it is interesting to mme how people search for love and disregard the ones whom they are comitted to if they aren't completely satisfied and have a more beneficial propostion.

7) One idea that I will remember for a long time in this book is how people can reach to such great extents to ensure their happiness with someone else in a romantic manner.  This is a risky path but one frequently taken despite the unloyalty demonstrated in doing so.  "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

Greek Drama Handout Questions

1.What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses of worshippers?

The dancing choruses of worshipers began competing for a bull or a goat.

2.How many spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysos?

As many as fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air theatre of Dionysos.

3.How does the mask affect the voices of the actors?

The masks were used to amplify the actor's voices.

4.Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?

It was suspenseful because the audience knew things the characters didn't know.

5.How is the shepherd to leave the infant on the mountains?

The shepherd is ordered to leave the infant to die on a mountainside with his ankles pinned together.

6.What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?

The Sphinx's riddle stated," What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"

7.Who are Oedipus' kids?

Oedipus' kids are Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.

8.After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?

After Oedipus is exiled, Creon took over as a regent.

9.What did the family do to the dead body?

The family closed the dead person's eyes and mouth and began to prepare the body for the prosthesis, the wake. Then they placed the body on the bier, a portable framework, making sure that the feet pointed toward the door, and sprinkled it with wild marjoram and other herbs, which were believed to keep the evil spirits away. At the prosthesis, women waited near the body and men entered in a formal procession with their right arms raised high in the air. The closest relative reached out and held the dead person's head with both hands, the other mourners began to beat their faces and tear their hair. They also wailed and sang.

Antigone Quick Write

The first thing I would plan to do after contemplating my strategic scheme would to demonstrate reverse psychology by appearing to be cooperative and an advocate of the king’s bidding so there is no precautions made by him due to my reaction.  Then I would pay someone, assuming I’m wealthy since I am a relative of the king, to formulate a false alibi with my accomplice as my witness.  I would then set out in the middle of the night with a shovel to the burial sight of my arrogant brother. Then I would dig up the corpse of my less honorable sibling and then trade the corpse’s positions with my favorite brother’s.  Due to their probable genetic phenotype similarities, and also considering the process of decomposition undergoing on both bodies, it would be very difficult to identify any differing qualities of each corpse.  Then I would carefully remove all evidence of the switch and resume normal activity to provide an impossibility of suspicion generated from me to the king’s awareness.  In the instance that the switch was revealed to the king’s attention, then I would suggest suitable orchestrators of the crime that I felt were low and unjust persons that I wouldn’t mind suffering the consequences, and the king wouldn’t doubt their participation due to their history of dishonesty.  Then if necessary, I would present my alibi and the evidence of my absence of the crime scene in a confident assuring manner.