Thursday, February 11, 2010

Class Notes 2/10

The film version of The Brothers Karamozov is terrible, according to Professor Sexson
-William Shatner played a brilliant Alyosha though
- Alyosha had a great memory and his earliest memories were when he was a year old.
-He remembers his mother holding him and crying

Finishing up Garden of Eden
-In scripture the forbidden fruit is just that, a piece of fruit.
-The apple detail was added in later
- The serpent told Eve to eat the fruit and then was punished by God to slink around on his
belly.
- Adam and Eve realized they were naked AFTER eating the fruit, so they made some fig- clothes and God was upset

Finishing up Psyche and Eros
-Psyche was told not to look, but she did and pricks Eros. He went to his mommy and whined. Psyche went to the mother-in-law to seek forgiveness and the mother-in-law sent Psyche on a mission to Hell.
-Psyche retrieved the box from Hell and was told not to look, but she did and passed out because of it. Hermes the messenger God picked up Psyche takes her to Mount Olympus for some emergency herb magic and Psyche and Eros live happily-ever-after.

Finishing up Icarus and Daedus
- the moral of the story is the story

Read: The Lottery and A Good Man is Hard to Come By

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