Konrad A. Czynski, Ph.D.

Philosophy Department

                                                     MISCELLANEOUS
Based on your rereading of the selected pages given below, compose TWO 2-3 page Reader's Reflections Essays in the Objective/Subjective format - that is:


In the first-half of your essays = the Objective Part, focus on the paired principal characters as follows:

For each of the 4 principal characters, highlight their ADMIRABLE QUALITIES as societal ROLE MODELS who exemplify such virtues - depending on who they are: bold&courageous warriors or welcoming&solicitous queens - as compassion, courtesy, heroic self-sacrifice, generosity, benevolence, openness toward strangers, religious faith, fellowship, ... .  

ESSAY 1: AENEID - Book II: on the admirable attributes of Aeneas:

from p.43: line 360: "That time ..." to p.49: line 611: "... never ceased."

+  53: line 730: "For the first ..." - 61: line 1046 (end): "... range."

BEOWULF: on the admirable attributes of Beowulf: Your choice as to which passages offer textual evidence about Beowulf's noble-hearted character: his speeches, his deeds, ... .

ESSAY 2: AENEID - Book I: on the admirable attributes of Queen Dido:

from p.15: line 447 (Aeneas speaks with the "huntress" = Venus, his mother in disguise): "Be kind,/Whoever ..." - bottom16: line503: "... bull's hide."

+  lower18: line 571: "Meanwhile ..." - mid20: line 631: "... of refuge."

+  mid21: line 673: "Now, while ..." - mid22: line 709: "... said."

+  lower23: line 758: "Ilioneus ..." - upper27: line 894: "... the ships."

BEOWULF: on the admirable attributes of Queen Wealhtheow: p.41: "Laughter and ... Wealhtheow's hands."

+ mid54: "The poet's story ..." - mid56: "... with wine."

+ lower74: "'When I arrived ... her seat. ...'"

 

AND in the second-half of your Essays = the Subjective Part, reflect on how YOU in your own life can identify with attributes illustrated by these fictional creations. Choose the attributes that you have experienced or intend/would wish to experience = the relevant, meaningful attributes capable of enhancing your everyday selfhood as a young adult in the 21st century.



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