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Which is the real Helen?

Which is the real Helen? . “It’s a ‘White Ash’ wednesday !” . AP Literature and Composition 12/12/12 Mr. Houghteling. Could any Greek, besides Menelaus, love Helen? . AGENDA. “Helen” Quiz, AP style. A critical essay on “Helen.”

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Which is the real Helen?

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  1. Which is the real Helen?

  2. “It’s a ‘White Ash’ wednesday!” AP Literature and Composition 12/12/12 Mr. Houghteling

  3. Could any Greek, besides Menelaus, love Helen?

  4. AGENDA • “Helen” Quiz, AP style. • A critical essay on “Helen.” • Supporting claims and creating claims for the Helen essay.

  5. On “helen” by susanstanfordfriedman Find three statements that you agree with regarding the critical essay. Find three statements that you disagree with or are not 100% comfortable with.

  6. Vocabulary in context • “According to some scholars, women have traditionally relied on a perpetual smile to render themselves more acceptable in an androcentric culture” (paragraph 4). • As it is used in context, the word androcentric most nearly means: _________.

  7. Claims—Find the proof! • Both speakers of the Helen poems view their Helens as objects. Poe’s speaker views his Helen as an object of admiration, while HD’s Helen is an object of disgust, derision, vengeance, and spite.

  8. Claims + PROOF • Both speakers of the Helen poems view their Helens as objects. • Prove each one: • Poe: calls her “statuelike” / her beauty is a ship that brings her home / “thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face” / he views her as a goddess, untouchable • HD: the “the still eyes in the white face” (explain the use of “the” instead of “her” white face) / her “cool feet”

  9. Claims + PROOF • Poe’s speaker views his Helen as an object of admiration, while HD’s Helen is an object of disgust, derision, vengeance, and spite. Explain each of these distinctions: • disgust—they hate her • derision—“All Greece reviles her” • vengeance—they want her dead • spite—“past enchantments” and “past ills”

  10. Homework • Do your prep work for the in-class essay you’ll write on Friday. • Create thesis statements. • Develop your support. • Find your quotations.

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