Happy Monday

Ruggles began class today by asking who went to the dance... and then told a story about a boat that was used to break up people who were grinding at his dances. Just a story.

We then talked about our blogs (many people faced technical difficulties so if you haven't gotten it done try your best to do so by tomorrow, Tuesday 27).

• If you want to see the blogs but you aren't sure how to get there, try https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8520676540661633907&postID=4649249342078226153

We were supposed to do this Friday, but were a little off.
We watched a video called Legend.

Scene Two

• What does Hell look like?
• Hell was dark and damp with a firey glow all around
• Mist constantly lapped at their feet
• They were surrounded by deep caverns of rock
• Empty, slimy

What do you notice about the first scene?

• The first scene shows no ones face for quite some time
• Their voices are synthesized making them seem darker and more mysterious
• Firey mist swirls around their feet

What are the differences between this and your previous perceptions of Hell?

• This hell was much more empty than I suspected
• The language was rhyming and somewhat poetic
• There were no screams heard from the background, which I expected there to be
• Hell, though dark and hot, also seemed dark, slimy, and wet, which contradicts itself

What about the role of the fallen angel?

• The fallen angel was seen as the most evil, black-hearted spirit in the realm of Hell and was never seen, besides his clawed, slimy hands

Scene Fourteen

Watch for the portrayal of Satan

• Red skin
• Giant horns - black
• Fangs
• Long ears
• Sunken in eyes
• Cast in shadows
• Kind, loving, compassionate (to the woman)
• Quick temper
• Can shoot fire from his hands

What is the difference here?

• It is much more evil looking
• Dead bodies line the floor, satan’s whole body is shown
• Real flames cover the scene

Notice interesting interactions with the woman-
Why is this significant?

• He is quiet an calm and reserved, trying to swoon her and trick her into sitting on a chair of deceit
• He is loving and kind up until the woman defies him, and his temper quickly spikes, nearly uncontrollably, raging with fury

Relationship changes throughout the scene? Why? How?

• Satan is kind and sweet in the beginning, trying to entice the woman into staying with him
• Tries to trick her into sitting into a chair of trickery
• She ends up tricking Satan

Pay attention to Satan’s last words. What makes them unique?

• “Father, forgive me”
• “What is the light without dark?”
• “What are you without me?”
• We need him to exist so that we can understand an appreciate good with the contrast of his evil
• Can heaven exist without a hell? I don't know...
• “I am a part of you all”
• We all have a little evil in us
• “You can never defeat me”
• “We are brothers, eternal”
• Reference to Cain and Able

We will get to the songs and pictures later on! :)

Homework:

• Career project interviews and Summary/Response Paper (Jan 30)
• Begin work on Pausch Lecture part 1 (Feb 13)
• Teacher appointment
• Purchase a copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild (If you want :)