Aim: How can we evaluate Odysseus’ leadership through his decision-making in his encounter with “Scylla and Charybdis” in Homer’s Odyssey?
Do Now: WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION
Would you sacrifice one person in order to save five other people?
What would influence your decision if you had to make a choice according to “The Trolley Problem?” [1:38]
During Do Now the class watched the video “The Trolley Problem” the video was about should people choose to sacrifice one person to save the other five. Many students said yes to sacrifice one to save five, but I disagree with this statement because I felt like it’s unfair to the people who were being sacrificed even though the other five would be saved. Then the class did Kahoot on different kinds of trolley questions in different situations. For example, there were five pregnant women on the track and one worker. Students all had different opinions on which person should be saved. One of our classmates said if we killed the worker we would be punished but if we did nothing to the five people who were going to be killed then we won’t be punished. Some students agreed and some disagreed with this claim. In conclusion, we thought the situation matter’s a lot to the decision that we made in the end.
Scylla and Charybdis
Scylla: A frightening six head sea monster and lived on the opposite side of Charybdis Strait Of Messina
Link on more information and story of Scylla:Scylla: The Story Behind Greek Mythology's Deadliest Sea Monster - (Greek Mythology Explained) - YouTube
Charybdis: A female sea monster punished by Zeus so became a monster in a form of whirlpool living on the opposite side of Scylla living in the Strait Of Messina.
Link on more information and story of Charybdis:Charybdis: The Gigantic Whirlpool Monster of Greek Mythology - (Greek Mythology Explained) - YouTube
The class then read the Scylla and Charybdis, in the epic Odysseus and his men were going across the Strait Of Messina, Odysseus was given two choices, either going across Scylla or going across Charybdis. Odysseus chose the Scylla because he saw Scylla killing six of his crew and Charybdis making a whirlpool trying to swallow his crew. Although six of Odysseus' crew died, the rest of the crew survived from Odysseus' decision.
Picture of Scylla Picture of Charybdis
Question
The class was asked that Odysseus is faced with the challenge of bringing his men through two dangerous places. But why does he choose one over the other?
Odysseus is faced with the challenge of bringing his men through two dangerous places and Odysseus chooses to go to the Scylla but not Charybdis because Scylla at most would only kill 6 crew but Charybdis could kill all of them. So Odysseus chose Scylla since lesser death would be better than all of his crew dying. Both choices were hard for Odysseus to make because he doesn’t want any of his crew to die so to keep most of his crew alive his choice seemed very reasonable to us.
What is Allusion?
The class was taught on what an allusion was, it was a brief reference in a literary work to another commonly known character, place, or event, which is not explained, and allusion can help to create the mood or contribute to the theme of the story. Allusion could be a reference to multiple things such as a person, place, event, literary work, author, art, historical event, musical work, or film. All things listed above could be referenced.
Types of allusion
• Biblical allusion referring to the Bible, or a religious work
• Classical allusion referring to Classical Literature work
• Literary allusion referring to another literary work
• Historical allusion referring to an specific event in any history
Identifying Video or picture of Allusion
This video on the Family guy is a referencing The sound of music
Link to the video: Family Guy - So long, Farewell.avi - YouTub
Picture of the Simpsons Picture of the Simpsons Picture of the Simpsons
Family referencing the family referencing the referencing the famous
Star wars. the Harry Potter series. painting by Salvador Dali.
According to these examples of the Family Guy and the Simpsons Family referencing different kinds of famous work, we can state that allusion is everywhere in our life. Allusions even appear in people’s childhood cartoons.
Why do writers and musicians use allusion?
Writers and musicians use allusion because allusion can create mood and relate to the audience very quickly in a few words and doesn’t require writers or musicians to have a long explanation. Besides that, a combination of allusions can express a certain theme to the reader or audience.
Link for more information about allusion:What is Allusion? - YouTube
Link for more example on allusion: Allusions - YouTube
Reflection:
In today’s lesson, I learned that the decision that we made on a trolly question would be based on the situation that we are in, and Odysseus met this kind of trolly question on which path should he and his crew go across on the Strait Of Messina. One path had Scylla, a sea monster with six heads and can eat six crew, and another path with Charybdis, a monster in the form of a whirlpool who could swallow the whole crew. After knowing the situation that Odysseus was in, my classmate and I all agreed on Odysseus' decision of going to the Scylla since the amount of death that Scylla can cause is much lesser than what Charybdis can do. Then we learned about allusion and from today’s lesson I learned that allusion is a simple reference to another commonly known literature or subject. I can also Identify allusions in video, picture, or writing and what it is a reference to from the example that we were taught in class. I believe we learned about trolly questions and allusions because it can help us identify what the context was about in the future when reading a text that contains these objects. I also can use this information when I am writing, this information can help my writing to be more descriptive, and can help me to connect the theme or mood that I want the reader to know. In conclusion, throughout this lesson, I learned about the trolly question; how it implies the epic of Odysseus, and know what an allusion is and the example of it.
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