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Al
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Quiz#5 – adjective clauses
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“Literary Terms”
conflict, symbol, theme
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Continue “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
Friday
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Begin sentence combining
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Test3 “The Wise Woman of Corboda”
You will get good at what you practice.
“Literary Terms”
conflict: vs versus, against (prep)
sports Real Madrid VS Barcelona
external conflicts
-human vs human / person vs person / man vs man
-human vs society
-human vs nature
-human vs technology
-human vs supernatural
internal conflict
-person vs herself
GMO – genetically modified organism, e.g. food, changing the
DNA of a seed
EF5/6 “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
-opening is like a fairy tale
like “Cinderella” “Little Red Riding
Hood”
“a long time ago...” “once upon a time”
- know it’s not supposed to be real
Setting-
place - Cordoba, Mexico
time -maybe several hundred years ago -
witches, used silver, gold
witch trials- 15-18th Century
Mexico City – built in 16th
Century
culture - connection to Catholicism
psychology – superstitious, observant
(religious)
understand the milieu
Character - major - 1. the Wise Woman, 2.
the Judge
minor characters - townspeople, no names,
background characters
Plot - the events of the story (basic
reading comprehension)
plotline
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Denouement (resolution)
- step by step events
vocab.
astonished (adj) - very surprised, amazed
astonishment (n) amazement, surprise
fulfill (v) - complete, finish, meet
expectations
bewildered (adj) - really confused, can't
understand
wretch (n) - a sorrowful person, a person
who is without hope
wretched (adj) - really sorrowful, in bad
shape
"I have a bad flu. I feel wretched.
I feel awful/terrible."
steer (v) - to guide a boat or car/bus
a steering wheel - "Sherry can
adjust the height of the steering wheel in her car."
witches - in Western culture it has a
negative connotation, scary
-magic, impossible feats
magic man - a wizard "Galdalf the
Grey" Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter - portrayed in a positive
way
magic woman - a witch, "The Wizard
of Oz"
-portrayed in a negative way
a witch is powerful woman, special power
- a threat/danger to the authorities,
government
-long history in the West of young women
being accused of witchcraft - Europe, US, Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, 200
people were accused, 19 were executed
The Salem Witch Trial
last Witch Trial in the US was in the
1870s
Witch Trials - trial - go to court, judge
Medieval (Middle Ages 1200s-1600s) law;
Trial by Fire – superstitous belief that
fire could not hurt a witch, burned at the stake,
"Joan of Arc"
Trial by Water - belief that water was
pure element, push out a witch
Western culture - bad luck, bad omens
femininity - feminine power is often
mistrusted
the moon - feminine symbol -
French la lun, Spanish la luna
lun - moon
lun - crazy - lunatic, lunacy, madness
“Is it a full moon today? People are
acting so weird.”
full moon - symbol of fear, negative
witches
werewolf - were -ancient word
"man", world wer - the place of men
manwolf - a normal man become crazed when
exposed to the moon
Adam and Eve - the Bible,
culture and psychology - anti-women
The Wise Woman was victorious. She didn't
get revenge. She just laughed at him. He was humiliated.
MY IDEA: Men are often afraid of powerful
women.
the sun - masculine symbol -
Idiom “wears the pants” -the dominant
person in a relationship
"She wears the pants in the family.
She makes the decisions and is the boss."
Chinese idiom “eat soft rice” - wife
earns money, husband doesn't
Hallowe’en – Pagan festival – ancient beliefs
- day when the world of the living and the world of the dead
is very close, spirits can come back to our world for one night
-Pumpkin patch, Richmond
-carve a face in a pumpkin, Jack o’ Lantern
Jack of the Lantern- spirit inside the pumpkin, candle
inside
-Trick or Treat – candies or treats
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superstition, ancient beliefs – thousands of years ago,
pre-scientific people
superstition – believe in good luck and bad luck
Supersitious practices to bring good luck
-cross your fingers
-praying to God?
-wearing lucky clothing
-lucky rabbit’s foot
-horseshoe
-knock on wood
Supersitious practices to avoid bad luck
-don’t walk under a ladder
-don’t light three cigarettes off one match
-Don’t give a knife as a gift.
-Don’t toast with water.
-black cat crosses your path
-walking on a crack on the sidewalk
-cats associated with witches- feminine
witches- women with magical powers
-graceful, mysterious, strange, aloof, independent
witches, magic- associated with the moon, full moon
moon – feminine symbol
Spanish – la luna, el sol
French – la lun, le soleil
witch flying under a full moon
flies on a broom – kitchen tool, associated with women
full moon – symbol of madness, insanity, crazy, symbol of
fear
“Wise Woman of Cordoba” – deeper meaning, often men are
afraid or mistrustful of powerful women
witch- powerful woman associated wth magic powers
associated with cats, brooms, moon
Symbol – an object that represents a bigger idea
represents the witch’s power- “ten barrels of gold”
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