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Students will be asked to
Think, Pair, Share...
*What is A Femme Fatale?
*What are the characteristics of F emme Fatale?
*Which characters do you know from tv, movies, or literature that are Femme Fatales?
http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2012/10/14/snl-odysseus-and-the-sirens-video/
Agree or Disagree?
Hold up your cards to show you opinion of the following statements based on the SNL clip:
-This clip was a parody.
-The Sirens purpose in this clip is to lure and murder the men.
-Odysseus is shown as a misogynist.
-These Sirens are Femme Fatales.
...our trim ship was speeding toward
the Sirens’ island, driven by the brisk wind.
…
Now with a sharp sword I sliced an ample wheel of beeswax
down into pieces, kneaded them in my two strong hands
and the wax soon grew soft, worked by my strength
and Helios’ burning rays, the sun at high noon,
and I stopped the ears of my comrades one by one.
They bound me hand and foot in the tight ship—
erect at the mast-block, lashed by ropes to the mast—
and rowed and churned the whitecaps stroke on stroke.
We were just offshore as far as a man’s shout can carry,
Scudding close, when the Sirens sensed at once a ship
Was racing past and burst into their high, thrilling song:
‘Come closer, famous Odysseus—Achaea’s pride and glory—
more your ship on our coast so you can hear our song!
Never has any sailor passed our shores in his black craft
Until he has heard the honeyed voices pouring from our lips
and once he hears to his heart’s content sails on, wiser man.’
…
So they sent their ravishing voices out across the air
and the heart inside me throbbed to listen longer.
I signaled the crew with frowns to set me free—
they flung themselves as the oars and rowed on harder,
Perimedes and Eurylochus springing up at once
to bind me faster with rope of chafing rope.
But once we’d left the Sirens fading in our wake,
once we could hear the song no more, the urgent call—
my steadfast crew was quick to remove the wax I’d used
to seal their ears and loosed the bond that lashed me.
This is the one song everyone
would like to learn: the song
that is irresistible:
the song that forces men
to leap overboard in squadrons
even though they see the beached skulls
the song nobody knows
because anyone who has heard it
is dead, and the others can't remember.
Shall I tell you the secret
and if I do, will you get me
out of this bird suit?
I don't enjoy it here
squatting on this island
looking picturesque and mythical
with these two feathery maniacs,
I don't enjoy singing
this trio, fatal and valuable.
I will tell the secret to you,
to you, only to you.
Come closer. This song
is a cry for help: Help me!
Only you, only you can,
you are unique
at last. Alas
it is a boring song
but it works every time.
Shakespeare's Macbeth
Spenser's The Faerie Queene--Acrasia is a femme fatale
Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"
Aesop's The Fox and the Crow --beware of flatterers
Homer's Witch Circe
*Brief Intro
*POV comparison of both texts
*Tone in both texts
*Poetic device in both texts
*Conclusion
*Brief Intro
*The Odyssey
*Sirens Song
*Comparison Paragraph
*Conclusion
Intro
Conclusion
AVOID
Interesting
Effective
*Brief Intro
*POV comparison of both texts
*Tone in both texts
*Poetic device in both texts
*Conclusion
*Brief Intro
*The Odyssey
*Sirens Song
*Comparison Paragraph
*Conclusion