Mid-Term Test                                                                                  Core Studies 1

                                                                                                          Professor Hansen

                                                                                                          Spring 2007

 

You may use a one-page outline for this test.  The outline must be turned in with the test.

 

A round-table discussion is being held in Hades between Hektor, Antigone, Phaedra, and the Melians. Write a transcript of the discussion, guided by the way Homer, Sophocles, Euripides and Thucydides portray these characters.

 

The discussants are considering the following questions:

 

·        What was the most important decision which you made?

·        What factors, for and against, did you consider in making your decision?

·        What did you achieve or fail to achieve as a result of your decision?

 

After the first round, each character will comment critically on the decision of at least one other character.

 

 

Have your characters argue in specifics rather than mere generalities.