Page 64 Steiner

I randomly picked page 64 and I started at the first paragraph.
Steiner begins talking about 'innocent guilt' that is what Antigone is suffering from. She is cursed. She belongs to a family whose sin is being passed on to her. In ancient Greek tragedy this is a common theme. Oedipus is the characters story that Steiner compares Antigone to. He also suffers from this 'innocent guilt'. He is the son of a father who has committed some wrong doing. This father's "sin" is passed on to Oedipus. Steiner also brings up the idea that sins are forgiven in the Christian society. This is an honest belief in modern society. If you repent for your sins HE will forgive you.
Steiner goes on to speak of the secrets that women keep. Women were expected to be the leaky vessel. Then he goes on to say how this idealism has changed over time. Women were the ones who were admired for keeping those secrets. I think that Steiner is saying that Antigone is that woman. She was the vessel where the secrets were locked up. She was a hugely admired character by Steiner. I think that is why he believes that she is a good person.

I'm not quite sure if that's what we're supposed to do, but it's done.

Ok so, Anna Nicole may look like amodern day Marilyn. She is far from the real thing though. We as a society are obsessed with celebrities. That is why I know who Anna Nicole is.
Marilyn was a famous person long before she fell into the Playboy scene. Anna Nicole was defined and made into a star by being a playmate. http://www.marilynmonroe.com/about/bio.html This is a biography of Marilyn. She was a true icon for people. Anna Nicole was a joke. She put her life out there for us to see which is brave. What the public saw as Anna Nicole put it out there was a little too much to see. She is a laughing stock and she puts Marilyn's name to shame by thinking she can be just like her.

Conversation

This is an example of how things go while I'm with my boyfriend and my sister calls me.

Me: Hey! What's up?

Tawnya: Nothing what are you doing?

Me: Nothing Kev and I are just watching t.v. What are you doing?

Tawnya: Oh nice. I'm shopping with Mom. Mackinzie is being a monster cuz she's teething. She won't freaking shut up! But, whatever... What are you doing tonight?

Me: Probably drinking or going out or something. We'll probably just end up sitting at home.

Tawnya: Well, we should get together when I get home for a drink at mom's house. Matt's working so, I have Mackinzie all night. We can't go out.

Me: Damn! Well, I guess I'll call you when we figure things out.

The phone conversation ends. Then my boyfriend gives me a strange look.

Kevan: What did she want?

Me: Nothing really. Just wanted to know what we were doing.

Kevan: Why does she want to know?

Me: I don't know. We might get together for a drink or something later.

Kevan: Doesn't she have the baby?

Me: Yeah. We were going to drop her off with you.

Kevan: Right!?!

Me: I'm serious. Don't you want to babysit for a couple of hours.

Kevan: I wouldn't know what to do!

Me: I was just kidding! We are going to Mom's to have a drink. You can come, but I don't know how much fun you'll have. It's like a girls night in.

Kevan: I don't get how you got all that information from that two second, "what's up?" conversation. You guys confuse me.

Me: You probably won't ever get it so, just let it go.

Kevan: Yeah and stuff!

Slacker

Sorry Im slacking on my posts! I need to post my notes etc. from the 8th till now. So here we go.
February 8th
Stichomythia- row speech
Hubris- an example of hubris is whenAgamemnon walks on the red carpet, which is reserved for the Gods. It's doing something that is reserved only for the gods.
en-theos- being possessed by one of the Gods.

The Furies are the gods and goddesses of the underworld. Here is a page I found that explains them a little more in depth. At the bottom of the page there is a link to a picture of The Furies.
http://www.loggia.com/myth/erinyes.html

February 12th
imaginal- This is different from imaginary because imaginary isn't real.
courtesan- staple in Roman comedy, a prostitute kept by a rich man because she is a gold digger. (Can anyone say Pretty Woman?)
Cleopatra was a courtesan who committed suicide very dramatically. She was not a prostitute, but she was a kept woman.
knot intrinsicate- Cleopatra said it. She meant that it was a knot that could never be undone.
Steiner misquotes her as saying "mortal coil" which she did not say!
Genius- a tutelary spirit inside you. Related to genie, but not I dream of genie. Invoking this genius makes you smart.

Screed ( I found this at www.Dictionary.com)
–noun
1. a long discourse or essay, esp. a diatribe.
2. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
3. Building Trades.
a. a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
b. a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
c. a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
4. British Dialect. a fragment or shred, as of cloth.
5. Scot.
a. a tear or rip, esp. in cloth.
b. a drinking bout. –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6. Scot. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.

Life is an imitation of art. ASSIGNMENT... go out and consciously imitate art! Write about it.