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.