English 2123:  Odysseys
     Spring 2010

"Character is destiny."  -  Heraclitus

 

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Viewings are in Herget Hall at 8 p.m.:  You are required to see two and write a response for each.

   

 

Troy

The plains of Troy look magnificent even though the story would make Homer wince. Lots of Hollywood inaccuracies in this epic tour de force, but Brad Pitt's Achilles never looked so good.

 

 

 

 

About a Boy

A smug Londoner divides his day into self-absorbed units that leave no room for anything but himself, hmm. What would Aristotle say?

 

   

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

This medieval romp with King Arthur's court is outrageous, absurd and very funny.

 

 

 

A TV Dante: The Inferno

You'll meet naked, writhing souls who are sorry they landed in Dante's Inferno.

 

             
     

Seven

Two homicide detectives hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins.

 

 

 

Renaissance Man

An ad man does         Shakespeare for the Double Ds of Army Fort McClane.

 



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