Monday, March 5, 2007

NOTES FROM MARCH 5, 2007



Verdigo: dizziness from infinite depths


Poesis: greek word for making something up


Logos: greek word for truth


Mythos: greek word for story


---put mythos ontop of Logos = mythologos = mythologies


Symbol-comes from symboline


SYMPOSIUM


-It's more important to be loved then to be the lover


-Levels of the Wizard of Oz


---nieve belief


---skepticism, disbelief, withdrawl, stage of terror




Imortality=the soul


Virtue= good


"The greatest lovers of all are philosopers"


LYSISTRATA


-Lewd and Crude


-Classical Smut


-Shameless




---Tragedy: the second is to die, the first is to have been born at all; its not even worth it. life is something that should not have been.


---New Tragedy is to not have lived......COMEDY..."MORE LIFE!!"


(RENT "7 Beauties" from Hastings)


The differences between old comedy and new comedy:


Old contains politics


New is bot wants girl...bot can't get girl....boy gets girl.




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