Monday, November 2, 2009

Class Summary for 10/29/09

  • "hebel" translates as "breath".
  • There are two types of wisdom.
    • Hamlet - Skeptical wisdom ("to be, or not to be") deep, dark stuff.
      • The pain of the discovery of life's temporality.
    • Polonius - Practical wisdom, prudential ("neither a borrower or a lender be")
  • Blogs to read: Kathryn's.
  • Job 42: 2-5
  • Islam - Literally translates to "submit/submission"
  • Job realizes that he can/must question God
  • Psalm 23
  • Job 32, an evil redactor at work.
  • The Daughters of Job.
  • Frye 191-197 (for the test)
  • Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    • Disconnect between crime and sufering.

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