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Myth, Values, Culture, & Psyche: An Essay

Inspired by Tim Murray’s Myth Tetrad

Major Work, 60 points

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, psyche is “the

soul, mind, or personality” of a human. Through reading, writing, and

discussion we’ve looked at the connections between myth, culture, values, and individuals. Now I am asking

you to bring all of these ideas together to consider how mythology affected ancient Greek people, and more

importantly, how mythology and its values affect you.

The rubric and grading for this essay will focus on the ideas and content, organization, voice, word

choice, and conventions.

Here is the prompt:

What is a cultural value passed on through Greek mythology? How was this value

important to ancient Greek people, and how is it important to you today?

Write an essay that explores this question by focusing on the questions below:

• What was the complex message shared about that value in ancient Greek mythology

and how was it communicated in a variety of stories?

• Why was this value important to individuals in ancient Greece and how do you think it

affected their beliefs and behaviors?

• How does your current culture in the 21

century view this value now, and how is that

message communicated today?

• What is your personal view of this value and how does your understanding of it in

Greek mythology and current culture affect or influence your own beliefs and

behavior?

At the end of your essay, include a Sources Consulted list in MLA format. Include a citation for

Mythology by Edith Hamilton, and the resources you used for research.

The Writing Process- A quick and specific review

1. Prewriting- You have already started this. Your reading and notes for Edith Hamilton’s Mythology,

presentation, notes on other presentations, research, and journal writing will help you. Now, take time to

look at it and organize your thoughts about the prompt in some form of prewriting. What will work best

for you and the task? Take about 10 minutes to think; it will save you time later. A few format ideas:

a. Web or Mind Map

b. List

c. Harvard Outline (your roman numerals could be the paragraphs)

d. T-Chart

e. Free-Write

2. Drafting- Write the first draft of your essay. Look at the rubric as you go, so you actively working on

the skills that are being assessed, but don’t be focused on perfection or conventions. You’ll work on that

later. Trying to be perfect now will kill creative thought.

3. Revising- Make improvements to the Ideas, Organization, and Voice of your essay. In other words, the

content and language you are getting graded on. Focus on these:

q Answer the questions and stay on the topic.

q Be sure you have developed the complexity of the topic, explained it clearly, and supported

with specific details. Check the accuracy of your support from the book and your research.

q Use specific support for your thesis and conclusions. Summarize ideas and story elements that

prove your points, don’t write a long summary.

q Improve the introduction and conclusion.

q Check the transitions, topic sentences, and paragraph organization.

q Change the order of the ideas to improve clarity.

Myth, Values, Culture, Psyche: An Essay

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