Write a two-page double-spaced (500 word) essay that answers the questions below. (note the number of points per question) Make sure you write an essay, not phrases or just answers to each question. You need to cover the material in an essay. You should reference ideas from the video lectures you watched.
Choose ONE of the following quotations and answer the questions below (follow ALL instructions!).
A. Only the curses of the departed are to be feared.
B. As if the timelessness of the ancestor world and the unborn have joined spirits to wring an issue of the elusive being of passage.
C. Sir, I cannot talk this matter to you in that dress. I no fit.
D. I am not sure. It sounds like the death of a great chief and then, it sounds like the wedding of a great chief. It really mix me up.
E. I dont find it morbid at all. I find it rather inspiring. It is an affirmative commentary on life[] That captains self-sacrifice.
F. The regrets of life always come later.
G. Why do you labour at tasks for which no one, not even the man lying there would give you thanks?
H. No, child, it is what you brought to be, you who play with strangers lives, who even usurp the vestments of our dead, yet believe that the stain of death will not cling to you. The gods demanded only the old expired plantain but you cut down the sap-laden shoot to feed your pride.
Your essay should answer the following questions:
What is the context of the quotation?
Which play is the quotation from? (2 pt)
Who is speaking? (2 pt)
To whom is s/he speaking? (2 pt)
What is the context of the scene? (e.g. what has just happened that is relevant) (4 pts)
What is the literal meaning of the quotation in its context? (2 pt)
What might we take as the greater meaning within the text? (4 pts)
What might we take as the greater meaning, more universally? How does it relate to Ancient Egypt, Creation Myths, or Rock Art? (4 pts)
