09 Jul Create Your Own Greek Mythological Character

Create Your Own Greek Mythological Character 

Invent a character similar to the ones we have studied in the course. Write an essay about the character you have created. Be sure to use proper and complete sentences and paragraphs while using formal English conventions when writing. 

Your essay should have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. The introduction should properly introduce your character and essay. The introduction is an opportunity to lay out for the reader what exactly will be discussed in the essay. The body of the essay should include all relevant information about your character in a logical and coherent manner. The conclusion should adequately summarize the content of your essay and draw the essay to a close. In this way, your introduction and conclusion may be similar. Please avoid presenting new information about your character in the conclusion. To clarify, you are not telling a story in your own words about a myth, but you are to present information about a mythological character AND ALSO show how that character fits into Greek mythology. This is an essay about a character, not the telling of a myth. The questions below should help you decide what kind of information to include in the essay. When you are creating your own character, you will make up the answers to these questions. The questions listed below are guidelines only; it will not be possible to answer all of them in your essay. Try to present the information without having to ask these questions within your essay itself. 

Introduction 

Give a brief overview of what the body of the essay will contain. The order of information mentioned in the introduction should be the order of the information found in the body of your essay. 

• Please include information about your character and Greek Mythology in your introduction. Therefore, please avoid phrases such as, and similar to:
  • My name is Ian and my essay will be about 
  • I decided to write my essay on 
  • I find Greek Mythology interesting, and character X really relates to my personality 
  • It has been said that or It is written 

Body 

The body of the essay will contain pertinent information about your character. The questions below should help guide you in determining what type of information to include. Try and group similar pieces of information together in separate paragraphs with proper topic sentences, appropriate transition words, and sentences that end your paragraph and transition to the next paragraph, etc. For example, one good paragraph could cover all information about the characters familial relationships, and another could be about how the character actually fits into a myth in Greek mythology. In this way, you could present your information thematically or chronologically. If you find that your paragraphs are only two or three sentences long, then youre probably doing it wrong. Please do not write an essay based on a character from the media. Make up your own character based upon information you have learned from your lesson in Greek mythology. 

• Where was he/she born? 
• Who were the characters friends and enemies? (Made up or from actual Greek mythological characters) 
• Does the character have any brothers or sisters? (Made up or from actual Greek mythological characters) 
• Does the character have a spouse or partner? (Made up or from actual Greek mythological characters) 
• Does the character have any children? (Made up or from actual Greek mythological characters) 
• What does the character look like? 
• Where did the character live? 
• Does the character have any special powers or skills? 
• What was the characters personality like? 
• Is the character a god or goddess of something? 
• What symbols are associated with the character? 
• How did the character die? 
• What myths is this character involved in? 
• **Did this character help teach a lesson or explain something? 

Conclusion 

• Give a brief summary of the character based on what you have presented in your essay, and tie it back to your introduction. As you might see, your entire essay is tied together in a neat bundle of coherent information. End your essay with the moral or lesson we can learn from your made-up character 
• Avoid presenting new information about your character in the conclusion. Your conclusion is a summary! 
• Avoid personal reflection statements in your conclusion, such as: 
  • In researching this character, I have learned that 
  • As we can see, this characters lessons for us are 
  • In conclusion or To summarize 

Formalities 

• At the beginning of your essay in the top left hand corner, include your full name, professor name, course name, code, and section, and date submitted. 
• Give your essay a descriptive title. 
• Please do not use a title page or pictures, graphics, or photographs. 
• Look over the rubric that will be used to mark the report; it will give you a good idea of what is expected. 
• Use paragraphs and check your spelling and grammar before submitting the report. 
• Dont wait until the last minute to start writing the report. It will probably take longer than you think!. 
• There are many Greek Mythology websites and books listed in the Resources section of the course site. 
• At the end of your essay, please indicate the number of words found in the text of your essay. Your essay should be a maximum of 500 words, and you begin losing marks for word count at more than 575 words and less than 425 words.