Part I: Direct Quotation

Choose ONE direct quotation from the e-source reading “The Apology Of Socrates” and give an analysis of it.

There are three things you must keep in mind when developing a quotation analysis. First, it is plagiarism to copy directly out of some source without citing it, so you will have to include small quotations that are accompanied by your own words. Second, it shows a bad understanding of the information to cite the source too much, so the majority of your analysis should be your own writing style and thoughts. Third, you will need to use the information as it is given from some other source to provide authority to your interpretations, so if you include a paragraph of quotation analysis in your writing you will be able to support your position, get some really good writing done, and confront the ideas in a way that is meaningful to you.

Use this three-part structure for a good quotation analysis paragraph that shows you understand and can use the material, but can also say things for yourself. Once you have chosen a small quotation from the text:

1. Introduce the quotation and why you chose it.

2. Place the quotation in your paragraph, use quotation marks, and provide an MLA in-text citation. An MLA in-text citation includes the author, abbreviation (texts without authors), or web-page followed by the page or paragraph number in parentheses. For example, (Plato par. 32) The college library has resources for understanding MLA style.

3. Paraphrase the quotation by putting it in your own words, then explain its significance for making an interpretation. Use your own words and speaking style.

Part II: Choose ONE of these questions and provide a response of at least 250 words. Be sure to include the 4 parts of a great response, and identify the prompt that you are responding to.

1. Despite the democratic system that valued political autonomy, the Greeks united to fight the Persians in the Persian Wars of 492-449BCE. Identify one other time in history that people have set aside their differences, given up some of their autonomy, and united their economic, intellectual, or physical resources to fight for a common cause. Your example does not have to be contemporary to the Ancient Greek example, nor does it have to be militaristic.

2. Review the characteristics of the Good and the Bad person that are outlined in the e-source reading of Plato’s Gorgias myth. Describe a concrete (real-life) example of a person acting in one of these ways, and explain how your example would be evaluated, and thus labeled Good/Bad according to Plato’s moral philosophy.

3. Plato’s world-view is obviously similar to the later perspective of Christianity. Characteristic of both is a dualistic idea that people are a combination of BOTH body (physical) and spirit (intellectual). Give your strongest argument position to defend OR refute dualism, then create a brief dialogue in which you defend your position against a fictional objector.