MYTHOLOGY FINAL TASK
Read “The Coming of Evil”
Based on the plot, conflicts,
characters, and themes of the myth,
complete the following task:
 Create your own 21st
Century “Pandora’s Box”
 Fill it with at least objects
that represent 10 of today’s
modern day evils
 Ie. Some of the evils may be
the same as those
mentioned in the original
myth, but what issues exist
today that would be unique
to our society that would
not affect Greek Civilization
 Fill it with at least 1 object
that represents hope in
today’s society
Be prepared to share your final
product with the class along with a
clear, coherent visual explanation of
your box and its objects.
Review the notes on “The Hero’s
Journey”
Using all the stages of the
archetypal journey, trace the path
of the protagonist in To Kill a
Mockingbird.
 Use subheadings and
symbols to identify each
stage of the journey
 Use textual evidence and
examples to illustrate each
stage and prove that the
character travels through
each stage
 Concentrate significantly on
the final two stages to
identify and explain the
transformation of the
protagonist
Be prepared to share your final
analysis with the class in a visual
format.
Read “Midas”
Based on the plot, conflicts,
characters, and themes of the myth,
complete the following task:
 Create a “power” that can be
given to a mortal today, like
Midas, that can be considered
both a curse and a gift if used
improperly and properly
 Write your own modern day
myth that teaches a lesson,
similar to that found in
“Midas” but set in the 21st
century and that incorporates
the cause and effect of the
power
 Make sure that your myth
contains all 6 elements of
plot.
Be prepared to share your final
product with the class in visual form.
Your target audience should be teens.
Read “Pyramus and Thisbe”
Based on the plot, conflicts,
characters, and themes of the myth,
complete the following task:
 Compare and contrast your
myth to the famous
Shakespearean play Romeo
and Juliet
 Identify and explain at least
10-12 allusions/archetypes
in the play as evidence that
Shakespeare based his play
on the famous Greek myth
Read “Heracles”
Based on the plot, conflicts,
characters, and themes of the myth,
complete the following task:
 Select at least 5 labours that
Hercales has to complete as
part of his penance for killing
his children
 Create 5 modern day labours
that symbolically relate to the
original tasks
You have been recently hired by a
local museum to create a series of
exhibits to teach school children
about Greek Mythology and its
prevalence in today’s 21st century.
 Select any 4 of the
Olympians
 Select 6 other figures/
characters/monsters etc.
from Greek Mythology
 Identify the significance of
the figure to Greek
Mythology, his/her domain,
powers, traits, etc.
 Illustrate the significance of
the Greek figures in today’s
society by locating and
identifying relevant
allusions to the
figures/objects/items in
today’s society
Be prepared to share your Gallery
with the rest of the class in
electronic/visual form.
Be prepared to share a visual
representation of your creation and
analysis for the class.
Make sure that you draw concrete
connections between what Heracles
had to do in the Greek myth, why,
the outcome of each, the symbolic
significance of each, etc. and how
each 21st century labour connects to
the original myth.
Be prepared to share your final
analysis with the class using a visual
product with a graphic chart with
images/symbols to outline
archetypal characters/
settings/symbols/situations, etc.