Pandora's Box - An Ancient Greek MythAuthor This text is written and published on a website alled 'Myths and Legends'
Illustrator unknown Publisher 'E2BN Myths and Legends', Hertfordshire, U.K. SG7 5EZ Date 2006 |
Pandora's Box - Text 'It was just a simple box. What was in it? Could it be gold, or silver, even precious stones? Surely just taking a very quick look inside couldn't do any harm - could it?' |
Text Features
This narrative style text is published in a website called 'Myths and Legends' which has been designed for use by school children. The text is presented in an easy to read chronological format with narrative features of orientation, complication and resolution.
The characters in the story are typical of many myths, namely a powerful God (Zeus), and other gods (Athene, Aphrodite and Hermes) two mortals (brothers called Prometheus and Epimetheus) and a beautiful female character (Pandora). The characters are recognisable by the reader which aids comprehension. The story itself reflects the ideas of good and evil which are typical of many myths, legends and fairy tales and the story contains an important message or moral which requires the students to infer meaning from the text.
Language Features
The text consists largely of compound and complex sentences and incorporates descriptive language, e.g. 'the look of excitement on her face quickly turned to one of disappointment and then horror'.
The regular use of verbs and adverbs help to build the excitement of the story, e.g. 'Epimetheous ran into the room to see why she was crying in pain'.
Other Textual Features
In addition to the Text, the website contains an outline of the Origins of Pandora's Box and a Movie. These additional features of the website provide opportunities for the students to understand the background of the myth and how it developed, and to experience the story with a variety of senses.
Audience
Middle to Upper Primary (Year 5 - Year 7)
Genre
Non-fiction
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