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title: Reflecting on the Myth of Cassandra
description: A proposal for reflecting on the myth of Cassandra.
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  name: Graciela Paula Caldeiro
  url: http://graciela-caldeiro.idoneos.com
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<h2 id="reflexionando-sobre-el-mito-de-casandra">Reflecting on the Myth of Cassandra</h2>

**Relevant topics:** The following are some of the themes that could be considered under this working proposal

-   Foolishness
    
-   Anticipating the future
    

<h2 id="propuestas-de-trabajo">Working proposals</h2>

**Basic reading material:**

[Click here to read the myth of Cassandra](/en/casandra/)

Questions for reflection in small groups, followed by a plenary discussion:

> -   What might Apollo's curse symbolize?
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> -   Is it possible to anticipate what is to come, beyond "divination"? Why?
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> -   To what situations in today's life could Cassandra's predictions be compared?
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> -   What sometimes leads us not to believe in what everything indicates is truly going to happen?
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  <img src="/casandra/reflexionando_sobre_el_mito_de_casandra/resources/commons-83791588.jpg" width="1151" height="1600" alt="Cassandra predicts the fall of Troy. Bernard Picart (1731), Rijksmuseum." loading="lazy" decoding="async">
  <figcaption>Cassandra predicts the fall of Troy. Bernard Picart (1731), Rijksmuseum.<br>Source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cassandra_voorspelt_de_ondergang_van_Troje,_RP-P-1906-2810.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wikimedia Commons</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en" rel="license">CC0</a>.</figcaption>
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<h2 id="otras-alternativas-de-perfil-de-perfil-ludico">Other alternatives with a playful profile</h2>

> -   Reflect on situations with a potential future impact in which society or individuals refuse to believe (examples: global warming, pollution, the effects of smoking, child malnutrition, social problems)
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> -   Divide the group into two teams and separately draw up highly probable predictions regarding a specific issue (for example, some group problem) and write them in a prophetic style. Then exchange the texts and consider the reasons why someone might refuse to accept such probable prophecies.
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