DUNE By Frank Herbert ARRAKIS DUNE DESERT PLANET

DUNE By: Frank Herbert

ARRAKIS - DUNE – DESERT PLANET

DUNE – DESERT PLANET No Precipitation falls on Arrakis Worms are huge desert creatures that live in the deep sands of the desert The Spice – MELANGE – (similar in color and taste to cinnamon) is found ONLY on Arrakis. It is critical to the spacing guild’s ability to fold space for travel.

THE FREMEN

THE FREMEN The native people of Dune are called – Fremen The Fremen can live in the desert with the assistance of still suits that maintain and reprocess as much of their moisture as possible. Water is the only thing of value to a Fremen. The Fremen are very religious/ superstitious /the eat a diet rich in spice which has given them blue within blue eyes. Chrysknife – the ritual weapon of a Fremen – ground from a worm’s tooth – very important

SANDWORMS Shai-Hulud: the name of the Sandworm of Arrakis – aka the “old man of the desert” – “Old Father Eternity” and “Grandfather of the Desert” Sandworms are also referred to as “the makers” – they create the WATER OF LIFE – an “illuminating” poison… Water of Life – is the liquid exhalation of a sandworm produced at the moment of its death from drowning which is then changed within the body of a Reverend Mother to become the narcotic used to increase the “awareness spectrum”

SANDWORM

CALADAN Home to House Atreides

CALADAN A planet rich in water resources Home to House Atreides for 26 generations

SPACE GUILD NAVIGATORS – USE MELANGE TO FOLD SPACE

PREPARING TO FOLD SPACE TRAVEL WITHOUT MOVING

ATREIDES ARRIVAL ON DUNE

GIEDI PRIME Home Planet of House Harkonnen

GEIDI PRIME Is the Home Planet of House Harkonnen It is a dark, industrial planet It is filthy and unpleasant Covered with slave pits Ruled by the Baron Vladimir Haronnen, a cruel and extremely obese man

SALUSA SECUNDUS Emperor’s Prison Planet

SALUSA SECUNDUS This is the Emperor’s PRISON PLANET Sardaukar death troops – an elite terror force – are recruited and trained on Salusa Secundus. There is a 60% mortality rate for prisoners.

BENE GESSERIT SISTERHOOD VS. MENTATS Mentats – super human computers Run by the spacing guild embodiment of logic and reason A Mentat's capabilities can be greatly increased by taking sapho juice, but using it leads to addiction. Founded at the same time as the Mentat school Seek to protect humanity Plant religious information for protection Trying to create the super being of the universe – through a program of controlled breeding

THE KWISATZ HADERACH Bridge space and time

THE KWISATZ HADERACH “Shortening of the Way” The label applied by the Bene Gesserit to the Unknown for which they sought a genetic solution… In other words…a male bene Gesserit whose organic mental powers would bridge space and time…the ultimate in evolution. Paul Atredis – Is he the Kwisatz Haderach?

THEMES AND SYMBOLS

TOPICS FOR THEME DEVELOPMENT Religion and Power § The Bene Gesserit § The Orange Catholic Bible § Missionaria Protectiva – planted “prophesy” and religion used to protect members of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood § Exploitation of Religion in order to control the Fremen

TOPICS FOR THEME DEVELOPMENT Human Control Over Ecology § Availability of water § Proximity of sandworms § Unstable weather patterns § § Ethics of changing the planet Environment has made the Fremen what they are Animals – the Maud’ dib might die Destruction of the worm, and thus melange

MOTIFS – RECURRING STRUCTURES, CONTRASTS OR LITERARY DEVICES THAT DEVELOP AND INFORM THEMES Inheritance and Nepotism Precognition

SYMBOLS – ELEMENTS IN A NOVEL THAT STAND FOR MORE THAN JUST THE OBVIOUS Melange § Dependence on outside substances – drugs, gas, etc… Water § Fremen refer to blood as “the body’s water” - thus water is the blood of the planet/universe

Enjoy the journey!