Step inside your mind and into the library of books you've read. Which one best represents the painting below and why? You must use a quote from the book chosen to back up your choice. You may step outside of the classical book shelf to make your choice.
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
3rd Quarter Blog Post 2
Find a theme song for The Handmaid's Tale. Include: the title of the song, a link to the song on YouTube, what the theme is and why you chose it, and a direct quote to support your choice. Song sample example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc
3rd Quarter Blog One
“Is The Handmaid's Tale feminist?” and “Is it anti-religious?” Please reread the introduction to The Handmaid's Tale on Atwood's answers to these questions, but also take into account the story itself. Many critics have seen it as both feminist and anti-religious, but many have not. Make your claim, back it with evidence and deep analysis.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
December 7-11
In the opening scene of As You Like It, Many critics say Orlando and Oliver actually agree on something and yet they get into a physical altercation. What is it they are fighting over exactly? What is it they agree on?
December 1-4
As You Like It begins with a conflict between what is and what was. Or so the characters think. Actually though, the parallel scenes in the de Boys orchard and Duke Frederick’s court show that the real problem is the idea that it is possible to separate past and present at all. This unstable opposition takes a number of different forms in the play. Shakespeare explores it in two main ways: the relationship between blood and law in determining status, and the relationship between Nature and Fortune in determining a person’s fate. Pick one of these ways and explain how it plays out in a particular scene from Act I in the play. Answer, cite and explain.
Friday, November 20, 2020
Week November 23
Chaucer was heavily into numerology and astrology. Could this have an effect on why the Wife of Bath had 5 husbands? Could this new information make her trustworthy or less trustworthy?
3rd Quarter Blog Post 3
Step inside your mind and into the library of books you've read. Which one best represents the painting below and why? You must use a q...
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Find a theme song for The Handmaid's Tale. Include: the title of the song, a link to the song on YouTube, what the theme is and why you ...
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In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, most critics have noted her name, Ratched, as recalling ratchet to connect her as obviously as pos...
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Week 2 Prompt 1: Chose a book, short story, or movie that reflects chapter 1 of: How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Explain your an...