How Gustave Flaubert in “A Simple Heart” and Guy De Maupassant in “A Day in the Country” use characters, settings, symbols and narration techniques to brings out the theme of Degrading Bourgeoisie?
Identify and explain a shared theme that links the three Frost poems from this week’s discussion posts. The poems are The Road Not Taken, Fire and Ice, and Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.
Purpose: To learn how to use “evidence” reasonably and logically to make your case persuasively; to learn how to analyze and critique literary texts to make an original thesis; to master using expected academic “moves” or conventions in argumentative writing; to perform an analysis of multiple texts and provide textual evidence to support a claim; […]
As a final demonstration of your knowledge of Hamlet, you will be writing an essay on one of the play’s motifs. Your task is to examine the use of a motif and trace the development of a theme centered on the motif (recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform […]
Poem: Water hollows stone, wind scatters water, stone stops the wind. Water, wind, stone. Wind carves stone, stone’s a cup of water, water escapes and is wind. Stone, wind, water. Wind sings in its whirling, water murmurs going by, unmoving stone keeps still. Wind, water, stone. Each is another and no other: crossing and vanishing […]
Each answer should be two to three paragraphs in length. Make sure that you do not discuss the same poem in your two answers. Do not use 2nd person (you). Please double space. This essay test should not require research or citations. You may quote from the poems or lectures without having to use parenthetical […]
Read the play that is uploaded it as the attached file. Selection of topic Choose a theme based on the following suggestions, or propose one of your own. Try to derive a specific theme (e.g instead of “Love” which is very broad, try sacrificial love or unrequited love or agape love, or instead of “confusion” […]
Choose just one of the following prompts and write a convincing essay, four to six paragraphs in length, about the book you read for summer reading. The last paragraph of your essay should be a review in which you explain reasons for either recommending or not recommending the book. Using specific examples from the text […]
Compare and contrast a selected theme, for example, revenge from recent readings. Discuss the motives of specific characters. Who is more/less justified in their actions? What are the differences in the behavior? Defend your choices with examples from the readings. Which characters are more/less sympathetic? What unintended consequences follow from the actions of these individuals? […]
This essay should revolve around the theme of internal and external conflict in The Ghost Road by Pat Barker.
