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Write an essay on the importance of critique in the texts we read by Beccaria and Kant. A “critique” is a systematic analysis and assessment of something. A critique challenges assumptions that get in the way of thinking the critique through. Do these authors develop their critiques far enough? DO NOT use external sources. Your paper should give equal consideration to each thinker.
Start your paper with 1-2 paragraphs that cover the following:
Analyse Frankenstein and Parasite, and compare the two to the Beast.
‘Focusing upon two texts, critically analyse the ways in which the figure of the beast is presented’.
Read Edgar Allan Poe’s, The Man of The Crowd. conduct a critical literary analysis of Poe’s work. Develop your thesis.
Consider the role o setting or context in the story. Consider how the protagonist’s relationship with the setting reveals his/her identity and development. Must include a reference page, title page, and follow APA format.
After having read “The Abolition of Man,” by C.S Lewis and “Leviathan” by Thomas Hobbes this is the questioned probed:
C.S. Lewis could argue that Thomas Hobbes is a “conditioner,” whose aim is (whether he avows it or not) the “Abolition of man.”
What evidence could C.S. Lewis draw from “Leviathan” to support this description of the substance and implications of Hobbes’s argument? Evaluate this claim. Do you agree or disagree—in part or wholly—with it? Explain your assessment.
What was Oscar Wilde’s personality like?
b. What is a great story from Oscar Wilde’s life that is unique to him, and not many
other people have experienced.
c. Why was Oscar Wilde who he was? What made him into the man he became?
This essay must contain:
1. Quotes and paraphrases to support your main points.
2. This evidence must have in text citations
3.must contain works cited
4. The words “you and your” are not allowed to be used
5.MLA FORMAT ONLY
6.not to be written in first person
7. Minimum of 500 words
Write a character analysis on the protagonist from the short story Edgar Allen poe the tell-tale heart.
Write a critical/analytical essay discussing the challenges women face in the English-speaking Caribbean and their ways of coping and surviving as evidenced in the stories assigned for this class. Do not include references to Annie John or Crick Crack Monkey.
Nunez, Elizabeth and Jennifer Sparrow. Stories from Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers
at Home and Abroad. Seal/Avalon, 2006. 10: 1-58005-139-1. This is an anthology and contains stories by all the writers to be discussed.
Make a plan and Identify at least three challenges that Caribbean women face as evidenced in the stories you have read. Cite at least two stories for each challenge. Discuss the ways women cope and succeed as evidenced in the stories you select.
1. Class and color discrimination: Senior, Marshall, Nourbese Philip, Edgell, Hopkinson.
2. Gender discrimination: McWatt, Hemans, Brand
3. Limited economic options for women in the Caribbean: Leach, Brand, Powell
4. Police corruption and violence against women: Mordecai, Cezair-Thompson
5. Alienation experienced by white Caribbean women: Rhys, Cliff
6. Struggles for educational opportunities for female children: Collins, Pollard, Hemans, Cliff
7. The consequences of emigration ( leaving the Caribbean): Levy and Marshall
8. Coping with the social, psychological, economic effects of the history of slavery and colonization: Melville, Hopkinson
must included in text citations from book.
In the beginning of “Hamlet” and “Proof,” the protagonists communicate with their deceased fathers. Compare/contrast the plot movement purposes behind Hamlet’s and Catherine’s communication with their deceased fathers. Plot movement is the action/what happens in the play. How does each protagonist’s conversation with his/her ghost father move the plot/action of the play?
Compare and contrast similarities or differences in the purpose of each ghost’s visit. (Are there any similarities or differences in the purpose of each ghost’s visit? Hint: if there aren’t any similarities, examine the differences.)
Use at least one quotation from each play in intro paragraph
Compare/contrast the roles of 2 of the primary antagonists in each play in the major obstacles/conflicts Hamlet and Catherine face. This means to write about how 2 antagonists from each play cause problems for the protagonist in each play. (Are there any similarities or differences? Hint: if there aren’t any similarities, examine the differences.)
Compare/contrast the primary romantic interest of each protagonist and its effect on the plot of the play.
Compare and contrast the notion that either protagonist from “Hamlet” or “Proof” is mentally unstable.
Use at least one quotation from each play in each body paragraph
Compare/contrast the end of each play. In the end, what is the theme of each play? State the theme of each play as the major lesson learned about life from the play’s conclusion.
The writer Annie Dillard once observed, “How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and that one is what we are doing.
You have completed 13 weeks now in a class learning skills to assist you in achieving your dreams and goals. If we consider that how we did the class is how we will do the future, what do you feel that says about your future?
What were your strengths? (Maybe you did every assignment and showed up to every class period this semester in a timely manner—go you!) What were the places where you struggled? (Maybe every journal wasn’t a deep dive for you.
You’re still a good person and now you can focus in on those lessons later!) What were the areas where you still aren’t where you need to be? (Maybe you have always had problems with self motivation— what tools do you have now to assist you in addressing the issue?)
Consider the themes that we discussed in class over the past week or two and the themes brought up in this interview: https://www.salon.com/2011/02/20/victorians_2/
Then write a response that identifies any connections you see between Swinburne and/or Rossetti on the one hand and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest on the other. What similarities or differences do you see between these texts? What conversations are they participating in together? etc.
Swinburne readings we did in class to reference for the essay:
http://swinburnearchive.indiana.edu/swinburne/view#docId=swinburne/acs0000001-01-i037.xml;query=;brand=swinburne
http://swinburnearchive.indiana.edu/swinburne/view#docId=swinburne/acs0000001-01-i016.xml;query=;brand=swinburne
Rosetti Readings we did in class to reference for the essay:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market
