What kind of conclusions can you make about British literature since 1785? Do the three items fit with the prevailing notions of the time? If not, why might that be the case? You might even want to bring in current events to compare/contrast with the literary works in question. One caveat: Avoid writing a great deal about the authors’ lives.
Compare the missionaries from Things Fall Apart to the mining company in Radiance of Tomorrow. Did one of them have more of a negative impact than the other? What positives could be taken from them? How could both of these entities have resulted in more positive change? Refer to both books and at least one outside source.
Discuss how Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess and Anna Kemp’s The Worst Princess translate the main idea(s) of the text with the visual elements of colour, shape and symbol.
1. [3 points] Using at least ONE specific example from Nealon’s and Giroux’s sixth chapter ONLY (N&G’s “Ideology”), clearly compare AND contrast the “two senses of ideology” that the authors refer to as “prescriptive” and “descriptive.” Be as specific as possible.
2. [3 points] Although neither Kant nor Hegel explicitly focused on gender differences in their major philosophical treatises, Genevieve Lloyd illustrates how their works have nevertheless lent themselves to the containment and exclusion of women. Using at least ONE specific example from Lloyd’s The Man of Reason ONLY, clearly and precisely explain how the philosophies of BOTH Kant and Hegel might suppress womankind.
3. [2 points] In her section on “Versailles and Kant,” Cynthia Freeland discusses why Kant was interested in the specific type of gardens one would find at Versailles. Using details and examples from Freeland’s chapter ONLY, clearly and precisely discuss what Versailles’ gardens help to illustrate about Kant’s aesthetics.
4. [2 points] Using at least ONE specific example from Bennett and Royle’s chapter “Ideology” ONLY, clearly and precisely discuss one way in which their reading of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Purloined Letter” helps to explain how ideology might function in literature.
Who tries to set up Mira? How does her family respond?
Why doesn’t the neuropsychologist call Mira back?
What does Mira’s mom tell her that made her “want to cry the most”? Why do you think Mira felt this way?
How does Mira know Jed? What’s his current profession?
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Look for pathos in the speech. Identify using quotes from the speech.
What are the specialized topoi to lead the audience into feeling?
Look for ethos in the speech. Identify using quotes from the speech.
How does the speaker create credibility?
Does your past define you? How much of what a person has been through determines who he is at the moment? Do certain things weigh more heavily than others? Does Citizen’s guilt over Garret Brown’s death make him a bad person? Does Solly’s work with the Underground Railroad earn him dispensation from any wrongs he may perpetrate now? Did it surprise you to learn that he burned down the mill? Why do you think he did it? What about Black Mary? How do all of her past relationships with men affect the way she deals with them now?
Prompt:
Given an account of Levinasian ethics, as it is characterized by Butler in her text ‘Precarious life’. Explain, particularly, what Levinas means by the ‘face’ and indeed how the prohibitions ‘thou shalt not kill’ seems inscribed on that very visage.
Review the questions below and write a quality, thorough essay that includes reference to the Elements of Literary Analysis and story details. Responses should not be story summaries, but answers that directly address the questions
Akutagawa explores the nature of truth and the possibility of knowing truth objectively in his story “In the Grove.” How does the author present this theme through the events and the characters of the story?
Why were fantastic and gothic stories so popular in the Victorian Era?
What was a woman question in Victorian Era?
What does it mean that Shakespeare was an innovator of English Language?
What was original about William Blake’s work?
What was so revolutionary about Thomas Moor’s Utopia?
Why is God described like a War-chief in Beowulf?
