• May182012
    Metamorphosis: A Change Would Do You Good?

    POSTED AT 06:57 AM

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    Many stories and films depict the transformation of a human being into another creature  Why do you think people find such stories interesting?  Explain.
     
     
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    Dung Beetle.  JPEG image. 11 May 2009. 

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    McDougall Littel. "Extend Interpretations."  The Language of Literature: World Literature.  Ed. Arthur Applebee. Boston: McDougall Littel, 2006. 1148.
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    May162012
    How Much Land Does a Man Need?

    POSTED AT 07:43 AM

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    How is Tolstoy's 19th century story about a Russian peasant's drive for land relevant to people living in the United States in the 21st century?

     
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    Gravestone.  JPEG image. 11 May 2009.  
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    McDougall Littel. "Extend Interpretations."  The Language of Literature: World Literature.  Ed. Arthur Applebee. Boston: McDougall Littel, 2006. 972.
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    May092012
    The Lorelei

    POSTED AT 09:00 AM

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     "The Lorelei" depicts a man who is overwhelmed by a song.  Think of a time when you have had a strong emotional response to a song.  Why do you think music has such a powerful effect on people?
     
     
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    Lorelei.  JPEG image.  5 May 2009. http://www.goethezeitportal.de/fileadmin/Images/db/wiss/bildende_kunst/illustrationen/bodenstedt_album/KuD_Lorelei__500x645_.jpg
     
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    McDougall Littel. "Extend Interpretations."  The Language of Literature: World Literature.  Ed. Arthur Applebee. Boston: McDougall Littel, 2006. 913.
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    Apr262012
    Julius Caesar: Brutus the Idealist

    POSTED AT 04:16 PM

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    Idealism can be both a strength and a weakness.  Using the character of Brutus, address this two-sided quality.  Do you think that Brutus' idealism helped or hindered him more?  Support your position with textual evidence (And don't forget to cite your evidence from the book!)
     
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    Marcus Brutus.  JPEG image.  20 April 2009.http://swanmore.biz/images/study10small.jpg
     
     
    Prompt (Adapted):

    Costello, Mary E., Stephen Jacobs and Mary Neelan.  Julius Caesar: A Teacher Resource Unit.  The Center for Learning, USA, 1988, 80.
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    Apr252012
    Julius Caesar: Assassination!

    POSTED AT 11:13 AM

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     Are the conspirators justified in killing Caesar? Justify your answer with your own opinion and support from the text.
     
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    Prompt: (adapted)
     
    McWhorter, Patti C. A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.  Signet Publishing: Athens, GA.  2009.
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    Apr242012
    Julius Caesar: The Qualities of a Leader

    POSTED AT 12:32 PM

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    First, discuss what qualities you consider essential for one to be a good leader. Then, based on your reading of Julius Caesar's character throughout the play, discuss whether or not you would consider Julius Caesar to be a good leader as portrayed by William Shakespeare?
     

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    Mar012012
    Sonnets: The Language of Love

    POSTED AT 06:45 AM

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    Do you think any of the poets’ sonnets capture a realistic idea of love? If yes, which one and why?  If not, why not?  Which of the sonnets that you read came closest to your conception of love? 

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    Dark Lady. JPEG image.  5 March 2009.  http://everseradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/DarkLady.JPG
     
    Prompt (adapted):
     
    McDougall Littel. "Extend Interpretations."  The Language of Literature: World Literature.  Ed. Arthur Applebee. Boston: McDougall Littel, 2006. 810, 817.
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    Feb282012
    A Dystopian America

    POSTED AT 07:18 AM

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    Suppose that Raphael Hythloday, the protagonist of St. Thomas More'sUtopia, was transported to the present time.  Do you think he would consider our economy "a kind of conspiracy of the rich"?


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    Utopia. JPEG image.  5 March 2009. http://users.nsula.edu/sinclaird/utopia.jpg
     
    Prompt (adapted):
     
    McDougall Littel. "Extend Interpretations."  The Language of Literature: World Literature.  Ed. Arthur Applebee. Boston: McDougall Littel, 2006. 802.
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    Feb232012
    Dante's Inferno: Contemporary Connections

    POSTED AT 02:11 PM

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    Based on what you have read in the excerpt from Dante's Inferno,to what extent do you think the work is relevant to today's readers?  Explain.
     

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    Dante.  JPEG image.  24 February 2009.  http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/assets/Image/Course_images/dante.jpg
     
    Prompt (adapted):
     
    McDougall Littel. "Extend Interpretations."  The Language of Literature: World Literature.  Ed. Arthur Applebee. Boston: McDougall Littel, 2006. 759.
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    Sep142011
    The Bible as literature

    POSTED AT 08:37 AM

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    In the story of "Noah and the Flood," God says that "the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth."  Do you think that people are more naturally inclined to do evil or to do good? 
     
     
     
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    McDougall Littel. "Activities & Explorations."  The Language of Literature: World Literature.  Ed. Arthur Applebee. Boston: McDougall Littel, 2006. 75.
     
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    Ark.  jpeg image. September 26, 2008. http://k43.pbase.com/o4/74/283874/1/59316992.ark.jpg
     
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