1.  Reflection  Write a TEA paragraph or two in which you discuss the significance of the line "if I defer the grief I will diminish the gift" in Boland's "The Pomegranate."  Can you connect this with any other poems or works we harreve read this term?

In broader terms it would seem she ( the mother) is speaking of being afraid of letting her ( Read more... )

 1. Reflection: Write a personal response to Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" - you may answer one or two of the reading questions if you like, or discuss your feelings about the way Plath presents herself and her relationship both to her father and her husband.

Silvia Plath's "Daddy" seemed to be a very personal piece suggesting her final or assumed final ( Read more... )

1. Reflection
What do you think is the most important lesson to be learned from Oedipus the King?  In other words, is it an awful warning about behavior or respect for the gods, or is it ... well, that's your job.  What's it all about?

I took from Oedipus the king, the impossibility to outrun or outwit your destiny, although Oedipus wasn't aware of ( Read more... )

Define the following terms:

1. Hamartia 2. Hubris 3. Catharsis 4. Peripeteia 5. Anagnorisis

Then determine whether they are in the play, and where or how they occur.

1. Hamartia, in a play, is a characters "tragic flaw".

WIKIPEDIA: "Hamartia is described by Aristotle as one of the three kinds of injuries that a person can commit against another ( Read more... )

Part 1: Reflection
Now that we're almost at the halfway point in the term, what, so far, is the most interesting or unexpected thing you have learned, either about literature or about yourself as a reader?  And what would you still like to learn?

Considering we're halfway and it seens to have flown by, I would have to say the most interesting thing ( Read more... )

Blog Question #3

Part 1, Reflection: Write an analytical paragraph in which you discuss the way "stones" are used as a symbol in the story "stones"

I had the chance 2 years ago to read Timothy Findley's "Stones" and to prepare a two page essay on the use of symbols and meanings behind each of these in the story. Unfortunately, I have ( Read more... )

A. Reflection: In the story "Boys and Girls," look very carefully at the descriptions of the areas where the father and mother work, and where the children sleep.  How does the narrator feel about each of these areas, and how can you tell?  Do these descriptions illustrate one or more binaries?

Either a quick or lengthened look at Alice ( Read more... )

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