These questions are from the story, “The Ill-Made Knight” Consider this line from The Once and Future King describing Lancelot: “Even when he was a great man with the world at his feet – he was to feel this gap…” (347). What do you...
There is no really stellar film adaptation of Beowulf thus far. If you were to make a new version of it, who would you cast in the major roles and why? What genre would it be–action, drama, rom-com, musical, horror? What would you include in the soundtrack? Who...
There has been a TON of learning about of reading models and theories and have made connections to real classrooms practices and to the world of reading research. After reading Chapter 7 think about one particular student in a modern class this year or last year who...
THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS PLEASE RESPOND 1) Drawing on Du Bois’ theory of double consciousness, analyze the artwork above. In other words, explain (in detail) how the piece specifically represents double consciousness. Your response must address/discuss at least...
THERE ARE 2 QUESTION PLEASE ANSWER THEM 1) Provide the name of the text and explain the significance of the following passage. Do not paraphrase or summarize. Do a close reading of the passage and analyze its importance (consider the text’s larger concerns,...
Thematic Statement for Crime and Punishment: Create one thematic statement with evidence from Crime and Punishment: Example: What does Crime and Punishment purport about the power of love? Love has the power to transform and redeem, therefore anyone capable of love is...
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe–the belief...
The Wonder of Science There are misconceptions about science that we need to tackle. One is a public perception that science is “difficult” or even dull. Recently I had a letter from a television viewer who poignantly began: “I am a clarinet teacher...
The well-known poet and writer Alice Walker penned the poem, “Hope Is A Woman Who Has Lost Her Fear,” in response to previous violence in Iraq. She dedicated this poem to an Iraqi single mother, Sundus Shaker Saleh, who believed the Iraq War was...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Plot Summary The novel takes place in late nineteenth-century England. Lawyer Gabriel Utterson and his “man about town,” cousin Richard Enfield, are taking their customary Sunday walk when they approach a...
The story of bellerophon and the story of theseus. Do the humans in these hero’s stories have any sort of a teaching function for their societies? Do the stories tell us what the societies value in a hero, or do they offer lessons on how humans should...
The story is Junot Diaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie.” Answer these questions 1. Describe how the character of the narrator is different from you. 2. What do you think is the writer’s intention? 3. Identify 2...