In Elizabethan times, the role of Viola would have been played by a boy in women’s clothing–today, it is usually played by a woman. What effect would having a boy play the part have on this play? Can you make an argument for why the play might be better if...
In an interview about Don’t Worry Darling, director Olivia Wilde explains that “When we’re actually trying to break through to people and get them to question really difficult things, sometimes using entertainment as a way to really break through the...
In a well-written paragraph of 5-7 sentences: Identify two rhetorical appeals (ethos, kairos, logos, or pathos) used by Antony; the appeal types may be the same or different. Evaluate the effectiveness of both appeals.
In a two hundred fifty- five hundred essay, answer the following questions: Robert self outlines the immediate post wwii expansion of Oakland’s suburbs in these chapers. How do the phenonmenon dovetali with the “suny” or “dark” myths of...
In a thorough, organized response of at least 250 words, examine and discuss characters of the Wife of Bath and Scheherazade, through a feminist lens. What do these characters, and their character arcs, tell us about women’s status (generally speaking) in their...
In a thorough, organized response of at least 250 words or more, discuss Modernist style by focusing on “Kew Gardens” and/or “The New Dress” by Virginia Woolf. What makes these stories ‘modern’- in terms of subject matter,...
In a paragraph, Compare and/or contrast the role of community in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Use textual evidence from the work to support your...
In a bullet-list illustrate how the Greek concepts of arete, hubris, até, and nemesis (explained earlier in Modules and also the explanation of these concepts in the class text–Rosenberg 122) specifically apply to Oedipus and to Odysseus. Finally, what is each...
In 2-3 sentences each, identify the author (if known) and title of these quotations from the assigned literary readings and briefly discuss their significance in the work. Please identify the number for each quote you discuss. 1. He first created for men’s...
In “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros, Analyze the novel for the structure of a feminine bildungsroman. Identify the moment in the novel in which the protagonist experiences the realization of growth. How does that moment contribute to the...
In “The Diamond Necklace,” an omniscient narrator weaves the thread of his story by recounting a woman’s struggle with fate governed by fixed social forces, revealing a lesson in its ironic outcome. What is the relation of narrator to character and...
In “The Allegory of the Cave,” Plato describes the philosopher king as an enlightened individual who returns to the cave to rule selflessly over the cave dwellers to achieve the greater good for all. Thus, philosopher kings are given the responsibility of...