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Week 29, Monday

3/15/2020

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By now, you have read the introduction information on the home page and completed the response box to let me know that you did so.  If you haven't done this-- do it before starting today's work.

Today's Work:
  1. This week's Warm Read #29:  Apple-Picking by Robert Frost
  2. Review requirements of the research paper.  In your GoogleDocs, make a folder titled LastName_FirstName_Research.  Share the folder with me.  You will eventually turn your paper in through TURNITIN.COM, but while you are working, we will use the folder to hold all applicable parts of the paper.  Go to the GoogleDoc  Research Paper Components. Make a copy of the document and label it LastName_FirstName_RC.  Put it in the folder that you shared with me. We will communicate using the document.  There will be other documents I will upload and you will copy and place into the folder.  It is very important that you name things as I ask so I know what I am looking at.  
  3. Complete the Plagiarism Activity.  Look in the Research 2020 folder for the plagiarism activity.  Open it.  Make a copy.  Label it with your LastName_FirstName_Plagiarism.  Place the copy in the folder that you shared with me.  
  4. Review the document 2020 Research Paper Topics.  Select a topic and figure out what stories, poems, authors, etc you could use to answer the given prompt/question. When you have selected a topic and figured out what works you will use, post the topic (copy/paste) and works as a comment to this post.  Only one person may do a particular prompt/set of works.  You may have to use the same prompt, but you must use different works. Please don't claim a topic until you feel confident that you know what literary works you want to work with.  If you need help figuring what you want to research, I can help you with ideas.  ​
  5. Support information for completing the research paper can be found under the WRITING tab of the website. We will complete this in a step-by-step way.  Today's work (as listed above) should be done before Tuesday morning at 9:00.  Tuesday's assignment will go up at 9:00 AM.  
89 Comments
Mikenna
3/16/2020 09:12:36 am

1. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.

Silas Marner

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Kevin Zheng
3/16/2020 09:13:36 am

26. Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Choose a novel or play that contrasts two such places. Write an essay explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
I'll use The Great Gatsby

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Tessa
3/16/2020 09:25:58 am

59. In literary works, cruelty often functions as a crucial motivation or a major social or political factor. Select a novel, play, or epic poem in which acts of cruelty are important to the theme. Then write a well-developed essay analyzing how cruelty functions in the work as a whole and what the cruelty reveals about the perpetrator and/or victim.
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein
Othello
Dante's Inferno

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MISS MCCALISTER
3/16/2020 09:46:04 am

Are you still deciding? Maybe look around online and see if you see anything that jumps out on you?

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Tessa Volcheck
3/16/2020 11:01:53 am

I think I will use withering heights

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John Shepherd
3/16/2020 09:29:41 am

63. In his 2004 novel Magic Seeds, V. S. Naipaul writes: “It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That’s where the mischief starts. That’s where everything starts unraveling.” Select a novel, play, or epic poem in which a character holds an “ideal view of the world.” Then write an essay in which you analyze the character’s idealism and its positive or negative consequences. Explain how the author’s portrayal of this idealism illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.

John Shepherd
The Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice and Men, and The Great Gatsby

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MISS MCCALISTER
3/16/2020 09:48:32 am

I think Of Mice and Men might be cool. Might give you something interesting to look at. But, I know a lot of people get into Catcher in the Rye. Pick only one. AP will also have to do some more with stuff with the work- so it needs to be a single one. Look around and think over it before you decide.

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Kara Brown
3/16/2020 09:39:05 am

13. A recurring theme in literature is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or drive may conflict with moral duty. Choose a literary work in which a character confronts the demands of a private passion that conflicts with his or her responsibilities. In a well written essay show clearly the nature of the conflict, its effects upon the character, and its significance to the work.
Kara Brown
Two Boys and a Girl by Tobias Wolff

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Garrett Kaylor
3/16/2020 09:51:01 am

Morally ambiguous characters – characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good – are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary

Macbeth
Paradise lost
Frankenstein

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MISS MCCALISTER
3/16/2020 09:58:15 am

Pick one. All of these choices are really good and will give you plenty to write.

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Ravdeep Warar
3/16/2020 09:54:27 am

6. Although literary critics have tended to praise the unique in literary characterizations, many authors have employed the stereotyped character successfully. Select one work of acknowledged literary merit and in a well-written essay, show how the conventional or stereotyped character or characters function to achieve the author’s purpose

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Lindsey Bowen
3/16/2020 10:00:49 am

20. A critic has said that one important measure of a superior work of literature is its ability to produce in the reader a healthy confusion of pleasure and disquietude. Select a literary work that produces this “healthy confusion.” Write an essay in which you explain the sources of the “pleasure and disquietude” experienced by the readers of the work.
The Devil in the White City

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Makayla Hawkins
3/16/2020 10:08:38 am

8. The conflict created when the will of an individual opposes the will of the majority is the recurring theme of many novels, plays, and essays. Select the work of an essayist who is in opposition to his or her society; or from a work of recognized literary merit, select a fictional character who is in opposition to his or her society. In a critical essay, analyze the conflict and discuss the moral and ethical implications for both the individual and the society. Do not summarize the plot or action of the work you choose.

Their eyes were watching god

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APRIL McCalister
3/16/2020 02:42:22 pm

Love it.

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Korey January
3/16/2020 10:14:13 am

27. In a novel or play, a confidant (male) or a confidante (female) is a character, often a friend or relative of the hero or heroine, whose role is to be present when the hero or heroine needs a sympathetic listener to confide in. Frequently the result is, as Henry James remarked, that the confidant or confidante can be as much “the reader’s friend as the protagonist’s.” However, the author sometimes uses this character for other purposes as well. Choose a confidant or confidante from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you discuss the various ways this character functions in the work.


Hamlet

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Noah Susano
3/16/2020 10:19:18 am

37. Morally ambiguous characters – characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good – are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.



In Cold Blood

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Rob King
3/16/2020 10:24:14 am

1. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.

Of Mice and Men

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Courtney Mobley
3/16/2020 10:27:05 am

49. In some works of literature, childhood and adolescence are portrayed as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder; in other works, they are depicted as times of tribulation and terror. Focusing on a single novel or play, explain how its representation of childhood or adolescence shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.

Courtney Mobley
The Night Circus

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Katherine
3/16/2020 10:29:34 am

1965. An individual's struggle toward understanding and awareness is the traditional subject for the novelist. In an essay, apply this statement to one novel of literary merit. Organize your essay according to the following plan: 1) Compare the hero as we see him in an early scene with the hero as we see him in a scene near the end of the novel. 2) Describe the techniques that the author uses to reveal the new understanding and awareness that the hero has achieved.



Shakespeare's Henry V or Richard III

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Katherine
3/16/2020 05:14:24 pm

I choose Richard III

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Aaron Hardel
3/16/2020 10:33:14 am

16. “The struggle to achieve dominance over others frequently appears in fiction.” Choose a novel in which such a struggle for dominance occurs, and write an essay showing for what purposes the author uses the struggle. Do not merely retell the story.

Great Gatsby, Hamlet, Kite Runner

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Tanner Smith
3/16/2020 10:50:06 am

64. All kinds of books have been attacked, suppressed, or disapproved of by authorities, groups, or individuals. Select an important work which you admire and which you propose to defend against possible objections. In a well-planned essay, present reasons why the work might be attacked, and base your defense on a consideration of such matters as its language, the people in it, its mood and spirit, and consequently its artistic purpose and its value for the readers.

The Grapes of Wrath

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Mai Tran
3/16/2020 10:52:56 am

12. Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of recognized literary merit who might on the basis of the character’s actions alone be considered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay, explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary.

Julius Caesar

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Emma Armstrong
3/16/2020 10:54:39 am

5. Choose a work of literature written before 1900. Write an essay in which you present arguments for and against the works relevance for a person in 2020. Your own position should emerge in the course of your essay. You may refer to works of literature written after 1900 for the purpose of contrast or comparison.
Oliver Twist

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Megan Sterling
3/16/2020 10:56:34 am

42, The most important themes in literature are sometimes developed in scenes in which a death or deaths take place. Choose a novel or play and write a well-organized essay in which you show how a specific death scene helps to illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

Hamlet

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Elijah Southern
3/16/2020 11:05:31 am

18. From a novel or play of literary merit, select an important character who is a villain. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze the nature of the character’s villainy and show how it enhances meaning in the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

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Elijah Southern
3/16/2020 11:06:40 am

18. From a novel or play of literary merit, select an important character who is a villain. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze the nature of the character’s villainy and show how it enhances meaning in the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Huckleberry Finn or Hamlet

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Caleb Mitchell
3/16/2020 11:23:59 am

In some novels and plays certain parallel or recurring events prove to be significant. In an essay, describe the major similarities and differences in a sequence of parallel or recurring events in a novel or play and discuss the significance of such events. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Silas Marner

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Emma
3/16/2020 11:28:58 am

60. Many works of literature contain a character who intentionally deceives others. The character’s dishonesty may be intended either to help or to hurt. Such a character, for example, may choose to mislead others for personal safety, to spare someone’s feelings, or to carry out a crime. Choose a novel or play in which a character deceives others. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze the motives for that character’s deception and discuss how the deception contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole
Emma Thigpen
Jane Eyre

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Cody
3/16/2020 11:31:34 am

19. Select a line or so of poetry, or a moment or scene in a novel, epic poem, or play that you find especially memorable. Write an essay in which you identify the line or the passage, explain its relationship to the work in which it is found, and analyze the reasons for its effectiveness.
Of Mice and Men

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Alexis Nuban
3/16/2020 11:50:37 am

36. One definition of madness is “mental delusion or the eccentric behavior arising from it.” But Emily Dickinson wrote Much madness is divinest Sense— To a discerning Eye— Novelists and playwrights have often seen madness with a “discerning Eye.” Select a novel or play in which a character’s apparent madness or irrational behavior plays an important role. Then write a well-organized essay in which you explain what this delusion or eccentric behavior consists of and how it might be judged reasonable. Explain the significance of the “madness” to the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Hamlet

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Saige Williams
3/16/2020 12:29:13 pm

61. Select a novel, play, or epic poem that features a character whose origins are unusual or mysterious. Then write an essay in which you analyze how these origins shape the character and that character’s relationships, and how the origins contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole.

Oedipus rex
Hercules
Percy Jackson

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Camerin Kimble
3/16/2020 12:44:09 pm

68. In many plays, a character has a misconception of himself or his world. Destroying or perpetuating this illusion contributes to a central theme of the play. Choose a play with a major character to whom this statement applies and write an essay in which you consider the following points: what the character's illusion is and how it differs from reality as presented in the play and how the destruction or perpetuation of the illusion develops a theme of the play.

Camerin Kimble
King Lear

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Thomas Rodsuwan
3/16/2020 12:45:21 pm

1. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.

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Thomas Rodsuwan
3/16/2020 01:23:33 pm

The Heart Mender, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, and Hamlet

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Kaylee Messina
3/16/2020 01:02:42 pm

18. From a novel or play of literary merit, select an important character who is a villain. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze the nature of the character’s villainy and show how it enhances meaning in the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

The Kite Runner

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Victoria Mainiero
3/16/2020 01:18:40 pm

4. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the reader to abide with or adjust to ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay, discuss the ending of a novel or play of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Romeo and Juliet


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LeAnn McCray
3/16/2020 01:23:47 pm

29. In some works of literature, a character who appears briefly, or does not appear at all, is a significant presence. Choose a novel or play of literary merit and write an essay in which you show how such a character functions in the work. You may wish to discuss how the character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters. Avoid plot summary.

Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby

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ShaRron Brown
3/16/2020 01:41:31 pm

1. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.


The Outsider by E.S Hinton

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Biagio Garcia
3/16/2020 01:50:16 pm

The meaning of some literary works is often enhanced by sustained allusion to myths, the Bible, or other works of literature. Select a literary work that makes use of such a sustained reference. Then write a well-organized essay in which you explain the allusion that predominates in the work and analyze how it enhances the work’s meaning.

Silas Marner

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Willow Sanders
3/16/2020 01:57:33 pm

18. From a novel or play of literary merit, select an important character who is a villain. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze the nature of the character’s villainy and show how it enhances meaning in the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Frankenstein

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Luke Harris
3/16/2020 02:07:02 pm

51. Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political or social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Monkey Wrench Gang

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APRIL McCalister
3/16/2020 02:43:54 pm

Is this a work of literary merit? More info please.

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Luke Harris
3/17/2020 11:46:45 am

How does one determine that?

MISSMCCALISTER
3/17/2020 02:33:02 pm

Generally, literary merit speaks to a certain longevity, intertextuality, and nuance. Let me look around for more info on this work.

Jordan Fong
3/16/2020 02:16:14 pm

4. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the reader to abide with or adjust to ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay, discuss the ending of a novel or play of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

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karman Taylor
3/16/2020 02:38:28 pm

5. Choose a work of literature written before 1900. Write an essay in which you present arguments for and against the works relevance for a person in 2020. Your own position should emerge in the course of your essay. You may refer to works of literature written after 1900 for the purpose of contrast or comparison.

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Sophia Gappo
3/16/2020 02:58:00 pm

51. Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political or social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Down Came the Rain
The Laramie Project

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MISS MCCALISTER
3/17/2020 02:31:07 pm

From just a quick search it looks like there is more out there about The Laramie Project. Remember you are looking at it as a work of literature, not a social movement.

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Tiffany R
3/16/2020 03:03:40 pm

. A character’s attempt to recapture the past is important in many plays, novels, and poems. Choose a literary work in which a character views the past with such feelings as reverence, bitterness, or longing. Show with clear evidence from the work how the character’s view of the past is used to develop a theme in the work. You may base your essay on a work by one of the following authors, or you may choose a work of another author of comparable literary excellence.

Silas Marner

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Samantha Gould
3/16/2020 03:05:52 pm

Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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Samantha Gould
3/18/2020 02:13:57 pm

26. Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Choose a novel or play that contrasts two such places. Write an essay explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.

Wuthering Heights

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Grace Matthews
3/16/2020 04:49:22 pm

42, The most important themes in literature are sometimes developed in scenes in which a death or deaths take place. Choose a novel or play and write a well-organized essay in which you show how a specific death scene helps to illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

Romeo and Juliet

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Abeer Algahim
3/16/2020 05:10:03 pm

58. It has often been said that what we value can be determined only by what we sacrifice. Consider how this statement applies to a character from a novel or play. Select a character that has deliberately sacrificed, surrendered, or forfeited something in a way that highlights that character’s values. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the particular sacrifice illuminates the character’s values and provides a deeper understanding of the meaning of the work as a whole.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Holden Baughman
3/16/2020 06:14:13 pm

65. Character determines incident. Incident illustrates character. Write a well-organized essay evaluating this statement through a discussion of one character from each of two novels.
1965. An individual's struggle toward understanding and awareness is the traditional subject for the novelist. In an essay, apply this statement to one novel of literary merit. Organize your essay according to the following plan: 1) Compare the hero as we see him in an early scene with the hero as we see him in a scene near the end of the novel. 2) Describe the techniques that the author uses to reveal the new understanding and awareness that the hero has achieved.

Silas Marner in Silas Marner

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JunWen Lin
3/16/2020 07:06:54 pm

50. A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Silas Marner

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Reece Maguire link
3/16/2020 08:56:55 pm

According to critic Northrop Frye, “Tragic heroes are so much the highest points in their human landscape that they seem the inevitable conductors of the power about them, great trees more likely to be struck by lightning than a clump of grass. Conductors may of course be instruments as well as victims of the divisive lightning.” Select a novel or play in which a tragic figure functions as an instrument of the suffering of others. Then write an essay in which you explain how the suffering brought upon others by that figure contributes to the tragic vision of the work as a whole.

Wuthering Heights

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Jake Hutson
3/16/2020 09:25:23 pm

52. Palestinian American literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said has written that “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted.” Yet Said has also said that exile can become “a potent, even enriching” experience. Select a novel, play, or epic in which a character experiences such a rift and becomes cut off from “home,” whether that home is the character’s birthplace, family, homeland, or other special place. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the character’s experience with exile is both alienating and enriching, and how this experience illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Silas Marner

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Corbyn
3/16/2020 09:42:12 pm

9. A character’s attempt to recapture the past is important in many plays, novels, and poems. Choose a literary work in which a character views the past with such feelings as reverence, bitterness, or longing. Show with clear evidence from the work how the character’s view of the past is used to develop a theme in the work. You may base your essay on a work by one of the following authors, or you may choose a work of another author of comparable literary excellence.



Proof - David Auborn

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Madison Abraham
3/16/2020 09:45:58 pm

18. From a novel or play of literary merit, select an important character who is a villain. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze the nature of the character’s villainy and show how it enhances meaning in the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

To Kill a Mockingbird
Great Gatsby

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Caleb Clarke
3/16/2020 10:05:52 pm

14. The meaning of some literary works is often enhanced by sustained allusion to myths, the Bible, or other works of literature. Select a literary work that makes use of such a sustained reference. Then write a well-organized essay in which you explain the allusion that predominates in the work and analyze how it enhances the work’s meaning.

Silas Marner
Edgar Sawtelle

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Caleb Clarke
3/16/2020 10:09:33 pm

Changed my mind

26. Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Choose a novel or play that contrasts two such places. Write an essay explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.

Silas Marner
Night Circus
The Great Gatsby

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Henry Perkins
3/16/2020 10:16:05 pm

5. Choose a work of literature written before 1900. Write an essay in which you present arguments for and against the works relevance for a person in 2020. Your own position should emerge in the course of your essay. You may refer to works of literature written after 1900 for the purpose of contrast or comparison.

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Henry Perkins
3/16/2020 10:19:55 pm

Frankenstein

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Adyson Scott
3/16/2020 11:07:10 pm

In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Choose a work of literary merit that confronts the reader or audience with a scene or scenes of violence. In a well-organized essay, explain how the scene or scenes contribute to the meaning of the complete work. Avoid plot summary.

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

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hannah
3/16/2020 11:24:22 pm

#12 Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of recognized literary merit who might on the basis of the character’s actions alone be considered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay, explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary- les miserables or catcher in the rye

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Kaylee Bynog
3/17/2020 01:43:02 am

21. Some works of literature use the element of time in a distinct way. The chronological sequence of events may be altered, or time may be suspended or accelerated. Choose a novel, an epic, or a play of recognized literary merit and show how the author’s manipulation of time contributes to the effectiveness of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

The Night Circus

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Charlotte
3/17/2020 08:39:35 am

57. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, when this character recognizes his or her place in the world. Select a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist of a bildungsroman. Then write a well-organized essay that analyzes how that single moment shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.

Silas Marner
Old School

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Max
3/17/2020 08:41:04 am

44. One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work.
Fahrenheit 451

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Elijah Boston
3/17/2020 09:20:28 am

Choose a distinguished novel or play in which some of the most significant events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated with external action. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Julius Ceasar

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Christian Watson
3/17/2020 10:25:18 am

4. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the reader to abide with or adjust to ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay, discuss the ending of a novel or play of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Atonement

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Shakera Ramisha
3/17/2020 10:38:01 am

1. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.

-The Great Gatsby

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Caiden Stratton
3/17/2020 10:54:39 am

25. Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary.

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Caiden Stratton
3/17/2020 10:58:47 am

Actually I wanna do this one. 29. In some works of literature, a character who appears briefly, or does not appear at all, is a significant presence. Choose a novel or play of literary merit and write an essay in which you show how such a character functions in the work. You may wish to discuss how the character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters. Avoid plot summary.

Touching spirit bear

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Gabriel Jose
3/17/2020 11:24:56 am

1. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot. (Fahrenheit 451, discussing Guy Montag)

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Trinity Washington
3/17/2020 11:31:18 am

4. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the reader to abide with or adjust to ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay, discuss the ending of a novel or play of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

The Death of a Salesman

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Cameron Kent
3/17/2020 12:01:02 pm

12. Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of recognized literary merit who might on the basis of the character’s actions alone be considered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay, explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary.


Frankenstein

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Brook Durden
3/17/2020 12:50:38 pm

4. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the reader to abide with or adjust to ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay, discuss the ending of a novel or play of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.

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Brook
3/17/2020 01:03:34 pm

I wanted to ask could I do this one instead: "Select a line or so of poetry, or a moment or scene in a novel, epic poem, or play that you find especially memorable. Write an essay in which you identify the line or the passage, explain its relationship to the work in which it is found, and analyze the reasons for its effectiveness."

And am I allowed to use these works:
1: “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
2: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1874-1963)

We never read those in class..

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MISS MCCALISTER
3/17/2020 02:23:46 pm

You should only use poems if they are epic-length or if you have three that are connected in some way. How are these two connected? Can we add a third? Things are always easier in threes

Madi Hurst
3/17/2020 12:53:30 pm

59. In literary works, cruelty often functions as a crucial motivation or a major social or political factor. Select a novel, play, or epic poem in which acts of cruelty are important to the theme. Then write a well-developed essay analyzing how cruelty functions in the work as a whole and what the cruelty reveals about the perpetrator and/or victim.
The Hunger Games

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MISS MCCALISTER
3/17/2020 02:22:20 pm

The Hunger Games doesn't classify as literary fiction. Dystopia-- what about Fahrenheit 451 or 1984 or Brave New World?

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Larsen H Jennings
3/17/2020 02:42:14 pm

45. Many writers use a country setting to establish values within a work of literature. For example, the country may be a place of virtue and peace or one of primitivism and ignorance. Choose a novel or play in which such a setting plays a significant role. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the country setting functions in the work as a whole.

Variant by Robinson Wells

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Kinsey Terrill
3/17/2020 04:13:12 pm

61. Select a novel, play, or epic poem that features a character whose origins are unusual or mysterious. Then write an essay in which you analyze how these origins shape the character and that character’s relationships, and how the origins contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole.

Frankenstein
The Night Circus

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Brittany Bowman-Hayes
3/17/2020 06:46:15 pm

44. One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work.

1984

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Amber link
3/17/2020 07:48:12 pm

23. Choose a distinguished novel or play in which some of the most significant events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings discoveries changes in consciousness. In a well-organized Essay, describe how the author manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated with external action. Do not merely summarize the plot.

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Cohen Wyatt
3/17/2020 09:18:46 pm

32. Novels and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties, and other social occasions. Such scenes may reveal the values of the characters and the society in which they live. Select a novel or play that includes such a scene and, in a focused essay, discuss the contribution the scene makes to the meaning of the work as a whole. You may choose a work from the list below or another novel or play of literary merit.

The Great Gatsby

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Parker Deaton
3/18/2020 11:15:49 am

10. In some novels and plays certain parallel or recurring events prove to be significant. In an essay, describe the major similarities and differences in a sequence of parallel or recurring events in a novel or play and discuss the significance of such events. Do not merely summarize the plot.
The Alchemist

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jernecesia evans
3/18/2020 07:54:54 pm

60. Many works of literature contain a character who intentionally deceives others. The character’s dishonesty may be intended either to help or to hurt. Such a character, for example, may choose to mislead others for personal safety, to spare someone’s feelings, or to carry out a crime. Choose a novel or play in which a character deceives others. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze the motives for that character’s deception and discuss how the deception contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole
Hamlet

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