Monday, November 23, 2009

Thanksgiving HW

Students are to write two one-page descriptions of a character. Due Monday November 30. Post on blogs and print out. Thesis is a one sentence description of the character. 1st body paragraph is blatant description and support (think body paragraph of an essay). 2nd paragraph needs to be an extended metaphor about the character. Conclusion is a one-sentence analogy to a person in the world today. (30 points each).

Potential Characters.
• Mr. Phillips
• Lydia
• Lizzy
• Darcy
• Jane
• Caroline
• Mrs. Bennet
• Mr. Bennet
• Bingley
• Wickham
• Colonel Fitzwilliam
• Mary

Thursday, November 5, 2009

P&P Essay Topics

1.) After completing the novel, what do you consider to be the most appropriate title: First Impressions, or Pride and Prejudice?
2.) Give the novel a new title and argue why that should be the novel’s title instead of Pride and Prejudice.
3.) Contemplate the three marital motives we see expressed in the novel, and clearly describe what you consider to be the most favorable basis for a marriage, both in the characters dispositions, and the motives behind the match. Use explicit examples from the text to support your assertion.
4.) How can this novel be read as a critique of the classist structuring of society?
5.) Who do you think is the most to blame for the delay of their felicity, Darcy or Elizabeth? Explain how this occurred and why they are to blame.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Pride and Prejudice Reading Schedule

Pride and Prejudice Reading Schedule: Please title your blog posts with the corresponding numbers! Each blog should be two quotations and 2 responses. The date listed is the date the reading needs to be done by.

P& P #1 10/31: Ch 1-6
P& P #2 11/3: 7-10
P& P #3 11/4: 11-16
P& P #4 11/5: 17-20
P& P #5 11/6: 21-1
P& P #6 11/9: 2-5
P& P #7 11/10: 6-11
P& P #8 11/13: 12-18
P& P #9 11/16: 19-2
P& P # 10/17: 3-6
P& P #11 11/19: 7-9
P& P #12 11/20: 10-12
P& P# 13 11/23: 13-15
P& P #14 11/24: 16-END


Average: 25 Pages a night.