Frankenstein!!!

Frankenstein Chapters 3-4

• About Victor Frankenstein’s ambition – what is it specifically?
• List the steps he takes to achieve it.

Due Date: Wednesday, October 21

Tale of Two Cities and Gulliver's Travels

For Ceci and Carla:

• Though Dickens followed and Swift preceded Shelley, do you see any of the same concerns reflected in their works as are expressed in Frankenstein (for specific concerns see Frankenstein blog prompt)? Discuss one shared concern, and illustrate it with a direct quotation.
• How does history play a role in the settings of these books?

Due date: Monday, October 19

Frankenstein!!!

Frankenstein Chapters 1-2
As with your previous postings, I expect you to support each response with a citation from the text; identify it using MLA citation.

• The ideals of the Romantic Era (an interest in nature, an exaltation of the imagination, an increased faith in the worth of the individual, a protest against correctness) are found throughout the novel. Find an excerpt that reflects one of these ideals. Do not use the same excerpt as another student – in other words the earliest bloggers will be able to post the most obvious excerpts.
  
• Discuss the similarities between Elizabeth and Victor’s mother. What might they symbolize?

Response due: Friday, October 16

After Act V of Macbeth

• Lady Macbeth seems like a different person from the character at the beginning of the play; find one quotation that illustrates this change and explain why it is significant.
• (Can you find a parallel Lady Macbeth quotation from the beginning of the play that illustrates the same personality trait before the change? - If you can I can adjust a previous blog grade, marking this response as extra credit.)
• Why does Macbeth treat everyone so badly? Why would anyone continue to support him?
• Response due Monday, September 28.

After Act IV of Macbeth

• Macbeth treats the witches differently in Act IV compared to the first time he met them, in Act I, Scene i. In what way does he treat them differently and why? Are there any ways that he treats them the same as before?
• Discuss Macbeth's interpretation of the first three apparitions? Why does he insist on seeing the fourth apparition?
• Response due Monday, September 21.

Macbeth - After Act III

• What aspects/components of Macbeth's character are getting him deeper and deeper into trouble in this Act?
• Banquo has a firm conviction that Macbeth killed the king; what can he do? In other words what are his options?

Due Wednesday, September 16.

After Act II
Discuss the omens in Act 2; what are they and what do they affect?
Discuss the Porter, interpret something he says as both foolish and serious.
Please include a citation as support - I shouldn't have to say this. Only one is needed so make it really relevant. Due Monday, September 7