In Prometheus Unbound the character Prometheus is restricted by Zeus in wanting and giving humans knowledge and fire, this in return enrages sizes and with his powers, his immortal liver is eaten by an eagle every day. This reminded me about a news story I had seen a few days ago where A doctor who […]
On our previous paper that we wrote, I decided to write about “The Lady of Shalott.” While writing the paper I found out many interesting things that were happening during this time period. During the Victorian era, art and writing was dying and it was frowned upon to work on it. It was looked at […]
Yeats is one of my all-time favorite poets, and his poems discuss a range of different topics from Greek myth to Irish history to fairy lore to his feelings about the world. Which poem did you like the most, and why? Which one didn’t make sense to you? How does the form of the poems […]
How did your research and first draft writing go? What went well, and what do you think you want to change for your final draft? Brainstorm revisions and talk about the research process in the comments.
Watch the video and look at the slides on Blackboard about the 20thcentury. Use the comments here to discuss what you know about the 20thcentury and the works that were written during this time. What did you learn from the powerpoint, and how does it line up with things you know or have learned before?
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a drama and a satire of Victorian society. Post here about the funniest lines from the play, the parts you liked or found confusing, or anything you may know about Oscar Wilde. (Did you recognize the pun in the title? Why is he talking about “earnestness” in […]
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide” was such an interesting story by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the more fictional story of a personality disorder. Of course when an individual has a personality disorder they don’t morph into a different person. However, the science involved in this story is what made it […]
This was a very different reading then I am used to, but I did enjoy it quite a lot. I love mysteries and scary stories. In a way this reading everyone can relate to. Everyone has an good and evil side to them. Dr. Jekyll is the good side of his alter ego and Mr.Hyde […]
Since we started on the Jekyll & Hyde story this week, I find it how timely it is considering that just a few weeks ago now during my time at Texas UIL competition for Theatre production/performance, I watched another school put on the play of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Prior to the play and […]
As I was reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I couldn’t help but notice that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are portrayed as polar opposites. I know this was intentional because if they weren’t polar opposites there would be no story. In the text, Dr. Jekyll is depicted as a kind, […]
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