King Oedipus is a very faithful character in the story. He keeps himself on the right path and doesn’t listen to anyone else he listens to himself and tries to go with his own assumptions. He acres and respect the earning of the kingdom of Thebes. I notice when Oedipus […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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The story “Rose for Emily” takes place in a small town. Where everyone in the town knows Emily very well and always talks about her and her life what actually shes doing. William Faulkner uses a specific point of view ( 1st person plural “We”) to mention that the town […]
Please answer one of the following questions. Please refer to the text in your response. For what reasons might the story be told from such an atypical point of view (1st person plural “we”)? What might be reasons for the nonlinear timeline of this story?
At any time during the course, please post any questions or concerns about the course that you may have. If you have question, it’s likely that others may be wondering the same thing, so please feel comfortable to post here. Of course, you can also raise questions or concerns privately […]
I thought it might be helpful to maintain a discussion forum in which we could lend support to one another during this stressful time. Please feel free to post experiences, observations, encouragement, and comfort.
The stories “Salvation” and “Araby” are both told by adult narrators looking back on a painful episode in their lives. Please address the following two creative exercises. Imagine the narrators are telling you the story in a cafe or bar. Describe the voice and attitude of the narrator of “Salvation” […]
Identify the author and the two literary works you are focusing on for your research essay. Share the thesis of your research essay Identify the BMCC databases you have explored to date and what the results have been. Please be sure to include your section number at the end of […]
In the article “How to Read a Poem” from the Poets.org website, the poet William Carlos Williams, in acknowledging the challenges of reading poetry, writes that a reader must “complete” what the poet has begun. With specific reference to one of this week’s poems, explain how you “completed” what the […]
Each of the three readings for the week explores the immigration experience from a different perspective. How would you state the unique theme of one of the works (“Montreal 1962, “Amphibians,” and “Names/Nombres”)? Do you have relevant experience you can share with the class? Please be sure to include your […]
In her critical overview of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (Activity 2) scholar Rena Korb discusses several different interpretative views of the story. One interpretation reads the story as a sort of “inverted fairy tale.” Other critics see the story as “a tale of initiation” into the […]
