Celeste Conway

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?  

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.    

In the beautiful and haunting story “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a great change takes place in a remote village on a seaside cape after a beautiful drowned body washes to shore Why do you think I might have assigned this as the first story of […]

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” […]

  Critics have offered many interpretations of the seemingly simple story, “A White Heron.” It has been described as “a lamentation over humankind’s estrangement from nature”  (Atkinson). Other critics view the story through a feminist lens that rejects the predatory nature of men, as embodied by the young hunter, who offers […]

There are three questions for this week: What is unusual about the narrative point of view of this story? For what reasons might the story be told from this atypical point of view? What might be reasons for the nonlinear timeline of this story? ALSO: Please post your thesis statement for Essay […]

In Oedipus the King, the Chorus functions as the collective voice of the citizens of Thebes. The Odes, sung by the chorus, also exemplify one of Aristotle’s criteria for great tragic theatre: “language enhanced by varying beauties.” Select one passage (You do not have to discuss the entire ode) sung […]

In Oedipus the King, the Chorus functions as the collective voice of the citizens of Thebes. The Odes, sung by the chorus, also exemplify one of Aristotle’s criteria for great tragic theatre: “language enhanced by varying beauties.” Select one passage (You do not have to discuss the entire ode) sung […]

In the essay about suspense in her story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” O’Connor writes writes that readers, like the ancient Greek viewers of tragedy, “should know what is going to happen in this story so that the element of suspense in it will be transferred from its surface to its interior.” We know what […]

  Discuss how the theme of the Emily Dickinson poem “The Wife” relates to Mrs. Mallard’s emotional state in “The Story of an Hour.” In order to receive credit, you must refer to the totality of the poem, not just the first four lines. Please include direct quotes from the […]