“Araby” by James Joyce is not a love story. What is “Araby” really about?
Celeste Conway
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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 […]
Aristotle has written that “poetry is a higher form than history.” He qualifies that history is the story of a particular event that happens at a particular time to a particular person or group, while literature is the story of what is universal in the human experience. What timeless human […]
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 […]
Please complete all three steps in your response this week: Identify the author and the literary work you are focusing on for your research essay. Please share the actual thesis statement of your research essay in your post. Explain what specific kind of secondary source information you feel will support […]
Which of the sonnets read this week was your favorite? In a post of at least 150 words, explain why you liked this poem best. Be very specific in your response, touching on both theme and particular phrasing that struck you. Please include direct quotes from the poem. Also, address […]
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 […]
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 […]
What specific observations in Bettleheim’s psychologically oriented reading of the story strike you as insightful and relevant to “Little Snow White,” “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, or the poem “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by Anne Sexton? Warning: Comments that maintain that […]
