Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance. – G.K. Chesterton
D.C.Williams (1899-1983) said that Blake was a romantic with a critical view on the world, he maintained that Blake’s Songs of Innocence were made as a view of an ideal, somewhat Utopian view whereas he used the Songs of Experience in order to show the suffering and loss posed by the nature of society and [...]
We recently watched The Terminal with Tom Hanks.
We looked at the true story of Merhan Nasseri.
What do you think about this “Lost Canadians” news article at CBC?
What do you think about this video titled “Waking up Canadian”?
Consider questions related to our course focus in your writing: The Human Condition: In Search of Self.
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Grandfather would prowl through the living room as though seeking a place of rest and not finding it, would stare fixedly without speaking, and would then descend the basement steps to the rocking chair which sat beside the furnace. — Margaret Laurence, “Mask of the Bear”(139)
… not selfishly–or not always selfishly, we are in search [...]
Shirley Jackson regarding the letters she received after publishing The Lottery …
Curiously, there are three main themes which dominate the letters of that first summer–three themes which might be identified as bewilderment, speculation, and plain old-fashioned abuse. In the years since then, during which the story has been anthologized, dramatized, televised, and even–in one completely [...]
Respond to each of the following in a well-considered post in your blog.
Limit your selection of detail to a separate poem for each response.
Explain how image and symbol reinforce theme in a poem.
Explain how facts about a writer’s life are relevant to your understanding of a poem.
Explain how a poem can reflect a poet’s personal [...]
Choose a focus for your final response to Hamlet.
Synthesize alternative points of view, (include links to sources: your posts, STJ blogs, etc.).
Review your responses throughout our study:
Thaw, resolve, adieu…
Hamlet Getting Started 2
Is Polonius a Good Father?
Hamlet: Before Act 1 and 2
Why read literature?
Writing tips:
Outcome-Illustrating Verbs
Voice and Structure(Student blog will win $10,000 Scholarship)
Did I mention keep [...]
Look for a category “Personal Psychology” in the sidebar at http://iblog.stjschool.org/snowflake/.
Pick and choose.
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Recall:
“refer to your responses to these questions and keep track of any changes in your opinions, or any surprises you find.”
Revisit your initial response to Hamlet: Getting Started. Include specific examples from the text to justify opinions you are forming; develop, rebuke, or refute your initial impressions. Synthesize ideas from outside the text to enhance [...]
Write about whether or not you think Polonius is a good father. In your post, explain which of his actions were right and which were wrong.
Create your own description of a good father.
Write a letter to Polonius offering him advice about ways in which he could become a better parent.
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How do isolation and loneliness affect how we perceive ourselves?
Is Horatio a nihilist? A Christian existentialist? Something else? Does he reveal his “imperatives“? How does he respond when evidence challenges his “imperatives”?
Consider “Postulates 1-4.”
How do characters respond when evidence clearly contradicts their ideals?
While viewing/reading/blogging, keep the usual “Cornell” notes with pen and paper. Blog your [...]
