Category Archives: Midterm paper topics

1) Does a journey in Gulliver Travels and Candid has a positive impact on the main heros of those texts?

2) Do Oroonoko and Candid declaim against slavery as an institution or do they advocate slavery?

After reading Candide and The Taming of the Shrew what do you feel was reason for the writers for using satire and was there a meaning behind the stories other than an entertaining read?

 Which character from the stories read in this semester so far do you feel a closer connection to? Use specific examples from the character to prove your relation to this character's personality as well as examples from your own personal life. 

In Candide we see how Candide grows as a person while Condegon remains the same. In The taming of The Shrew we see how Katherine matures while Bianca does not. Why in your opinion was it important for the writers to include this?

Every society has its own definition for the roles that men and women are to play, generally men are given the role of dominance and control, while women are given the role of the obedient wife. Katherine in “the taming of the Shrew” and Imoinda in “Onooroko” had very different ways of dealing with the expectations of their society, however both had consequences. Is it better to speak out on your beliefs or to submit to your predetermined role as a woman?

Proposed Topic: Cruel and unusual punishment/treatment rendered by humans upon other humans.

* The connection in this theme is apparent in The Taming of the Shrew, Oroonoko, and Candide.