Monthly Archives: October 2021
Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler
–What motivates Hedda to encourage Lovborg to resume drinking? –Discuss the role of Thea in the play? What function does she serve? –What role does class play in Hedda Gabler? –What does Lovborg’s death mean to Hedda? –Do you feel … Continue reading
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Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
1. Who do you think Jacobs envisions as the audience for her autobiography? How can you tell? 2. What does Jacobs add to the understanding of the experience of slavery we gleaned from Frederick Douglass? 3. How does Jacobs attempt … Continue reading
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Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
1. What is the significance of the information Douglass provides about the early years of his life? What aspect(s) of his childhood made a strong impression on you? Why? 2. What does he mean, on p.238, when he describes the … Continue reading
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Olympe de GOUGES and Mary Wollstonecraft
Choose one of the seventeen items in De Gouges’ “Declaration of the Rights of Woman” that seems particularly interesting to you and explain its meaning. Look up any unfamiliar words or terms. In Stanza one, “Woman is born free and … Continue reading
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William Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience
In my understanding, innocence and experience are two different issues in life, but what I think William Blake mean by saying they are contrary states of the human soul is that all humans are innocent and new to every situation … Continue reading
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William Wordsworth
–In what sense does “Tintern Abbey” offer readers a “religion of nature”? What are some of the specific ways in which nature works as a substitute for traditional religion? –Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise … Continue reading
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Olympe de Gouges and Mary Wollstonecraft
Choose one of the seventeen items in De Gouges’ “Declaration of the Rights of Woman” that seems particularly interesting to you and explain its meaning. Look up any unfamiliar words or terms. ” No women is an exception; she is … Continue reading
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Olympe de Gouge and Mary Wollstonecraft Response – Angela Perez
Please respond briefly to the three questions below. Post your responses as a new post (not as a comment on this post): Choose one of the seventeen items in De Gouges’ “Declaration of the Rights of Woman” that seems particularly … Continue reading
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William Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience
1. Blake describes innocence and experience as “the two contrary states of the human soul.” What do you think he means by this? 2. Compare the mode of creation described in “The Lamb” with that of “The Tyger.” How are … Continue reading
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Olympe de Gouges and Mary Wollstonecraft
One of the “Declaration of the Rights of woman” that seem particularly interesting to mean is the 7th right for woman. It says ” No woman is an exception; she is accused, arrested, and detained according to cases determined by … Continue reading
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