Blog Post 4.1 Ethan Frome Prologue

Directions: Thoughtfully and insightfully answer one of the questions below using textual evidence.

1. What does the name Starkfield suggest about the setting? How does Herman Gow corroborate (support this) later in the prologue?
2. How is the narrator/engineer not representative of the other characters in Starkfield? Can the reader trust what he tells us?
3. What is significant about Herman Gow and Mrs. Ned Hale in the story?

Blog Post 3.3 Fuller's "Woman in the 19th Century" DUE 12/14

Fuller was in the Transcendental Club and embraced this club’s ideals. Through her description of Miranda, what was Fuller saying about the traits a woman needed in order to transcend society’s expectations? Use these two quotes to help you formulate your answer:

A. Miranda’s statement that women “are taught to learn their rule without, not to unfold it from within” (lines 43-44)

B. The contrast between Miranda’s upbringing and that of women “so overloaded with precepts by guardians… that their minds are impeded by doubts” (lines 50-52)

Blog Post 3.2 DUE 12/9

Write a developed response that answers the following question:
What is one similarity between the philosophies of Emerson and Thoreau?
Make sure to cite textual evidence from both essays to support your claim.

Sentence Starter: Both Emerson and Thoreau believe….

Blog Post 3.1 Emerson's "Nature" DUE 12/4

Choose a key quotation from the excerpt of "Nature" that reveals Emerson’s thinking about the relationship between humans and nature. Record the quote and analyze it using this sentence starter “According to Emerson, the relationship between humans and nature is…”
Format to Follow:
Name: 
Quote: 
Response: According to Emerson, the relationship….

2.3 Comparing Film Adaptation of The Crucible Due: 11/2

Write a developed response that answers the following prompt:
What specific differences did you notice between the play and the film adaptation (what we have watched so far)? Speculate as to why the changes were made. What effects do the changes have on the characterization, significance, tone, theme or message of a particular scene or of the play as a whole?

Make sure to provide concrete examples from both the play and the film to support your ideas. 

2.2 Mini-Essays in The Crucible

Re-read the mini essays (especially the one we did not read in class!) in The Crucible Act One.
Answer the questions below:
1. Why do you think that Miller included them in the play?
2. Choose two quotes from any of the mini-essays and complete a short analysis of them.

2.1 The Overture of "The Crucible" DUE 9/30

In 3-4 complete sentences, answer the following questions.
What purpose does the Overture serve? In other words, what does the Overture do?