A Mercy by Toni Morrison Synopsis Florens‚ a slave girl‚ lives and works on Jacob Vaark’s rural New York farm. Lina‚ a Native American and fellow labourer on the Vaark farm‚ is one of a handful of survivors of a smallpox plague that destroyed her tribe. Rebekkah arrives on a ship from England to be married to Vaark‚ a man she has never seen. The voices of these characters bereft of their roots and struggling to survive in a new and alien environment filled with danger and disease form A Mercy
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Possible Essay Questions: 1. Consider the imagery used in Shakespeare’s assigned sonnets‚ Herrick’s “To the Virgins‚” and Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress.” Although their images differ‚ what do all these poets seem to be saying about time? Be specific when referring to the poems. The imagery is very different‚ but all of the poems and poets seem to be saying time is important in life. In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 he says‚ “And every fair from fair sometime declines‚” when explaining the inevitable
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productions received a heterogeneous audience with non just aristocrats but their servants‚ hangers-on and a substantial middle class segment too. This period saw a flourish in comedies and also the emergence of the first professional woman playwright‚ Aphra Behn. Charles II was an active patron of drama. Soon after he came to the throne‚ he gave exclusive play staging rights to the King’s Company and the Duke’s Company headed by Thomas Kiligrew and William Davenant‚ who were his mates during exile.
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Beowulf The Wanderer. The Seafarer C. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales (The General Prologue‚ and one tale). Christopher Marlowe: The Tragic History of the Life and Death of Dr Faustus William Shakespeare: Sonnets. The Taming of the Shrew‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Measure for Measure‚ The Tragedy of King Richard II‚ Hamlet‚ Othello‚ King Lear‚ The Tempest. John Donne: The Sun-Rising‚ To His Mistress Going to Bed. John Milton: Paradise Lost (A) John Dryden: Alexander’s Feast. Alexander Pope:
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AP English Language and Composition Summer 2014 Assignment David Gold Introduction: An AP course in English Language and Composition is essentially a course in rhetoric that engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts‚ and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes‚ audience expectations‚ and subjects‚ as
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Bibliography: Owens‚ W.R. Goodman‚ L. Shakespeare‚ Aphra Behn and the Canon. New York‚ Routledge. (1996) Oliver‚ H. J. Shakespeare‚ W. As you like it. England‚ Penguin. (2005) Tutor’s Notes. Seminar 4. ELT 203. 2012
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stress on the generic qualities of men and women. Literature exalted form and avoided obscurity and mystery ... Didactic literature flourished.” (Definition excerpt taken from Dr. Kaufman’s Final Essay Syllabus.) The works of Dryden‚ Pepy‚ Swift‚ and Behn exhibit qualities of order‚ clarity‚ and stylistic creations that were formulated in the major critical writings of the time period‚ which represents the Neoclassical
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A Room of One’s Own Summary Virginia Woolf‚ giving a lecture on women and fiction‚ tells her audience she is not sure if the topic should be what women are like; the fiction women write; the fiction written about women; or a combination of the three. Instead‚ she has come up with "one minor point--a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." She says she will use a fictional narrator whom she calls Mary Beton as her alter ego to relate how her thoughts on the lecture
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Word count: 1039 Short Paper 1: Oroonoko In the novel‚ Oroonoko‚ there are many themes and messages that the author is trying to get across. Among these messages are ideas of honor‚ slavery‚ hierarchy‚ religion‚ love and loss. Throughout this book‚ it is evident that Oroonoko is a man who is loved and respected by many‚ including people from rivaling countries who became acquainted with him. He carries himself with honor and nobility‚ which enables him to think through his decisions carefully
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Why does theatre survive? 3rd term acting studies essay by Ralph Gassmann "All the world’s a stage " to quote the world’s most famous playwright William Shakespeare who rose to prominence in the 16th century during the reign of Elizabeth I‚ and who’s plays have excited and obsessed the generations since and will doubtless continue to do so as we approach the 2nd millennium. On this stage the actor represents the symbol of man with all his imperfection and weakness‚ with all his morals and
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