Transcript Board work starting 9/23

Board work starting 9/23
Gretchen’s past and
characterization
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Is Gretchen “grown up”? What evidence do we have
for her maturity? For her childishness? What does it
mean to be mature?
What is the significance of Gretchen’s little
sister? How would an experience like that influence a
person? What does this say about Gretchen’s
character? Explain with evidence.
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “Childhood is a
Kingdom Where Nobody Dies” says that maturity and
adulthood come from understanding death. Does this
seem to apply to Gretchen? Explain.
What is your personal definition of adulthood?
Forest and Cave/ Gretchen's
Chamber
• 1. What does Faust attribute to the Earth
Spirit? Summarize his comments on page
90.
• 2. Compare Faust's feelings (92-93) to
Gretchen's (94-95). What do they each
think of while being away from each other?
How does this show their
characters? Give evidence.
Reflection SL party
How did the SL party feel? What part did
you play? Did you come in expecting to
get in trouble? Did you hope to avoid
getting in trouble and feel you got in
trouble over a minor detail? Did you get
away with anything? How did it feel? In
what ways did our experience enhance
your understanding of the book?
Barbara Allen Versions
• How do the changes in lyrics influence the
story? Why? What do they reveal about the
singer, audience, time period?
• Which version do you like best, lyrically? Why?
• If you were to sing a version (presuming you
could sing) which parts would you keep? Which
parts would you leave out? Why?
• Which elements of the song seem most
essential to the story? Which ones, if changed,
would make it no longer "Barbara Allen"?
• What difference does a professionally
done, recent version of the song have? In
what way does this song appeal to a
modern audience?
Look at the practice test questions
• Type one: Characterization and symbolism
• Type two: Genre and Style (Romanticism)
• Type three: Reading comprehension—
theme, characterization, symbolism, plot,
etc.
• Type four: Reading comprehension and
Comparison/Contrast
Believe!
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What are Faust’s religious beliefs? (p.96-97)
Paraphrase.
How do his religious beliefs fit into the previous themes
of the book (fulfillment, language, etc). Explain/give
evidence.
Why is Gretchen concerned about his beliefs since she
seems to be violating her own morals? Give evidence.
What does this say about her and about their
relationship?
How do you know right from wrong? How do you
make ethical decisions? Look at Gretchen’s speech
on page 101. What causes us to violate our own
ethical system? How do we avoid that?
Stand up!
• What kind of things are worth standing up
for? Why?
• Our next piece of literature is about
standing up. What do you predict knights
in the middle ages felt was worth standing
for?
Read Walpurgis Night/WND
• Write out an explanation why you think
Goethe included these scenes any why at
this point in the story.
Elie Wiesel
• Read the speech. Answer the questions
on the sheet. Use the list of Rhetorical
devices. Then answer the following
question: What reason does Wiesel give
for human suffering?
ENG IV 9/26
• Answer questions 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, “Honor” on
page 244.
• Read pages 246-261