Board work starting 9/23

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Board work starting 9/23
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Gretchens past and characterization

• 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 Gretchens little
  sister?  How would an experience like that
  influence a person?  What does this say about
  Gretchens character? Explain with evidence.
• Edna St. Vincent Millays 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?

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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.

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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?

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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"?

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• What difference does a professionally done,
  recent version of the song have?  In what way
  does this song appeal to a modern audience?

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Look at the practice test questions

• Type one Characterization and symbolism
• Type two Genre and Style (Romanticism)
• Type three Reading comprehensiontheme,
  characterization, symbolism, plot, etc.
• Type four Reading comprehension and
  Comparison/Contrast

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Believe!

• What are Fausts 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 Gretchens
  speech on page 101.  What causes us to violate
  our own ethical system?  How do we avoid that?

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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?

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Read Walpurgis Night/WND

• Write out an explanation why you think Goethe
  included these scenes any why at this point in
  the story.

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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?

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ENG IV 9/26

• Answer questions 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, Honor on page
  244.
• Read pages 246-261

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