Kate Chopin’s Story of an Hour and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper are both great stories that show they were trying to prove that they were more human than women. Both of these stories are personifications of feminist literature. Therefore, I feel that in each story each author was trying to break away from this and prove that they were more human than women. In each […]

Often, large or complex writing projects are done collaboratively. Collaborative writing projects require input from several different people and often produce a final product with more ideas and insights than if done by just one person. Imagine that the Final Project that you are writing for this course is a real-life project that you are completing on-the-job. Although you are ultimately responsible for the Final […]

If you have the time, read all of Matthew 14-28.  If not, you can just focus on the following passages that we did not see in Mark:1. Matthew 17:24-18:352. Matthew 20:1-163. Matthew 21:28-324. Matthew 22:1-145. Matthew 23:1-28:20 (there are some overlaps with Mark here but enough differences that it’s good to read it straight through). 1. Remember that Jesus said many more things than Matthew records. He records what […]

If you have the time, read all of Matthew 14-28.  If not, you can just focus on the following passages that we did not see in Mark:1. Matthew 17:24-18:352. Matthew 20:1-163. Matthew 21:28-324. Matthew 22:1-145. Matthew 23:1-28:20 (there are some overlaps with Mark here but enough differences that it’s good to read it straight through). 1. Remember that Jesus said many more things than Matthew records. He records what […]

n the Euthyphro, Socrates asks a famous question: Is something pious because the gods love it or do the gods love it because it is pious? What problems do we encounter if we say that something is pious because God loves it? What problems arise if we say that God loves something because it is pious? You do not need to solve this problem; just […]

Go back and look over your Monster Anticipation Guide from Lesson 01. You had many preconceived notions about monsters before you even started this learning path. Hopefully, after reading the literary works in this unit, as well as reflecting on the behaviors of characters within these works, some of your perceptions about them have changed. Pick one of the quotations or statements that you agreed […]

Part I: When Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” was published, society treated it as a horror story. Reflect on the short story and apply what you know about the elements of Gothic fiction. What element(s) do you believe justify its place in the gothic lit genre? Provide several examples to support your point. The story can also be viewed as an early feminist piece that examines […]

Part I: Although it can be easy to miss, Nick is suffering from what we now know as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The way Nick believes he can heal his body and mind is to fish and camp in nature. How is this survival mode helpful? How is nature helpful? What are some of the metaphors Hemingway uses to describe Nick’s mental and physical […]

Your Instructor has activated the SafeAssign tool to check your submission for plagiarism. Please check with your instructor if you have any questions.Write a brief (3-5 pages) paper on the following topic. Your discussion should cite specific works of art to illustrate your argument. The paper must be submitted to Blackboard and is due one week from the date on which the topic is assigned. […]

REFLECTION PAPER:    The goal of this course is to come to a better understanding of the role that religion plays in peoples’ lives around the world in order to better appreciate the similarities and differences between the world’s religious traditions.  In your Final Reflection Paper, you have a chance to express what you have learned and how you have met the goal of this course.  […]