Several of the works we have read this semester focus on a relationship between two or more people (Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Bata and Anubis, Joseph and his brothers, Ruth and Naomi, Medea and Jason, Phaethon and his father, Orpheus and Eurydice, etc.). Choose two different works and write an essay that makes an argument aboutthe theme of relationships. Some questions to consider: What defines a […]

The Story we are analyzing is Gilgamesh and it may be compared to 1001 nights. The poem should be analyzed as a whole but mainly focused on women roles and women place in society. NO PLAGARISM AND NO SUMMARY. This essay should break down the meanings line by line behind what the author really meant. Examples have been provided. The paper should analyze women roles […]

Instructions: Write a very short piece in 12-tone (serial) form. Your piece must contain a valid tone row and at least two elaborations of the tone row. Possible elaborations are inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion, combining chunks of the tone row into chords, augmentation/diminution, etc. You can choose the musical forces, but I recommend 3 instruments or a piano and one additional instrument. Try to vary […]

All of you are making a good attempt at directly addressing the material. For next week, I would like to see all of you work at explaining what the ideas mean to you. You are all doing a great job of pulling key concepts from the reading and then summarizing them. Now, take the next step. End every paragraph with “What this means to me […]

 Hamlet on trial: your task is to argue on paper the evidence of Hamlet′s guilt or innocence In the murders if poloniue and Claudius. Is Hamlet guilty because these are willful, rational acts, or is he innocent by reason of insanity? To accomplish this goal, your argument should include the following: 1. A clear statement of your stance 2. A well organized defense of your position which addresses the […]

The Museum of the Unclothed Body, located in a place of your choosing, is about to host an exhibition on the body in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The exhibition will include all the relevant visual material discussed in class in Weeks 3-4 from the Classical Age (not material from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age). The director of the department for community outreach […]

 For this week’s forum I have decided to speak on Don Quixote‘s character and how I feel about him. As I read through the story, for one the makeup of the way the story was written made it hard to follow until I noticed how they began to describe him. As a character, my initial analysis of him was that of an insane man who suffered […]

For this assignment, you will write a 2-page compare and contrast paper on two of the authors from this week’s reading or video. Be sure to give equal weight to each author. You may include some background information on your authors, especially if their backgrounds impacted their subject matter. When writing about short stories, you do not want to simply restate the plot or events […]

 We all dream of finding that mate that loves us just as much as we love them. I believe that the relationship between Rama and Sita, exemplifies that. From the first time they met, it seems as if it was destine to be, of all the suitors aiming for Sita’s heart, only one man qualified. The passage states that Rama is the only one who […]

Your assignment is to write an essay that explains the meaning of the song you’ve chosen. You will need to select two different approaches to literary criticism in your attempt to explain what the song “really” means. You may NOT use the formalist approach for this assignment. Your essay will essentially offer a comparison of the two interpretations given to the song. You will need […]