Board work starting 9/23

Gretchen’s 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 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!

• 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