Romanticism Essay

Please type the following essay. It is due Monday, April 29.

 

Is romanticism bad for your health? Would everyone benefit from living a pragmatic lifestyle? Write an essay in which you explore this issue.

Paragraph 1- Intro

Paragraph 2- Personal experience

Paragraph 3- Romeo and Juliet

Paragraph 4- Other book, film, or example from history

Paragraph 5- Conclusion


Remember to include transitions, specific citations from Romeo and Juliet, and compositional risk!

Prince Escalus's Monologue

Due April 4th:
Interpret Prince Escalus's monologue and write it in your own words. This can be hand written, and should be at least a paragraph long.


Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,--
Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins,
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets,
And made Verona's ancient citizens
Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,
To wield old partisans, in hands as old,
Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate:
If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
For this time, all the rest depart away:
You Capulet; shall go along with me:
And, Montague, come you this afternoon,
To know our further pleasure in this case,
To old Free-town, our common judgment-place.
Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.

Marking Period 3 Quarterly Assessment Review

 An online copy of the study guide can be found here.

If you want to make sure you are studying the grammar rules correctly, click here for some sample questions.

Some useful links

The following are links that may prove useful to you...

Romeo and Juliet full text (Including the prologue)

3 Idiots full movie

2001: A Space Odyssey full text

Lord of the Flies full text

Essays due Monday, February 11

Period 1-
What does it mean to be “alive”? Is HAL alive? Is it unethical to build a machine that has feelings? What responsibilities are involved in the creation of such a machine? Is shutting it down tantamount to murder? Can HAL be held accountable for Poole’s death?


Periods 2 and 3-
“Now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing. At the back of his mind formed the uncertain outlines of an excuse. He muttered something about a swim and broke into a trot.” (60)

A) What does this quote mean?
B) Is morality learned,or are we born with it?
C) How does Golding pose this question in Lord of the Flies?

Be sure to to type your response. The essay must be 300 words minimum, and must adhere to all conventions of MLA format. Let me know if you have any questions.

Lord of the Flies

If you left your book in school, you can click here for a PDF version of the book.

Periods 2 and 3: Read chapter 3 and answer the following guided reading questions for Thursday, January 24:
Chapter 3 Guided Reading Questions

Propaganda in Advertisting

Freshman Classes:

Find at least two examples of propaganda in advertisements either on television, the internet, a magazine, or anywhere else you may find advertising.

List:

A. Where you found the advertisement

B. What it was advertising

C. What propaganda technique was used

D. How they used it

E. Whether or not you think it was effective and why


Complete this assignment for at least two separate advertisements. This assignment is due Friday, January 11. It does not have to be typed; you may write it on looseleaf if you prefer. As always, e-mail me if you have any questions. This assignment should take you about 10 minutes to complete.


You may use this ditto to complete the assignment if you'd like to