Due Wednesday and Beyond!

Due Wednesday: Chapter 4 of Portrait. Notes available here.

Review Sheet Assignment: (Due the day of the AP test)

Review Sheet Assignments
You must create a complete review sheet for each of the plays and novels we have studied in class this year.

NOTE: THIS INFORMATION CANNOT BE LIFTED FROM THE INTERNET!! YOU WILL RECEIVE A SCORE OF ZERO IF THIS HAPPENS. IT ALSO CANNOT BE MASS PRODUCED AND SUBMITTED AS A GROUP.

Oedipus
Hamlet
Tartuffe
A Doll’s House
Death of a Salesman
Raisin in the Sun
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Wuthering Heights
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Each review sheet must address the following:

 Title of Work
 Author
 Approximate Time Period
 Main Characters: Names and Relationships
 Brief Plot Summary
 Handy Plot References
 A Meaning of the Work as a Whole
 Relevant Literary Techniques
 If I write on this work, I will be sure to mention...
 Quintessential Quote(s) [Easy to memorize, sure to impress]

A Condensed Example (Yours will be more detailed)

 Title: Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Time: Early Modern
 Characters: Gregor-Salesman and Bug Grete: Sister and aspiring musician
Mr. Samsa, Mrs. Samsa, Charwoman, Lodgers
 Plot Summary: No space— but self explanatory. Can be done as bullets.(Do not plagiarize!)
 Handy Plot References: Rocking to get out of bed, desire to go to work, never miss a day, arrival of boss, attempt to communicate, picture with girl, saving furniture, apple attack, walking on walls, borders, sister playing violin…
 Meaning of Work as a Whole: The essential alienation of mankind from a world that seems to value only the material contributions he can make.
 Literary Techniques: Narrative voice, symbolism,
 I will be sure to mention: Symbolism: picture frame, apple, music, bug. Lack of explanation for transformation, Gregor’s desire to keep working.
 Quotations: “When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams…” “Was he an animal…”

Due Monday

Please read the first half of chapter 1 of Portrait. Notes on the text that might help you understand your reading are available here. Additionally if you forgot to acquire a copy, there is a free etext through project Gutenberg available here.

Due Friday

1. Please read the introduction to Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. My apologies on behalf of the print people if you got a crazy copy. Please hunt for pages 7-18 and read them; I think you have them all, even if they are out of order.

2. I changed the "on-time" submission time for the WH research essay from Friday at 11:59 am to 11:59 pm. We decided that if you want to be cool and work on a Wuthering Heights assignment as your Friday night activity, then that should be encouraged.

3. Your first reading assignment from Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man will be due on Monday. Please make sure you have a copy to use by checking one out from our library, buying one, or using an ecopy. This is our last reading before the AP test, so get off to a good start by not falling behind.