Classical Drama

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Class Name: Shaking Up Shakespeare      Your Class Key: EZ08989S36

Up-to-date Homework Assignments:

#1. Compose a sonnet based on Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
#2. Analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
#3. Your memoir inspired by the memoir  " Wishes for Son"
#4. Compose a poem using descriptive language (after the study of the poem "Black Soap")
#5. Lit Log #1 based on Act I Scene 1 & 2 of the play Tartuffe by Moliere
#6. Lit log #2 based on Act I Scene 3,4, & 5 of the play Tartuffe by Moliere
#7. Identify the comical lines in Act 1 of the play Tartuffe by Moliere
#8. Read the articles in Tartuffe Lessons about the Renaissance and Enlightenment movement and identify the major differences between the two ideologies represented by the movements.
#9 Lit log#3 based on Act II Scenes 1, 2, 3, & 4
#10. Create a quiz for Act I and a set of questions based on Act II of Tartuffe by Moliere
#11. Explain the messages that are implied in Dorine's speech on page 259. What social customs are revealed in her remark?
12# Write a separate paragraph to describe each character based on Act I & II- Dorin, Marian, Orgon and Valere.
13# Analyze the main character Tartuffe and support your analysis with specific evidence from the play.
14# a) If you were Orgon's friend, what would you do or say to persuade him to change his views about Tartuffe?
       b) Prepare a Quiz on Act II
15# How does the Gentleman's speech on page311-312 extol the society's morale? (provide the interpretation for the speech)
16# Respond to the ending of the play.
17# Book project on Tartuffe.