Benjamin Franklin said concerning death, “Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal”. The great Shakespeare pondered one’s end in his famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy. Using several of the works below, discuss the different ways man has perceived death. Include in your discussion how life would be different if we were not afraid of death, how our actions would be changed if death did not exist, and whether or not we live for our death?
Beloved Like You’d Understand Anyway Portrait of the Artist Bible Into the Wild Crime and Punishment Curiosity Death Comes for the Archbishop Henry IV Part 1 Oedipus
Tim McGraw sings “You touched my heart/ When I didn’t have a prayer/ In my darkest hour/ With my world filled with gloom/ Your sweet love saved me/ Not a moment too soon.” Bonnie Tyler sings “Once upon a time I was falling in love/ But now I’m only falling apart/ There’s nothing I can do/ A total eclipse of the heart.” Who is right? Can love truly save a person or does it only destroy and remove pieces until there is nothing left? If one is showered in love how is it possible to lose all one has at the same time? In an essay using the works listed below and any other works address the questions of the power love has over individuals.
Oedipus Rex Henry IV Part 1 Crime and Punishment A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man American Band P.S. I Love You Beloved
Abbe- Great prompt! What were your independent studies this year? What did you read over the summer? Try to include the independent study books in your paper. Slaughterhouse Five might pertain to your topic, by the way. Also, think about some of the poems we've read this year. Love is a big theme in poetry!!! Good luck with this topic. It looks like fun!
Jane Austen admits, "I have been a selfish being all my life," and also says "Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope for a cure." Considering several of the works below, discuss the role of selfishness in society. Are people inheritly selfish? Is selfishness necessary to some extent? What would the world be like without selfishness?
The Sun Also Rises The Handmaid's Tale The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Beloved A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Crime and Punishment I Wanna Talk About Me The Election...Any Currrent Events
In the age before the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover had affirmed that "Children are our most valuable natural resource". However in a shockingly contrasting opinion Clarence Darrow observed how "the first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children". Taking on one of these arguments, what does the role of "child" play in the following works? You may include an explanation on how and why differing outlooks on children arise by analyzing how individuals behave in the face of different situations. Use the works below to determine how the artists view the significance of the youth in present or future society.
Frankenstein The Handmaid's Tale Tess of the D'Urberville's The Kite Runner A Thousand Splendid Suns "We Are The World" Crime and Punishment A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man Henry IV Part 1 Oedipus Slaughterhouse Five The Green Trap
F. Forrester Church once said, "Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die." However, at time religion seems to play a much bigger role in society that merely being a human response to being alive. Using the works below, explain the role of God and religion in society. Are we governed by the morals and ethics that we are taught by religion? Or is the active practice of religion and belief in a higher power truly the response to being alive?
The Road Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Henry IV Oedipus Rex A Thousand Splendid Suns The Kite Runner Beloved Brave New World
Imagine that you are in a subway station late at night. No other people are around except you and 11 track workers distributed in two tunnels diverging from one. One tunnel has ten workers and the other just one. All 11 workers are looking away from you and are not in sound range. Suddenly, you here a tram coming and you notice that the rail switch next to you is directed to the tunnel containing the ten track workers. You have the decision of switching the tram to the tunnel with one worker or leaving the switch alone, thus killing ten workers. What is the right thing to do? Renowned western philosopher Aristotle wrote, "It is the individual situation which dictates whether an action is right or wrong". Incorporating several works listed below and keeping in mind the situation addressed above, write a well-developed essay supporting or differing Aristotle's view. Your grade is not based on opinion, but rather content.
Oedipus Rex Beloved Slaughterhouse Five The Elegant Universe King Henry IV Part One Sophie's World Crime and Punishment The Tempest The Republic A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Lysistrata "Is There Any Real Right and Wrong" Other
If life is not good, than how can we be certain that anything is? In a world filled to the brim with suicide bombers, pusillanimous gunman, the fatal opacity of mustard gas and the dust and debris of two towers, we all have reservations, we all have qualms with an existence that is entirely too good to be hated, yet altogether too terrible to love. Using several of the works below and/or other appropriate sources of similar literary merit, discuss why you believe bad things happen.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Slaughterhouse-Five Catch-22 East of Eden The Bible Candide Le Petit Prince Macbeth Hamlet The Odyssey Oedipus Rex Brave New World The Divine Comedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt said "Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest says"I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time." Using the works below, discuss the existence of fate and or destiny in the lives of man and if it is present, the effects it has on them.
Oedipus Rex Henry IV Part I Crime and Punishment A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Beloved Sailing to Byzantium Greek myths about the Moirae
According to William Shakespeare (and Mrs. Ferrill), “there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” This famous quote from Hamlet can be applied to a variety of situations. Using a variety of literary works, consider the meaning of this quote and analyze the relevance of it in our society.
My Sister’s Keeper A Thousand Splendid Suns Twilight Crime and Punishment Portrait of an Artist Beloved The Mephisto Club The Kite Runner The Lovely Bones A Tale of Two Cities
Three Days Grace, an alternative Rock band explains in one of their latest songs "Riot" the need for change. If you feel so empty So used up, so let down You're not the only one Refusing to back down You're not the only one So get up
Now a stree Riot may not be the best alternative to a problem or an unjust situation, however is a 'riot' or rebellion necessary in order to inspire change? Is rebellion ever NECESSARY, and if so, are there certain types in which are never NECESSARY?
1984 Brave New World Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself Henry IV Catcher in the Rye Bible Crime and Punishment
John Locke once said, “There is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression.” Hegemony has always been a reality of the human condition, one that is often explored in literature. Using the following works of fiction, examine the causes of oppression and hegemony and the avenues of escape.
The Kite Runner Henry IV Crime and Punishment Portrait of the Artist A Thousand Splendid Suns Hamlet Macbeth Slaughterhouse-Five Brave New World
Literate often is a direct relation to the surrounding world. Author’s throughout time have dealt with and harped on the issue of good versus evil. It is often questioned the origin of evil as well as the idea that a person is naturally evil and change is impossible. Do good people just make mistakes that are considered evil? How do we even determine if a person is evil? The authors of the following works have utilized these question and given reason through use of characterization, theme and other literary devices. Use the following works to show how author give incite to the issue of good versus evil.
Beloved The Kite Runner Running with Scissors Crime and Punishment Slaughter-House Five Henry IV
Henry David Thoreau once said "Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something", arguing that the most fulfilling life is not one lived completely for the purpose of doing good. Man has always had a primeval desire to do wrong and give into temptations. Keeping Thoreau's quotation in mind and using some of the works listed below discuss why evil is so attractive to man. Is this attraction ultimately harmful to each person and/or society or does it have a greater purpose that creates something positive?
Oedipus Rex Henry IV Part 1 Crime and Punishment A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Sammy's Hill Beloved Slaughterhouse Five
Appius Claudius, “Each man is the architect of his own fate.” Henry Miller “Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.” These two quotes support the topic of fate, what is it?, does it exist?, and how does expierience of the human journey fall into line in the greater spectrum of life and history? This paper is not a hunt for an answer only a supportive opinion clashed with a slew of ideas in favor as well.
The Hiding Place Oedpius Rex Portrait of the Artist Beloved The Tempest Books of Job and Jeremiah (Bible) Pamphlets, flyers, articles, etc. in relation to paper :0
Shelby-- Ayn Rand wrote a short book called "The Virtue of Selfishness." Possibly some of her ideas would interest you. Your topic and list of works are good. I hope you enjoy writing the paper!
Anna-- I like the topic of religion and God--but I'm not completely sure what the two halves of your topic are. They don't seem to be antitheses of each other...
Try to define your focus a bit more clearly....Your prompt is extremely broad!
Good list of works. I applaud you for selecting such a profound, topic. Do you plan to bring in any non-fiction? Things you have learned in science, psychology, philosophy, and history might be pertinent!
Jacob- Ahhh, the problem of evil. It has fascinated us for centuries. The topic has great potential--but prepare for frustration, for this is truly a complex, maddening question.....
Lauren-- When focusing on fate, it seems necessary to focus also on free will, for the two go hand-in-hand. Your prompt is somewhat broad, so try to give it a more precise focus. Maybe your prompt could ask which quote is better/truer, Roosevelt's or Gump's?
Also, try to include your independent study books. Do any of them work for your prompt?
Thomas Moore has said, "Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce -- and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It's difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul." Whether or not one's family is blood related, or a grouping of close individuals, family impact upon a human being unlike any other force. Using the works listed below, describe the impact that family has upon one's life, personality, and outlook.
Oedipus Rex Henry IV Crime and Punishment Beloved Slaughter House V (maybe?) I am spacing the last one... I'll add it later.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" This common childhood question often prompts ambitious answers such as "an astronaut", "a doctor", "a super hero". While to the child his dreams seem obtainable, the interigator may view them as far-fetched. Using the following works of literature, explore why some individuals strive for their goals while others settle for what they know they can achieve. Which is more beneficial?
Pour Your Heart Into It Marketplace Christianity Crime and Punishment Slaughterhouse 5 Portrait of an Artist Other relating works or philosophies
Love is one of the most basic and yet most complex emotions known to man. Thousands of people have tried to define it and it seems that even Webster is not able to do it justice. Through the years, many works of art have had to do with love and every single one has a different view on it and describes another side of it. Using popular works of art, many being literary works (listed below), describe the paradoxical and phenomenal nature of love.
The Bible Beloved Oedipus Rex For One More Day
Works by: William Shakespeare Pablo Neruda John Donne
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Benjamin Franklin said concerning death, “Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal”. The great Shakespeare pondered one’s end in his famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy. Using several of the works below, discuss the different ways man has perceived death. Include in your discussion how life would be different if we were not afraid of death, how our actions would be changed if death did not exist, and whether or not we live for our death?
Beloved
Like You’d Understand Anyway
Portrait of the Artist
Bible
Into the Wild
Crime and Punishment
Curiosity
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Henry IV Part 1
Oedipus
Dave--
I love your prompt and your list of works. I can't wait to read your essay. I hope you enjoy writing the paper.
Tim McGraw sings “You touched my heart/ When I didn’t have a prayer/ In my darkest hour/ With my world filled with gloom/ Your sweet love saved me/ Not a moment too soon.” Bonnie Tyler sings “Once upon a time I was falling in love/ But now I’m only falling apart/ There’s nothing I can do/ A total eclipse of the heart.” Who is right? Can love truly save a person or does it only destroy and remove pieces until there is nothing left? If one is showered in love how is it possible to lose all one has at the same time? In an essay using the works listed below and any other works address the questions of the power love has over individuals.
Oedipus Rex
Henry IV Part 1
Crime and Punishment
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
American Band
P.S. I Love You
Beloved
Abbe-
Great prompt! What were your independent studies this year? What did you read over the summer? Try to include the independent study books in your paper. Slaughterhouse Five might pertain to your topic, by the way. Also, think about some of the poems we've read this year. Love is a big theme in poetry!!! Good luck with this topic. It looks like fun!
Jane Austen admits, "I have been a selfish being all my life," and also says "Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope for a cure." Considering several of the works below, discuss the role of selfishness in society. Are people inheritly selfish? Is selfishness necessary to some extent? What would the world be like without selfishness?
The Sun Also Rises
The Handmaid's Tale
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Beloved
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Crime and Punishment
I Wanna Talk About Me
The Election...Any Currrent Events
In the age before the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover had affirmed that "Children are our most valuable natural resource". However in a shockingly contrasting opinion Clarence Darrow observed how "the first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children". Taking on one of these arguments, what does the role of "child" play in the following works? You may include an explanation on how and why differing outlooks on children arise by analyzing how individuals behave in the face of different situations. Use the works below to determine how the artists view the significance of the youth in present or future society.
Frankenstein
The Handmaid's Tale
Tess of the D'Urberville's
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
"We Are The World"
Crime and Punishment
A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man
Henry IV Part 1
Oedipus
Slaughterhouse Five
The Green Trap
F. Forrester Church once said, "Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die." However, at time religion seems to play a much bigger role in society that merely being a human response to being alive. Using the works below, explain the role of God and religion in society. Are we governed by the morals and ethics that we are taught by religion? Or is the active practice of religion and belief in a higher power truly the response to being alive?
The Road
Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
Henry IV
Oedipus Rex
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Kite Runner
Beloved
Brave New World
Imagine that you are in a subway station late at night. No other people are around except you and 11 track workers distributed in two tunnels diverging from one. One tunnel has ten workers and the other just one. All 11 workers are looking away from you and are not in sound range. Suddenly, you here a tram coming and you notice that the rail switch next to you is directed to the tunnel containing the ten track workers. You have the decision of switching the tram to the tunnel with one worker or leaving the switch alone, thus killing ten workers. What is the right thing to do? Renowned western philosopher Aristotle wrote, "It is the individual situation which dictates whether an action is right or wrong". Incorporating several works listed below and keeping in mind the situation addressed above, write a well-developed essay supporting or differing Aristotle's view. Your grade is not based on opinion, but rather content.
Oedipus Rex
Beloved
Slaughterhouse Five
The Elegant Universe
King Henry IV Part One
Sophie's World
Crime and Punishment
The Tempest
The Republic
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Lysistrata
"Is There Any Real Right and Wrong"
Other
If life is not good, than how can we be certain that anything is? In a world filled to the brim with suicide bombers, pusillanimous gunman, the fatal opacity of mustard gas and the dust and debris of two towers, we all have reservations, we all have qualms with an existence that is entirely too good to be hated, yet altogether too terrible to love. Using several of the works below and/or other appropriate sources of similar literary merit, discuss why you believe bad things happen.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Slaughterhouse-Five
Catch-22
East of Eden
The Bible
Candide
Le Petit Prince
Macbeth
Hamlet
The Odyssey
Oedipus Rex
Brave New World
The Divine Comedy
Dave,
Your thesis is great. I would like to read your final paper.
Jacob, not so good.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said "Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest says"I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time." Using the works below, discuss the existence of fate and or destiny in the lives of man and if it is present, the effects it has on them.
Oedipus Rex
Henry IV Part I
Crime and Punishment
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Beloved
Sailing to Byzantium
Greek myths about the Moirae
According to William Shakespeare (and Mrs. Ferrill), “there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” This famous quote from Hamlet can be applied to a variety of situations. Using a variety of literary works, consider the meaning of this quote and analyze the relevance of it in our society.
My Sister’s Keeper
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Twilight
Crime and Punishment
Portrait of an Artist
Beloved
The Mephisto Club
The Kite Runner
The Lovely Bones
A Tale of Two Cities
Three Days Grace, an alternative Rock band explains in one of their latest songs "Riot" the need for change.
If you feel so empty
So used up, so let down
You're not the only one
Refusing to back down
You're not the only one
So get up
Now a stree Riot may not be the best alternative to a problem or an unjust situation, however is a 'riot' or rebellion necessary in order to inspire change? Is rebellion ever NECESSARY, and if so, are there certain types in which are never NECESSARY?
1984
Brave New World
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
Henry IV
Catcher in the Rye
Bible
Crime and Punishment
John Locke once said, “There is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression.” Hegemony has always been a reality of the human condition, one that is often explored in literature. Using the following works of fiction, examine the causes of oppression and hegemony and the avenues of escape.
The Kite Runner
Henry IV
Crime and Punishment
Portrait of the Artist
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hamlet
Macbeth
Slaughterhouse-Five
Brave New World
Literate often is a direct relation to the surrounding world. Author’s throughout time have dealt with and harped on the issue of good versus evil. It is often questioned the origin of evil as well as the idea that a person is naturally evil and change is impossible. Do good people just make mistakes that are considered evil? How do we even determine if a person is evil? The authors of the following works have utilized these question and given reason through use of characterization, theme and other literary devices. Use the following works to show how author give incite to the issue of good versus evil.
Beloved
The Kite Runner
Running with Scissors
Crime and Punishment
Slaughter-House Five
Henry IV
Henry David Thoreau once said "Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something", arguing that the most fulfilling life is not one lived completely for the purpose of doing good. Man has always had a primeval desire to do wrong and give into temptations. Keeping Thoreau's quotation in mind and using some of the works listed below discuss why evil is so attractive to man. Is this attraction ultimately harmful to each person and/or society or does it have a greater purpose that creates something positive?
Oedipus Rex
Henry IV Part 1
Crime and Punishment
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Sammy's Hill
Beloved
Slaughterhouse Five
Appius Claudius, “Each man is the architect of his own fate.” Henry Miller “Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.” These two quotes support the topic of fate, what is it?, does it exist?, and how does expierience of the human journey fall into line in the greater spectrum of life and history? This paper is not a hunt for an answer only a supportive opinion clashed with a slew of ideas in favor as well.
The Hiding Place
Oedpius Rex
Portrait of the Artist
Beloved
The Tempest
Books of Job and Jeremiah (Bible)
Pamphlets, flyers, articles, etc. in relation to paper :0
Shelby--
Ayn Rand wrote a short book called "The Virtue of Selfishness." Possibly some of her ideas would interest you. Your topic and list of works are good. I hope you enjoy writing the paper!
Shamita--
What an interesting prompt! I love the opening quotes and the list of works. I can't wait to read your essay!!
Anna--
I like the topic of religion and God--but I'm not completely sure what the two halves of your topic are. They don't seem to be antitheses of each other...
Try to define your focus a bit more clearly....Your prompt is extremely broad!
Good list of works. I applaud you for selecting such a profound, topic. Do you plan to bring in any non-fiction? Things you have learned in science, psychology, philosophy, and history might be pertinent!
Evan--
How interesting to open with this classical test of morality! Great prompt...and excellent list of works. I'm looking forward to reading your paper!
Jacob-
Ahhh, the problem of evil. It has fascinated us for centuries. The topic has great potential--but prepare for frustration, for this is truly a complex, maddening question.....
Good list of topics. Have fun!
Lauren--
When focusing on fate, it seems necessary to focus also on free will, for the two go hand-in-hand. Your prompt is somewhat broad, so try to give it a more precise focus. Maybe your prompt could ask which quote is better/truer, Roosevelt's or Gump's?
Also, try to include your independent study books. Do any of them work for your prompt?
Thomas Moore has said, "Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce -- and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It's difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul." Whether or not one's family is blood related, or a grouping of close individuals, family impact upon a human being unlike any other force. Using the works listed below, describe the impact that family has upon one's life, personality, and outlook.
Oedipus Rex
Henry IV
Crime and Punishment
Beloved
Slaughter House V (maybe?)
I am spacing the last one... I'll add it later.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" This common childhood question often prompts ambitious answers such as "an astronaut", "a doctor", "a super hero". While to the child his dreams seem obtainable, the interigator may view them as far-fetched. Using the following works of literature, explore why some individuals strive for their goals while others settle for what they know they can achieve. Which is more beneficial?
Pour Your Heart Into It
Marketplace Christianity
Crime and Punishment
Slaughterhouse 5
Portrait of an Artist
Other relating works or philosophies
Love is one of the most basic and yet most complex emotions known to man. Thousands of people have tried to define it and it seems that even Webster is not able to do it justice. Through the years, many works of art have had to do with love and every single one has a different view on it and describes another side of it. Using popular works of art, many being literary works (listed below), describe the paradoxical and phenomenal nature of love.
The Bible
Beloved
Oedipus Rex
For One More Day
Works by:
William Shakespeare
Pablo Neruda
John Donne
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