ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS: Your essays are on the subject of VARIETY plain and simple — varieties of utopianism (the urge for utopia) in literature. The aim is to make distinctions between one and another variety (x vs. y vs z, etc..) of utopianism in literature. Remember: our course is a theme-and-variations course, which means that what…
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Review Confessions, Books 1-6 and 8 and write a 900-1100 word paper exploring on “The Classical World Reconsidered in Augustine’s Confessions.” First, identify at least five (5) examples in the Confessions of Augustine’s engagement with an idea, literary form, artwork, story, institution, or other element of the Classical World that we have previously considered in…
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Oedipus Rex It is important to reiterate that our Socratic Seminars take the place of exams in this course. As such, your reflection essay on the question below should exemplify the zenith of knowledge you have gained on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex from the time you began reading the play to the final thoughts presented at…
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Oedipus Rex It is important to reiterate that our Socratic Seminars take the place of exams in this course. As such, your reflection essay on the question below should exemplify the zenith of knowledge you have gained on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex from the time you began reading the play to the final thoughts presented at…
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and essay where you link the why to the how just make clear points of why this could mean that in relation to the topic!
Create an original descriptive Epic, (must use Sappho, Homer, and the vison of Audre Lorde; cite them a works cited is needed even if you do not quote) Know how the poets understand the Greek hero and the heroic) Include: •Notice what virtues make a hero • Notice the stages that hero goes through (Think…
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Course: Western Humanities – Ancient I am unable to see my classmates’ posts until I post my initial. Once you have uploaded my initial post and I put it into the discussion post. I will look through my classmates and choose two. I will pay for 200 words for my initial, and since each classmate’s…
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Compare and contrast the character of Pan in Browning’s “A Musical Instrument” with Pan in the Greek myth. Contain four to five paragraphs that include An introduction with a clear and effective thesis. Two to three body paragraphs with claims, supporting examples and evidence, and analysis. A conclusion that restates the thesis and summarizes the…
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Course: Western Humanities – Ancient I am unable to see my classmates’ posts until I post my initial. Once you have uploaded my initial post and I put it into the discussion post. I will look through my classmates and choose two. I will pay for 200 words for my initial, and since each classmate’s…
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Five questions requiring short answers (8 sentences minimum). Each question is 10 points. Explain the following (from Bhagavad Gita): ‘Non-being cannot come to be, nor can what is come to be not. The certainty of these sayings is known by seers of the truth.’ Explain the following (from Bhagavad Gita): ‘Someone who has abandoned worn-out…
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