In what ways does the novel present knowledge as dangerous and destructive? Knowledge is what can be understood. People encounter knowledge whenever they learn or teach. Knowledge makes people have a fuller grasp on what[…]
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Dante’s Inferno Canto V: AP Analysis
Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze how the speaker uses the varied imagery of the poem to reveal his attitude toward the nature of love. (1995)
falsifying reality: polished critical
prompt: …the role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality. text: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams The way an individual sees themselves directly correlates with how they see[…]
Not of Youth and Beauty
PROMPT: Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusions and reality. (June 2014) When faced with[…]
Pride & The Failure to Grieve
“It was pride that changed angels to devils; it is humility that makes men as angels” -Saint Augustine The Necessity of Pain The most important themes in literature are sometimes developed in scenes in which a[…]
Fallen Angel (Critical Response to the Stone Angel Symbolism Prompt)
Prompt: A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself… Write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about[…]
A Life Lost in Servitude
Individuals are told they may pursue whatever they desire. However, in servitude, the extent of personal pursuit becomes limited as one’s motivations become silenced. Over time, this limitation grows and the individual in servitude is[…]
For Every Lost Soldier
PROMPT: A recurring theme is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or[…]
Symbol of the Stone Angel
In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play, focusing on one symbol, and analyze how that symbol functions in the work and what[…]
Wealth, Prosperity, Love, and Responsibility… and Several Other Terrible Things from The Great Gatsby: Polished Critical
Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others. The Great Gatsby; F Scott Fitzgerald One[…]
