Hey guys,
Just your friendly reminder: your homework was to read chapters 1 - 7 in Silas Marner.
You were also to do one of the following essays:
1. What significance does the novel's title, Great Expectations, have for the story? In what ways does Pip have “great expectations”?
2. Discuss the character of Miss Havisham. What themes does she embody? What experiences have made her as she is? Is she a believable character? How does she relate to Pip and Estella?
3. What role does social class play in Great Expectations? What lessons does Pip learn from his experience as a wealthy gentleman? How is the theme of social class central to the novel?
4. Throughout the novel, Pip is plagued by powerful feelings of guilt and shame, and everywhere he goes he tends to encounter symbols of justice—handcuffs, gallows, prisons, and courtrooms. What is the role of guilt in the novel? What does it mean to be “innocent”?
This essay is more informal than a 5-paragraph paper. It is more like a personal response. Still, the more organized you can be, the better.
Also, in answer to Cat's question: yes, you should turn in your vocab on Monday as well.
Have a happy week!
Ally
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3 comments:
wait, were we supposed to do a vocab list for the whole book? i only heard you assign it for 1 class. like you said to do a vocab list and i thought you meant just for the reading we did that week.
Are we supposed to do vocab for Silas Marner as well?
Stef, I did intend it for the whole book.
Monica - yes, for Silas Marner too. Sorry if I didn't say that. Remind me of that tomorrow!
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