SeniorsSpeak

You all are doing a GREAT job responding to the questions I post.  Let me encourage you to also interact with each other.  We learn by listening and communicating with others about their ideas and perspectives.  Keep up the good work!  I would like to know if reading the blog entries help you in understanding the literature we are studying in class.  Any responses?

As we study Romantic poetry, we see that poets of the period often wrote about nature.  Do you recall a “Wow” moment when something in nature made you stop and ponder nature’s beauty?  What is it about nature that is so captivating to the human spirit? 

We we studied Frankenstein, we began to see the Creature in a whole new perspective when we heard his “side of the story.”  Can we apply the same idea in the movie, A Man Without A Face? What do you think of Justin McLeod?  How is his situation similiar to the Creature in Frankenstein? 

We are about to engage in several days of Renaissance poetry.  When we use the term poetry, what do you think of and why?  Do you enjoy poetry?  Why, or why not?  Do you have a favorite poem or poet? 

If you are looking for shawc3blog, you’ve found it!  I had to change the look of the page due to some problems with Internet Explorer.  I think this page will work for everyone.  Hope you are reading and looking over the notes on the wiki - http://seniorsspeak.wikispaces.com.  I will be posting other things to “think” about and ”discuss” later today. Remember to finish Frankenstein.  By the way the new theme for this blog is titled “benevolent.”  Look at the design, then think about the word.  What does “benevolent” mean?  Where have we seen it in Frankenstein?

Just wanted to link to the new online wikispace for our class.  I have posted all the study guides on this space.  Check out

www.seniorsspeak.wikispaces.com 

Let me know if this is helpful for you. 

Which of the following is Victor’s most irresponsible act:  his creation of such an ugly being, his abandonment of the Creature and neglect of the Creature’s education, his refusal to create a partner for the Creature, or his refusal to tell anyone (until Walton) what he had done?  Explain your choice.

The Creature claims that his evil behavior is not entirely his fault – if other people had not treated him so badly, he would have continued to behave in a virtuous manner.  Today, it is often argued that a person’s environment, including people, is too a large extent responsible for his or her behavior.  Do you think this is true?  Explain.

Imagine you are creating the soundtrack for the movie based on the novel, Frankenstein.  Choose a song(s) you would include and explain why.  Be sure to include the following information:

• Name of song
• Name of artist
• Excerpt from lyrics
• Explanation why the song relates to themes/ideas/characters in novel