See link to the full text under the Metamorphosis page!

How does the family react to Gregor's appearance in Chapter 1?  How does the family begin to change in Chapter 2 as a result of his transformation?

Orals next week...

on key Macbeth passages.  I will give you Monday's class to prepare.  You'll form groups and then be assigned a short passage from the play.  Then, oral reports on Wednesday and Thursday!  I'll give you more guidance on Monday, so no worries.  Over the weekend, review key speeches and plot points.

We're taking a break from Macbeth...

and getting our feet wet in The Metamorphosis in time for the BAM performance Tuesday night.  What are your impressions of Part I?

Macbeth's guilt

When does he feel guilt for his actions?  Be precise.  What does the nature of his guilt reveal about his character?

Is this a dagger...?

What sort of internal conflict do you see playing out within Macbeth as he contemplates the murder of Duncan?

Not a woman you want to cross...

How much influence does she have?  What are her motives?  What sort of a woman is she?

Something wicked this way comes...

Fair is foul and foul is fair.

Creepy verses to look forward to...

Who is this Mariner character, anyway, and why does he insist on telling his tale to the hapless Wedding Guest?  And why, why shoot an albatross?  Why commit such a perverse violation of every sailor's spiritual and ethical code?  Not to mention all the symbolic implications...

Great recap notes!!!

Courtesy of The Shermanator, so check them out.  Also, take a look at the Sheet of the Week.  A question to think about:  Is Safie an "Other" (someone marked as fundamentally different, an outsider)?  To what extent is she presented as foreign or exotic?  What do her appearance and behavior suggest about the way Shelley understands cultural and ethnic difference?  Hmmmm...

Who is more human...

Victor or his creature?  (What does it mean to be "human," anyway?)  Note that the sheet of the week is up...

Check it out...

The Sheet of the Week is up!  Just look under the page near the top of the blog.  If you have not signed on as a follower yet, please do so...

For tomorrow...

Remember to read the opening Walton letters so we can push our Frankenstein discussion further tomorrow.  Also, your assignment for Monday is to read Chapters 1-5.  Good work today!

Check it out

The sheet of the week for 9/13-9/17 is now up.  Take a look.  Just click on the Sheet of the Week page at the top of the blog page...

First homework assignment!

For Monday, September 13:  Read Mary Shelley's Prologue to Frankenstein.  See the Frankenstein page for more details.