Read Canto IV & V & answer the following:

1) Who are the sinless souls in the first Circle?

2) What was their crime?

3) How is Virgil related to them?

4) Who saves Virgil?

5) Who are the inhabitants of the Citadel (1^st Circle)

6) Who is Minos? What is his job?

7) What is the sin of the Second Circle?

Homework: Read Cantos VI-X (6-10); pages 65-100

ERWC (World Lit) – 4^th Period

The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

 "ABANDON ALL HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER HERE.”

Discuss possibilities: What’s the significance of Dante

“waking up” halfway through the course of his life?

He says he was so “full of sleep” that he can’t even tell

when he began to lose his way….why does he wake up

halfway through? 

 Answer the following 3 Questions for Friday, May 12, 2017

1) In Canto 3 what does the inscription over the gate

     tell you about this place?

2) Why does Virgil instruct Dante to leave his fear and

     his distrust behind?

3)Why does Dante faint at the end of the Canto?

   What overwhelms him, in your opinion?

 Also: Read Canto IV & V

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

“I think it well you follow me and I will be your guide

and lead you forth through an eternal place.

There you shall see the ancient spirits tried

In endless pain, and hear their lamentation…” (31)

Dialectical Journal:

“…lead me this way. Beyond this present ill

and worse to dread, lead me to Peter’s gate

and be my guide through the sad halls of Hell.”

(124-126) page 32

QW: What’s the significance of Dante “waking up”

halfway through the course of his life? He says

he was so “full of sleep” that he can’t even tell when

he began to lose his way….why does he wake up

halfway through? 

Read Cantos 1-3 & answer the following:

• What does the dark wood represent?
• How did Dante presumable get there?
• What was the sleeping state Dante was in before?

Read (1.2.131-161) Act 1, Scene 2: Lines 131-161; Page 26:

Read Hamlet’s first soliloquy:

After reading hamlet’s soliloquy search through the first

two scenes for references to decay and corruption; find at

least four (4) examples and identify them in MLA formatting:

Example:

“O, that this too sullied flesh would melt,

Thaw and resolve itself into a dew,…” (1.2.131-132)

The Stranger Final Assignment Writing Choices:

 Choose one assignment from the following writing choices:

1) Is Meursault a threat to society? Does he deserve to be executed? According to Camus’ philosophy what other reason beside the murder is he being condemned for?

2) How does Meursault arrive at his philosophy to accept “the gentle indifference of the world”? What does he mean by this, and why does he embrace the idea? What contributing factors cause his revelation?

 3) While in jail, Meursault discovers a newspaper article about a Czechoslovakian man who is murdered by his mother and sister. How does this article relate to Meursault’s own trial for murder? How does this article expand the themes in The Stranger? How does it support Camus’ philosophy of the absurd?

 4) Write a monologue/soliloquy for Marie after Mersault receives the death penalty. What does she think of her relationship with Mersault? Does she have regrets? Does she understand his choices, his attitude towards her, towards the court, his lawyer etc? Has she had to defend her choice of staying with him to her friends, her mother, co-workers? Has she reconciled the murder he committed? Does she have regrets of her choice to love him?

Reading Schedule for The Stranger: Part 2

Read Part 2, Ch 1 for Friday, March 17; (pgs 63-71)

Read Part 2, Ch 2 & 3 for Monday, March 21; (72-97)

Read Part 2, Ch 4 for Tuesday, March 22; (98-107)

Read Part 2, Ch 5 for Wednesday, March 23; (108-123)

Due March 7, 2017

What is important in your life? What is most important?

• Where do you find meaning?
• Who is responsible for creating meaning? Society or the individual?
• What is the purpose of life?
• Does religion play a role in finding meaning?

Introduction to THE STRANGER by Albert Camus

Write a summary for Part 1, chapter 1 (pages 3-18)

Reading Schedule for Part 1 of "The Stranger":

Read Part 1, Ch 1 for Wednesday, March 8; (pgs 3-18)

Read Part 1, Ch 2 for Thursday, March 9; (19-24)

Read Part 1, Ch 3 for Friday, March 10; (25-33)

Read Part 1, Ch 4, 5 & 6 for Monday, March 13; (34-59)

Vocabulary Terms for "The Stranger:

Existentialism: a philosophical theory or approach that

emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free

and responsible agent determining their own development

through acts of the will.

Absurdist philosophy: relating to or supporting the

belief that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe

Atheist – person who does not believe in God

Nihilism: the rejection of all religious and moral principles,

often in the belief that life is meaningless.