Tuesday, November 26, Bible as lit, day 2

Due Friday, November 31: excerpt from James Fennimore Cooper's The Prairie with graphic organizer and Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow with quiz questions. 

Due Monday, December 3: Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher with accompanying material.  Here is the response list and corresponding number for which you are responsible.

Assigned responses: Joe (1); Aaron (2); Jamichael (3); Ashli (4) Allison; (5) Ariana; (6) Katherine; (7) Tamia; (8) Austin; (9) Tianna; (1) Chrishell; (2) Nalia; (3) Miranda; (4) Kathy; (5) Tarek; (6) Chris; (7) Sierra; (8) Heidi; (9) Nick; (1) Zadejah

I posted a copy of the material below the images on this page.
In class today: continuing with Bible literary elements.  Test Friday on this material. This will consist of character identification with possible themes, as well as stories. We will begin by looking at the following pictures and connecting them with a narrative. Please take class notes.



Can you name these Biblical stories?

                                                     Burning Bush

 

Red Sea

the Golden Calf

Babel

Sodom and Gomorrah

Abraham and Isaac

Jacob

 

Samaritan

Prodigal Son

lost sheep

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

Each class member has been assigned a question for a detailed presentation next Monday. (some folks have the same one, but note that everyone is working / presenting individually.) You should make yourself an authority on this aspect of the story.On your jump drive, which in the original criteria sheet back in September you were to have, create one or two slides with textual information that supports your response. You may, as well, use visuals.)

 

Assigned responses: Joe (1); Aaron (2); Jamichael (3); Ashli (4) Allison; (5) Ariana; (6) Katherine; (7) Tamia; (8) Austin; (9) Tianna; (1) Chrishell; (2) Nalia; (3) Miranda; (4) Kathy; (5) Tarek; (6) Chris; (7) Sierra; (8) Heidi; (9) Nick; (1) Zadejah

  

1.      How is the physical appearance of the interior of the House of Usher related to the condition of Usher’s mind?  How is it related to his physical appearance?

 

 

2.      What details early in the story foreshadow the ending?

 

 

 

3.      Critics have argued that Madeline and Roderick are not only twins but are physical and metal components of the same being.  What evidence is there in the story to support this claim?

 

 

4.      In what way is the ending of the story ambiguous?  What do you think has happened?

 

 

       How does the following contribute to the growing sense of terror in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?

 

5.      The description of the House of Usher.  The description of Usher’s painting.

 

 

6.      The entombment of Madeleine.   Storms and other natural phenomena.

 

 

      Find evidence in the story to support the following:

 

7.      In the absence of contact with the real world, the human imagination an produce distorted perception of reality.

 

8.      When isolated from the real world, a person an be infected by another person’s fears and false perceptions of reality.

 

9.      If artists (many believe that Roderick Usher represents a typical creative artist) completely turn away from the external world and become drawn into the internal world of their imaginations, they ultimately destroy their capacity to create and may ultimately destroy themselves.