BLOG POST #11- "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee
BLOG POST #11 [10 Points]
"The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee
On page 35 (after the dog story) Jerry says:
I have learned that neither kindness nor cruelty by themselves, independent of each other, creates any effect beyond themselves; and I have learned that the two combined, together, at the same time, are the teaching emotion.
How does "The Zoo Story" in its totality embody this concept laid out by Jerry? Is it a notion that appears to be as crazed as Jerry?
BlOG POST #10—Paper for Contemporary Poetry
BLOG POST #10 [10 Points]
Whose paper does a better job of exemplifying its point?
Is it
Bob's paper when he talks about Bishop's display of the experiential?
or
Is it
Larry's paper when he characterizes Adrienne Rich's poem as exhibiting both an internal and external focus?
Or are they both problematic?
Remember: you should cite the line numbers of the poems you refer to in your text according to
this page
BLOG POST #9—Contemporary Poetry
BLOG POST #9 [10 Points]
Choose one poem from this section and discuss how ande to what extent it concerns itself with the internal (experiential) realm or the external (social) realm or both.
BlOG POST #8—International Poetry
BLOG POST #8 [10 Points]
Compare and/or contrast the style of Bei Dao's poems to that of one of the other poets' poems in this section.
[Or perhaps you can compare Bei Dao's style to this year's Nobel Prize winner—if this year's winner turns out to be a poet like Korea's Ko Un]
BLOG POST #7—The Old Modernists
BLOG POST #7 [10 Points]
Compare how the "unified" presentation in poems like "Birches," "Fame is a Fickle Food," and "In the Waiting Room" differ from the more "diffuse" presentation in "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower." How does the manner of presentation in each poem contribute to the effect each one has on the reader?
