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Students analyze world literature. They respond to controversial, thought-provoking issues in class discussions and writings.

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12/12	Blame Game
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Student Entries
12/19	After All, "Hell Hath No Fury like a Woman Scorned"	s
12/18	Time to step up.	r
12/15	Emotional Rollercoaster	s
12/14	It's an all-out blame game.	g
12/14	The Unwelcoming Burden.	t
12/14	Guilt Denied	c
12/14	Pointing Fingers	g
12/14	Who's to blame?	s
12/14	It is a matter of loyalty. Who will prevail?	g
12/14	The User	a
12/13	Yet, Who Should The Blame Fall To?	d
12/13	Testing Loyalies	u
12/13	"Who's to Blame?"	j
12/13	Are People Deceiving Liars or True and Trusting?	a
12/12	Babysitting Vs. Job......	s
12/12	"Eternal Loyalty"	g
12/12	The Right Choice	i
12/12	Do you have what it takes, to face the challenges of life?	g
12/12	Friends First	s
12/12	Where do your loyalties lie?	g
12/12	Hardest Choices to Make	c
12/12	Choosing Friends?	d
12/12	Being put to the Test	g
12/12	Secrets Aren't Good Friends.	t
12/12	My brothers trust in me	s
12/11	Do I lose my morals or my friends?	s
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Blame Game

Article posted December 12, 2005 at 05:48 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 7081

After having studied the Greek drama Medea, determine which character is to blame for the ultimate tragedy.

Explain your reasoning.

State the lessons for life that this ancient Greek drama has for today's society.

Article posted December 12, 2005 at 05:48 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 7081

A QUESTION OF LOYALTIES

Article posted December 8, 2005 at 06:18 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 182

Throughout life, situations arise which may cause conflicts of loyalties. Such conflicts may be social, financial, political, moral, institutional, or religious.

Focus on a major situation in which your loyalties were called into question.

Describe the situation, the nature of the conflicting loyalties, and the resolution of the conflict.

What factors influenced your decision?

What did you learn from this experience about people, yourself, society, the system, etc.?

Article posted December 8, 2005 at 06:18 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 182

OEDIPUS REX

Article posted November 2, 2005 at 07:19 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 189

Select 1 of the 5 quotations from the drama. On your blogs write a well-written, standard English response that addresses all of the following:

1. Establish the context of your chosen quote (speaker, to whom, what it means, when it was spoken, and why it's important).

2. Explain what Sophocles is conveying about the human condition by your chosen quote.

3. In detail, relate your chosen quotation to a true-life experience you have witnessed or undergone personally.

QUOTATION 1 p. 332
"Natures like yours chiefly torment themselves."

QUOTATION 2 p. 319
"How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
When there's no help in truth!"

QUOTATION 3 p. 329
"Judgments too quickly formed are dangerous."

QUOTATION 4 p. 345
"A man should live only for the present day."

QUOTATION 5 p. 356
"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."

Article posted November 2, 2005 at 07:19 PM GMT0 • comment • Reads 189

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