+1 862 207 3288 Answer the questions below in at least 1 or more paragraphs if needed, using complete sentences and answering all parts of the prompt. Each prompt/questions is its own and not related to the other.
- Paragraph must be 5+ sentences
- Include textual evidence for each prompt
In Praise of Imagination
The Romantic poets rebelled against the rationalism of their time by espousing imagination over logic and reason. How do the poems in this unit extol the power and virtue of human imagination? Do you think imagination is as powerful and important to human progress as these poets believe? Do we see examples of the power of imagination today? Choose two poems and explain how each poem treats the power and virtue of human imagination. Then discuss your views on the role of imagination today.
List of poems to choose from:
- “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” a poem by William Wordsworth.
- “Lines Written in Early Spring” by William Wordsworth
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem “Kubla Khan”
- “When We Two Parted” by Lord Byron
- “Darkness”by Lord Byron
- “Ode to the West Wind.” byPercy Bysshe Shelley
- “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad” by John Keats
- “Ode on Melancholy.”by John Keats
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Jane Austen Today
Jane Austen’s novels have been popular for over two hundred years, despite the fact that the world she lived in no longer exists. Pride and Prejudice in particular has been repeatedly adapted for plays and movies, and other novels about Darcy and Elizabeth have been spun off it. So what’s the big deal? Why is Austen’s novel still so popular, with people returning to the story and adapting it to different cultures and times? What is it about her characters, their relationships, and her writing that has enduring resonance? Offer compelling reasons and support them with textual examples.
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The Modern Hero
In “The Second Coming” by W.B. Yeats, the speaker asserts that the best people “lack all conviction,” while the worst are “full of passionate intensity.” How does this statement apply to the speakers in “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”? What characteristics of the modern world make it difficult, if not impossible, to be heroic in the traditional sense?
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