Thursday, October 20, 2011

Monday/ Thursday Girls

Vocabulary: 
1. avow: to declare openly
2. banal: commonplace
3. bursar: treasurer
4. cede: to pass title to
5. comely: handsome
6. diatribe: bitter criticism
7. dilate: to enlarge in all directions
8. dolor: lamentation
9. emit: to send or give out
10. engender: to produce

Literature: 
Finish reading Paradise Lost.
Paper Options:
1000 words on one of the following:
1. Milton often depicts Satan as an attractive or sympathetic character. 
In what ways could Satan be seen as  attractive or sympathetic? Cite examples from the text.


2. How do Adam and Eve differ after their fall from grace?
Discuss the differences with examples from the epic.


3. Discuss Milton's attitudes of gender roles and marriage as seen in the epic. Cite examples.

History:
Complete study sheet on Chapter 15.
Make sure you have read Chapter 16.


Remember there is no class on the 27th!!!

 You will need the next book on the 31st.












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