Shakespeare, part 1: Twelfth Night

Hi everyone,


Well done again on getting through The House of Mirth!  Make use of those teacher notes, and good luck deciphering the Book One notes.  I will pray for you.  :)

NOW.  Shakespeare!  This week's readings:

Play-

• Intro, pgs 6-15
• Act 1, pgs 56-81

Study guide-

• Act 1 summary / analysis, pgs 12-23

I'll always let you know what you need to be reading for the week.  Stay ahead of me so if there's anything that confuses you, you can bring it up in class!

Tomorrow I'll release the readings for NEXT week.

Enjoy!


- T. Marcus

John Milton - Evening in Paradise (from Paradise Lost)

As stated in class, this is from Book IV, and as I found in this link, is lines 598 - 632.  Yikes.

Focus on IMAGERY.  This is the key for the entire poem.

Themes to look at are the power, importance, and reward of Sleep.  There is a potential mirror to works being the way to heaven (i.e. sleep/rest is the reward for earthly labour).

Mr. Sir and Sparknotes both have interesting things to say.  For Mr. Sir, particularly note paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Context section.

Enjoy.  :)


- T. Marcus