Compare what ancient greeks considered philosophy vs what we may consider philosophy.

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The essay should use examples and arguments in favour of Hesiod being a posible philosophical text.
-Intro:
-Body:
How philosophy is defined then
Specify the traits that makes DRN philosophy vs regular didactic poetry (epicurean + instructions on approaches to life).
Compare what ancient greeks considered philosophy vs what we may consider philosophy. Social aspects that meant not really going against religion.
Continue with claim that Hesiod can be considered philosophy (both work and days and theogony. One is study of nature of existence the other of nature of reality).
Relate theogony to wider religious concepts and religious philosophy (reference other ancient texts like Aratus?).
Scholarly criticism and personal counter arguments.
Implications for society and implications for our study of the texts.
Conclusions

In what ways does the selection you chose convey the ideas in Locke’s definition?

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Read Locke’s “The New Negro” and apply two of his characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance to one work from the other readings by Hughes, McKay, or Hurston. In what ways does the selection you chose convey the ideas in Locke’s definition?

How does your poem’s use of OR lack of these elements change the readability of this work, as compared to Eliot’s The Waste Land or Pound’s Hugh Selwyn Mauberly?

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Choose one of the poems for this lesson’s readings. Evaluate the poet’s stylistic methods according to the central criteria we noted for modernist poetry (i.e. fragmentation, juxtaposition, allusion). How does your poem’s use of OR lack of these elements change the readability of this work, as compared to Eliot’s The Waste Land or Pound’s Hugh Selwyn Mauberly?

Write an analytical essay comparing and contrasting evil in these two works.

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For the longer essay,pick two things we read or watched this semester and compare the portrayal of evil in them. You could pick your two favorite texts, or two things that made you think the hardest, or two things that you think paired well, or maybe two things that depicted evil in wildly different ways. It’s up to you. But in any case, write an analytical essay comparing and contrasting evil in these two works.

The topic is largely open-ended, so that you have space to explore. But (to get you started) you might try to think about macro-issues: the larger philosophical, psychological, theological features of evil that appear in some of these works and how they square with one another; or you might, instead, think about individual characters/figures we’ve discussed who have evil tendencies or features, and what binds them or separates them from one another across time and space; or you might try to dissect some of the contextual socio-cultural issues that inform the composition of these texts (which I tried to highlight in most of my lectures) in order to get a behind-the-scenes perspective on evil in the literature, and the ways in which these contexts help shape the texts you compare, etc.

You should have a clear argument (a thesis) and you should back up your argument with evidence from the texts/films, to demonstrate that you are engaging directly with the material.

List of materials that we have read/watch to pick from:
Homer Odyssey 11, 24
Virgil Aeneid 6
Dante Inferno
Milton Paradise Lost
Prudentius Psychomachia
Mary Shelley Frankenstein
George A. Romero Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Film)
George A. Romero Day of the Dead (1985) (Film)

Please use 2 of these materials and only these materials for the comparison

In what ways does Virginia Woolf make innovations in narrative voice and style?

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prefereled deadline is by 11pm today

This on ‘Mrs Dalloway’

This is for an online examination so foot notes are not required and there is no bibliography. secondary sources do not need to be footnoted either, just state the name’paper and auther when referencing them

According to Montaigne, what is the greatest obstacle to human progress?

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Prompt: According to Montaigne, what is the greatest obstacle to human progress? Would Francis Bacon agree? Cite at least 2 of Montaigne’s Essays in your response.

Must include a counteragrument and refutation;
Essay should be minimum of 5 full pages (no more than 7 pages)

How have African Americans complied with stereotypical inscriptions within popular culture?

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PLEASE WRITE IN PARAGRAPH FORM!!! PLEASE DO NOT NUMBER THE QUESTIONS!!!

In a minimum of two pages, answer the following:

1.) First Impressions

2.) Essential Message

3.) According to the text, how have African Americans complied with stereotypical inscriptions within popular culture? The author also suggests that “brilliant hip-hop and pimp artists have further impoverished the conditions in which Black bodies are already scripted.” Explain this notion.

4.) Significance for African American Popular culture.

5.) Points of Agreement/Dissension

6.) Summary/Closing

How might this idea be applied to Paul and his friends in the novel of ( All Quiet On The Western Front)

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Gertrude Stein once famously referred to the young soldiers who went off to fight in world war one as a lost generation. How might this idea be applied to Paul and his friends in the novel of ( All Quiet On The Western Front)

Explain his argument. Do you agree/ disagree with his contention? Why or why not?

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PAPER MUST BE WRITTEN IN PARAGRAPGH!!! PLEASE DONT AND NUMBERS FOR QUESTIONS!!!

In a minimum of two pages, answer the following:

1.) First Impressions

2.) Essential Message

3.) The writer contends that “within some scholarship and public discourse there is an assumption that the predominant form of Black popular communication resides in hip-hop culture and the more limited gangsta/thug rap, and it is this kind of Black popular communication that most urgently demands and needs our attention and counter-narratives.” Explain his argument. Do you agree/ disagree with his contention? Why or why not?

4.) Significance for African American popular culture.

5.) Points of Agreement/Dissension

6.) Summary/Closing

Discuss common Themes in the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and the book Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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Professors Instructions:
Use the topic from your Things Fall Apart essay. Discuss the theme as common to both Things Fall Apart and Purple Hibiscus. You must find common grounds to compare and contrast one other work that was also done in class, which will be used as a supporting source in your paper. You must also include support from two (2) other academic articles

Follow class discussions for other instructions

You must write a well-constructed and researched four (4) to five (5) page essay.

You must have:
an introduction with a clear thesis
body paragraphs with a topic sentence and
at least eight other sentences supporting your topic
sentence, and a conclusion,
good grammar
good expressions
good sentence
good punctuation
good paragraphing, and
good spelling.
The essay’s in-text citation, work cited page, organization, and format must adhere strictly to the
latest MLA format
You will have to add Purple Hibiscus to your thesis.

– things fall apart essay linked in additional materials. Use the same topic but add Purple hibiscus in it.
compare and contrast
source/reference 1: Effects of colonization essay
2: Purple Hibiscus book
3: Things fall apart book
4: 2 other academic articles