Y13: Death

Another touch on the links between Ravens and death.

A brilliant read on mourning and loss.

Enjoy!

The Raven




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Y13: Researching

http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/commedia.html
Take a look at this and write up a list of the different characters and their roles.

Yey!

Y13: Contacts

Howdy,

Drop your blog link into the comments section of this post.

This weekend, I want you all to blog and post on everyone else's most recent post.

This will help expose you to lots of new interpretations and understandings of the text and will help your AO3 marks.

Happy reading!

Y13: Strong woman stories

Take a look at this for a nice collection of Strongwoman stories:

http://www.story-lovers.com/listsstrongwomenstories.html

Y13: Carmilla

Take a sneaky peak at this for an early example of lesbian themed vampirism. Note the intertextual links with the Carmilla of The Bloody Chamber and the action of The Lady of the House of Love.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10007/10007-h/10007-h.htm

Y11: Weather in the news

Have a look at these two articles

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/150858/Freeze-may-kill-60-000

What is the piece's political view?

Find 4-5 examples of deliberate language choice to promote the paper political views and explain the effect of each one.

http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/when-bad-weather-is-not-a-crisis-harry-freedman

What is the view of this article? Does it have a similarly strong political viewpoint? With what is the article most concerned (try to read between the lines). Pick out 4-5 words or sentences that are used to promote this point of view.

Find similar examples of news stories about the weather. Find and explain ones with strong political views.

Look at what people have written in the comments section of each article. Is there a link with the views expressed and the style of writing used? If so, does this show a kind of prejudice in the writer or in the reader? How should awareness of these kind of issues affect the way we might read articles in the future?

Write up your findings and your opinions on it in 300-400 words (one side) using evidence from the articles

Y13: Dracula and female madness

Have a look at this site for an excellent insight into Victorian ideas of female madness. How do these relate to female character in Dracula, such as Lucy?

http://www.herstoria.com/discover/madness.html

Write a blog post if you think of anything interesting...