We covered a lot of ground today with looking at the biography of my beloved Keats in order to better understand "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" and "When I Have Fears" and indicate the tones that connect to his works. We then looked at Marxist criticism and the key terms connecting to this critical lens (hint - borrow someone's notes so you can start utilizing this jargon when we have class discussions). Last, we looked at the biography of Emily Bronte and commenced Wuthering Heights with the advent of busybody chatterbox Lockwood bothering the introverted, black-eyed Heathcliff.
For next time, you should have the reading through chapter 5 completed, and it would behoove you take notes on characterization, conflicts, motifs, I don't know - Marxist lens-related concerns. Each person in class will be responsible for a section of the text, and I won't tell you which pages in advance. I am expecting the highest level of analysis that you have been required to do all year long. Even if you are suffering from senioritis or have decided not to take the official exam, the standards in which you will be evaluated remain the same!
In addition, you have selected/been assigned a Romantic poet and will write a letter as this Romantic poet to modern day America. While writing this letter, you will use the tones that you selected for the poem chart.
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