Of Mice and Men
1. Finish book!
2. Complete Chapter 6 questions (help for a few questions below).
3. Finish quotations for chart (try to choose ones that illuminate any relevant themes). Remember to include page/chapter number).
** Tomorrow: Review Literary Terms, homework check (quotations/chart completion)**
** Next week: Test/Essay**
English 11
The Crucible
1. Finish reading Act I.
2. Finish Act I Questions.
**Tomorrow: Review Characters**
**Act I Quiz Friday**
--> Ensure you know what paradox and allegory are, as well as be clear about characterization and the importance of Reputation in this society (i.e. a "good name").
3. Important quotations (Know the literal and symbolic meaning!):
p. 28: Mrs. Putnam, "There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!"
[We can look at the words/images distinctly - wheel = cyclical, fire = Hell, evil, - as well as interpret them symbolically as the political and personal grudges the Salemites held. Add to the chaos the overlapping of their religious beliefs with their social conventions and we have quite the deep-rooted mess!].
p. 36: Hale, "They must be (heavy); they are weighted with authority."
[Symbolically, we could connect their faith in these books with their reverence for the Bible - whether or not they can understand/read the Bible. As a theocracy, Salem's laws are based on the Bible, so we can conclude that they follow a set of rules that they do not understand/may not be legitimate. Furthermore, books usually stand for education/learning/the educated. Hale's books are filled with information about the devil and witchcraft and how to expel it - information that isn't easily proved. The people of Salem and Hale respect the books and blindly follow their faith. This foreshadows that the people may blindly trust/believe in the girls' confessions which also cannot be substantiated.]
p. 31: Giles, "Think on it now, it's a deep thing, and dark as a pit."
[Literally, the villagers are not getting along, symbolically, their theocracy seems to be failing - their 'new', insecure society cannot tolerate or survive dissension within the community ((LOTF anyone?)).]
