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Board Work 9/29-10/2

Board Work 9/29-10/2. Walpurgis Night. Is Faust enjoying himself? How do you know? Should he be? Give evidence. Compare Mephisto’s ability to give Faust pleasures here as opposed to “Auerbach’s Tavern.” What has changed? What conclusion can you draw?

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Board Work 9/29-10/2

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  1. Board Work 9/29-10/2

  2. Walpurgis Night • Is Faust enjoying himself? How do you know? Should he be? Give evidence. • Compare Mephisto’s ability to give Faust pleasures here as opposed to “Auerbach’s Tavern.” What has changed? What conclusion can you draw? • What does Faust actually see on page 119? How does he interpret it? Can we trust his senses? How does Mephisto interpret it? Can we trust his explanations? What does the vision mean in the context of the scene as a whole? • Faust seems to have loosened up a bit by this point in the book. Have you ever had an experience that at first felt uncomfortable, but after a while you got used to it and got more comfortable? How did that happen for you? How is it happening for Faust?

  3. Rhetoric! • Look at the following pieces: • Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence p.37 • Paine’s Common Sense p.45 • How do these pieces organize their arguments? • What is the thesis statement? • What evidence do the pieces provide? • What methods/techniques do they use to prove their points?

  4. Faust Movie • What were the director’s goals in adapting the play to a film? Why did he include or leave out various elements?  • How did he convey similar ideas through a different medium? How did the limitations of a silent film play into his choices?  Give examples. • If you were to adapt the story into a modern film, what would you do? Why?

  5. Question time! • Canterbury Tales • Ballads (Barbara Allen) • Romances • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight • Le Morte d’Arthur

  6. Canterbury Tales • Give an example of characterization from the story. • How did the old woman answer the knight’s complaint about being low class, poor, and ugly? • What do women want, according to the Wife of Bath?

  7. Ballads • Name four characteristics of a Ballad. • Give three differences between versions of “Barbara Allen” • For each tell how it affects the story

  8. Romances • Give an example of each of the following characteristics of Romanticism from “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” • Larger than life characters • Supernatural and exotic settings • Hero facing a challenge • Hidden or mistaken Identity

  9. Which conflict is more significant to Arthur’s downfall, his external conflicts or his internal conflicts? How do you know? Prove it with textual evidence.

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