advanced placement english literature and composition assignment
advanced placement english literature and composition assignment
advanced placement english literature and composition assignment
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Your <strong>assignment</strong> is to write an interpretation of Frankenstein that is based on your carefulobservation of its textual details, considering: structure, style, <strong>and</strong> theme. You may select towrite an interpretative essay based on one of these two themes: the tension betweenindividualism <strong>and</strong> social acceptance; or the tension between technology <strong>and</strong> human aspiration.There is no word limit. Your essay must be typed. This essay is due the first Friday we are inschool in August.Self-selected English Romantic Poetry (20pt)Some readers see poetry as intimidating, puzzling, or simply a cryptic form of expression. Quitelikely, with some effort though, you will find poetry you underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> even enjoy if you lookhard enough.Select a poem written during the Romantic time (1798-1832). Suggested poets to exploreinclude, but are not limited to, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, John Keats,Percy Bysshe Shelley, <strong>and</strong> George Gordon, Lord Byron. You may want to shy away from thelongest Romantic pieces including Rime of the Ancient Mariner or Lines Composed a Few MilesAbove Tintern Abbey.Generate Response Notes on your own copy of the poem. Notes may include indications of thelines you liked, words <strong>and</strong>/or images you did not underst<strong>and</strong>, themes also seen in Frankenstein,<strong>and</strong>/or the tenets of English Romanticism. Your score will be based on the thoroughness of yournotes.This <strong>assignment</strong> is due the first Friday we are in school in August.