Here’s a short assignment I did for Shakespeare on Film last year: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZsUu-0JVPKO7EGTSXFq3TJWJniqbwoCuwj5PPcU-Ul0/edit?usp=sharing And here’s the clip my paper talks about (the part I focus on goes from the beginning until about 2 minutes in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbpoG092YAQ It’s a little different from your essay assignment, but…

“But Lucy Audley would not make war. She carried forward the sum of her dislike, and put it out at a steady rate of interest, until the breach between her step-daughter and herself widening a little every day, became a great gulf utterly impassable by…

in case it helps with your close-readings

The word protagonist literally means ‘the actor who is first in importance’. Both parts of this definition hold equal weight. A protagonist must always be an actor- someone who acts on his impulses, ideas and thoughts. Further, while in most literary works, there are always…

At the beginning of the novel Lady Audley was portrayed as a pretty, sweet face, and it was in her, “amiable and gentle nature always to be light- hearted, happy and contented under any circumstances”(10). The reader was given no insight into her internal feelings…

Throughout the entire novel, the reader catches a couple glimpses that Lady Audley’s perfect façade masks her real personality. One of the first instances where I completely lost my sympathy for Lady Audley begins when Robert Audley confronts her and threatens that he will uncover…

Graham’s idea of a “uniformly satisfying” conclusion is definitely present in Lady Audley’s Secret. Michael Audley and Alicia travel through Europe, Lucy is sent to a mental institution and then dies, George returns, and Robert and Clara get married. These “safe” plot elements surprised me…

The conclusion of LAS could be called “uniformly satisfying”, but I would say it is “uniformly unsatisfying.” After reading this victorian novel with murder, bigamy, secrets, and lying I expected the ending to have much more of a purpose, or satisfactory element to it. Yes,…

The Thursday class began with a trip to the Watkinson Library to read old books and journals. The Watkinson library contains over 175,000 rare books. Our class was fortunate enough to be able to view old copies of Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend by…

The dictionary definition of “melodrama” is “a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.” This mostly aligns with my pre-conceived notions of the term, although I’ve rarely heard the term used in real life. I’ve mostly heard…