Crime and Punishment

If you have comments that you didn't get to share in class discussion, go ahead and post them here. You might pose questions about details that mystify you, or offer insights about characters, scenes or symbols. Keep in mind that you must identify a significant motif or symbolic character to trace through the novel and write about when we finish. In addition, you might consider the list of prereading questions below.

1. What is the good life?
2. What is a good person?
3. Why do people suffer?
4. Why is there poverty?
5. How can society eradicate poverty?
6. Is murder always wrong?
7. Can stealing ever be justified?
8. Does a person have free will?
9. Does a power higher than humans control the universe?
10. Is a genius more important than someone with average intelligence? Should a genius be granted special privileges under the law?

King Henry IV, Part 1 -- Final Reflection

Please consider the following questions and post your final thoughts about the King Henry IV, Part 1 unit. Complete your comment by Thursday, October 12, 2006.

What person in the play do you know best?
With whom do you identify?
What did you learn about yourself in doing Henry IV, Part 1?
What do you think of this play in comparison with other Shakespeare plays you have read?
What did you think of the way we studied this play?
What did you think of doing the reading journal on the blog? (Keep in mind that you still would have done a reading journal if we hadn’t used the blog – you just would have done it on paper.)
What suggestions would you make for this unit?

King Henry IV -- Act 5, Scene 1 and Instructions

Acting assignments for Act 5:
The Court -- Scene 1
The Rebels -- Scene 2
Combined Group -- Scenes 3 and 4
The Pubcrawlers -- Scene 5

You will blog about each of the three scenes in which you do not act. All three will be original comments this time -- no response to another student's comment required (but if you see one that interests you, by all means, go ahead and respond).

Post a comment about Scene 1 here if you are a member of the Rebels, the Pubcrawlers, or the Combined group.

King Henry IV -- Act 5, Scene 2

Post a comment about Scene 2 here if you are a member of the Court, the Pubcrawlers, or the Combined group.

King Henry IV -- Act 5, Scenes 3 and 4

Post a comment about Scene 4 or 5 here if you are a member of the Court, the Rebels, or the Pubcrawlers.

King Henry IV -- Act 5, Scene 5

Post a comment here about Scene 5 if you are a member of the Court, the Rebels, or the Combined group.