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(This is in chapter 8, the sections entitled “Ten More Years of War” and “Postwar Athenian Society”). Reading Material: Martin, Thomas R., Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. Second Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2013). http://elibrary.bsu.az/books_163/N_23.pdf

Pericles was undeniably a force to be reckoned with in ancient Athens. But there are not good primary sources for him. What we know about him comes primarily from brief references in Athenian plays and from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. For your initial post, please tell us what […]

Part 1: We see in “Rip Van Winkle” themes of generational change, continuity, preservation, and tradition. Written nearly half a century after the American Revolution, in “Rip Van Winkle” Irving is making a statement about the Revolution. What is it Washington Irving is trying to convey to the reader through […]

Paper IV: Due Date: June 23. Write a 3-page paper on the nation building in Latin American 19th-century literature by comparing the image of Gaucho in the writings of Hernández and Sarmiento. The different approaches to the image of gaucho represents different approaches to the gaucho and Indians for the […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQfRdl3GTw4 Watch this animated video to prepare for our discussion of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Bring the following questions as fully answered as you can: What do the following symbolize: The cave, the shackles, the prisoners, the freedman, the shadows, the fire and the sun? What are some caves […]

Prepare a historical analysis of The Grapes of Wrath, identifying and discussing the contemporary problems of the Depression and Dust Bowl, as well as New Deal solutions, as they emerge in the book. Describe the novel’s public and critical reception, considering the historical context in which Steinbeck wrote. Discuss what […]