In class today: reviewing Emancipation: A Life Fable by Kate Chopin
AND Imply vs Infer exercise from last Thursday.
Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday you will be writing an essay using the Chopin's The Story of an Hour and the allegory Emancipation: A Life Fable. There is a copy below for anyone who wishes to get ahead.
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Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin Notes on theme (T)
Tone (TN),
Symbols (S)
In class: You are annotate the Emancipation: A Life Fable text, which is an allegory. What you will specifically do is underline important terms, circle definitions and meanings, write key words and definitions in the margin and signal important information or symbols in the margin, specifically those relating to theme (T), tone (TO) and symbols (S). Your detailed annotation of this text will be collected once at the end of class on Monday, once you have submitted your essay.
There was once an animal born into this world, and opening his eyes upon Life, he saw above and about him confining walls, and before him were bars of iron through which came air and light from without; this animal was born in a cage.
Here he grew, and throve in strength and beauty under the care of an invisible protecting hand. Hungering, food was ever at hand. When he thirsted water was brought, and when he felt the need to rest, there was provided a bed of straw upon which to lie; and here he found it good, licking his handsome flanks, to bask in the sun beam that he thought existed but to lighten his home.
Awaking one day from his slothful rest, lo! the door of his cage stood open: accident had opened it. In the corner he crouched, wondering and fearingly. Then slowly did he approach the door, dreading the unaccustomed, and would have closed it, but for such a task his limbs were purposeless. So out the opening he thrust his head, to see the canopy of the sky grow broader, and the world waxing wider.
Back to his corner but not to rest, for the spell of the Unknown was over him, and again and again he goes to the open door, seeing each time more Light.
Then one time standing in the flood of it; a deep in-drawn breath – a bracing of strong limbs, and with a bound he was gone.
On he rushes, in his mad flight, heedless that he is wounding and tearing his sleek sides – seeing, smelling, touching of all things; even stopping to put his lips to the noxious pool, thinking it may be sweet.
Hungering there is no food but such as he must seek and ofttimes fight for; and his limbs are weighted before he reaches the water that is good to his thirsting throat.
So does he live, seeking, finding, joying and suffering. The door which accident had opened is opened still, but the cage remains forever empty!
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Compare Kate Chopin's use of theme, tone and
symbols in The Story of an Hour and Emancipation: A
Life Fable.
Take out your copy of Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour and
your annotated Emancipation: A Life
Fable. Note that the annotated Emancipation will be due on Monday, when you
have shared your essay. At this point in time, you should be very familiar with
both texts.
How to organize your essay: MLA heading,
Times New Roman, size 12 font, double spaced.
The title for the heading is Chopin: Two Works
Length: approximately 400 words.
Introduction: begin with a hook to draw
in your audience. Ask yourself how a woman during the Victorian era might
convey her societal role? Now write specifically about Chopin’s use of the two
genres: short story and allegory. In general terms what have these two in
common? Conclude your introduction with a clear thesis statement that about she
parallels the two stories through theme, tone and symbol.
You will have three more detailed
paragraphs, each
focusing in on one aspect of your thesis statement: theme, tone, symbols. Be
clear as to which work you are referencing. You must weave in textual evidence
into your sentences, making sure to use quotations.
Conclusion: Here is where you analyze
the effectiveness of these two works in conveying Chopin’s objective / purpose
in writing these two pieces. In one more successful than the other? If so why?
Or why are both to them equally effective?
To know
Comparison:
in the same way, by the same token, similarly, in the like manner, likewise, in
similar fashion
Contrast:
yet, and yet, nevertheless, nonetheless, after all, but, however, though,
otherwise, on the contrary, in contrast, notwithstanding, on the other hand
On the
reverse side, there is an organizer.
Compare Kate Chopin's use of theme, tone and symbols in The Story of an Hour and Emancipation: A Life Fable.
Remember: Tone is an attitude of a writer
toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice
of words (diction). Theme is the central topic of a text. Symbols
signify ideas and qualities that are different from their literal sense.
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The Story of an Hour (genre, short story)
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Emancipation: A Life (genre, allegory)
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Brief synopsis
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Brief synopsis
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Theme.
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Theme
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Tone..you are selecting individual words or phrases here
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Tone..you are selecting individual words or phrases here
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Symbols…make sure you have at least 4
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Make sure you have at least 4
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