Our need for relationships...

We've been dancing around the idea that God has created human beings so that we need love and meaningful relationships as much as we need air and food and shelter. Consider this quote from an article called "Love is a Human Need" (http://ezinearticles.com/?Love-is-a-Human-Need&id=2088020): From birth to death, love is not just the focus of human experience but also the life force of the mind, determining our moods, stabilizing our bodily rhythms, and changing the structure of our brains. The body's physiology ensures that relationships determine and fix our identities. Love makes us who we are, and who we can become. (A General Theory of Love, 2000, Lewis by Amini, Lannon, p.viii)

In your opinion, based on what we've been exploring in Far From the Madding Crowd, Woman at Point Zero, Wide Sargasso Sea and Flannery O'Connor's short stories, is this true? And, if so, does our human need for love and meaningful relationships really reflect our deeper need and desire for true communion with God, our creator and the creator of the universe?

Post your thoughts here (aim for at least 250 words). :)

Woman At Point Zero Quotation Bank!

Post your Woman at Point Zero quotations here!

Quotation Bank for Rhys...

Post your group's quotations from Wide Sargass Sea here (along with a page reference for each quotation). Use this as a bank of evidence to prepare for your Paper 2 exam. :)

Quotation Bank for Hardy...

Post your group's selected quotations here (along with a page reference for each quotation). Use this as a bank of evidence to prepare for your Paper 2 exam. :)

A Peek Into Fever 103

Hello wonderful students! Here is a link to a university student's commentary about Sylvia Plath's poem "Fever 103". I thought you might find it useful and she has some interesting ideas.

http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/10/jersey-girls-find-poetic-justification-on-sylvia-plaths-fever-103/

Lady Macbeth's Decline...

Okay folks, here is the place where you should post a comment about Lady Macbeth's decline throughout the play. Remember to reference the pair of lines you have chosen from your handout, and comment about what those lines reveal about Lady Macbeth's transformation. I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts!

The Climax of Macbeth

After carefully re-reading Act 3:1-3, please comment on the following question. In answering the question, please use textual evidence (precise textual evidence!!) to back up your response.

And the question is... "Why could the murder of Banquo (and the banquet that follows)be considered the climax of this play?"