LIT107: English Literature - Essay Writing

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The Good Life

Questions: Choose ONE of the following topics: Question One: Tudor or Elizabethan poets who chose the sonnet form did so to evoke, often in a striking manner, the joys and sorrows of love. Discuss this claim with reference to at least four sonnets in the Norton Anthology. Question Two: Sir Toby Belch as the literal embodiment of " the good life", that is bodily pleasure, represents an alternative to the puritanism of Malvolio. Discuss how Shakespeare brings out the contrast between these two characters in Twelfth Night. OR Discuss how a production of Twelfth Night (stage or screen) which you have seen brought out the distinction in character between Sir Toby and Malvolio. Question Three: At the outset of her discussion on King Lear Patricia Kelly (Reading 5) refers to the debatable question of female identity:  Cordelia as & Gonerill and Regan as wicked sisters How do you judge the disposition of the three sisters as the play develops? OR Discuss how a production of King Lear (stage or screen) which you have seen brought out the characters of the three sisters. OR Discuss how your reading of Jane Smileys A Thousand Acres throws light on the characters of King Lear.