Reading Exercises for English 213
Fall 2008



These exercises are to be handed in on the dates cited below.

1. Aug. 26 No exercise due

2. Sep. 2 List any 5 corpses in Wuthering Heights and explain briefly how each got that way.

3. Sep. 9 List any 5 differences between the novel Wuthering Heights and screenplay.

4. Sep. 16 No exercise due

5. Sep. 23 List any 5 reasons why you think Catherine in Washington Square should or should not have taken Morris back. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

6. Sep. 30 List any 5 differences between Washington Square and the play The Heiress.

7. Oct. 7 List any 5 reasons why you think the ghosts in The Turn of the Screw exist or not. You may have both pro and con in any ratio.

8. Oct. 14 List any 5 differences between The Turn of the Screw and the play The Innocents.

9. Oct. 21 List any 5 reasons why you think Eliza in the play Pygmalion should or should not have gone back to Higgins. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

10. Oct. 28 List any 5 differences between the play Pygmalion and the musical play My Fair Lady.

11. Nov. 4 Election Day No Classes.

12. Nov. 11 List any 5 reasons why Nora in the play A Doll's House should or should not have stayed with Torvald. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

13. Nov. 18 No exercise due

14. Nov. 25 List any 5 reasons why Stella in the play A Streetcar Named Desire should or should not have gone back to Stanley. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

15. Dec. 2 No exercise due

Teaching

English 213 Syllabus

English 213 Schedule

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