For those of you who missed today's AP tutorial (and that would be ALL OF YOU except for Liz Cook) you missed a fun-filled multiple choice test over George Eliot's ADAM BEDE - a test, by the way, that Liz aced and, might I add, she is getting better and better at EACH TIME SHE TAKES? See what you're missing? Anyway, then, we did an analysis of two contrasting poems on sonnets - "On the Sonnet" by Keats and the other poem, untitled but also dealing with the sonnet, by Wordsworth. Then we did another analysis of two more contrasting poems written during the Renaissance, one by Edmund Spenser, and the other by Thomas Carew (pronounced Carey) entitled "The Spring". The Spenser and Carew poems deal with the popular Renaissance theme of carpe diem - and if you haven't been attending the tutorials, then you probably have no idea what carpe diem is, do you? Well, okay, I'll tell you - it means "seize the day". You probably still don't know what that means so come to next week's tutorial and I'll explain it to you. Or check out the movie, "Dead Poets Society." Or check out this website, "Dead Poets Society".

Liz and I discussed FRANKENSTEIN and possible themes dealing with creation, loneliness and beauty; the discussion also focused on the tropes (symbolism, foreshadowing, etc) that are used in FRANKENSTEIN. We also discussed scientific philosophy during the Age of Reason and the contrast between its philosophy and that of the Romantic Era. Then we began reading Defoes' essay "On the Education of Women". We did all that today. So what were you guys doing from 1:30 to 3:30 that was so important?

You also need to start reading CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (seriously! I'm not joking about this.) I'm going to give you guys a break - not that you deserve it - but the long form for Frankenstein will be due on the first day of class and the long form for CRIME AND PUNISHMENT will be due on March 17th.

Not that anybody but Liz will bother showing up, but next week is the last week for our so-called AP tutorials. Enjoy the rest of your vacation!

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