ENGL 362: Spring 2004 Dr. Helen Bittel Study Guide 10 Perspectives: Ladies and Gentlemen 1. Cobbe, Ellis, Brontes, Norton, Eliot, Beeton, Victoria What do these readings, taken together, suggest about Victorian womanhood? Make a list of the 5-6 most important, overarching observations that you can make. Put another way, synthesize and summarize what you have learned about Victorian womanhood in 5-6 sentences. 2. Newman, Hughes, Kingsley, Newbolt What do these readings, taken together, suggest about how the Victorians defined middle-class masculinity? Make a list of the 5-6 most important, overarching observations that you can make. Put another way, synthesize and summarize what you have learned about Victorian womanhood in 5-6 sentences. 3. Ellis, Norton, and Eliot all develop arguments to support a position. Choose one of them and answer the following questions: What is the author's position; what is she trying to persuade her audience of? How does she go about persuading you to accept his or her position or theory? How does the author establish credibility? Appeal to emotions? Appeal to logic? Arrange ideas to maximize impact? What role, if any, do diction (word choice), imagery, symbol, and metaphor play? (Note: You do not need to answer all of these "elaborative" questions) Which aspects of the argument do you find most convincing? Least? Why? 4. Choose one selection that still might have something important to say to readers today. How does the selection speak to readers today? What about it still resonates? Do you see any analogues in our contemporary popular culture? Contact the English Department at: 570-348-6219. E-mail: English@marywood.edu.

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