Assignment 5: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe DEADLINE: Tuesday 30 October

The Cask of Amontillado

Link to the original story:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/poe/cask.html

Link to the easy version:

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/a-23-2005-10-25-voa6-83125537/124606.html

Answer one of the following study questions in about 150 words:

1 Discuss how the Poe uses setting (where and when the story takes place) to enhance the atmosphere of horror in the story.

2. What if Montresor is a woman? Most people assume Montresor is a man. Why? Would it change the way you think about the story if Montresor is a woman?

3.Discuss the theme 'revenge' in the Cask of Amontillado

4. OR draw a comic of the Cask of Amontillado of max 6 pictures which capture the spirit and feel of the story well. 

Assignment 4: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin DEADLINE: Friday 19 October

Kate Chopin's The Story of An Hour (1894) is considered one of the finest pieces of Feminist Literature. 

You can find the story here:
https://archive.vcu.edu/english/engweb/webtexts/hour/

Historical Context

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Feminist literature, both fiction and non-fiction, supports feminist goals for the equal rights of women in their economic, social, civic, and political status relative to men. Such literature dates back to the 15th century (The Tale of Joan of Arc by Christine de Pisan), Mary Wollstonecraft in the 18th century, Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Perkins Gilman, and Louisa May Alcott. Kate Chopin's best known novel, The Awakening (1899) and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's A New England Nun (1891) led the emerging modern feminist literary movement into the 20th century, during which women earned the right to vote, fought for economic, social, political, educational, and reproductive rights with Gloria Steinem and the Women's Liberation Movement. The 21st century has brought a resurgence of interest in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Talewith a new streaming video series, and the Women's March After President Trump's Inauguration (2017) drew more than a million protesters in cities throughout the country and world.
It's helpful to know the list of grievances and demands a group of activitists (mostly women) published in The Declaration of Sentiments in 1848. Principal author and first women's conference organizer was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with high-profile support from abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Many more struggles and attempts to change public opinion followed the conference; it took 72 more years for women to secure the right to vote.

Can this story be considered a work of feminist literature? Answer this question in about 150 words. In order to answer this question you might have to do extra online research on feminism in the 19th century. 

OR

Read Chopin's allegory about freedom from a cage, her short story Emancipation: a Life Fable You can find it here: https://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/short-story/emancipation-a-life-fable 

Compare the story to the one you read in about 150 words. Use at least one of the following words in your comparison: tone, theme or symbol (you can Google the meaning of these literary terms if you have forgotten them).