Category: Literature

As you can see in the clips below, A Streetcar Named Desire has made its mark not only in American literature but also in popular culture. It truly is an iconic play (and rightly so). Clips in disscussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYA9hvcLekg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMQdtZx43D4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od9zZldUGiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_SGoP9tokI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVmBtNaDXQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX9NR1x7d6Q FOR YOUR ESSAY, THINK ON THIS QUESTION: DO YOU FEEL SORRY FOR BLANCHE OR ARE YOU DISGUSTED BY HER? YOUR ANSWER MAY HELP YOU WRITE YOUR REQUIRED MLA FOUR to FIVE-PARAGRAPH LITERARY ANALYSIS (400-500 words) ON BLANCHE DUBOIS AS VICTIM OR VILLAIN. YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE. THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY, SO BE SURE TO ANALYZE HER CHARACTER. Use the MLA heading and do not forget an ORIGINAL title (meaning yours). Open with an attention grabber, follow up that connects to the introduction of the playwright Tennessee Williams and a brief summary of the play (no more than two-three sentences) and transition to your thesis (main idea).Use the body to support Blanche as victim or villain (ONE OR THE OTHER); be sure to use transitions and a variety of sentence structures. BE SURE TO INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO CITED EXAMPLES FOR EVIDENCE FROM THE PLAY IN THE BODY. IF YOU PARAPHRASE, STILL CITE THE INFORMATION. IF YOU QUOTE THE LINES, REVIEW PROPER MLA GUIDELINES REGARDING IN-TEXT CITATIONS AND QUOTING (no more than 10% is the rule). Always explain your quotes in relation to the point you are making in using them. Your conclusion should restate the thesis (point of the paper) in a new way, sum up the paper without listing points again, and leave the reader with something to think about – a lasting impression (excellent time to revisit the title or attention grabber). YOU MUST ALSO INCLUDE A WORK CITED. Refer to Announcements and copy and paste the one provided for you. It should be its own page. DO NOT USE OTHER SOURCES. I ONLY WANT YOUR ANALYSIS. DO NOT BE CARELESS! QUOTES MUST HAVE LEAD-INS (OR YOU WILL DROP A LETTER GRADE). REVIEW FORMAL WRITING RULES AND THE WRITING RUBRIC. THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL PAPER, SO NO FIRST/SECOND PERSON. STAY IN THIRD PERSON. WHEN REFERRING TO LITERATURE, STAY IN PRESENT TENSE.

Read: “Rhetoric: Making Sense of Human Interaction and Meaning-Making” by Doug Downs found on page 358 in Writing About Writing. (24 pages)
Think about and answer: Questions for Discussion and Journaling 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9 on page 385. Please write your answers in a notebook. Prepare: to discuss the article and your answers to the questions in class and participate in a related group activity. You do not need to submit this portion of the assignment in Canvas. Select and Read: one of the scholarly articles in Chapter 6 of WAW. These readings will be good practice for reading scholarly work rhetorically in your later classes, and you’ll probably have a lot to learn about how scholarly communities work to do the assignment well.
Write: an essay that explains your interpretations of what the writer meant the text to accomplish, and why. Begin with a summary of the article, which should be about one page. As you read your chosen article, take notes about these aspects of the text in order to be able to write an effective summary:
The territory the text covers and the niche it occupies, which may be its research questions or its thesis, if you can identify one
The text’s main parts or sections
The author’s underlying theoretical framework (underlying theories or principles it uses to study or interpret whatever it’s focused on) if the author shares this
Research methods, if the author shares these The author’s finding, main claims, main discoveries
The implications of the piece (which will be mostly in the conclusion and potentially in the introduction as well if they are stated directly)
Now that you know basically what the author is saying and how, you can move on to consider rhetorical elements. Refer to your knowledge about rhetoric as you have read and as we have discussed in class. Also, keep your Rhetoric Quick Reference Guide handy as you read and analyze. In the paper, discuss those rhetorical elements and devices you found. Historicize the text
Who wrote it? This might be in the article itself, although sometimes biographies are not provided. You can use a web search to learn more about the author. Who published it? The first page of each article provides this information or where you might find it. What journal or book did it originally appear in, and who published that journal or book? What can you learn about that publisher? What kinds of work do they usually publish, and what is the purpose of the journal or the book it appears in? Search the journal’s or publisher’s web page to answer these questions. Your analysis should demonstrate that you understood the text you read in a rhetorical sense, that you were able to find and interpret evidence about its history and context, and that you can clearly explain these things to readers and provide evidence to support your claims.

Overview
For this assignment, you will continue working on the Methods section of your hypothetical behavior analytic study. Use the research you completed for the literature review to help you define the independent variable (IV) or intervention that you will use to change the behavior. You will also discuss how you will collect data during baseline and intervention, as well as examine interobserver agreement data.
Instructions
Complete the following sections of your hypothetical behavior analytic study.
Introduction
In your Week 3 assignment, you operationally defined your dependent variable and discussed the social significance of the behavior and explained why your research should address it. Include that information in this assignment.
In addition, integrate any feedback you received from your instructor and add information from your literature review to support your chosen target behavior.
Methods
Participants and Setting
Integrate any feedback you received from your instructor.
Procedure
Discuss the appropriate procedure or independent variable used in the hypothetical behavior analytic research study.
Based on the research that you have done, describe the implementation of the intervention (independent variable).
Include a description of how it was implemented for each participant in a specific situation.
Be clear about how the intervention was implemented (technological), rather than just naming the intervention.
Data Collection
Describe the data collection method.
Clearly identify the data recording method (frequency, duration, etc.) used and explain why that method was selected.
Describe the instrument you used for recording the data and why it was selected.
Describe the schedule for data collection you used (when it was collected, where, by whom, etc.).
Describe how baseline data was gathered.
Interobserver Agreement
Examine interobserver agreement (IOA) information.
Discuss what method of interobserver agreement was used.
Explain how it was calculated, the percent of sessions it was collected, and the percent agreement.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Use current APA style and formatting, paying particular attention to citations and references. Refer to Evidence and APALinks to an external site. for citing and referencing tips.
Length: 5–7 double-spaced pages, not including the title page or reference page.
References: A minimum of four scholarly or professional resources.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment , you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply techniques of behavioral measurement and data display.Present a complete introduction and participants and settings section.
Describe the procedures used to implement the intervention that is used in the hypothetical study.
Describe the data collection method, including the data recording method, the instrument used for recording the data, schedule for data collection, and how the baseline data is gathered.
Describe the interobserver agreement procedures that is used.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.Demonstrate an academic writing style through well-organized prose that follows assignment guidelines.
Demonstrate compliance with current APA style, citation, and referencing guidelines.

1.During your interview process for the position of Project Manager you are asked to explain the relationship between cost, schedule, and performance. What is your answer to the interview panel? – (5 points)
2.For your final question the interviewer asks you to explain the definition of a project and how work on a project differs from ongoing operations. How would you answer the interviewer? (5 points)
3.You’re the project manager on a fixed price project. Is it feasible to use an agile approach in managing the team’s activities? Provide reasoning for your stance and discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of doing so.(5 points)
4.As a newly hired program manager you have a meeting to meet all your project managers and learn about the current status of their projects. As your discussion continues with one of your PMs, you find out that one of the reasons their project is behind schedule is because the PM claims that the program has been forced to do a lot of work and reporting that isn’t necessary for this type of project. You ask your PM if they attempted to tailor the work and reporting requirements. Your PM simply asks you what tailoring is (5 points) and how it could have helped prevent this issue (5 points). What is your response?
5.You are in the planning phase of a new project and are starting to work with your team to create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). How would you explain to the team what a WBS is and why we have one on a project? (5 points) What issues might a project face if it did not have a WBS? (5 points)
6.You are a project manager leading a cross-functional project team in a weak matrix environment. None of your project team members report to you functionally and you do not have the ability to directly reward their performance. The project is difficult, involving tight date constraints and challenging quality standards. What type(s) of project management power will likely be the most effective in this circumstance? (5 points)
7.While explaining how matrix organizations support program/projects to your project manager, it becomes obvious they know nothing about different organization structures and who is responsible for various activities under each structure. How do you explain to your PM the types of organization structures and differences between the responsibilities of the project manager from that of the functional manager in the execution of a project in each organization type? (5 points) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the different organizational types. (5 points)
8.Your fellow project manager tells you they are about to start a new project but are unsure about the phases. Explain to them the phases of the project management lifecycle (5 points) and the purpose of each phase (5 points).
9.What is the most interesting or helpful thing you have learned so far this semester and what upcoming topic is of most interest to you? (5 points)

Overview
For this assignment, you will continue working on the Methods section of your hypothetical behavior analytic study. Use the research you completed for the literature review to help you define the independent variable (IV) or intervention that you will use to change the behavior. You will also discuss how you will collect data during baseline and intervention, as well as examine interobserver agreement data.
Instructions
Complete the following sections of your hypothetical behavior analytic study.
Introduction
In your Week 3 assignment, you operationally defined your dependent variable and discussed the social significance of the behavior and explained why your research should address it. Include that information in this assignment.
In addition, integrate any feedback you received from your instructor and add information from your literature review to support your chosen target behavior.
Methods
Participants and Setting
Integrate any feedback you received from your instructor.
Procedure
Discuss the appropriate procedure or independent variable used in the hypothetical behavior analytic research study.
Based on the research that you have done, describe the implementation of the intervention (independent variable).
Include a description of how it was implemented for each participant in a specific situation.
Be clear about how the intervention was implemented (technological), rather than just naming the intervention.
Data Collection
Describe the data collection method.
Clearly identify the data recording method (frequency, duration, etc.) used and explain why that method was selected.
Describe the instrument you used for recording the data and why it was selected.
Describe the schedule for data collection you used (when it was collected, where, by whom, etc.).
Describe how baseline data was gathered.
Interobserver Agreement
Examine interobserver agreement (IOA) information.
Discuss what method of interobserver agreement was used.
Explain how it was calculated, the percent of sessions it was collected, and the percent agreement.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Use current APA style and formatting, paying particular attention to citations and references. Refer to Evidence and APALinks to an external site. for citing and referencing tips.
Length: 5–7 double-spaced pages, not including the title page or reference page.
References: A minimum of four scholarly or professional resources.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment , you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply techniques of behavioral measurement and data display.Present a complete introduction and participants and settings section.
Describe the procedures used to implement the intervention that is used in the hypothetical study.
Describe the data collection method, including the data recording method, the instrument used for recording the data, schedule for data collection, and how the baseline data is gathered.
Describe the interobserver agreement procedures that is used.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.Demonstrate an academic writing style through well-organized prose that follows assignment guidelines.
Demonstrate compliance with current APA style, citation, and referencing guidelines.

1.During your interview process for the position of Project Manager you are asked to explain the relationship between cost, schedule, and performance. What is your answer to the interview panel? – (5 points)
2.For your final question the interviewer asks you to explain the definition of a project and how work on a project differs from ongoing operations. How would you answer the interviewer? (5 points)
3.You’re the project manager on a fixed price project. Is it feasible to use an agile approach in managing the team’s activities? Provide reasoning for your stance and discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of doing so.(5 points)
4.As a newly hired program manager you have a meeting to meet all your project managers and learn about the current status of their projects. As your discussion continues with one of your PMs, you find out that one of the reasons their project is behind schedule is because the PM claims that the program has been forced to do a lot of work and reporting that isn’t necessary for this type of project. You ask your PM if they attempted to tailor the work and reporting requirements. Your PM simply asks you what tailoring is (5 points) and how it could have helped prevent this issue (5 points). What is your response? 5.You are in the planning phase of a new project and are starting to work with your team to create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). How would you explain to the team what a WBS is and why we have one on a project? (5 points) What issues might a project face if it did not have a WBS? (5 points)
6.You are a project manager leading a cross-functional project team in a weak matrix environment. None of your project team members report to you functionally and you do not have the ability to directly reward their performance. The project is difficult, involving tight date constraints and challenging quality standards. What type(s) of project management power will likely be the most effective in this circumstance? (5 points)
7.While explaining how matrix organizations support program/projects to your project manager, it becomes obvious they know nothing about different organization structures and who is responsible for various activities under each structure. How do you explain to your PM the types of organization structures and differences between the responsibilities of the project manager from that of the functional manager in the execution of a project in each organization type? (5 points) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the different organizational types. (5 points)
8.Your fellow project manager tells you they are about to start a new project but are unsure about the phases. Explain to them the phases of the project management lifecycle (5 points) and the purpose of each phase (5 points).
9.What is the most interesting or helpful thing you have learned so far this semester and what upcoming topic is of most interest to you? (5 points)

Purpose: Completing annotated bibliographies demonstrates information literacy skills, critical reading
skills and clear communication abilities. Working on an annotated bibliography allows a student to pursue
research actively, finding sources and engaging with them to create the evaluative summaries; it also
encourages students to look widely in the research literature on the topic to add breadth to the
understanding of the topic.
How to complete the assignment:
• Search for articles through the MCPHS Smart Search. If you can connect through another COF
library or through your home public library or the Boston Public Library, JSTOR is a premier
Humanities database that will help you find sources also.
• Make sure that your source fits the assignment. It should be a scholarly academic article, also called
a critical essay. You should not use a summary or a review of a text. This article should come from a
peer-reviewed academic source.
• Read the article carefully, noting the main points and the evidence that is used in supporting those
points. Consider the author’s point of view and evaluate whether you find this material convincing
and profitable for understanding the literary text.
• Write the annotation, noting the four required elements:
1. The MLA Bibliographic citation for the essay in MLA 9 format,
▪ The annotated bibliography entries should be alphabetized according to the
authors’ last names.
2. The thesis statement of the article which you paraphrase,
3. The main points discussed in the article you have read (use citation for all quotations and
paraphrases that you include), and
4. A statement of whether/how this article could be useful for a student writing an essay.
Another way to think of this component is to consider what contribution this particular
essay makes to understanding the text you’re writing about.
Sample Annotated Bibliography Entry:
Gilligan, Carol. “Looking Back to Look Forward: Revisiting in a Different Voice.” Classics Journal, 2019,
https://classics-at.chs.harvard.edu/classics9-carol-gilligan-looking-back-to-look-forward-revisiting-in-
a-different-voice/.
In this essay, psychologist Carol Gilligan writes about the ideas and ingrained cultural attitudes that she
confronted when writing her book In a Different Voice; she discusses how gender, communication, and
morality converge in a way that frequently reinforces patriarchal attitudes, yet those ideas should be
rethought. Drawing upon multiple psychologists’ work, anecdotal experiences, and textual evidence, she
builds to the idea that an “ethic of care,” which had previously been associated with women in a patriarchal
society, should be rethought to be a human ethic in a democratic system (Gilligan). Ultimately, Gilligan
explores the effects that gendered moralities and communications have on adolescent girls, emphasizing
the need for women’s voices to be expressed and heard. This essay would be useful in an essay on
communication and gender, especially as it relates to rethinking a system designed to silence parts of its
community.
Articles that can be used:
1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.3366/j.ctt3fgtnm.10.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A606f62ff98cf089b4c2137ecaa0a723d&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=&initiator=search-results&acceptTC=1
2. https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7038/703873550029/html/

Your Week 2 discussion forum post should respond to Week 2 readings .
You should post an initial post by 11:59 p.m. Thursday of Week 2 that. . .
Argues a thesis about the characters, events, or ideas in any of the readings assigned this week. If you’re having trouble coming up with an idea, read the discussion questions in the Author PowerPoint for this week and answer one of them for your prompt. The Author PowerPoint can be found attached to the list of this week’s readings.
Is about 250 words minimum excluding quotations and citations.
Follows APA style in its use of in-text citations and a References entry at the bottom of the post.
Includes two properly integrated and cited direct quotations to support your claims.
Anne Bradstreet: (9th ed.: Vol. 1 pp. 112-130) (10th ed.: Vol. 1 pp. 120-138).
“The Prologue” Prologue by Anne Bradstreet | Poetry Foundation
“The Author to her Book” The Author to Her Book by Anne Bradstreet | Poetry Foundation
“Before the Birth of One of Her Children” Before the Birth of One of Her Children by Anne… | Poetry Foundation
“Contemplations” Contemplations by Anne Bradstreet | Poetry Foundation
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet | Poetry Foundation
“A Letter to my Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment” A Letter to her Husband, absent upon Publick… | Poetry Foundation
“Verses Upon the Burning of my House” Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10th,… | Poetry Foundation
Mary Rowlandson: (9th ed.: Vol. 1 pp. 130-151) (10th ed.: Vol. 1 pp. 138-159).
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (Introduction through Third Remove, Nineteenth and Twentieth Remove).
Phillis Wheatley: (9th ed.: Vol. 1 pp. 420-430) (10th ed.: Vol. 1 pp. 399-409).
“On Being Brought…” On Being Brought from Africa to America by… | Poetry Foundation
“To the Right Honorable…” To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth… | Poetry Foundation
“To S.M.” To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His… | Poetry Foundation
“To His Excellency Gen. Washington” His Excellency General Washington by Phillis Wheatley – Poems | poets.org

This essay is for our Short Story Unit:
Compare any two stories from our class discussions (“The Things They Carried” and “The Paper Menagerie”)
Find one specific point to compare
Have a thesis that uses both stories and this one point

Examples:
Compare the letters in “The Things They Carried” to the letter in ” The Paper Menagerie.”
Compare the theme of carelessness in “Hunters in the Snow” with “The Love of My Life.”
Compare Sonny and Rye as outsiders in their world.

*You can take one of my examples or create your own
Please email me your topic ASAP

Goals:
Avoid plot summary
You do not need multiple points
Find a specific, focused idea to examine
The thesis must include both stories
Consider the author’s intentions and/or style

Use the MLA format and citation.
In-text citations
Works Cited Page
Length: 3 paragraphs

Write:
In this essay, you will consider Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” as a possible medieval version of feminist literature, comparing depictions of love, marriage, and gender relationships in the Prologue and the Tale.
answer the following questions:
1. Does the “Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” present a version of feminist literature, or is it an antifeminist work that accurately reflects the values of its time?
2. What are the connections between Prologue and the Tale?
3. What is the purpose of each, and what do the two texts accomplish, both separately and together?
4. What is the significance of the riddle the queen poses to the knight at the beginning of the Tale?
5. How do the notions of authority and experience shape both the Prologue and Tale?
Reflect:
In writing his Canterbury Tales, Chaucer drew upon a variety of literary styles, characters, and tropes that were common during the medieval period. The pilgrims who are on their way to Canterbury would have been familiar character types for readers of the period: the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, the Parson, and so on. In particular, these types appeared in a genre of literature called estates satire, which exposed corruption at different levels of society (the three medieval “estates,” or social classes of the period, were the clergy, nobility, and peasantry). In the Wife of Bath’s Prologue, Chaucer uses a style known as the literary confession, a dramatic monologue in which a character defends his or her sinful ways. Furthermore, there was a tradition of antifeminist literature at the time (Jankyn’s Book of Wickked Wyves was one), and Chaucer would have been familiar with St. Jerome’s antifeminist and antimatrimonial literature, texts which the Wife mentions in order to subvert them. (Jerome drew upon the writings of St. Paul to assert that celibacy and virginity were loftier goals than marriage, and marriage was merely a necessary evil.) The Wife herself is based on the character of the Old Woman in The Romance of Rose (a medieval poem that described and analyzed romantic love and established the tradition of courtly love). The Old Woman is a sexually experienced and cynical figure who teaches young people about love.
The Wife’s Tale forms an interesting contrast to the Wife herself. It is a version of the tale of the “loathy lady” (a kind of reverse, feminine version of the fairy tale “The Frog Prince” which appeared in numerous romances of the time): a princess is turned into an ugly woman who can be released from her spell only by the kiss of the knight. In Chaucer’s version, the knight must decide whether he prefers an ugly wife who is faithful, or a beautiful wife who may be faithless. The knight makes the wise choice, and the princess is released from her spell when the knight yields to her sovereignty in marriage. Thus, the ending of the Wife’s Tale affirms Alison’s own life and viewpoint: women should be sovereign in marriage. Yet both characters in the tale are transformed: the knight comes to repent for his actions (the crime of rape) and is convinced that true gentilesse (a term seen frequently in medieval literature) is achieved by actions rather than through social status.
Scholars continue to debate whether Chaucer’s Wife is an antifeminist descriiption of women, or if the Wife’s Prologue and Tale constitutes a critique of medieval gender systems.