Brit Lit I Exam by Claire Lee https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx Essay for the winter exam en-us 2018-12-07 01:40:54 UTC 2025-10-19 09:58:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Thesis clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312092390 Through the reading of the heroic and monstrous traits of the protagonists and antagonists in "Beowulf," "Paradise Lost," and "Julius Caeser," audiences learn to empathize with the "monster," and see how such labels are much more complicated than societally understood]]> 2018-12-07 01:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312092390 Paragraph #1 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312092996 Beowulf, a classic, ancient epic, seems, on the outside, to tell the story of a traditional fight between hero and monster, good and evil, but instead tells a lesson about the creation of monsters and misunderstanding within a society that survives on demonetization.]]> 2018-12-07 01:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312092996 Evidence #1 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312093577 -Beowulf was the hero yet still did bad things (hubris)
-mother dying for grendel
-article we read in class which was a modern retelling of the story from the mom and grendel's POV]]> 2018-12-07 01:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312093577 Paragraph #2 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312093942 "Paradise Lost" tells the story of the truly unlikely hero, Satan, and in doing so, puts the audience in Satan's position and shows the readers the possible faults in their prior understandings of "evil."]]> 2018-12-07 01:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312093942 Evidence #2 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312094358 -Satan speaks of god as a tyrant
-Satan rallies his soldiers
-Satan as a sort of martyr
-This book having been written in a time where everyone would've known Satan's origin story]]> 2018-12-07 01:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312094358 Paragraph #3 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312094540 The protagonist of the play "Julius Caeser," Brutus, seems to represent a tragic hero however, the repeated motif of perspective shows the audience that heroes and villains depend entirely upon the opinion of the person.]]> 2018-12-07 02:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312094540 Evidence #3 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312094734 -Lines from act 1 about cassius being Brutus's eyes.
-mirror n(brutus sees himself through cassius's lense-applies to all)
-Antony as the antagonist for Brutus but defending Caeser as a friend
-Brutus as the "noblest roman of them all"]]> 2018-12-07 02:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312094734 Paragraph #4 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312095015 As the concept of the hero and monster changes over the centuries, readers use literature to understand the importance of perspective when judging others, altogether leading to a more empathetic audience.]]> 2018-12-07 02:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312095015 Evidence #4 clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312095232 -David Foster Wallace, "This is Water"
-Prompt quote: “Reading sensitive and lengthy explorations of people’s lives, ... literally putting yourself into another person’s position — [into] lives that could be more difficult, more complex . . . can lead to more empathy and understanding of other lives.”]]> 2018-12-07 02:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312095232 Notes clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312311016 trace perspective/lense throughout whole essay]]> 2018-12-07 16:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312311016 Works Cited clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312450487 Works Cited
Heaney, Seamus, translator. Beowulf. New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 2000.
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Edited by John Leonard, Penguin Classics, 2000.
Shakespeare, William. Julius Caeser. Edited by Roma Gill, Oxford UP, 1998.
Upchurch, Michael. "'Beowulf' Gets a 21st Century Update." The New York Times, 3 Aug. 2018, Book Review sec.
Wallace, David Foster. "This is Water." Kenyon College Graduation, 21 May 2005. Speech.

]]> 2018-12-08 01:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312450487 Recording clee86 https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312452572 2018-12-08 01:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312452572 Looks great, Claire! Good thesis and examples. megryan https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312912877 2018-12-10 13:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/clee86/dgbc0w1bepjx/wish/312912877