Candide- The Missing Years

For this assignment, I want you to write creatively. I would like you all to share in the writing of a missing chapter from Voltaire's Candide. Each person should add something on to the last entry. We should strive to stay true to the text and remain in Voltaire's satirical voice. This should be good... (2 posts by 2/27)

Knowledge vs Ignorance

The plot of Oedipus is a search for knowledge and the result of this search is its climax, where Oedipus comes out of the darkness (ignorance) and into the light (knowledge).

Which is better knowledge or ignorance? What kind of knowledge should we all possess? What things would be better off left unrevealed? To what extent are we responsible for what we know?

You can respond to each question individually or together but must post twice by November 27th at 11:59pm.

Macbeth # 3 Gender Ambiguity

Issues of gender and role reversals are evident throughout Macbeth. It could be argued that Lady Macbeth is as power hungry and ambitious as Macbeth if not more. Unfortunately for her, she died, arguably, as a result of overstepping her place in society; of usurping the "correct" order of things. To what extent do gender issues exist today? What is true about the social hierarchy with regard to men and women? Is the way it is today the "right" way?

Macbeth #2 "Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair"

In Macbeth, Shakepeare creates a world of Moral Complexity, a place where the lines between reality and illusion are blurred, where ambiguities distort Macbeth's vision as well as ours. In a place like this, values can easily invert leaving readers with enormous challenges as they attempt to place blame. What about our world forces inverted values and moral dilemmas? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilemma Where in your life have you seen these? How do you deal with them? How do you determine right and wrong?

Macbeth Question #1

Shakespeare's Macbeth is a great warrior on the battlefield. He seems to be in line for greatness. He is a character of great ambition and it seems he will stop at nothing to achieve that greatness. But how far is too far? Is ambition dangerous? To what extent would you go to reach your goals? Would you hurt someone else?

Please repond not only to the question but also to eachother.