Sonnets

We began the year with The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and asked the vital question: How do you measure strength and power in an individual? We concluded that real strength comes from treating people kindly and not through force or bullying. We had several class discussions on how we are to treat one another and God’s design on marriage according to the Bible. We then took a look at how literature and art can fight injustice in society and compared the different rhyme schemes of Shakespearean sonnets with Petrarchan sonnets. We compared sonnets from Shakespeare to John Milton and found that Christian poets tend to focus on God, salvation and eternity, whereas secular poets focus on the things of this world that will one day waste away. We then read The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emperess Orczy and asked the question: Is a vigilante a hero or a law breaker? We had many in-depth class discussions on what makes someone a true hero and learned that part of being a hero is protecting those that cannot protect themselves. Just like the hero in the story, we are expected to protect the lives of those around us, as God’s word says that Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. – John 15:13.

Miss Topale

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Topics: 10 Tenth Grade
Date: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 4:24 pm