Rappaccini's Daughter, pt. 2

 AGENDA:
TODAY WE WILL CONTINUE DISCUSSING "RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER" AND THE RELEVANCE OF ITS THEMES FOR OUR OWN TIMES.  AT THE END OF CLASS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE KEY THEMES OF THIS STORY AND ITS ALLEGORICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR OWN TIMES.

 EQ: After close reading and analysis of the story, explore and evaluate the relevance of the following key ideas represented in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 19c. short story “Rappaccini’s Daughter” have for the modern reader?

 ACTIVITIES:
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1. GROUP DISCUSSION (15 minutes):  Assign groups to explore the following topics and chart their observations on chart paper to present to the class.  Each group will pick an envelope and explore the topic contained in the envelope.  Groups will use chart paper to record their observations.

Topics:

• Ethics and science (responsibility of scientists) Thematic
• Relationship between creator/inventor and creations/invention Thematic
• Relationships among families and friends Character analysis
• Impact of obsessions on self and others Character analysis
• Allegorical inversion: Metaphor of the “Garden of Eden” Rhetorical strategy

PRESENTATIONS: Let's move into a circle and let each group present some of its findings (4  minutes each, 20 minutes)

Turn in homework (packets)! 

HMWK: Make sure you have read "The Birthmark" and "Young Goodman Brown" for tomorrow

Link to Fleetwood Mac song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38_M3ZdNDo4