Reading Exercises for English 213
Spring 2003



These exercises are to be hand in on the dates cited below.

1. Jan. 14     No exercise due

2. Jan. 21     List any 5 corpses in Wuthering Heights and explain briefly how each got that way.

3. Jan. 28     List any 5 differences between the novel Wuthering Heights and screenplay.

4. Feb. 4       No exercise due

5. Feb. 11     List any 5 reasons why you think Catherine in Washington Square should or should not have taken
                      Morris back. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

6. Feb. 18     List any 5 differences between Washington Square and the play The Heiress.

7. Feb. 25     List any 5 reasons why you think the ghosts in The Turn of the Screw exist or not. You may have
                      reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

8. Mar. 4      List any 5 differences between The Turn of the Screw and the play The Innocents.

9. Mar. 11    List any 5 reasons why you think Eliza in the play Pygmalion should or should not have gone back
                      to Higgins. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

10. Mar. 25   List any 5 differences between the play Pygmalion and the musical play My Fair Lady.

11. Apr. 1      List any 5 reasons why Nora in the play A Doll's House should or should not have stayed with
                      Torvald. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

12. Apr. 8      No exercise due

13. Apr. 15     List any 5 reasons why Stella in the play A Streetcar Named Desire should or should not have
                       gone back to Stanley. You may have reasons both pro and con in any ratio.

14. Apr. 22     No exercise due

15. Apr. 29     No exercise due

Teaching

English 213 Syllabus

English 213 Schedule

Film Analysis Guidelines