In an interview, Faulkner described the conflict of Miss Emily: she “had broken all the laws of her tradition, her background, and she had finally broken the law of God too… And she knew she was doing wrong, and that’s why her own life was wrecked.” According to New Criticism, authorial intent is irrelevant, that only what is in the text is applicable, so just because Faulkner himself said this about his own piece doesn’t make it correct. Do you agree or disagree with his interpretation? Why or Why not?

As you have learned, epic heroes experience trials along their journeys. using your knowledge from beowulf, create a trial you believe an epic hero like beowulf might face. you will need to write a description of the trial using the aspects of a narrative. the trial can be anything you imagine, meaning you can test the hero in any way you see fit. be creative and have fun with this! let your creativity flow. focus on key attributes of beowulf and use his attributes to create a trial that would truly test him. since beowulf is very strong, a trial involving strength and endurance might be to easy. try thinking outside the box to create a trial that would truly test the hero of the geats. examples of beowulf’s attributes: couragous, loyal, strong, persistant, honorable, confident try to use one or multiples of these attribute when designing your trial. a good way to think of this activity is that you are a hunger games game designer. what could you make that would stump beowulf

This series of works has captured the imaginations of people all over the world. a. incarcerated c. jailed b. seized d. arrested

Use a subordinate conjunction to combine these two sentences into one sentence. the journalist met a source at the hotel. this way he would get facts for an article.