Assignment 5 in 50 words

It is interesting to consider whether popular poetry of the 1950’s made its readers into passive consumers.

My personal experience is that, while reading Ginsberg, I did indeed become passive.

This was because after about a line and a half, I didn’t have a fucking clue what was going on.

Assignment 1 in 50 words

A formerly rich family sells an orchard to pay off debts.

Erm...

No-one knows whether it’s supposed to be funny or tragic.

Then...

Err...

It’s set in Russia.

And...

It...

Well, nothing else really happens.

Nonetheless, Chekhov is still “one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre.” (Andrew, 1982, p.9) 

Authorial intent

The students were meeting the author.

Finally, they’d get the chance to ask him about the infamous foetus metaphor; the one their teacher had talked about at such length.

Giles asked him, outlining a few of the possibilities they’d discussed.

The author stared blankly.

“I just thought it sounded good.”

Precious?

“I’m afraid to say that it isn’t really precious at all.”

The trip to the Antiques fair was certainly not going to plan.

As it turned out, the ring’s tengwar inscription was forged, it contained none of Sauron’s will to dominate, and was, apparently, not even real gold.

Gollum scowled.