The audience watching the play knew the criminal was hiding behind the sofa, but the characters were unaware of this fact.
Read the excerpt from "Elegy for the Native Guards.”Inside we follow the ranger, hurried though we are to get to the beach. He tells of graves lost in the Gulf, the island split on half when Hurricane Camille hit, shows us casemates, cannons, the store that sells souvenirs, tokens of history long buried.The Daughters of the Confederacy has placed a plaque here, at the fort’s entrance— each Confederate soldier’s name raised hard in bronze; no names carved for the Native Guards— 2nd Regiment, Unio
Why did the Federalists support ratification of the Constitution?
Selena, Ben, and Raj all won leads in the musical, and they has practiced every afternoon during study hall for the past two weeks.
Read the excerpt from "One Generation Passeth Away and Another Cometh.”Vain bird, a while think what am I, Here entering ‘mid a hawk-like throng; Quickly hatched out, as quick to fly, And dare not tarry long.Where is the mighty and the stout, Who lived this fading world to crave; Left and forever gone without A stone to show their grave.Used with permission of the Chapel Hill Historical Society
Read "The Southern Refugee” and "South.”How do these poems address the importance of memory differently?
In "Sympathy," why does Dunbar repeat the phrase “I know” throughout the poem?
Read the excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.She returned; with her own hands cleared her knitting apparatus and a book or two from the table, to make room for the tray which Leah now brought, and then herself handed me the refreshments. I felt rather confused at being the object of more attention than I had ever before received, and, that too, shown by my employer and superior; but as she did not herself seem to consider she was doing anything out of her place, I thought it better to tak
Read the excerpt from "On Liberty and Slavery.”How long have I in bondage lain, And languished to be free! Alas! and must I still complain— Deprived of liberty.Oh, Heaven! and is there no relief This side the silent grave— To soothe the pain—to quell the grief And anguish of a slave?
Read the excerpt from "Like Brothers We Meet.”The soldier no longer shall roam, But soon shall land safely ashore, Each soon will arrive at his own native home, And struggle in warfare no more.The union of brothers is sweet, Whose wives and children do come, Their sons and fair daughters with pleasure they greet, When long absent fathers come home.Used with permission of the Chapel Hill Historical Society
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Read the excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.First she went to see if the hall-door was fastened; having taken the key from the lock, she led the way upstairs. The steps and banisters were of oak; the staircase window was high and latticed; both it and the long gallery into which the bedroom doors opened looked as if they belonged to a church rather than a house. A very chill and vault-like air pervaded the stairs and gallery, suggesting cheerless ideas of space and solitude; and I was gl
Read "South.”What does the poem express about the tension between appearance and reality?
Read the excerpt from "Pilgrimage.”Here, the Mississippi carved its mud-dark path, a graveyardFor skeletons of sunken riverboat. Here, the river changed its course, Turning away from the city as one turns, forgetting, from the past—The abandoned bluffs, land sloping up above the river’s bend—where nowThe Yazoo fills the Mississippi’s empty bed.Pilgrimage, "Elegy for the Native Guards", "South" from Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2006 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Which images in the poem “We Wear the Mask” best portray an ironic contrast?
The question of whether or not to allow cell phones in school is an important one. Cell phones are a monumental distraction to young people whose attention should be focused on learning. However, they do serve a purpose in that phones allow students to communicate with their parents. Plus, cell phones are great for taking pictures with friends. In all, cell phone use at school must be carefully regulated.
Read the excerpt from "South.”Where the roads, buildings, and monuments are named to honor the Confederacy,where that old flag still hangs, I return to Mississippi, state that made a crimeof me—mulatto, half-breed—native in my native land, this place they’ll bury me.Pilgrimage, "Elegy for the Native Guards", "South" from Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2006 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
James Madison, author of “Federalist Number 37,” advocated for a strong central government because
Read "On Liberty and Slavery” and "Duty.”How do these poems address the experience of oppression differently?
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