Deliverable

03

–

Humanities (Test

–

Out Sophia Replacement)

Competency

Formulate, express, and support individual perspectives on diverse works and issues.

Instructions

You will act as a critic for some of the main subjects covered in the humanities. You wil

l conduct a series

of short, evaluative critiques of film, philosophy, literature, music, and myth. You will respond to five

different prompts, and each response should include an analysis of the topics using terminology unique

to that subject area and sho

uld include an evaluation as to why the topic stands the test of time. The

five prompts are as follows:

1.

Choose a film and offer an analysis of why it is an important film, and discuss it in terms of film

as art. Your response should be more than a summary

of the film.

2.

Imagine you had known Plato and Aristotle and you had a conversation about how we

fall in

love

. Provide an overview of how Plato would explain falling in love, and then provide an

overview of how Aristotle might explain falling in love.

3.

Compar

e and contrast the two poems below:

LOVE’S INCONSISTENCY

I find no peace, and all my war is done;

I fear and hope, I burn and freeze likewise

I fly above the wind, yet cannot rise;

And nought I have, yet all the world I seize on;

That looseth, nor locketh, holdeth me in prison, And holds me not,

yet can I ’scape no wise;

Nor lets me live, nor die, at my devise,

And yet of death it giveth none occasion.

Without eyes I see, and without

tongue I plain;

I wish to perish, yet I ask for health;

I love another, and yet I hate myself;

I feed in sorrow, and laugh in all my pain;

Lo, thus displeaseth me both death and life,

And my delight is causer of my grief.

Petrarch

After great pain a form

al feeling

comes

—

The nerves sit ceremonious like

tombs;

The stiff Heart questions

—

was it He

that bore?

And yesterday

—

or centuries

before?

The feet mechanical go round

A wooden way

Of ground or air or ought

Regardless grown,

A quartz contentment like a sto

ne.

This is the hour of lead

Remembered if outlived

As freezing persons recollect

The snow

—

First chill, then stupor, then

The letting go

Emily Dickinson

4.

Compare and contrast these two pieces of music:

Beethoven’s Violin Romance No. 2

Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag

5. Explain in classical terms why a modern character is a hero. Choose from either Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, Bilbo Baggins, Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, or Ender Wiggins.

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Deliverable 03
–

Humanities (Test
–
Out Sophia Replacement)

Competency

Formulate, express, and support individual perspectives on diverse works and issues.

Instructions

You will act as a critic for some of the main subjects covered in the humanities. You wil
l conduct a series
of short, evaluative critiques of film, philosophy, literature, music, and myth. You will respond to five
different prompts, and each response should include an analysis of the topics using terminology unique
to that subject area and sho
uld include an evaluation as to why the topic stands the test of time. The
five prompts are as follows:

1.

Choose a film and offer an analysis of why it is an important film, and discuss it in terms of film
as art. Your response should be more than a summary
of the film.

2.

Imagine you had known Plato and Aristotle and you had a conversation about how we

fall in
love
. Provide an overview of how Plato would explain falling in love, and then provide an
overview of how Aristotle might explain falling in love.

3.

Compar
e and contrast the two poems below:

LOVE’S INCONSISTENCY

I find no peace, and all my war is done;

I fear and hope, I burn and freeze likewise

I fly above the wind, yet cannot rise;

And nought I have, yet all the world I seize on;

That looseth, nor locketh, holdeth me in prison, And holds me not,
yet can I ’scape no wise;

Nor lets me live, nor die, at my devise,

And yet of death it giveth none occasion.

Without eyes I see, and without

tongue I plain;

I wish to perish, yet I ask for health;

I love another, and yet I hate myself;

I feed in sorrow, and laugh in all my pain;

Lo, thus displeaseth me both death and life,

And my delight is causer of my grief.

Petrarch

After great pain a form
al feeling
comes
—

The nerves sit ceremonious like
tombs;

The stiff Heart questions
—
was it He
that bore?

And yesterday
—
or centuries
before?

The feet mechanical go round

A wooden way

Of ground or air or ought

Regardless grown,

A quartz contentment like a sto
ne.

This is the hour of lead

Remembered if outlived

As freezing persons recollect

The snow
—

First chill, then stupor, then

The letting go

Emily Dickinson

4.

Compare and contrast these two pieces of music:

Deliverable 03 – Humanities (Test-Out Sophia Replacement)

Competency

Formulate, express, and support individual perspectives on diverse works and issues.

Instructions

You will act as a critic for some of the main subjects covered in the humanities. You will conduct a series

of short, evaluative critiques of film, philosophy, literature, music, and myth. You will respond to five
different prompts, and each response should include an analysis of the topics using terminology unique

to that subject area and should include an evaluation as to why the topic stands the test of time. The

five prompts are as follows:

1. Choose a film and offer an analysis of why it is an important film, and discuss it in terms of film

as art. Your response should be more than a summary of the film.

2. Imagine you had known Plato and Aristotle and you had a conversation about how we fall in

love. Provide an overview of how Plato would explain falling in love, and then provide an

overview of how Aristotle might explain falling in love.

3. Compare and contrast the two poems below:

LOVE’S INCONSISTENCY

I find no peace, and all my war is done;

I fear and hope, I burn and freeze likewise

I fly above the wind, yet cannot rise;

And nought I have, yet all the world I seize on;

That looseth, nor locketh, holdeth me in prison, And holds me not,

yet can I ’scape no wise;

Nor lets me live, nor die, at my devise,

And yet of death it giveth none occasion.

Without eyes I see, and without tongue I plain;

I wish to perish, yet I ask for health;

I love another, and yet I hate myself;

I feed in sorrow, and laugh in all my pain;

Lo, thus displeaseth me both death and life,

And my delight is causer of my grief.

Petrarch

After great pain a formal feeling

comes—

The nerves sit ceremonious like

tombs;

The stiff Heart questions—was it He

that bore?

And yesterday—or centuries

before?

The feet mechanical go round

A wooden way

Of ground or air or ought

Regardless grown,

A quartz contentment like a stone.

This is the hour of lead

Remembered if outlived

As freezing persons recollect

The snow—

First chill, then stupor, then

The letting go

Emily Dickinson

4. Compare and contrast these two pieces of music: