Revers, Mrs. - Language Arts / Web Based Literature Resources

Gale Resources: Literary Terms

This is a free resource from Gale Resources that is meant to be a quick literary terms reference/refresher for you.

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The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison

This is a video link to the first of two documentaries that we will see. The objective here is to assess each prisoner using Frankl's logotherary. You will need to determine how each person has created a meaningful life within his new existence in prison.

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The Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien writing style

Another interview with O'Brien about his writing style.

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Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien Cardoza High School visit

This is a rather long (52 minutes) interview/conversation about The Things They Carried. It was part of the National Endowment of the Arts's Big Read feature. As you watch and listen to the interview, think about the recurring symbols used to cultivate an experience that is meant to teach and to convey a message.

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Frankenstein

This is good educational site that explains the lore of the creature and other bits of literary significance, including the many of hidden allusions and symbols within Shelley's tale.

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Pennsylvania Crimes and Offenses Statutes

This is a website that lists, in its entirety, the criminal statutes within Pennsylvania's legal system. It is grouped into chapters, with key chapters of interest for the Frankenstein project being:

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Invisible Man

This is a link to a digital version of Ellison's Invisible Man. There is a 200-page difference between this version and the bound version, so be careful.

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Ralph Ellison interview about Invisible Man

Although this link is posted on YouTube, it really does add insight to Ellison's point of view about America and American politics as well as his point in Invisible Man.

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PBS Great Performances: MACBETH

This is a video link to a modernized version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Sir Patrick Stewart (Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek: Next Generation) in the lead role.

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