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Quizzes | Study Guides | Novel Guides | Papers | Resources | Online Story | Intertextuality | Humanities | Quizzes Summary Quizzes Quote Quizzes: Crossword Puzzle: Interactive Crossword Puzzle Jeopardy: LOTF PowerPoint Jeopardy Game -- Review Lord of the Flies using Jeopardy Other Quizzes: Below are links to quizzes on the Internet. Top Reading and Study Guides. Visit us at the Duke of Definition Store to view more activities, exams, answer keys, and so forth. Top Novel Guides: Below are links to sites that will help you understand and think about Lord of the Flies. Text Online Novel -- Click here to read the novel, if you don't have your copy of the book. Papers/Projects Projects: Papers: Jack as Animal (chapter 3) T-Analysis Sheet -- Use this to gather examples Anaylsis of Jack as Animal -- Follow these directions to write your paragraph. ResourcesTop Intertextuality The Bacchae | The Coral Island | Bible Euripides's The Bacchae When Agave sees her son in the tree, she says, The Bacchae. I know.

Teaching 'The Lord of the Flies' With The New York Times Continental Distributing, via PhotofestJames Aubrey, right, with Hugh Edwards in “Lord of the Flies.” Earlier this year, we asked students and teachers to name the books they love to read and teach. Books like “The Catcher in the Rye” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” were favorites among teachers and students alike. Teachers also weighed in on the books they least enjoyed teaching. And “The Lord of the Flies” made the short list. So, here are some resources to complement your reading of this classic text that we hope will help move it off of your, and your students’, “least favorite” lists. Lesson Plans Student Crossword Puzzles Times Topics New York Times Resources Other Articles: Man as an Island Review of John Carey’s 2010 biography of William Golding.Will This Be on the Test?

Lord of the Flies Lo-Fat! This study guide helps readers of Lord of the Flies by William Golding understand and interpret the novel. Included are concise chapter summaries, character analysis, explanation of themes and symbolism and much, much more! This site will guide you through the novel, quickly and easily. Enjoy. » Chapter Summaries This section has summaries of every chapter. » Character Analysis Includes descriptions of all the main characters in the novel. » Themes & Symbolism This section attempts to explain the theme of the novel, and how Golding presents it through his use of symbolism. » Important Quotes The quotes on this page are not explained here, though most of their meanings are fairly evident. » The Map A map of the island where the novel took place!! » Purchase LOTF Study Materials Our favorite editions, study guides, movies and teacher guides available from Amazon.

Masterpiece Theatre | The Merchant of Venice | Essays + Interviews | Shylock and History Shylock and Historyby Jami Rogers Towering over Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Merchant of Venice is the tragic figure of Shylock. Before we can begin to understand Shylock, though, we must understand the historical and dramatic influences under which Shakespeare wrote. Although Shakespeare wrote possibly the most famous Jew in English literature, there were virtually no Jews in England during his lifetime. It isn't known whether Shakespeare would have come into contact with anyone who was Jewish. It would also be impossible to surmise how detailed his knowledge of the historical facts about Jews in England was, but fact and myth were certainly handed down through the ages, and it is safe to assume that he would have been aware of his country's historical folklore. Jews in Early England: Assimilation to Expulsion One of the first documented groups of Jews residing in England comes from Oxford in 1075. A religious war for the soul of England then developed.