There Is One
Reading Response Journal Entry #4: Compare and contrast Thomas Becket and John Proctor as martyrs. CP: Respond to one of the following.
H: Respond to two of the following.
AP: Respond to all three of the following. PRETENSES
1. Motivation: why does each character choose martyrdom? What ideas is the writer developing for each character’s choices?
2. How do their experiences reflect concerns beyond the immediate situation in the play? How might these ideas apply to contemporary life?
3. How does each work approach the dialogue between the individual and the community?
Notes on The Devils of Loudun, Aldous Huxley (1952). [CP, H, AP]
How do the following quotes relate to other situations of fear, hysteria, and mob psychology we are examining in this unit?
--“As for their oaths and blasphemies – these were ‘so unheard of that they could not have suggested themselves to a merely human mind.’”
--“Weakened by psychosomatic disease, phantasies,......
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