The Shulamite

MIDTERM EXAM

Write a long paragraph on EACH of the following concepts/characters/passages. If it is a character, make sure to describe the who, what, when, where, and also the why important, ESPECIALLY in regards to the theme of the course and the content of the work. If it is a concept, make sure to explain how that concept fits into the appropriate texts, what the larger meaning of the concept is for the course, and characters who may be associated with the concept. If it is a passage, write out a full explication of the passage, how it reflects a theme that may run throughout the work, how it demonstrates the voice of the character, how it addresses a particular concept, etc.

1. The Shulamite
2. ?Then the watchmen found me/ as they went about the city./ They beat me, they bruised me,/ they tore my shawl from my shoulders,/ those watchmen of the walls.?
3. The garden (SoS)
4. Common Love (specifically, but also in reference to Celestial Love)
5. Beauty (Plato)
6. Diotima
7. ?What I did (no excuses!) was mess up/ Her new coiffure. Like that, in disarray,/ It looked splendidly windswept.?
8. Myth (Plato/Ovid)
9. Abortion (Ovid)
10. Holy Bridegroom (St. Bernard)