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stunt_muppet at 04:11pm on 11/11/2008 under college
stunt_muppet at 04:11pm on 11/11/2008 under collegeI've got another Big Huge Essay due on Friday. Naturally, I haven't started, but I think I've found a likely topic. Which is good, since it looks like this likely topic will require proper research and things, and that's much harder to BS the night before.
Only trouble is, I've already done one paper relating to gender issues for this class (the one on one of Donne's Holy Sonnets), and I'm fairly certain that, if I go with this topic, I'll end up writing about gender issues again. Not as extensively as last time, but the topic I had in mind was the idea of comitatus/brotherhood among the characters of Beowulf, specifically how it's used to characterize Grendel and his mother. Given that Grendel's mother is pretty much the only female character of any relevance in Beowulf, and how her bond with her son is mentioned where almost no other character makes mention of their mother ever....at some point, I get the feeling this will veer into gender-issue territory, and I don't want to run that point into the ground. Specifically, I don't want to get graded down for being a one-trick pony, since my last essay was all about male and female gender roles.
Of course, I have written about seven papers about Poe and Hawthorne for Dr. N, and he's not yet graded me down for that yet (though I've a feeling I should steer clear of them for this next essay). More to the point, I suppose I could bring up the gender point so long as I don't harp on it, even though it's the most interesting part of my topic to me (and, um, the only way I could approach it without regurgitating class notes).
I don't know. I suppose I could choose another narrative poem and look for topics there, but it seems a bit late for that. Besides, I don't want to have to read The Faerie Queene again.
I suppose I could do my Chem or Bio homework instead. Or drop off my dry cleaning. Or, um, sit here and eat Goldfish. Or watch TV.
Oh, the decisions.
Thoughts?
Only trouble is, I've already done one paper relating to gender issues for this class (the one on one of Donne's Holy Sonnets), and I'm fairly certain that, if I go with this topic, I'll end up writing about gender issues again. Not as extensively as last time, but the topic I had in mind was the idea of comitatus/brotherhood among the characters of Beowulf, specifically how it's used to characterize Grendel and his mother. Given that Grendel's mother is pretty much the only female character of any relevance in Beowulf, and how her bond with her son is mentioned where almost no other character makes mention of their mother ever....at some point, I get the feeling this will veer into gender-issue territory, and I don't want to run that point into the ground. Specifically, I don't want to get graded down for being a one-trick pony, since my last essay was all about male and female gender roles.
Of course, I have written about seven papers about Poe and Hawthorne for Dr. N, and he's not yet graded me down for that yet (though I've a feeling I should steer clear of them for this next essay). More to the point, I suppose I could bring up the gender point so long as I don't harp on it, even though it's the most interesting part of my topic to me (and, um, the only way I could approach it without regurgitating class notes).
I don't know. I suppose I could choose another narrative poem and look for topics there, but it seems a bit late for that. Besides, I don't want to have to read The Faerie Queene again.
I suppose I could do my Chem or Bio homework instead. Or drop off my dry cleaning. Or, um, sit here and eat Goldfish. Or watch TV.
Oh, the decisions.
Thoughts?
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