Who'd have thought we were so important? May 2, 2018

Focus: Are R & G important?

LAST CALL FOR BEDSIDE STACKS!

1. Warming up with one last mini term lesson: Metonymy and synecdoche

2. Viewing the last five minutes of R & G Are Dead and enjoying a mini Socratic

Ros: They had it in for us, didn't they? Right from the beginning. Who'd have thought that we were so important? (122)

• Why do you think Tom Stoppard chose these two characters as the protagonists of this play? Are they important?

• Why don't they get to die on stage, in front of the audience? How are their deaths different from the deaths of Hamlet, Gertrude, and Claudius?

3. Composing a brief blog post on R & G, Waiting for Godot, or both

HW:
1. If you did not finish your blog post in class, please finish by Monday at the latest.

2. Use your gold sheet to start your nightly routine of the bedside stack; you will want to know these books inside and out by next Wednesday.