HONEY CRYSTEL P. PADOC ACTIVITY NO.

LITERARY CRITICISM (ENGLISH 114)

Activity 3.1

Homer- He provides common set of values that illuminates the Greeks’ own ideas about themselves.

His poems provide model of heroism, nobility and the good life.

William Shakespeare- created some of the most admired play in West Literature with his famous;
(Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear) as greatest plays.

Jane Austin- published four novels in a lifetime.

a. Sense of sensibility
b. Pride and prejudice
c. Man’s field park and
d. Emma

John Milton- being famous for his epic poetry

Baldwin- as he had leading the literary voice of the civil rights movement, he became an inspiration
figure for the gay rights movement.

Activity 3.2

1. True, because the main reason is to distinguish and acknowledge the author in what era his
works blooms.
2. so that we can relate and gather information for certain era of humanity and to know the
background and the feelings of a certain author towards in his time.
Name: Honey Crystel P. Padoc Course: BSED 3-T-F 4:30-6:00

Instructor: Ms. Chastety R. Corre

Activity 1

PARADOX IMAGERY
1. Save money by 1. The familiar tang of his
spending it. grandmother’s cranberry
2. This is the beginning of sauce reminded him of
the end. his youth. (Taste)
3. Deep down, you’re 2. The concert was so loud
really shallow that her ears rang for
days afterward. (Sound)
3. The sunset was the most
gorgeous they’d ever
seen; the clouds were
edged with pink and
gold. (Sight)

SYMBOLISM
PARALLELISM
1. A river in a scene
1. To think carefully and could represent the
to write precisely are flow of life, from birth
interrelated goals. to death.
2. I came, I saw, I 2. Flowers can symbolize
conquered. youth or beauty.
3. What you see is what 3. Transition from day to
you get. night could symbolize
goodness to evil