Harry, that's persuasive. I've got just three more papers to grade. My second favorite of all time:
"The fact that Orlando cannot recognize anyone means that he does not distinguish friend from foe. The primary job of a knight is to be able to distinguish between enemies and alibis."
I sympathize. But my very favorite:,
"Britomart fends off those who want to have sex with her with a sword."
If Harry were to tell tales out of school, which he's too nice to do, he'd have to mention the undergraduate—me—who meant to go on at length about Bolingbroke's "self-castigation," but in fact took a _slightly_ different orthographic tack.
Heather
----- Original Message -----
From: Harry Berger Jr <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:20 pm
Subject: Re: Once more into the breach observed
To: [log in to unmask]
> School's almost out and the List is soft and smiley. This is good. If
> you'd prefer to stay on edge and gritstricken, try Shaksper. There,
>
> someone's intentionality is always bigger than someone else's.
> Emoticons abound.
>
>
> On May 13, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Beth Quitslund wrote:
>
> > I know we should be done with this silliness, but I'm only just
> past
> > midterms
> > and need the outlet. This from a paper I graded today by a
> student
> > in my intro
> > to textual analysis class:
> >
> > "An important role that partakes in the poem of 'Adam's Curse' is
>
> > syntax."
> >
> > And to think that we haven't reached the lesson on irony yet.
> >
> > Beth
> >
> >
> > ***************************************
> >
> > Beth Quitslund
> > Assistant Professor
> > Dept. of English
> > Ohio University
> > Athens, OH 45701
> >
> > phone: (740) 593-2829
> > FAX: (740) 593-2818
>
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