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This is our last practise. It covers our readings for MODERNISM, and will not focus on Krapp’s Last Tape, which is already the focus of the research paper. You can, however, refer to it if necessary in your responses here.PART 1 (10 points each/ 20 possible)These are short-answer identifications as we have done before. Please briefly discuss the significance of the particular excerpt I have provided. Remember that I am asking for how it is significant, as we discussed, not for plot summary. Please choose two (2); as always, if you do more than two I will take the two best ones.1. The darkness drops again; but now I know / That twenty centuries of stony sleep / Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle2. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?3. Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer4. (He shrugs his head shoulders, peers again at ledger, reads.) Farewell to–(he turns the page)–love.PART 2 (80 points):Please respond to one of the prompts below, in a complete short essay. Use essay format, with a relevant opening paragraph and a thesis, and use specific references to the texts to support your discussion. Please refer only to works we have covered in class and do not use any outside research sources at all.Remember to use minimal plot summary, and focus on your analysis of the material — its meaning and importance.In these prompts, you will notice similarities. That’s because I am giving several options for how to write about the particular texts. Please choose just one prompt. In your response, use the number of the prompt so I know which one you are responding to.1. In “The Prophet’s Hair,” the relic has a particular type of effect on the people who come into contact with it. What do you think is Rushdie’s point about religion and its role in human life, and how does this compare to ideas about the significance of religion in “Dover Beach” or other Victorian or Romantic works we read previously?2. In “The Prophet’s Hair” there is a clear conflict between “modern” ways & “traditional” ways (attitudes toward money and family, religious beliefs, etc.) In this story, is one being presented as better than the other? Is there nostalgia for a “golden age” when things were better (more traditional) or praise for a modern age when things are better than before? Compare to one of our previous works, for example “Dover Beach,” “the Speckled Band,” or the Romantics.3. Is Hashim “better” before or after his encounter with the relic — is he “good” or admirable either way? What could we take away from that about Rushdie’s ideas in this story?4. How does “The Prophet’s Hair” fit into our discussions of Modernism and post-modernism, and/or “the absurd”? You can use Krapp’s Last Tape in this discussion if you wish.

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