Reading responses

Essay 1:Plato, Republic, Book I

In a short essay (1-page, single-spaced, 12-point font) critically respond to one of our class readings. This will involve, first, a summary of a specific line of thought from the text, and second, a considered reaction to this line of thought. Reactions may take the form of objections to the author’s position or further elaborations of the author’s ideas, perhaps in response to a possible objection. Each essay should engage with a different class text.

Essay2:Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Ch. 2-4, “The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed,” “The Same Subject Continued,” “Observations on the State of Degradation to which Woman is Reduced by Various Causes”)

In a short essay (1-page, single-spaced, 12-point font) critically respond to one of our class readings. This will involve, first, a summary of a specific line of thought from the text, and second, a considered reaction to this line of thought. Reactions may take the form of objections to the author’s position or further elaborations of the author’s ideas, perhaps in response to a possible objection. Each essay should engage with a different class text.