I. Write for ten minutes on
the public and private lives in Part Fifth. In what specific ways
does Jude participate in a public intellectual life? In what ways do his
and Sue's private affairs interfere?
-
Lecture on ancient history 205
-
Sue seems like one of the women of
"some grand old civilization. . . rather than a denizen of a mere Christian
country." 213
-
Arabella's letter about Father Time
214-215
-
Jude and Sue's past come back to them
in the story of Widow Edlin 222
-
Public and Private life meet in the
Superintendent Registrar's office of public records 223
-
Artizan's Mutual Improvement Society
239
-
Auction of Jude and Sue's household
effects
II. Presentations: Donna and
Tatyanna
III. Prepare for Reading Response
on Thursday.
What is the importance of the Ten
Commandments scene?
How is the auctioning of the household
effects a severance from the past and from tradition?
Discuss the tension between the
public and private life of Jude and Sue.
Discuss the ambiguity associated
with marriage and divorce.
Explain the role of Father Time
in the novel.
Explain the use of nature in the
novel.
Deracination
IV. Reading Responses returned.