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CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING and answer in 100-200 words total. Post your initial response by 11:59pm on Thursday, and then respond to at least two classmates by Sunday at 11:59pm.

1. How does music serve you?  In what ways do you enjoy the art of music?  Do you play an instrument or sing?  In what specific ways does the art of music enliven your life?  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

2. What experience have you had with musical theatre or opera?  Have you attended a cantata at your church?  Did you see a Broadway show?  Have you viewed a fully-mounted opera?  What did you see?  What did you hear?  How did you like this experience?  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

2. What experience have you had with musical theatre or opera?  Have you attended a cantata at your church?  Did you see a Broadway show?  Have you viewed a fully-mounted opera?  What did you see?  What did you hear?  How did you like this experience?  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

3. Is it important for children to learn how to read music or play an instrument?  What benefits do children gain from music?  Should teenagers be able to read music or play an instrument?  Should music education be offered in public schools?  Who should pay for it?    

CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING and answer in 100-200 words total. Post your initial response by 11:59pm on Thursday, and then respond to at least two classmates by Sunday at 11:59pm.

1. Let’s start our own rock “hall of fame”.  What three rock bands or performers do you nominate for this honor?  Why?  Defend your choices.  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

2. What is your playlist?  List your five favorite musical compositions at the moment.  What does this say about you?  Explain in detail.  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

3. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven are three consummate giants of music.  Of these three, whom do you enjoy the most?  Explain your answer.  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING and answer in 100-200 words total. Post your initial response by 11:59pm on Thursday, and then respond to at least two classmates by Sunday at 11:59pm.

1. What theatrical productions have you attended in the last year or so?  What was your experience like?  Do you enjoy the art of theatre often?  Do you ever participate in a theatrical production?  Explain your answers.  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

2. Your text defines “tragic flaw” as that quality of character leads to the protagonist’s downfall.  In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus’s tragic flaw is his arrogance.  What, in your opinion, is Hamlet’s tragic flaw?  Explain your answer.  Name a real-life or fictionalized character from history or current times, such as Richard Nixon or Anna Karenina, and explain his or her tragic flaw.  Make sure to read everyone’s writings and comment on two.

CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING and answer in 100-200 words total. Post your initial response by 11:59pm on Thursday, and then respond to at least two classmates by Sunday at 11:59pm. Note: The semester ends Sunday 4/30, so no late posts will be counted this week. 

1. Name an artwork which has moved you to act or think in a certain way.  (This artwork can be a play, music piece, dance, movie, painting, sculpture, literature, or architecture.)  Describe how this artwork shaped your action or thinking.  

2. Name an artwork which expresses love the best for you.  (This artwork can be a play, music piece, dance, movie, painting, sculpture, literature, or architecture.)  What does this work say about love and how does this satisfy an expression of love for you.  If you desire, you may use more than one work.

3. Name an artwork which expresses you and your life.  (This artwork can be a play, music piece, dance, movie, painting, sculpture, literature, or architecture.)  Why does this work represent you?  If needs be, you may use more than one work.