Compare and contrast the 2 versions of the Marriage Speech given by Queen Elizabeth I
Part I. Answer any four of the following in clear, concise essays.
a) Compare and contrast the 2 versions of the Marriage Speech given by Queen Elizabeth I. Then, tell me which one you would find more persuasive and why. b) Pick out any two of the readings (belonging to different cultures) we have done and explain the use of animal imagery in them. What purpose do animals serve in these texts? c) Identify and explain any 3 examples that serve to legitimize the Solomonic dynastic succession in Kebra Nagast. d) In Sundiata we see an amalgamation of several belief systems and traditions. Identify and explain 3 of these. e) Why is Othello described as a domestic tragedy? Part II. Textual analysis. Identify, contextualize, and explain one of the following. (20 pts; 250-350 words, double-spaced) Earlier, when I heard her lute, already I felt sad; listening to her story, I doubled my sighs of pity. Both of us hapless outcasts at the farther end of the sky; meeting like this, why must we be old friends to understand each other?
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