ITALIAN R5B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Thesis Statement
21 May 2018
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#15 2/23 Friday
Radcliffe “judges the Duke by his violent attempt to imprison the reluctant Julia in marriage as
equally as by his aesthetic failure to remain subject to nature or to learn morally from the
pictorial scene” (Milbank 89). Madame de Menon’s virtue, on the other hand, is visible in her
willingness to “[see] passively and [follow] the direction of nature” (Milbank 97).
The Duke in Nature (Radcliffe 93-94)
Madame de Menon in Nature (Radcliffe 104-105)
What does Lamott refer to as “the fantasy of the uninitiated” (1)?
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by
getting something – anything – down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the
down draft – you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft – you fix it up. You try to say
what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft, where you check
every tooth, to see if it’s loose or cramped or decayed, or even, God help us, healthy” (Lamott
2).
For Monday
● Complete the “Being Messy” Writing Exercise
● Continue working on Paper 1.1
● We will have a writing workshop on body paragraphs in Monday’s class
● Review the attendance policy on the syllabus
For Next Friday’s Peer Review
● Partial draft of Paper 1.1
● Most current version of thesis statement
● 3 body paragraphs
● General outline for the paper
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Document Summary
Radcliffe judges the duke by his violent attempt to imprison the reluctant julia in marriage as equally as by his aesthetic failure to remain subject to nature or to learn morally from the pictorial scene (milbank 89). Madame de menon"s virtue, on the other hand, is visible in her willingness to [see] passively and [follow] the direction of nature (milbank 97). Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. Start by getting something anything down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the down draft you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft you fix it up. You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft, where you check every tooth, to see if it"s loose or cramped or decayed, or even, god help us, healthy (lamott. We will have a writing workshop on body paragraphs in monday"s class.
