English Homework

Due date/time: Friday, April 18, by 11:30 pm

In her famous "Respuesta" or "Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz," Sor Juana writes a masterful rhetorical piece. Use the following prompts and questions to help you explore Sor Juana's reply.

1--The writer provides autobiographical details of the progress of her learning. Sor Juana explains her rigorous methods for disciplining herself to learn. Tracing her education, identify and explain two of the methods she used to discipline herself.

2--Explain the reasons Sor Juana gives for joining a convent.

3--Explain the circumstances that led Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz to write her "Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz." (Be sure that you have read the introduction to the work.)

4--Sor Juana supports her argument for learning with examples from the bible. Identify one of these examples, and explain how Sor Juana uses this religious example to support and strengthen her ideas.

 5--In her "Response" Sor Juana argues that women, just as men, quest for knowledge and desire to write. Then she asks this question: "where is the evil in my being a woman?" (253). How does the author defend her right to write as both a nun and a woman?

Remember to receive full credit for this assignment, students must present thoughtful posts, and they must respond meaningfully to at least two other students' posts.

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