Each essay is to be 800-1,000 words in length.
All essays are due within one week of the end of the respective unit.
See the list of Reserve Materials for the appropriate materials for each essay. There is no guarantee that the grade will be higher, although I will never lower an essay's grade on a revision. My initial comments will give you clues as to how I think it might be improved. The Ninth has been perceived by later generations as an unsurpassable model of affirmative culture, a culture which by its beauty and idealism, some believe, anaesthetizes the anguish and the terror of modern life, thereby standing in the way of a realistic perception of society. The refusal now hits the chorus which sings the 'Ode to Joy,' the song which is invalidated in the culture that sings it.