Rasselas 33-end

I like very much playing the "ventriloquize Melvin" game. I think we were just getting warmed up on Wednesday, so we will play it again on Friday. Please read the end of Samuel Johnson's "Rasselas," and read each other's web-log comments before you come to class. That way, you will each of you be prepared to mock me (good-naturedly...I can only cross my fingers, although over-the-top-ing is fun too).

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)


Illustrations to Rasselas (1759)

Rasselas contemplates his course of action in the Happy Valley.
(Chapter 5)


Rasselas offers assistance to the failed flier.
(Chapter 6)


Rasselas and the "Choice of Life" clique meet the hermit of the cave.
(Chapter 21)


Images taken from Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Northwestern University)