Last Day to Focus on Mona Lisa Smile...DUE TODAY!!!!!!!

Choose TWO of the discussion questions below to write about on your blog.  They must be answered thoroughly with a lot of thought and detail.  After that, Make sure to respond to at least THREE classmates ON YOUR CURRENT ROW with thorough responses (no one-sentence responses!). 

This is DUE TODAY so please stay focused!

We will begin Dead Poets Society tomorrow and will not finish it until Friday.  PLEASE try to be at school every day.  We are having an abundance of absences in every class.  You will be responsible for catching on your own so it is definitely easier to BE IN SCHOOL.  

1. Discuss the role(s) of women in the 1950s as portrayed in the movie. How are they different from the view of Katherine Watson?
2. Katherine Watson's teachings were labeled as "unorthodox". Explain and cite examples from the movie.
3. Betty is seen to have a tremendous reaction towards Joan's application to study in Yale. Why? If you were Betty, would you have similar reaction?
4. Katherine Watson was said to be "subversive". What is your understanding of this term?
5. Betty's marriage to Spencer – do you think she was happy? Note her mother's refusal to let her stay with her. Why?
6. The movie shows relationships of several characters. Were they acceptable in the society at that time? Why / not?