Discuss why you think Baudelaire’s book is titled, Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil).
What does this title mean, and how do the poems in the collection reflect this title?
 Pick out three themes that you see recur in Baudelaire’s poems. Describe these themes, state which poems you see them expressed, and discuss how these themes relate to each other.
Choose one of Baudelaire’s poems and identify an area where you see tension or ambiguity. Look for any apparent contradictions, irony, or conflicts between what you see and what you think you are supposed to see.
Discuss what you think the poem means by examining the poem’s imagery, symbolism, or other uses of poetic language such as metaphor, simile, or personification.
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Read: Chapters I – IX of Equiano, Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written by Himself (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Project Gutenberg, 17 Mar. 2005.
Read:  Writing about History and Culture from a New Historical Perspective (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. in Creating Literary Analysis
View:  Slave Narrative One: Olaudah Equiano 1789 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (The activities associated with this video are optional)
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