What parallels can be drawn between the Pardoner's Prologue and his tale? How is this tale different from the other two that we have studied? Think in regards to the Pardoner's voice and how Chaucer's style changes.
The parallels that can be drawn between the Pardoner's Prologue and his tale are the vices he discusses in both. In his tale, he tells a story about 3 men who indulge in the vices of fraud, gluttony, blasphemy, etc. and like these 3 men, the Pardoner also indulges in all of these vices. This tale is different from the others because the Pardoner's tale does not tell a story of difficulties/vices and how to learn from them, the Pardoner still continues to act upon the vices. The Pardoner does not learn from his mistakes, even though he tells others that they should.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
society reflection
In a society, there are certain roles to be played. I was to come with a society consisting of only fine people, which is very limited, to I had to be very careful in who I chose. For my five people I chose Tommy Pickles, James Bond, Mrs. Doubtfire, Hermione Granger, and Gary Thorpe.
At the head of my society is Tommy Pickles. Tommy Pickles is a great leader. He is a confident and brave person. He is also a very encouraging person and always instills hope in his people. Not only does he encourage is people by words, but by actually working with them and helping them along the way. Working beside them to keep the society growing, he gives them hope, courage, and wisdom.
To keep my society in line I have James Bond. James bond is a strong, hard working, and intimidation man. If anything were to go out of line, he would have no problem dealing with it and setting it straight. Also with his intimidation, the people do not want to break the law, but his hard work and dedication gives him respect and the people see him as a guardian.
Everyone needs to feel loved and to do that I have Mrs. Doubtfire. Mrs. Doubtfire is the nurturer of my society. She is very motherly and caring. She wants to best for the people of the society and makes sure everyone feels comfortable and is happy where there. With Mrs. Doubtfire really being a father, Daniel Hillard ,she serves as the father-figure too. Daniel Hillard is hardworking and a guardian. He watches over and encourages the people like a father would do.
Hermione Granger is a very well round person. She is the educator, role model, procreator, and healer of my society. She is a very smart woman and studies hard to know and learn all she can and happily teaches everything she can. She is also a very pretty women and fits well into being the procreator and the princess. Hermione is also a witch of Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry and, therefore, knows the spells for healing a person with little to no pain and in record time. With all of these great qualities, she is highly looked upon in my society.
Finally, every society needs entertainment and Gary Thorpe is the best fit. Gary is extremely funny and entertaining. He keeps the society happy. Not only is he the comedian, he also the friend. Gary is a very sensitive and caring person. Whenever someone needs a friend, he is right there. He keeps the society comforted.
These five people all have one more quality, there are all workers of the society. They al have their part to keep the society growing and strong. Although they are all good candidates for their role, I do have some essential roles missing. I do not have a male procreator, so that makes Hermione’s role as a procreator irrelevant. I also do not have any sort of clergy, so there is no religious guidelines to my society, so no one really knows what is right or wrong. The people that I do have, though, I believe to be good candidates, but not the best. If I were to have a society consisting of only 5 people, I would have reevaluate to make sure I have all the important roles taken care of.
At the head of my society is Tommy Pickles. Tommy Pickles is a great leader. He is a confident and brave person. He is also a very encouraging person and always instills hope in his people. Not only does he encourage is people by words, but by actually working with them and helping them along the way. Working beside them to keep the society growing, he gives them hope, courage, and wisdom.
To keep my society in line I have James Bond. James bond is a strong, hard working, and intimidation man. If anything were to go out of line, he would have no problem dealing with it and setting it straight. Also with his intimidation, the people do not want to break the law, but his hard work and dedication gives him respect and the people see him as a guardian.
Everyone needs to feel loved and to do that I have Mrs. Doubtfire. Mrs. Doubtfire is the nurturer of my society. She is very motherly and caring. She wants to best for the people of the society and makes sure everyone feels comfortable and is happy where there. With Mrs. Doubtfire really being a father, Daniel Hillard ,she serves as the father-figure too. Daniel Hillard is hardworking and a guardian. He watches over and encourages the people like a father would do.
Hermione Granger is a very well round person. She is the educator, role model, procreator, and healer of my society. She is a very smart woman and studies hard to know and learn all she can and happily teaches everything she can. She is also a very pretty women and fits well into being the procreator and the princess. Hermione is also a witch of Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry and, therefore, knows the spells for healing a person with little to no pain and in record time. With all of these great qualities, she is highly looked upon in my society.
Finally, every society needs entertainment and Gary Thorpe is the best fit. Gary is extremely funny and entertaining. He keeps the society happy. Not only is he the comedian, he also the friend. Gary is a very sensitive and caring person. Whenever someone needs a friend, he is right there. He keeps the society comforted.
These five people all have one more quality, there are all workers of the society. They al have their part to keep the society growing and strong. Although they are all good candidates for their role, I do have some essential roles missing. I do not have a male procreator, so that makes Hermione’s role as a procreator irrelevant. I also do not have any sort of clergy, so there is no religious guidelines to my society, so no one really knows what is right or wrong. The people that I do have, though, I believe to be good candidates, but not the best. If I were to have a society consisting of only 5 people, I would have reevaluate to make sure I have all the important roles taken care of.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Essential Question 4
Where do we see seduction and lust start to destroy Gawain, our young hero? What is the author trying to tell us?
Seduction and lust start to destroy Gawain when he goes into the castle and meets the rulers wife. He sees that the lady is absolutely beautiful and wants more than just an acquaintance with her, "our knight and the noble lady were accorded so closely in company there, with the seemly solace of their secret words" (lines 1010-1012). And indeed, Gawain's wants became realities and he and the lady had an affair, "sweet pipes beguile their cares and the trumpet of marital tones; each tends his affairs and those two tend their own" (1016-1019). This affair will not only be a burden of wrong-doing in the back of his mind for the rest of his life, but it will also be a huge problem to try and offer all he has gotten from the castle back to his host, considering he cannot give back what he has given the noble lady. Not being able to stick to his word and stick to the five knightly virtues could be the downfall of Gawain. Just by doing this one act he is disobeying every single knightly virtue. The author is trying to tell us that unless Gawain realizes what he has done and gets his act together, this story will not have a happy ending.
Seduction and lust start to destroy Gawain when he goes into the castle and meets the rulers wife. He sees that the lady is absolutely beautiful and wants more than just an acquaintance with her, "our knight and the noble lady were accorded so closely in company there, with the seemly solace of their secret words" (lines 1010-1012). And indeed, Gawain's wants became realities and he and the lady had an affair, "sweet pipes beguile their cares and the trumpet of marital tones; each tends his affairs and those two tend their own" (1016-1019). This affair will not only be a burden of wrong-doing in the back of his mind for the rest of his life, but it will also be a huge problem to try and offer all he has gotten from the castle back to his host, considering he cannot give back what he has given the noble lady. Not being able to stick to his word and stick to the five knightly virtues could be the downfall of Gawain. Just by doing this one act he is disobeying every single knightly virtue. The author is trying to tell us that unless Gawain realizes what he has done and gets his act together, this story will not have a happy ending.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Rules for relationships
1. Never talk about past relationships or the opposite sex, especially on the first date.
2. Don't be too serious, but don't be too goofy. Allow yourself to have a good time, but don't make the other think that you're not serious about the relationship.
3. Always be honest, even little while lies can hurt deeply (unless they are being used to keep a surprise from them)
4. Always remember birthdays and anniversaries, even the smallest gift, card, or words can make that day one to remember.
5. Show your love and care as much as can, make them feel like important.
6. Respect each other's opinions; you're not going to agree on everything.
7. Make sure you see reality, at first it may feel like a fairy tale love, but some problems, disagreements, etc. with occur, but if you realize that, you will be able to work them out and keep each other happy.
8. Encourage each other, when they are feeling down, remind them that you are there to help them with anything.
9. Give each other space; too much time can lead to too many fights.
10. Respect each other's friends and family, before you make any judgments get to know them.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Essential 2
Discuss biblical allusions and religious symbolism in Beowulf.
The religious symbolism in Beowolf seem to be that God is the reason for everything good happening. All the good things happening in their lives, they give credit to God, but once something bad happens in their lives they leave it to fate's doing. It seems that all the good things in their lives are because of God, their strength, power, etc. God has granted on them, but anything bad in their lives is their own doing. Any downfalls, deaths, etc. is because of their own choices and decisions.
The religious symbolism in Beowolf seem to be that God is the reason for everything good happening. All the good things happening in their lives, they give credit to God, but once something bad happens in their lives they leave it to fate's doing. It seems that all the good things in their lives are because of God, their strength, power, etc. God has granted on them, but anything bad in their lives is their own doing. Any downfalls, deaths, etc. is because of their own choices and decisions.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
9/28/09
What are the social obligations of a hero?
The social obligations of a hero would be bravery, lots of strength, great leadership, and known around the world.
Is Beowolf aware of his deification process?
Beowolf is not aware of his deification process. Beowolf does know that he is a great warrior and that he is a hero to people everywhere. He knows that he will help people because he likes to do it, but he doesn't exactly know that he will become a god. Beowolf is doing what he thinks is right for the people because they want to live in peace, as does Beowolf, but he is unaware that his actions will lead him to becoming a god.
The social obligations of a hero would be bravery, lots of strength, great leadership, and known around the world.
Is Beowolf aware of his deification process?
Beowolf is not aware of his deification process. Beowolf does know that he is a great warrior and that he is a hero to people everywhere. He knows that he will help people because he likes to do it, but he doesn't exactly know that he will become a god. Beowolf is doing what he thinks is right for the people because they want to live in peace, as does Beowolf, but he is unaware that his actions will lead him to becoming a god.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
P&P 15: 16-19
"The Bennets were speedily pronounced to be the luckiest family in the world; though only a few weeks before, when Lydia had first run away, they had been generally proved to be marked out for misfortune" (339)
When Lydia had run off with Wickham unmarried, the Bennets thought their reputation was doomed forever. Eventhough Mrs. Bennet was estatic to have one of her daughters married, she still thought Lydia's reputation would be ruined and the whole family, leading to musfortune and no more marriages, but miracles can happen. Bingly still loves Jane and proposed to her, Dary still loves Lizzy and Lizzy actually does love him too, and so Darcy also proposes to Lizzy. Even after such a horrible thing happened, love prevailed and overcame bad reputations and levels in society and a not so great family because the luckiest family.
Lady Catherine does not accept Darcy and Lizzy's marriage at first because:
I) She thinks the Bennets are not a suitable family for Darcy.
II) She doesn't like Darcy.
III) She thinks Darcy should be marrying her daughter.
IV) She never didn't accept it.
a) Just IV
b) I and III
c) II and III
d) Just I
When Lydia had run off with Wickham unmarried, the Bennets thought their reputation was doomed forever. Eventhough Mrs. Bennet was estatic to have one of her daughters married, she still thought Lydia's reputation would be ruined and the whole family, leading to musfortune and no more marriages, but miracles can happen. Bingly still loves Jane and proposed to her, Dary still loves Lizzy and Lizzy actually does love him too, and so Darcy also proposes to Lizzy. Even after such a horrible thing happened, love prevailed and overcame bad reputations and levels in society and a not so great family because the luckiest family.
Lady Catherine does not accept Darcy and Lizzy's marriage at first because:
I) She thinks the Bennets are not a suitable family for Darcy.
II) She doesn't like Darcy.
III) She thinks Darcy should be marrying her daughter.
IV) She never didn't accept it.
a) Just IV
b) I and III
c) II and III
d) Just I
P&P 13: 10-12
"The contents of this letter threw Elizabeth into a flutter of spirits, in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share" (315).
Here we find out that Darcy had paid Wickhan to marry Lydia and Mrs. Gardiner hints that it was for Darcy's love for Elizabeth. Elizabeth does not know whether to be happy or upset about this because either, Darcy is doing thing completely romantic thing all for Elizabeth, just so Elizabeth and him can be together, or he made the biggest mistake ever by ruining not only Lydia's reputation, but the whole family's reputation. Elizabeth is torn between these two, but will soon come to a final resolution.
Why do you think Mrs. Bennet hates Mr. Darcy?
a) Because he paid Wickham to marry Lydia.
b) He is too nice.
c) He thinks he is better than the Bennet family.
d) He likes the Bennet family too much.
Here we find out that Darcy had paid Wickhan to marry Lydia and Mrs. Gardiner hints that it was for Darcy's love for Elizabeth. Elizabeth does not know whether to be happy or upset about this because either, Darcy is doing thing completely romantic thing all for Elizabeth, just so Elizabeth and him can be together, or he made the biggest mistake ever by ruining not only Lydia's reputation, but the whole family's reputation. Elizabeth is torn between these two, but will soon come to a final resolution.
Why do you think Mrs. Bennet hates Mr. Darcy?
a) Because he paid Wickham to marry Lydia.
b) He is too nice.
c) He thinks he is better than the Bennet family.
d) He likes the Bennet family too much.
Monday, April 6, 2009
huck finn
Do you know someone who completely contrasts you? Someone who is the complete opposite in every way possible? As for Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer is the antithesis of Huck. Huck was brought up in a very uncivilized world, whereas Tom was brought up in a world of rules and regulations. Huck is a very free-spirited person and questions everything, but Tom is a very constrained person and accepts everything as it has been shown to him without question.
Huck Finn lived on the river with his alcoholic father for most of his life. He did not go to school and he did not have to follow any rules. He could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted and didn’t have anyone, except his father, around to influence him. As for Tom, he lived in a world of rules and regulations and books. Tom loved reading and loved to take what he read literally, “I’ve seen it in books; and so of course that’s what we’ve got to do” (17). He did everything exactly the way books said, with no exceptions, but Huck looked at everything in the most practical manner and questioned everything.
When Tom and Huck are robbing the Sunday school, Tom says that all the people there were A-rabs and elephants. Toms tells Huck that “it was all done by enchantment” (21) and if Huck “warn’t so ignorant, but had read a book called ‘Don Quixote’” (21), then Huck would have known without questions that all the people there were really A-rabs and elephants, but Huck doesn’t understand how they could have been if we couldn’t see them. Because Huck had such differing influences growing up he has be forces to thinks out for himself, and to him, it did not make sense how those people could have been anything other themselves. Whereas Tom has had a unified influence, and everything he has been told has always been the same, and he accepts that. So, when he reads something in a book, he automatically thinks, that whatever he does has to been done the way the books say. Huck’s contradicting influences have actually been a blessing in disguise. Huck able to look at people and society through fresh eyes and can actually see people for they are, but Tom see’s them through controlled eyes.
Tom’s view on slavery is exactly what would be expected. The blacks are not blacks to him, just slaves, but Huck’s view is completely opposite. Huck’s best friend was Jim, a slave. With Huck being so uneducated he did not really what slavery, and he did not have the education to naturally hate Jim. He saw Jim as a person, not slave. Tom, on the other hand, is very educated and has the natural inclination to hate Jim and treat him poorly, but in reality Tom does not really hate Jim. He actually likes to joke around with him and have fun with Jim, but Tom will not even think to ask any questions about it. Tom plays by the rules and whatever he has been taught, sticks with him and he won’t change it.
When Jim has been kept as a slave at Tom’s aunt’s house, Huck and Tom think up a master plan to free him. Little does Huck know, Jim actually is already free and has been for two months. Tom knows this and still continues to keep Jim captive and go through with his plan just because he can, “Old Miss Watson died two months ago […] and so she set him free in her will […] I wanted the adventure of it” (303). Tom only does it to have some adventure in his life, he does not care how it would make Jim feel, because Tom didn’t see Jim as a person. Huck, on the other hand, would never do such a thing. He actually does the complete opposite, he wants to break Jim out of slavery and he does not care what the cost is. Huck see’s Jim as an actual person, therefore he does not want to see Jim being treated so poorly. Because Huck has had such different influences he has been forced to figure slavery out for himself, and with his experience with slavery, while going down the river with Jim, he was able to see Jim for a person. Tom was never able to see that because his eyes were so controlled to what he was supposed to see. What he was told, so Tom does not have the gift, like Huck, to see things the way he wants to see them.
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were brought up in two entirely contrasting environments, and with that comes two entirely contrasting views on life. Huck is able to see people for who they really are and see things for what they really are, but Tom cannot. Tom only sees people and things the way he has been told to see them. Tom’s influences were unified, everything he was told was the same, so he accepted that, but since Huck had very different influences, he was forced to think out things for himself, which enabled him to free from a constrained life, unlike Tom.
Huck Finn lived on the river with his alcoholic father for most of his life. He did not go to school and he did not have to follow any rules. He could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted and didn’t have anyone, except his father, around to influence him. As for Tom, he lived in a world of rules and regulations and books. Tom loved reading and loved to take what he read literally, “I’ve seen it in books; and so of course that’s what we’ve got to do” (17). He did everything exactly the way books said, with no exceptions, but Huck looked at everything in the most practical manner and questioned everything.
When Tom and Huck are robbing the Sunday school, Tom says that all the people there were A-rabs and elephants. Toms tells Huck that “it was all done by enchantment” (21) and if Huck “warn’t so ignorant, but had read a book called ‘Don Quixote’” (21), then Huck would have known without questions that all the people there were really A-rabs and elephants, but Huck doesn’t understand how they could have been if we couldn’t see them. Because Huck had such differing influences growing up he has be forces to thinks out for himself, and to him, it did not make sense how those people could have been anything other themselves. Whereas Tom has had a unified influence, and everything he has been told has always been the same, and he accepts that. So, when he reads something in a book, he automatically thinks, that whatever he does has to been done the way the books say. Huck’s contradicting influences have actually been a blessing in disguise. Huck able to look at people and society through fresh eyes and can actually see people for they are, but Tom see’s them through controlled eyes.
Tom’s view on slavery is exactly what would be expected. The blacks are not blacks to him, just slaves, but Huck’s view is completely opposite. Huck’s best friend was Jim, a slave. With Huck being so uneducated he did not really what slavery, and he did not have the education to naturally hate Jim. He saw Jim as a person, not slave. Tom, on the other hand, is very educated and has the natural inclination to hate Jim and treat him poorly, but in reality Tom does not really hate Jim. He actually likes to joke around with him and have fun with Jim, but Tom will not even think to ask any questions about it. Tom plays by the rules and whatever he has been taught, sticks with him and he won’t change it.
When Jim has been kept as a slave at Tom’s aunt’s house, Huck and Tom think up a master plan to free him. Little does Huck know, Jim actually is already free and has been for two months. Tom knows this and still continues to keep Jim captive and go through with his plan just because he can, “Old Miss Watson died two months ago […] and so she set him free in her will […] I wanted the adventure of it” (303). Tom only does it to have some adventure in his life, he does not care how it would make Jim feel, because Tom didn’t see Jim as a person. Huck, on the other hand, would never do such a thing. He actually does the complete opposite, he wants to break Jim out of slavery and he does not care what the cost is. Huck see’s Jim as an actual person, therefore he does not want to see Jim being treated so poorly. Because Huck has had such different influences he has been forced to figure slavery out for himself, and with his experience with slavery, while going down the river with Jim, he was able to see Jim for a person. Tom was never able to see that because his eyes were so controlled to what he was supposed to see. What he was told, so Tom does not have the gift, like Huck, to see things the way he wants to see them.
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were brought up in two entirely contrasting environments, and with that comes two entirely contrasting views on life. Huck is able to see people for who they really are and see things for what they really are, but Tom cannot. Tom only sees people and things the way he has been told to see them. Tom’s influences were unified, everything he was told was the same, so he accepted that, but since Huck had very different influences, he was forced to think out things for himself, which enabled him to free from a constrained life, unlike Tom.
P&P 12: 7-9
"Mrs. Bennet could hardly contain herself [...] to know that her daughter would be married was enough" (296).
Mrs. Bennet's wishes about marriage have changed quite a bit. Mrs. Bennet's first wishes were to have: '"one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield, [...] and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for'" (11). She wanted all her daughters equally married in stature and wealth; nothing else would do, but now just having her daughters simply being married is enough. Mrs. Bennet has finally realized that all she wants is for her daughters to be happy, and if that is with a poor man, than so be it. If her daughters are happy, than she is happy. Money is no longer an issue.
The reasoning for Mr. Darcy attending Lydia and Wickham's wedding is most likely:
I. Darcy and Wickham have reconciled.
II. Darcy likes Lydia.
III. Darcy was in hopes of seeing Elizabeth there.
IV. Darcy was forced to be there.
a) Just I
b) IV
c) I and III
d) Just II
e) all of the above.
Mrs. Bennet's wishes about marriage have changed quite a bit. Mrs. Bennet's first wishes were to have: '"one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield, [...] and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for'" (11). She wanted all her daughters equally married in stature and wealth; nothing else would do, but now just having her daughters simply being married is enough. Mrs. Bennet has finally realized that all she wants is for her daughters to be happy, and if that is with a poor man, than so be it. If her daughters are happy, than she is happy. Money is no longer an issue.
The reasoning for Mr. Darcy attending Lydia and Wickham's wedding is most likely:
I. Darcy and Wickham have reconciled.
II. Darcy likes Lydia.
III. Darcy was in hopes of seeing Elizabeth there.
IV. Darcy was forced to be there.
a) Just I
b) IV
c) I and III
d) Just II
e) all of the above.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
P&P 11: 3-6
"'I mist confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character ; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, i never could perceive any thing extraordinary in them. They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all, and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable"' (264).
Miss Bingley is once again bringing Elizabeth down, thinking it will do herself some good. Miss Bingley thinks that if she points out every folly in Elizabeth, than Darcy will like Miss Bingly. Not only is she pointing out Elizabeth's flaws, she is using herself as the standard for Elizabeth to live up too, but clearly the way Miss Bingley acts towards Elizabeth, and the way she talks about Elizabeth, Miss Bingley is not acting as a proper lady. Miss Bingley doesn't realize that she is only pulling herself farther and farther away from Darcy.
Miss Bingley is once again bringing Elizabeth down, thinking it will do herself some good. Miss Bingley thinks that if she points out every folly in Elizabeth, than Darcy will like Miss Bingly. Not only is she pointing out Elizabeth's flaws, she is using herself as the standard for Elizabeth to live up too, but clearly the way Miss Bingley acts towards Elizabeth, and the way she talks about Elizabeth, Miss Bingley is not acting as a proper lady. Miss Bingley doesn't realize that she is only pulling herself farther and farther away from Darcy.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
P&P 9: 19-2
"Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberly woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned in at the lodge, her spirits were in a high flutter" (239)
Elizabeth is excited about seeing Pemberly, but doesn't really like the fact that it has to do with Darcy. But, maybe her 'spirits a high flutter' because she actually wanted to see Darcy there. She says that she doesn't and that the only reason why she's going is because she was told he is not going to be there, but maybe the only reason why she is going is because she is hoping to see Darcy there and to talk about his letter.
Throughout the novel so far, the reader can infer:
a) nothing
b) the Bennet sisters may not marry within their social status
c) children do exactly what their parents want
d) all people of all classes associate
Elizabeth is excited about seeing Pemberly, but doesn't really like the fact that it has to do with Darcy. But, maybe her 'spirits a high flutter' because she actually wanted to see Darcy there. She says that she doesn't and that the only reason why she's going is because she was told he is not going to be there, but maybe the only reason why she is going is because she is hoping to see Darcy there and to talk about his letter.
Throughout the novel so far, the reader can infer:
a) nothing
b) the Bennet sisters may not marry within their social status
c) children do exactly what their parents want
d) all people of all classes associate
Monday, March 30, 2009
P&P 8: 11-13
"She grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think, without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd [...] But vanity, not love, had been my folly. Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away either were concerned. Till this moment, I never knew myself" (205).
Elizabeth has been too vain to see Darcy and Wickham for who they really were. She know realizes that what she detested in Darcy, is what Wickham really is, and what she admired in Wickham, is what Darcy really is. Elizabeth's actions relate to first title of the book which was First Impressions and the title of the book now, Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth had too much pride in herself and her vanity, that she took her first impressions of Darcy and Wickham and made both men out to be what they were right off the bad, which, in turn, made her prejudice.
From what we know of Mr. Wickham and Mr. Dacry's relations, the reader can infer that Mr. Wickham was so interested in Elizabeth because
I) Elizabeth was extremely handsome
II) Elizabeth was very amiable
III) Elizabeth could provide Wickham with money
IV) Elizabeth could provide Wickham with happiness
a) II and IV
b) I and II
c) just III
d) just IV
Elizabeth has been too vain to see Darcy and Wickham for who they really were. She know realizes that what she detested in Darcy, is what Wickham really is, and what she admired in Wickham, is what Darcy really is. Elizabeth's actions relate to first title of the book which was First Impressions and the title of the book now, Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth had too much pride in herself and her vanity, that she took her first impressions of Darcy and Wickham and made both men out to be what they were right off the bad, which, in turn, made her prejudice.
From what we know of Mr. Wickham and Mr. Dacry's relations, the reader can infer that Mr. Wickham was so interested in Elizabeth because
I) Elizabeth was extremely handsome
II) Elizabeth was very amiable
III) Elizabeth could provide Wickham with money
IV) Elizabeth could provide Wickham with happiness
a) II and IV
b) I and II
c) just III
d) just IV
P&P 7 6-10
"His eyes had been soon and repeatedly turned towards them with a look of curiosity' and that her Ladyship, after a while, shared the feeling, was more openly acknowledged, for she did not scruple to call out-". (174)
Lady Catherine interrupts Elizabeth and Colonel Fitzwilliam when they are speaking. She had been eyeballing them since they started their conversation, and later when Elizabeth and Mr Darcy are speaking, Lady Catherine interrupts again. It seems that Lady Catherine does want her nephews to be talking to Elizabeth alone, at all. It seems that Lady Catherine is afraid that one of her nephews will come to have feelings for Elizabeth, and to Lady Catherine, Elizabeth would not be suitable for either of them to marry. Elizabeth is too inferior.
From the way that Elizabeth does not answer Lady Catherine directly on page 165, the reader can infer that:
a) Elizabeth does not feel so inferior to Lady Catherine
b) Elizabeth likes Lady Catherine very much
c) Elizabeth does not want to reveal her age
d) Elizabeth was just joking
Lady Catherine interrupts Elizabeth and Colonel Fitzwilliam when they are speaking. She had been eyeballing them since they started their conversation, and later when Elizabeth and Mr Darcy are speaking, Lady Catherine interrupts again. It seems that Lady Catherine does want her nephews to be talking to Elizabeth alone, at all. It seems that Lady Catherine is afraid that one of her nephews will come to have feelings for Elizabeth, and to Lady Catherine, Elizabeth would not be suitable for either of them to marry. Elizabeth is too inferior.
From the way that Elizabeth does not answer Lady Catherine directly on page 165, the reader can infer that:
a) Elizabeth does not feel so inferior to Lady Catherine
b) Elizabeth likes Lady Catherine very much
c) Elizabeth does not want to reveal her age
d) Elizabeth was just joking
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
P&P 5 ch: 21-1
"Why do you think so? It must be his own doing, he is his own master" (117)
Jane seeing the good in everyone is evident here. She won't even consider that Miss Bingley is the one who's saying Bingley has to say, not himself. This is becoming quite a fault for Jane, only seeing the good in everyone makes you blind to any manipulation they do to you and I think Miss Bingley has figured that out and she will use it to her benefit. She can manipulate Jane into thinking that Bingey is not around or that he doesn't want to see her, and if Jane is not around, neither is Elizabeth and Miss Bingley can have Darcy to herself.
After hearing the New Of Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins, Elizabeth is:
a) shocked
b) livid
c) ecstatic
d) apathetic
Jane seeing the good in everyone is evident here. She won't even consider that Miss Bingley is the one who's saying Bingley has to say, not himself. This is becoming quite a fault for Jane, only seeing the good in everyone makes you blind to any manipulation they do to you and I think Miss Bingley has figured that out and she will use it to her benefit. She can manipulate Jane into thinking that Bingey is not around or that he doesn't want to see her, and if Jane is not around, neither is Elizabeth and Miss Bingley can have Darcy to herself.
After hearing the New Of Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins, Elizabeth is:
a) shocked
b) livid
c) ecstatic
d) apathetic
Sunday, March 22, 2009
p&p 3: 11-16
"She attracted him more than he liked; and Miss Bingly was uncivil to her, and more teasing than usual to himself. He wisely resolved to be particularly careful that no sign of admiration should now escape him" (60).
Mr. Darcy clearly is beginning to be attracted to Elizabeth and people are starting to notice especially Miss Bingly. Darcy does not want people to notice that he is attracted to Elizabeth because he thinks, and has made it quite clear, that the Bennet girls didn't leave up to his standards, which he portrays as very high. However, we can see that his standards are not so high after all because of his attraction to Elizabeth but, he doesn't want that to be known because it would be completely contradictory to everything he has ever said.
The reader can infer that Mr. Collins' high manners are because of
a) politeness
b) arrogance
c) rudness
d) nerves
Mr. Darcy clearly is beginning to be attracted to Elizabeth and people are starting to notice especially Miss Bingly. Darcy does not want people to notice that he is attracted to Elizabeth because he thinks, and has made it quite clear, that the Bennet girls didn't leave up to his standards, which he portrays as very high. However, we can see that his standards are not so high after all because of his attraction to Elizabeth but, he doesn't want that to be known because it would be completely contradictory to everything he has ever said.
The reader can infer that Mr. Collins' high manners are because of
a) politeness
b) arrogance
c) rudness
d) nerves
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
P&P #1 3/18 ch. 1-6
"'If I can but see one of my daughters happily setlled at Netherfield," said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, "and all the others equally well married, i shall have nothing to wish for'" (11).
Here we can see just how much wealth in Mrs. Bennet's daughters' marriages means to her. All she wants is for her daughters to marry wealthy men, and it is just a plus if the men are handsome or amiable. Mrs. Bennet has a terrible disposition to think of money before anything else when it comes to her daughters' marriages and thay may cause a problem further on. One of her daughters may fall for a man with little wealth and Mrs. Bennet will clearly not approve.
Mr. Darcy is a very ______ man.
a.) Propitious
b.) Affable
c.) Haughty
d.) Diffidence
Here we can see just how much wealth in Mrs. Bennet's daughters' marriages means to her. All she wants is for her daughters to marry wealthy men, and it is just a plus if the men are handsome or amiable. Mrs. Bennet has a terrible disposition to think of money before anything else when it comes to her daughters' marriages and thay may cause a problem further on. One of her daughters may fall for a man with little wealth and Mrs. Bennet will clearly not approve.
Mr. Darcy is a very ______ man.
a.) Propitious
b.) Affable
c.) Haughty
d.) Diffidence
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
huck finn
It's been a while now since Jim and me have seen no towns but I don't mind. By-and-By we just go a floatin' down the river and talk. We talk about all sort of things, me and Jim do. I like talkin' with Jim, I get to know where his thoughts be a comin' from. At first I though I knowed he didn't know nothin', no there warn't noway nohow Jim knowed anythin', but by-and-by I got to know that he does know some things I just never gave him a chance, I shoulda though. The widow always was tellin' me to give everyone a chance because you never know when your gunna meet someone that could change you life. That's always what she was a telling me but I never really gave no one a chance and I never really listened to the widow much nuther.
I wonder how the widow is, and Miss Watson too. They're probably worryin' cinsiderable about me, I mean they knowed I like the outdoors and not bein' sivilized as they call it, but I knowed they don't think I'm this smart at it. They probably think I'm well gone and dead, but I ain't that's for sure. I think I should write to them when I get off the river, I don't want to leave them a wonderin' for the rest of they life. That'd be horrible, I know I wouldn't wanna be wonderin' about what had happened to a body for the rest of my life, noway nohow. I'd wanna know for sure. So I'll write to them and tell them everythin about me and Jim on the river and the Duke and the Dauphin. They'd be mighty proud of me lettin' the Duke and Dauphin on our raft and helpin' them out. They'd think is was considerbaly nice of me and Jim.
I wonder how the widow is, and Miss Watson too. They're probably worryin' cinsiderable about me, I mean they knowed I like the outdoors and not bein' sivilized as they call it, but I knowed they don't think I'm this smart at it. They probably think I'm well gone and dead, but I ain't that's for sure. I think I should write to them when I get off the river, I don't want to leave them a wonderin' for the rest of they life. That'd be horrible, I know I wouldn't wanna be wonderin' about what had happened to a body for the rest of my life, noway nohow. I'd wanna know for sure. So I'll write to them and tell them everythin about me and Jim on the river and the Duke and the Dauphin. They'd be mighty proud of me lettin' the Duke and Dauphin on our raft and helpin' them out. They'd think is was considerbaly nice of me and Jim.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
writing in character
Jim:
What do you think ‘bout family, Huck? Family is mighty ‘mpotant to me. I’s think e’ryone needs a family wid dem at sum poin’. I’s can’t wait ta get my family back. I’s always thinkin’ ‘bout what I’s is gwyne to do wid dem. We’s gwyne have so much fun t’gether. En you can come too, Huck ‘siderin you don’t got no family no more. You’s can come live wid me en my family Huck en we’s live on da river Huck. Just like we’s is doin’ now ‘cept we gwyne have a house en mo’ food and mo people ‘round us bekase we gwyne be’s a big en happy family Huck. I’s woud really like if you would come wid me, Huck bekase you’s is de bes’ fren’ I’s ever had. If I’s didn’ have you’s I’s wouldn’t I’s a wouldn’t be Jim. I’d miss you considerable Huck I’s swears I’s be a cryin’ all de time wid out you. I’s couldn’t have no fun wid out you’s Huck.
An’ you’s been a helpin’ me so much Huck, I’s got to help you, it jus’ wouldn’t be right if I’s didn’t. I’s wuz thinkin’ ‘bout dis fo a while now, but I’s just didn’t knows when I’s shud it, but I’s thought I’s shud jus’ tell you right ‘way bekase what if sumfin terr’ble happened and I’s didn’t let my bes’ fren’ no dis. I’s be a damn foo’ if I’s didn’t tell you en I’s would feel terr’ble all de time bekase you’s is always tellin’ me er’thing an I’s would be mighty than’ful if you’s did come wid me and my family. Dey would really like you’s I’s jis know it bekase I’s like you so dey gotta like you bekase dey family and soon you’s is gwyne be family I’s hope. So Huck, wha’ it a gwyne be? You’s can have sun time to think ‘bout it. I’s know it’s a mighty thing to akse a body out of de blue. Jis keep a thinking’ ‘bout it Huck.
Huck:
I though it all over awhile and by-and-by I got to more liking the idea of living with Jim and his family. And every time I thought about it I got awful excited I couldn’t wait to do it. But I didn’t tell Jim that I wanted to go yet because I didn’t want him too excited about it because I knowed that was all he’d think about and that would get us nowhere nohow.
When we was tired from our long day out on the river we would lay down and stare at the stars, but I wasn’t really staring at the stars anyway I was really thinking about living on the river with Jim. It would be considerable nice. It would be just like living here on the raft just better. We would have a house and everything and by-and-by maybe we would be rich. There warn’t no way I could say no to all that and I just couldn’t wait to tell Jim, but I was gwyne tell him yet for his own good. He’d get considerable happy and that would all he would think about, I just knowed it. So I kept my mouth shut, didn’t say a word, and just waited for the right time to tell Jim.
The widow would be awfully proud of me for doing such a good thing. Not telling Jim yet for his own good. The widow was always saying how you should does things and shouldn’t do things, whatever ever was right the situation and she was always telling me to look out for others. So, here I am looking out for Jim and not saying a word. No, no way nohow was I gwyne say anything to Jim because I was looking out Jim and doing it for his own good. I knowed Jim would be mighty happy about me being so nice and all so I knowed I was doing the right thing.
What do you think ‘bout family, Huck? Family is mighty ‘mpotant to me. I’s think e’ryone needs a family wid dem at sum poin’. I’s can’t wait ta get my family back. I’s always thinkin’ ‘bout what I’s is gwyne to do wid dem. We’s gwyne have so much fun t’gether. En you can come too, Huck ‘siderin you don’t got no family no more. You’s can come live wid me en my family Huck en we’s live on da river Huck. Just like we’s is doin’ now ‘cept we gwyne have a house en mo’ food and mo people ‘round us bekase we gwyne be’s a big en happy family Huck. I’s woud really like if you would come wid me, Huck bekase you’s is de bes’ fren’ I’s ever had. If I’s didn’ have you’s I’s wouldn’t I’s a wouldn’t be Jim. I’d miss you considerable Huck I’s swears I’s be a cryin’ all de time wid out you. I’s couldn’t have no fun wid out you’s Huck.
An’ you’s been a helpin’ me so much Huck, I’s got to help you, it jus’ wouldn’t be right if I’s didn’t. I’s wuz thinkin’ ‘bout dis fo a while now, but I’s just didn’t knows when I’s shud it, but I’s thought I’s shud jus’ tell you right ‘way bekase what if sumfin terr’ble happened and I’s didn’t let my bes’ fren’ no dis. I’s be a damn foo’ if I’s didn’t tell you en I’s would feel terr’ble all de time bekase you’s is always tellin’ me er’thing an I’s would be mighty than’ful if you’s did come wid me and my family. Dey would really like you’s I’s jis know it bekase I’s like you so dey gotta like you bekase dey family and soon you’s is gwyne be family I’s hope. So Huck, wha’ it a gwyne be? You’s can have sun time to think ‘bout it. I’s know it’s a mighty thing to akse a body out of de blue. Jis keep a thinking’ ‘bout it Huck.
Huck:
I though it all over awhile and by-and-by I got to more liking the idea of living with Jim and his family. And every time I thought about it I got awful excited I couldn’t wait to do it. But I didn’t tell Jim that I wanted to go yet because I didn’t want him too excited about it because I knowed that was all he’d think about and that would get us nowhere nohow.
When we was tired from our long day out on the river we would lay down and stare at the stars, but I wasn’t really staring at the stars anyway I was really thinking about living on the river with Jim. It would be considerable nice. It would be just like living here on the raft just better. We would have a house and everything and by-and-by maybe we would be rich. There warn’t no way I could say no to all that and I just couldn’t wait to tell Jim, but I was gwyne tell him yet for his own good. He’d get considerable happy and that would all he would think about, I just knowed it. So I kept my mouth shut, didn’t say a word, and just waited for the right time to tell Jim.
The widow would be awfully proud of me for doing such a good thing. Not telling Jim yet for his own good. The widow was always saying how you should does things and shouldn’t do things, whatever ever was right the situation and she was always telling me to look out for others. So, here I am looking out for Jim and not saying a word. No, no way nohow was I gwyne say anything to Jim because I was looking out Jim and doing it for his own good. I knowed Jim would be mighty happy about me being so nice and all so I knowed I was doing the right thing.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Huck Finn: to pg 157
"If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with his kind of people s to let them have their own way" (137).
Huck has two sides to his moral process, one side is pap and the other side is the widow and they intertwine with each other. Here we see the side of pap's influence come more into the light and it surprisingly is not bad advice at all. I think that the parts of what pap says and the parts of what the widow says that Huck chooses are usually for the better. He seems to be able to pick up on the good things they both have to offer and either put them to use separately or together, which is best fit for the situation. Huck may not make the best choices but his process behind them are always in good intentions.
"Make the best o' things the way you find 'em, says I - that's my motto" (136).
I agree with this statement. I think that when you come to a situation you always just have to make the best of it. It may not be your first reaction to make the best out of it and you might actually make it worse at first, but that's just a little more work. Still try to make the best of the situation because when you have a bad situation circling you, it is all you think about and everything you is because of that and it makes you miserable. But, if you try to make the best out of it, you can let it pass you by without affection you much and maybe even learn a lesson or two from it.
galluses - a pair of suspenders for trousers.
"He had an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woolen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot tops, and home-knit galluses-no, he only had one" (132).
galoot - an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
"Next you'd see a raft sliding by away off yonder, and maybe a galoot on it chopping" (130).
Huck has two sides to his moral process, one side is pap and the other side is the widow and they intertwine with each other. Here we see the side of pap's influence come more into the light and it surprisingly is not bad advice at all. I think that the parts of what pap says and the parts of what the widow says that Huck chooses are usually for the better. He seems to be able to pick up on the good things they both have to offer and either put them to use separately or together, which is best fit for the situation. Huck may not make the best choices but his process behind them are always in good intentions.
"Make the best o' things the way you find 'em, says I - that's my motto" (136).
I agree with this statement. I think that when you come to a situation you always just have to make the best of it. It may not be your first reaction to make the best out of it and you might actually make it worse at first, but that's just a little more work. Still try to make the best of the situation because when you have a bad situation circling you, it is all you think about and everything you is because of that and it makes you miserable. But, if you try to make the best out of it, you can let it pass you by without affection you much and maybe even learn a lesson or two from it.
galluses - a pair of suspenders for trousers.
"He had an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woolen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot tops, and home-knit galluses-no, he only had one" (132).
galoot - an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
"Next you'd see a raft sliding by away off yonder, and maybe a galoot on it chopping" (130).
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Huck Finn 89-127
"If he got a notion in his head once, there warn't no getting it out again" (90)
This quote shows how gullible and stubborn Jim is. With his lack of education, Jim doesn't really know when something is far fetched so he pretty much believes everything he hears and he won't let anyone try to tell him otherwise. Jim does have one exception for when he is not gullible though, when something personal or emotional is told to him. When Huck tells Jim that everything that happened on the river was all a dream, Jim doesn't believe it because it has touch him emotionally and he doesn't let it slide with Huck either. Still Jim is stubborn with not letting Huck off the hook right away so, Jim is just a really stubborn person.
"says I, what's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?" (104)
Here Huck has come to the notion that it doesn't matter if he does right or wrong anymore because either way he still feels the same. He stills feels horrible about it. If Huck tells about Jim Huck will feel extremely bad about selling Jim out like that, considering the way Jim feels about him, but if Huck doesn't tel about Jim Huck will feel extremely bad about lying and helping a a runaway. So now, Huck doesn't really care what he does, and what choices he makes because he feels like he'll get the same outcome in the end. With Huck being careless about his choices, it could lead him into some trouble in the future when he makes the wrong decison.
reticule - a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
"she was leaning pensive on a tombstone on her right elbow, under a weeping willow, and her other hand hanging down her side holding a white handkerchief and a reticule" (113)
gumption - initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness.
"Does I shin aroun' mongs' de neighbors en fine out which un you de bill do b'long to, en han' it over to de right one, all safe en soun', de way dat anybody dat had any gumption would?" (90)
This quote shows how gullible and stubborn Jim is. With his lack of education, Jim doesn't really know when something is far fetched so he pretty much believes everything he hears and he won't let anyone try to tell him otherwise. Jim does have one exception for when he is not gullible though, when something personal or emotional is told to him. When Huck tells Jim that everything that happened on the river was all a dream, Jim doesn't believe it because it has touch him emotionally and he doesn't let it slide with Huck either. Still Jim is stubborn with not letting Huck off the hook right away so, Jim is just a really stubborn person.
"says I, what's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?" (104)
Here Huck has come to the notion that it doesn't matter if he does right or wrong anymore because either way he still feels the same. He stills feels horrible about it. If Huck tells about Jim Huck will feel extremely bad about selling Jim out like that, considering the way Jim feels about him, but if Huck doesn't tel about Jim Huck will feel extremely bad about lying and helping a a runaway. So now, Huck doesn't really care what he does, and what choices he makes because he feels like he'll get the same outcome in the end. With Huck being careless about his choices, it could lead him into some trouble in the future when he makes the wrong decison.
reticule - a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
"she was leaning pensive on a tombstone on her right elbow, under a weeping willow, and her other hand hanging down her side holding a white handkerchief and a reticule" (113)
gumption - initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness.
"Does I shin aroun' mongs' de neighbors en fine out which un you de bill do b'long to, en han' it over to de right one, all safe en soun', de way dat anybody dat had any gumption would?" (90)
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Huck Finn 2: to pg 88
"I says, now I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would fine me, and here it had gone and done it. So there ain't non doubt but there is something in that thing. That is, there's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me" (48)
Huck now does believe that prayer works. He believes that if you pray for something to someone, your prayers will be answered, but only for the right kind of people. Huck doesn't think he is one of those kind of people. Huck doesn't think that he is good enough for prayer. He thinks that he is not good enough for prayer to work for him, so he is not going to bother with it, but that might come back to haunt him later when the one thing he needs is prayer and he thinks he can't have it. Huck needs to realize that he can pray, it doesn't matter what kind of person you are. Pray is for everyone.
"Yes- en I’s rich now, come to look at it. I owns myself, en I’s wuth eight hund’d dollars" (57).
Jim is happy with himself and knows that he owns himself and no one else does. Even though Jim doesn't have the 800 dollars, he still considers himself worth it. He is able to realize that even though he has a little, he still has something, he still has hope. Maybe with all of Jim's hope will rub off on Huck if and when he needs it. Jim's hope will give Huck hope, hope for prayer.
brash - impertinent; impudent; tactless.
"When I got to camp I warn't feeling very brash, there warn't much sand in my craw; but I says, this ain't no time to be fooling around" (50)
fantods - a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies
"It most gave me the fan-tods" (51).
Huck now does believe that prayer works. He believes that if you pray for something to someone, your prayers will be answered, but only for the right kind of people. Huck doesn't think he is one of those kind of people. Huck doesn't think that he is good enough for prayer. He thinks that he is not good enough for prayer to work for him, so he is not going to bother with it, but that might come back to haunt him later when the one thing he needs is prayer and he thinks he can't have it. Huck needs to realize that he can pray, it doesn't matter what kind of person you are. Pray is for everyone.
"Yes- en I’s rich now, come to look at it. I owns myself, en I’s wuth eight hund’d dollars" (57).
Jim is happy with himself and knows that he owns himself and no one else does. Even though Jim doesn't have the 800 dollars, he still considers himself worth it. He is able to realize that even though he has a little, he still has something, he still has hope. Maybe with all of Jim's hope will rub off on Huck if and when he needs it. Jim's hope will give Huck hope, hope for prayer.
brash - impertinent; impudent; tactless.
"When I got to camp I warn't feeling very brash, there warn't much sand in my craw; but I says, this ain't no time to be fooling around" (50)
fantods - a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies
"It most gave me the fan-tods" (51).
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Huck Finn 2: 28-46
"I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much. I reckon i was scared now, too; but in a minute I see I was mistaken" (28).
Huck is no longer afraid of his father anymore because he knows what to expect out of him. Huck pretty much knows how things will go and what his fathers routine will be. Huck knows that his father is going to beat him when he gets drunk, but it doesn't scare him anymore because it has happened so much. He obviously doesn't want to get hit and it obviously hurts him, but he's not afraid of it anymore. He doesn't let it phase him anymore. If he can let a beating from his own father for no reason not phase him anymore, he can pretty much not let anything else phase him. The beatings have made him stronger.
"This shook be up considerable, because I didn't want to go back to the widow's any more and be so cramped up and sivilized, as they called it" (35).
Here, Huck says so himself that he doesn't like to be cramped up civilized. He doesn't want to go back to the widow's, but he doesn't want to stay with his father. Huck just wants to be free, away from anyone who can restrain him. But I think he is going to get awfully lonely sooner or later. He may be very independent but that doesn't mean he doesn't need or want friends or someone around. He can still have people around and depend on himself and no one else.
nabob - any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
"He had a gold watch and chain, and a silver headed cane-the awfullest old gray-headed nabob in the State" (37)
palavering - to talk profusely and idly.
"'Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day"' (40)
Huck is no longer afraid of his father anymore because he knows what to expect out of him. Huck pretty much knows how things will go and what his fathers routine will be. Huck knows that his father is going to beat him when he gets drunk, but it doesn't scare him anymore because it has happened so much. He obviously doesn't want to get hit and it obviously hurts him, but he's not afraid of it anymore. He doesn't let it phase him anymore. If he can let a beating from his own father for no reason not phase him anymore, he can pretty much not let anything else phase him. The beatings have made him stronger.
"This shook be up considerable, because I didn't want to go back to the widow's any more and be so cramped up and sivilized, as they called it" (35).
Here, Huck says so himself that he doesn't like to be cramped up civilized. He doesn't want to go back to the widow's, but he doesn't want to stay with his father. Huck just wants to be free, away from anyone who can restrain him. But I think he is going to get awfully lonely sooner or later. He may be very independent but that doesn't mean he doesn't need or want friends or someone around. He can still have people around and depend on himself and no one else.
nabob - any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
"He had a gold watch and chain, and a silver headed cane-the awfullest old gray-headed nabob in the State" (37)
palavering - to talk profusely and idly.
"'Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day"' (40)
Huckleberry Finn 1: 9-27
"I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out. I got into my old rags, and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied" (9).
Huck Finn seems to be a very free and independent person. He doesn't like to be held down and feel restrained. Even though when he lived with his father, his father beat him and he had a very bad life, he still likes to go back to the way he used to be when he did live with his father. The memories of his drunk father don't seem to phase him that much, Huck seems to be the kind of person that doesn't let anyone or anything bother him too much, because if he let things bother him he would have a burden to carry and wouldn't be free, therefore he wouldn't be satisfied.
"She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn't so. I tried it. [...] I couldn't make it work. By-and-by, i asked Miss Watson to try for me, but she I was a fool. She never told me why, and I couldn't make it out no way"(19).
Huck thinks that Miss Watson meant that no matter what you asked for when you pray you will get it. Miss Watson calls Huck a fool for asking her to help pray but she doesn't tell him why, she wants him to figure it out on his own. Huck does not understand that Miss Watson meant spiritually. That if you pray for spiritual gifts you will get them. But since Miss Watson wouldn't tell him why, Huck didn't bother trying to figure it out so he just gave up. This shows how young and naive Huck is and maybe him being naive is the reason why something might go bad further on.
ornery - ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper
"I thought it all out, and I reckoned I would belong to the widow's, if he wanted me, though I couldn't make out how he was agoing to be any better off than what he was before, seeing I was so ignorant and so kind of low-down and ornery" (20)
tanyard - An enclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
"He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more" (16).
Huck Finn seems to be a very free and independent person. He doesn't like to be held down and feel restrained. Even though when he lived with his father, his father beat him and he had a very bad life, he still likes to go back to the way he used to be when he did live with his father. The memories of his drunk father don't seem to phase him that much, Huck seems to be the kind of person that doesn't let anyone or anything bother him too much, because if he let things bother him he would have a burden to carry and wouldn't be free, therefore he wouldn't be satisfied.
"She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn't so. I tried it. [...] I couldn't make it work. By-and-by, i asked Miss Watson to try for me, but she I was a fool. She never told me why, and I couldn't make it out no way"(19).
Huck thinks that Miss Watson meant that no matter what you asked for when you pray you will get it. Miss Watson calls Huck a fool for asking her to help pray but she doesn't tell him why, she wants him to figure it out on his own. Huck does not understand that Miss Watson meant spiritually. That if you pray for spiritual gifts you will get them. But since Miss Watson wouldn't tell him why, Huck didn't bother trying to figure it out so he just gave up. This shows how young and naive Huck is and maybe him being naive is the reason why something might go bad further on.
ornery - ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper
"I thought it all out, and I reckoned I would belong to the widow's, if he wanted me, though I couldn't make out how he was agoing to be any better off than what he was before, seeing I was so ignorant and so kind of low-down and ornery" (20)
tanyard - An enclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
"He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more" (16).
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Frebruary Vacation
1. To be a true friend you have to be a fake person.
2. To feel love you have to feel hate first.
3. People always want to escape life, but are afraid of death.
4. People always want the truth, but they don't always give it.
5. One lie; a small hole forms under you, when asked where that hole came from; two lies; the hold gets bigger. Three, four, five lies; a never ending hole where you are stuck forever.
6. People always want people to like them for who they are, but to people to like them, they are a completely different person.
7. To show people who you really are, you have to show them who you really aren't first.
8. We expect someone to forgive us right away, but we expect them to understand that we cannot forgive them right away.
9. Family is the only real, true thing in life
10. Life is like a light bulb, you shine brightly and help others around you for so long, and then with one final switch, your gone.
2. To feel love you have to feel hate first.
3. People always want to escape life, but are afraid of death.
4. People always want the truth, but they don't always give it.
5. One lie; a small hole forms under you, when asked where that hole came from; two lies; the hold gets bigger. Three, four, five lies; a never ending hole where you are stuck forever.
6. People always want people to like them for who they are, but to people to like them, they are a completely different person.
7. To show people who you really are, you have to show them who you really aren't first.
8. We expect someone to forgive us right away, but we expect them to understand that we cannot forgive them right away.
9. Family is the only real, true thing in life
10. Life is like a light bulb, you shine brightly and help others around you for so long, and then with one final switch, your gone.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 11
"Indeed, what right had Basil to have spoken to him as he had done? Who had made him a judge over others? He has said things that were dreadful, horrible, not to be endured" (190).
Dorian completely contradicts himself here. He says that Basil had no right to say the things he said and that he had no right to judge Dorian, but didn't Dorian just judge Basil and kill Basil? In the first place, Basil was merely trying to help Dorian, Basil didn't want anything bad to come things to Dorian, Basil says, "I want you to lead such a life as will make the world respect you". Basil was looking out for Dorian and by no means judging him and for some odd reason Dorian though it was okay to actually judge Basil and kill him. Dorian says that Basil said dreadful and horrible things, but Dorian killed the man. That is far more worse than was Dorian thinks Basil did. Dorian took an innocent life simply because he didn't want to hear the truth about himself. Dorian killed a man who was only looking out for him from the kindness of his heart with all good intentions.
"Innocent blood had been split. What could atone for that? Ah! for that there was no atonement; but though forgiveness was impossible, forgetfulness was possible still, and he was determined to forget" (189)
Again Dorian contradicts himself. Here he says that there is no atonement for what he had done, but then he goes on to try and justify what he did, with the quote at the top. Dorian really does know what he did was wrong but he is trying to justify himself, for his own sake. He is trying to convince himself that it was okay to do. He is also trying to forget it completely because he knows it will haunt him forever if he doesn't forget. He knows that he can only convince himself for so long, so he needs to forget.
mausoleum - a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
"She had proved an excellent wife to one of our most tedious ambassadors, and having buried her husband properly in a marble mausoleum" (179).
oratory - skill or eloquence in public speaking
"An alliteration prefix served as an ornament of oratory" (185).
Dorian completely contradicts himself here. He says that Basil had no right to say the things he said and that he had no right to judge Dorian, but didn't Dorian just judge Basil and kill Basil? In the first place, Basil was merely trying to help Dorian, Basil didn't want anything bad to come things to Dorian, Basil says, "I want you to lead such a life as will make the world respect you". Basil was looking out for Dorian and by no means judging him and for some odd reason Dorian though it was okay to actually judge Basil and kill him. Dorian says that Basil said dreadful and horrible things, but Dorian killed the man. That is far more worse than was Dorian thinks Basil did. Dorian took an innocent life simply because he didn't want to hear the truth about himself. Dorian killed a man who was only looking out for him from the kindness of his heart with all good intentions.
"Innocent blood had been split. What could atone for that? Ah! for that there was no atonement; but though forgiveness was impossible, forgetfulness was possible still, and he was determined to forget" (189)
Again Dorian contradicts himself. Here he says that there is no atonement for what he had done, but then he goes on to try and justify what he did, with the quote at the top. Dorian really does know what he did was wrong but he is trying to justify himself, for his own sake. He is trying to convince himself that it was okay to do. He is also trying to forget it completely because he knows it will haunt him forever if he doesn't forget. He knows that he can only convince himself for so long, so he needs to forget.
mausoleum - a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
"She had proved an excellent wife to one of our most tedious ambassadors, and having buried her husband properly in a marble mausoleum" (179).
oratory - skill or eloquence in public speaking
"An alliteration prefix served as an ornament of oratory" (185).
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 10
"'You have gone from corruption to corruption, and now you have culminated in crime"' (176).
Here it can be seen that others do see Dorian's corruption, it is not hidden like he thinks it is. People hear stories and they pass them along, and not everything you hear is true, but actions speak louder than words. The way he acts towards things and the way he presents himself show that he has been very much corrupted, they show that these stories people are hearing are true. He is not the soft, naive, little boy he used to be, he is a hard, cruel corruption. For someone to be that cruel and harsh must be corrupted, the stories must be true. Dorian still seems to think that his soul and corruption is hidden within the portrait, so he thinks it is hidden from everyone and everything. With that, he does not even think twice about his actions because he thinks it will not be shown on him, not on his face, it will be shown on the face of the portrait, but little does he know that people see his actions.
"Then he stretched out his hand, took a piece of paper, and wrote something on it [...] and pushed it across the table [..] Campbell look at him in surprise, and then took up the paper and opened it. As he read it his face became ghastly pale, and hr fell back in his chair. A horrible sense of sickness came over him, He felt as if his heart was beating itself to death in some empty hollow" (174).
Here Dorian bribes Campbell to burn Basil's body. By Dorian doing this it shows just how not only cruel, but selfish Dorian is. Whatever Dorian said to Campbell or whatever Campbell has done, clearly was something so hurtful to Campbell that "he felt as if his heart was beating itself to death" (174). To cause someone that much pain by saying something to them, or threatening to do something that could ruin their life forever, you have to be completely and 100& callous and selfish. Dorian only cares about himself and will do absolutely anything and everything to make sure he is not caught of anything and to make sure his good reputation remains, but he is so caught up in the theory that no one can see his cruel actions because they are hidden in the portrait, he does to realize that his reputation is already ruined, and people do see his bad actions. Dorian has been caught.
liveries - a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers
"He spent a long time also over breakfast, tasting various dishes, talking to his valet about some new liveries that he was thinking of getting made for the servants at Selby" (167).
precipice - a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
"Time seems to him to be crawling with feet of lead, while he by monstrous winds was being swept toward the jagged edge of some black cleft or precipice" (171).
Here it can be seen that others do see Dorian's corruption, it is not hidden like he thinks it is. People hear stories and they pass them along, and not everything you hear is true, but actions speak louder than words. The way he acts towards things and the way he presents himself show that he has been very much corrupted, they show that these stories people are hearing are true. He is not the soft, naive, little boy he used to be, he is a hard, cruel corruption. For someone to be that cruel and harsh must be corrupted, the stories must be true. Dorian still seems to think that his soul and corruption is hidden within the portrait, so he thinks it is hidden from everyone and everything. With that, he does not even think twice about his actions because he thinks it will not be shown on him, not on his face, it will be shown on the face of the portrait, but little does he know that people see his actions.
"Then he stretched out his hand, took a piece of paper, and wrote something on it [...] and pushed it across the table [..] Campbell look at him in surprise, and then took up the paper and opened it. As he read it his face became ghastly pale, and hr fell back in his chair. A horrible sense of sickness came over him, He felt as if his heart was beating itself to death in some empty hollow" (174).
Here Dorian bribes Campbell to burn Basil's body. By Dorian doing this it shows just how not only cruel, but selfish Dorian is. Whatever Dorian said to Campbell or whatever Campbell has done, clearly was something so hurtful to Campbell that "he felt as if his heart was beating itself to death" (174). To cause someone that much pain by saying something to them, or threatening to do something that could ruin their life forever, you have to be completely and 100& callous and selfish. Dorian only cares about himself and will do absolutely anything and everything to make sure he is not caught of anything and to make sure his good reputation remains, but he is so caught up in the theory that no one can see his cruel actions because they are hidden in the portrait, he does to realize that his reputation is already ruined, and people do see his bad actions. Dorian has been caught.
liveries - a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers
"He spent a long time also over breakfast, tasting various dishes, talking to his valet about some new liveries that he was thinking of getting made for the servants at Selby" (167).
precipice - a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
"Time seems to him to be crawling with feet of lead, while he by monstrous winds was being swept toward the jagged edge of some black cleft or precipice" (171).
Monday, February 9, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 9
'"Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. People talk of secret vies. There are no such things"' (153-154)
Basil has heard bad things of Dorian and has heard that Dorian has sinned, but he does not believe it from the beginning, because he loves and cares for Dorian so much he does not want to believe it and he is very naive. With the very clear fact that Dorian's face is still perfect, it has not aged, it has no lines, Basil is not being naive, he really does not believe, how can he? He knows that if a man has sinned it would show in their face and Dorian does not show any signs of sin, and Basil knows that there are no vices to get rid of them. Little does he know, but will soon find out, that there is one, and it lies within his greatest work of art yet.
"'You are the one man in the world who is entitled to know everything about me. You have had more to do with my life than you think"' (159)
Dorian clearly says that Basil how influenced him, when earlier he was just talking and wondering about what it was like to have someone influence you so much and here Dorian says that Basil is the one and only person in the world who can now everything about him, so clearly Basil has dominated Dorian. It seems that Dorian starts to ask questions and wonder things before even looking into them. He does not realize when something is happening to him and it seems that he does not even really care too much about anything happening to him, because nothing shows on his face, that he doesn't take notice to things happening to him, but then he later inquires about them. He does not even realize himself that he really does not care.
petulant - moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance
"'What is it all about?" cried Dorian in his petulant way, flinging himself on the sofa" (153)
debauchery - excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance
"'Did I teach the one his vices and the other his debauchery?"' (155)
Basil has heard bad things of Dorian and has heard that Dorian has sinned, but he does not believe it from the beginning, because he loves and cares for Dorian so much he does not want to believe it and he is very naive. With the very clear fact that Dorian's face is still perfect, it has not aged, it has no lines, Basil is not being naive, he really does not believe, how can he? He knows that if a man has sinned it would show in their face and Dorian does not show any signs of sin, and Basil knows that there are no vices to get rid of them. Little does he know, but will soon find out, that there is one, and it lies within his greatest work of art yet.
"'You are the one man in the world who is entitled to know everything about me. You have had more to do with my life than you think"' (159)
Dorian clearly says that Basil how influenced him, when earlier he was just talking and wondering about what it was like to have someone influence you so much and here Dorian says that Basil is the one and only person in the world who can now everything about him, so clearly Basil has dominated Dorian. It seems that Dorian starts to ask questions and wonder things before even looking into them. He does not realize when something is happening to him and it seems that he does not even really care too much about anything happening to him, because nothing shows on his face, that he doesn't take notice to things happening to him, but then he later inquires about them. He does not even realize himself that he really does not care.
petulant - moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance
"'What is it all about?" cried Dorian in his petulant way, flinging himself on the sofa" (153)
debauchery - excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance
"'Did I teach the one his vices and the other his debauchery?"' (155)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
The Picture of Dorian Gray 8
"looking now at the evil and aging face on the canvas, and now at the fair young face that laughed back at him from the polished glass [...] He grew more and more enamored of his own beauty, more and more interested in the corruption of his own soul" (131)
Dorian seems now to not really care that much about his soul corrupting, he is more interested in it. Even when he looks at the picture and himself at the same time and sees the complete difference, and he sees his cruel soul, he still does not even care too much about it. It seems that he is just more curious in how it is all happening, how is soul is becoming so cruel and how the picture is aging and not himself.
"he would think of the ruin he had brought upon his soul, with pity that was all the more poignant because it was purely selfish. But moments such as these were rare" (131)
This quote shows again how Dorian does not really care much about his soul becoming very, very cruel. It says that he would sometimes look at the picture and know that he is being extremely selfish, but that would only happen on a rare occasion so, he really is indeed being selfish. He just loves the fact that he staying beautiful and young looking, while the picture is bearing is cruel soul and all his dark secrets where no one can see them. And that is prefect for Dorian because since they were in a place where no one can see them, it makes him look and feel more beautiful and younger. He seems perfect to everyone, and sometimes even to himself.
sojourn - a temporary stay
"for a house in which to leave, an inn that is but suitable for the sojourn of a night" (136)
debonair - courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm
"his frank, debonair manner" (145)
Dorian seems now to not really care that much about his soul corrupting, he is more interested in it. Even when he looks at the picture and himself at the same time and sees the complete difference, and he sees his cruel soul, he still does not even care too much about it. It seems that he is just more curious in how it is all happening, how is soul is becoming so cruel and how the picture is aging and not himself.
"he would think of the ruin he had brought upon his soul, with pity that was all the more poignant because it was purely selfish. But moments such as these were rare" (131)
This quote shows again how Dorian does not really care much about his soul becoming very, very cruel. It says that he would sometimes look at the picture and know that he is being extremely selfish, but that would only happen on a rare occasion so, he really is indeed being selfish. He just loves the fact that he staying beautiful and young looking, while the picture is bearing is cruel soul and all his dark secrets where no one can see them. And that is prefect for Dorian because since they were in a place where no one can see them, it makes him look and feel more beautiful and younger. He seems perfect to everyone, and sometimes even to himself.
sojourn - a temporary stay
"for a house in which to leave, an inn that is but suitable for the sojourn of a night" (136)
debonair - courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm
"his frank, debonair manner" (145)
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 7
"there is nothing fearful about it. It is one of the great romantic tragedies of the age [...] How different Sibyl was! She lived her finest tragedy. She was a heroine" (113)
To me, it seems like Dorian is trying to convince himself that Sibyl's death is not a bad thing and that it is not his fault because when he first found of her death he was devastated, but Lord Henry was there to grace him with his conniving influences. Dorian, being so influences or in more modern terms 'whipped' by Lord Henry, Dorian automatically changed from being devastated to saying it is in the past, what's done is done, and that it is not a fearful thing about it at all.
"he unlocked the door that opened into the room that was to keep for him the curious secret of his life and hide his soul from eyes of men" (125)
Dorian thinks that just by putting his picture away where no one will see it, his secret will be hidden from everyone forever. He thinks that it will not affect him anymore, his soul will not be altered. But, it is not the picture that alters his soul and makes his face change, it is himself, his actions. He chose to act cruel to Sibyl, he chose not 'not care' about Sibyl's death, not the picture, but if he had not met Lord Henry, would he have acted this way? Is Lord Henry the real culprit, or is is just another visible, concrete version of Dorian's cruel soul?
panegyrics - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
"The painter's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences-he understood them all now, and he felt sorry" (120)
impecuniosity - having little or no money; penniless; poor.
"Mr. Hubbard was a florid, red-whiskered little man, whose admiration for art was a considerably tempered by the inveterate impecuniosity of most of the artists who dwelt with him" (123)
To me, it seems like Dorian is trying to convince himself that Sibyl's death is not a bad thing and that it is not his fault because when he first found of her death he was devastated, but Lord Henry was there to grace him with his conniving influences. Dorian, being so influences or in more modern terms 'whipped' by Lord Henry, Dorian automatically changed from being devastated to saying it is in the past, what's done is done, and that it is not a fearful thing about it at all.
"he unlocked the door that opened into the room that was to keep for him the curious secret of his life and hide his soul from eyes of men" (125)
Dorian thinks that just by putting his picture away where no one will see it, his secret will be hidden from everyone forever. He thinks that it will not affect him anymore, his soul will not be altered. But, it is not the picture that alters his soul and makes his face change, it is himself, his actions. He chose to act cruel to Sibyl, he chose not 'not care' about Sibyl's death, not the picture, but if he had not met Lord Henry, would he have acted this way? Is Lord Henry the real culprit, or is is just another visible, concrete version of Dorian's cruel soul?
panegyrics - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
"The painter's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences-he understood them all now, and he felt sorry" (120)
impecuniosity - having little or no money; penniless; poor.
"Mr. Hubbard was a florid, red-whiskered little man, whose admiration for art was a considerably tempered by the inveterate impecuniosity of most of the artists who dwelt with him" (123)
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 6
"we live in an age where unnecessary things are our only necessities" (97)
Here it is explaining that everyone is more interested in material goods, looks, etc. and people think they are the keys to life. That without them they are no good, but really these things are the most unimportant things in life. You do not need material things and good looks to get anywhere in life, it just matters what kind of person you are on the inside. It is also funny how this book was set so long ago, but the people of today still think the same exact thing.
"When we blame it in ourselves we feel that no one else has the right to blame us" (100)
I think this is very true because often times I have blamed an incident on myself, and then when someone agrees or is telling me the truth that it was myself, I get very angry and think to myself, 'they have no right to blame anything on me'. I have also seen other people who have blamed themselves for something and then when someone agrees they get awfully defensive. Even though we know that something is our fault, we just can't come to deal with the fact that it really is our own fault. We blame ourselves as a way of defense, to defend ourselves in a situation that way no one else can attack us, but when they do attack us we feel that they have no right too, it is not their zone to, simply because we don't want to believe that something is actually our own fault.
affinity - a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
"Was there some subtle affinity between the chemical atoms, that shaped themselves into form and color on the canvas, ad the soul that was within them?" (99)
sanguine - cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
"He was trying to gather up the scarlet threads of his life, and to weave them into a pattern; to find his way through the sanguine labyrinth of the passion through which he was wandering" (100)
Here it is explaining that everyone is more interested in material goods, looks, etc. and people think they are the keys to life. That without them they are no good, but really these things are the most unimportant things in life. You do not need material things and good looks to get anywhere in life, it just matters what kind of person you are on the inside. It is also funny how this book was set so long ago, but the people of today still think the same exact thing.
"When we blame it in ourselves we feel that no one else has the right to blame us" (100)
I think this is very true because often times I have blamed an incident on myself, and then when someone agrees or is telling me the truth that it was myself, I get very angry and think to myself, 'they have no right to blame anything on me'. I have also seen other people who have blamed themselves for something and then when someone agrees they get awfully defensive. Even though we know that something is our fault, we just can't come to deal with the fact that it really is our own fault. We blame ourselves as a way of defense, to defend ourselves in a situation that way no one else can attack us, but when they do attack us we feel that they have no right too, it is not their zone to, simply because we don't want to believe that something is actually our own fault.
affinity - a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
"Was there some subtle affinity between the chemical atoms, that shaped themselves into form and color on the canvas, ad the soul that was within them?" (99)
sanguine - cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
"He was trying to gather up the scarlet threads of his life, and to weave them into a pattern; to find his way through the sanguine labyrinth of the passion through which he was wandering" (100)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 5
"Without your art you are nothing" (91)
Here we can see that Dorian was actually in love with Sibyl's gift of acting, and not really her as a person. He thinks that she is absolutely nothing without her acting and he thinks she is not real anymore. But it is ironic because when Sibyl is acting, she is false because she is not bring her true self, she is acting like someone else and all the people she is acting have all had wonderful lovers and lives of love. I think Dorian is just really in love with love, as Lord Henry did say.
"But the picture? What was he to say of that? It held the secret of his life, and told his story. It had taught him to love own beauty. Would it teacher him to loath his own soul? Would he ever look at it again?" (95)
We now have a glimpse that Dorian wish for the picture to age and not him came true. The thing that he loved more than anything in the world, it taught him to love himself but now that it is aging and he knows it will become visibly uglier he won't want to look at it again because he has become to obsessed with his good looks. Now Dorian is starting to realize what he has become since he met Lord Henry, he has become cold, and Dorian is worried that the picture will make him hate himself and who he has become, so he does not want to look at it again. But, I think he will not be able to resist the temptation to look at it because I think he really knows what he has become and will become and he wants to what his soul really looks like and he wants to get back to who he was.
disdain - A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
"Dorian Gray, with his beautiful eyes, looked down at her, and his chiseled lips curled in exquisite disdain" (92)
callousness - insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic
"He remembered with what callousness he had watched her" (95)
Here we can see that Dorian was actually in love with Sibyl's gift of acting, and not really her as a person. He thinks that she is absolutely nothing without her acting and he thinks she is not real anymore. But it is ironic because when Sibyl is acting, she is false because she is not bring her true self, she is acting like someone else and all the people she is acting have all had wonderful lovers and lives of love. I think Dorian is just really in love with love, as Lord Henry did say.
"But the picture? What was he to say of that? It held the secret of his life, and told his story. It had taught him to love own beauty. Would it teacher him to loath his own soul? Would he ever look at it again?" (95)
We now have a glimpse that Dorian wish for the picture to age and not him came true. The thing that he loved more than anything in the world, it taught him to love himself but now that it is aging and he knows it will become visibly uglier he won't want to look at it again because he has become to obsessed with his good looks. Now Dorian is starting to realize what he has become since he met Lord Henry, he has become cold, and Dorian is worried that the picture will make him hate himself and who he has become, so he does not want to look at it again. But, I think he will not be able to resist the temptation to look at it because I think he really knows what he has become and will become and he wants to what his soul really looks like and he wants to get back to who he was.
disdain - A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
"Dorian Gray, with his beautiful eyes, looked down at her, and his chiseled lips curled in exquisite disdain" (92)
callousness - insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic
"He remembered with what callousness he had watched her" (95)
Sunday, February 1, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 4
"'A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?"' (84)
Here Lord Henry is saying that the prefect pleasure is on that leaves you unsatisfied and in a way that makes sense. Like with a cigarette, people get a pleasure out of smoking one, and it is a good feeling, but even after having one, they still want more and more. Just one does not satisfy someone, so they need more and more, therefore they experience the pleasure more and more. If just one cigarette left you completely satisfied, it would not really be a pleasure because you can only experience it once, because people want to indulge in pleasures as much as they can, so a cigarette is a type of a perfect pleasure because you can experience more than once, and have that pleasure more than once.
"'When we are happy we are good, but when we are good we are not always happy"' (82)
Here Lord Henry is stating that whenever we are happy, we are good, we have done good things, and been a good person and made ourselves happy, but when we are always good and always doing good things, we are not always happy because sometimes always doing the right thing is boring. Always being good, and always doing the right thing can sometimes have a negative affect on people because they can have no excitement or adventure in their lives so therefore they are not always happy.
querulously - full of complaints; complaining.
"'I don't know how we could manage without him,' answered the elderly woman, querulously" (64)
incorrigible - impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly
"'You are quite incorrigible, Harry; but I don't mind"' (81)
Here Lord Henry is saying that the prefect pleasure is on that leaves you unsatisfied and in a way that makes sense. Like with a cigarette, people get a pleasure out of smoking one, and it is a good feeling, but even after having one, they still want more and more. Just one does not satisfy someone, so they need more and more, therefore they experience the pleasure more and more. If just one cigarette left you completely satisfied, it would not really be a pleasure because you can only experience it once, because people want to indulge in pleasures as much as they can, so a cigarette is a type of a perfect pleasure because you can experience more than once, and have that pleasure more than once.
"'When we are happy we are good, but when we are good we are not always happy"' (82)
Here Lord Henry is stating that whenever we are happy, we are good, we have done good things, and been a good person and made ourselves happy, but when we are always good and always doing good things, we are not always happy because sometimes always doing the right thing is boring. Always being good, and always doing the right thing can sometimes have a negative affect on people because they can have no excitement or adventure in their lives so therefore they are not always happy.
querulously - full of complaints; complaining.
"'I don't know how we could manage without him,' answered the elderly woman, querulously" (64)
incorrigible - impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly
"'You are quite incorrigible, Harry; but I don't mind"' (81)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 3
"He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time."
Here, it is said that Lord Henry is purposely always late. He thinks that being on time and prompt is the thief of time, so he chooses to be late. Strangely he is always saying that he is going to be late and that he must go, but it is just a cover up because he ends up staying where he is now and being late to his next engagement, purposely. This is a part of his movement because he is purposely trying to act in the way that everyone else would not dare too. No one else would dare be late so, he is late. He is trying so hard to be different and a bad influence.
'"My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination. Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect--simply a confession of failure"'
Here, Lord Henry again says the exact opposite to what most of the world believes. Most people believe that you should only love one person and love them for the rest of your life, but he thinks that they are shallow, and that you should love as much as you can, when most people would actually think that as shallow. He thinks that people who love once have no imagination, and that faithful people are just heading towards failure. Where as most people believe that being unfaithful will lead you to failure and that being able to love once is using imagination because you are able to love that same person for the many, many years and still find something joyous, new and interesting in them everyday.
frangipanni - any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
esprit - sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 2
"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic" (39)
This quote is saying that every good thing that there is, there is always something bad that before it or that will come after it. For example, Dorian Gray and Hallward's friends was a good one, but now Lord Henry has come and taken Dorian's attention off Hallward and toward Lord Henry. Also with Dorian's good looks, either his good looks will get him into something awful, like between Hallward and Lord Henry, or they will go away and as he said himself, Dorian will kill himself.
spitted (36) - to pierce, stab, or transfix, as with a spit; impale on something sharp
"To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies" (44)
Here, Lord Henry is saying that all someone has to do to get their youth back is to relive your youthful life again. Do all the silly things and make all the mistakes you made when you were young because it will make you feel young again, because when you were young and making those mistakes you thought it was just because you were young.
lucrative - (38) profitable; moneymaking; remunerative
This quote is saying that every good thing that there is, there is always something bad that before it or that will come after it. For example, Dorian Gray and Hallward's friends was a good one, but now Lord Henry has come and taken Dorian's attention off Hallward and toward Lord Henry. Also with Dorian's good looks, either his good looks will get him into something awful, like between Hallward and Lord Henry, or they will go away and as he said himself, Dorian will kill himself.
spitted (36) - to pierce, stab, or transfix, as with a spit; impale on something sharp
"To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies" (44)
Here, Lord Henry is saying that all someone has to do to get their youth back is to relive your youthful life again. Do all the silly things and make all the mistakes you made when you were young because it will make you feel young again, because when you were young and making those mistakes you thought it was just because you were young.
lucrative - (38) profitable; moneymaking; remunerative
The Picture Of Dorian Gray 1
"'Dorian Gray is to me simply a motive in art. You might see nothing in him. I see everything in him. He is never more present in my work than when no image of him is there [...] I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colors. That is all"' (13)
Here, Hallward is trying to convince Lord Henry and himself that Dorian Gray is no more that a piece to his work, but it is very plain to see that Dorian Gray has pretty much taken over Hallward's life. Dorian is present in work that does not even have a picture of him, so clearly Hallward is thinking of him often and Dorian has overcome Hallward's work that every piece of Hallward's work is a piece of Dorian Gray.
"'It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible"' (24)
Here, Lord Henry says the exact opposite of what most people believe. Most people believe that you should not judge be appearances, 'Don't judge a book by it's cover', but, Lord Henry thinks you should. He thinks that someones appearance is everything, when most think that appearances are not nearly as important than what is on the inside, but Lord Henry thinks the real questions come from the appearance.
Languidly (4) - lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
auctioneer (9) - a person who conducts sales by auction
Here, Hallward is trying to convince Lord Henry and himself that Dorian Gray is no more that a piece to his work, but it is very plain to see that Dorian Gray has pretty much taken over Hallward's life. Dorian is present in work that does not even have a picture of him, so clearly Hallward is thinking of him often and Dorian has overcome Hallward's work that every piece of Hallward's work is a piece of Dorian Gray.
"'It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible"' (24)
Here, Lord Henry says the exact opposite of what most people believe. Most people believe that you should not judge be appearances, 'Don't judge a book by it's cover', but, Lord Henry thinks you should. He thinks that someones appearance is everything, when most think that appearances are not nearly as important than what is on the inside, but Lord Henry thinks the real questions come from the appearance.
Languidly (4) - lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
auctioneer (9) - a person who conducts sales by auction
Monday, January 5, 2009
scarlet letter 12: 221-135
"But, throughout it all, and through the whole discourse, there had been a certain deep, sad undertone of pathos, which could not be interpreted otherwise than as the natural regret of one soon to pass away" (222).
This quotation is the first that says Dimmesdale is really dying and that the people know it. They can tell in the way that he is speaking and the tone of his voice. He uses much pathos and they can see that. This is kind of Dimmesdales farewell speech of life. It is his confession of everything to everyone right before he dies so he can die with a cleared slate.
"Were there not the brilliant particles of a halo in the air above his head?" (224).
Here, you can tell that the people still see Dimmesdale as a saint here on earth. They still see him that even though they know he has faults and that he has made mistakes.
reverberating-(reverberate), to reecho or resound. (dictionary.com)
This...was felt to be an irrepressible outburst of enthusiasm kindled in the auditors by that high strain of eloquence which was yet reverberating in their ears.
zenith- the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. ( dictionary.com)
Within the church, it had hardly been kept down; beneath the sky, it pealed upward to the zenith.
This quotation is the first that says Dimmesdale is really dying and that the people know it. They can tell in the way that he is speaking and the tone of his voice. He uses much pathos and they can see that. This is kind of Dimmesdales farewell speech of life. It is his confession of everything to everyone right before he dies so he can die with a cleared slate.
"Were there not the brilliant particles of a halo in the air above his head?" (224).
Here, you can tell that the people still see Dimmesdale as a saint here on earth. They still see him that even though they know he has faults and that he has made mistakes.
reverberating-(reverberate), to reecho or resound. (dictionary.com)
This...was felt to be an irrepressible outburst of enthusiasm kindled in the auditors by that high strain of eloquence which was yet reverberating in their ears.
zenith- the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. ( dictionary.com)
Within the church, it had hardly been kept down; beneath the sky, it pealed upward to the zenith.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Scarlet Letter 15-22
Chapter 15
- Hester hates Roger Chillingworth very much; thinks he is extremely evil - pg 158 and 159
- Pearl makes an "A" on her chest with eel grass- 161; "but freshly green, instead of scarlet" Pearl thinks her mother wears it for the same reason Dimmesdale puts his hand over his chest.
Chapter 16
- thinking about telling Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really is - pg 164
- '''Mother,'' said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself because it is afraid of something on your bosom....It will not flee from me, for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!"' pg 165
- Pearl asks if Hester ever met the black man - pg 167; "And mother, the old dame said that this scarlet letter was the Black Man's mark on thee"7
- Pearl thinks that Dimmesdale is the Black Man when he is walking toward them - pg169
Chapter 17
- Hester tells Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is her husband - pg 175
- Dimmesdale says he cannot forgive Hester for this and that she is account for him sickness but Hester tells him to let God punish her and for him to forgive her - pg 175
- And Dimmesdale does end up forgiving her - pg 176
- Dimmesdale is afraid that Chillingworth will tell everyone about Hester and Dimmesdale - pg 178
- Hester and Dimmesdale want to run away to Europe
Chapter 18
- They being to feel joy again - pg 182
- Hester took off the scarlet letter - pg 182; she let her hair down and smiled and got her beauty back - pg 183
- Hester is excited about Dimmesdale knowing his daughter (Pearl) and vice versa - pg 183
- Dimmesdale is worried that Pearl will not like him - pg -183
Chapter 19
- Pearl would not go to her mother unless she had the scarlet letter on her chest - pg 188-189; Hester puts the scarlet letter back on - 190
- Pearl asks if Dimmesdale will go back in town with them together "hand in hand" even though Hester has not yet told her that he is her father - pg 191
Chapter 20
- Hester finds a ship to take the three of them to Europe- pg 193
- Dimmesdale feels strange, he does not feel the same - pg 195
- Dimmesdale tells Chillingworth that he does need hid medication anymore - pg 201
- Chillingworth is kind of worried that Dimmesdale knows who he really is, but says nothing - pg 201
Chapter 21
- Chillingworth is going on the ship as well - pg 210; he says that he is apart of Hester's party
- When Hester looks up and sees Chillingworth he is smiling at her, " a smile which...conveyed secret and fearful meaning" - pg 211
Chapter 22
- Dimmesdale seemed healthier than ever - pg 213
- Pearl does not recognize him - pg 215
- Mistress Hibbins says that the Black Man's mark on Dimmesdale will soon be revealed to everyone - pg 216-217
- Chillingworth says that he will make sure Dimmesdale is on the ship, and that Hester should only take care of herself and Pearl. This worries Hester that they will all make it on the ship - pg 220
- Hester realizes that everyone is circling her and starting at her and the scarlet letter
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