Scene 1:
1. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern report to Polonius?
They say that hamlet is crazy but they don't know why
2. How does Claudius react when Polonius says, "…with devotion's visage, And pious action we do sugar o'er/ The devil himself"?
He conferms the ghost's accusation that he murdered old Hamlet (in not so many words)
3. What plan do Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia now put into action?
They use Ophelia as a trap to see Hamlets true intentions, as they hide in a nearby room/closet
4. What is the nature of Hamlet's soliloquy, lines 57-91?
It is about Hamlet contemplating the nature of suicide.
5. What is Hamlet's main argument against suicide?
No one knows what the afterlife is like as none have returned (except zombies)
6. Why does Hamlet treat Ophelia as cruelly as he does? What has changed him?
Because he knows that something is off when she gives him back his love letters. He is changed by the betrayal of his girlfriend and now has no one to trust (except Horatio)
7. What thinly veiled threat to Claudius does Hamlet voice, after he becomes of his hidden presence? (lines 148-150) "Those that are married already-all but one-shall live"
8. At the end of this scene, what does the King decide to do with Hamlet?
He is going to spy on him
Scene 2:
9. What qualities in Horatio cause Hamlet to enlist his assistance?
He is poor and none kiss-up to him like the King.
10. What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do?
Watch his uncle's reaction to the play
11. Summarize what happens in the play-within-a-play.
The king makes the queen swear thrice to not remarry if he dies. Then the king is murdered by Gonzago by poison in the ear snd then Gonzago woos the queen.
12. Why, in line 233, does Hamlet refer to the play-within-a-play as "The Mouse-trap"?
Because he is trying to trap the king
13. What is the King's reaction to the play?
He calls an end to the play and leaves in a huff confirming his guilt
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
To be, or not to be...
To Exist or not to exist, that is the question whether
it is better to endure the pain of a terrible situation, or to fight the
constant misery of life and put an end to it. Well, and then there is death,
what a lovely prospect to free one’s self of the pain and hardships of human
occurrence. Sounds good. Is it like sleeping, do you dream? Here’s the catch we don’t know what the
dreams are like after we’re dead. That is the problem with living a long life.
Who would put up with dictator’s oppression, arrogant men, hopeless love, slow justice,
abusive authority, good guys coming in last and bad guys winning, when suicide
by blade is available? The only reason we don’t is fear of death and the
afterlife that none have returned from (except zombies). Death is scary and
unknown and makes us afraid to end our lives, but thinking about it keeps us
from accomplishing anything important. Enough already. Beautiful Ophelia!!!
Pray for me.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Hamlet 2.1-2.2 #s 1-15
1. What does Polonius tell Reynaldo in the opening of Act II? How does he plan to trap his son?
To go around telling lies about his son to see if any of the lies are true.
2. What does this say about Polonius?
He is a cruel old man, who is very controling.
3. What particularly in Act II scene 1 has disturbed Ophelia?
Hamlet's peculure behavior has disturbed her.
4. Why have Rosencrantez and Guildenstern been sent to Denmark?
To spy on Hamlet and to test his loyalties.
5. What does Hamlet ask the players to recite? How does the allusion mimic Hamlet’s position?
Aeneas' tale to Dido, this in contrast to Hamlet being unable to avenge his father outright.
Identify the following speaker of the following lines and discuss to whom the lines are being delivered, and what do the lines mean?
6. “No, my lord, but as you did command/ I did repel his letter, and denied his access to me”
Ophelia to Polonius-She stoped going out with Hamlet
7. “More matter less art”
Gertrud to Polonius-spit it out already
8. “That I, the son of a dear father murdered,/ Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell/ Must like a whore unpack my heart with words,
Hamlet to himself-He has to put all his feelings into a script for the "player"
9. “Your bait of falsehood take this carp of truth/ And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,/ with windlasses and with assays of bias,/ By directions find directions out.”
Polonius to Raynaldo-Tell some lies and see if any are actualy true
10. “For if the sun breeds maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion-Have you a daughter?”
Hamlet to Poalonius-even good can produce evil. Hamlet=sun/son
11. List three metaphors (1 direct, 1 implied, 1 extended) from the play.
1. Ophelia is a flower
2. Hamlet calling Polonius a "fishmonger"
3. The garden metaphor(Gertrud=ground)
12. What proof does Polonius have that he believe indicates Hamlet’s love for Ophelia?
He cut Ophelia off from Hamlet and now he is crazy therefore Hamlet is in love with Ophelia. (Polonius is a loon)
13. Explain the quote, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” How does this relate to Hamlet.
He is being very philosophical and knows that he views the murder as a bad thing but it was not necessarily all bad in that the country is doing beter then it was or at least not being run into the ground.
14. What is a fishmonger?
A pimp (when talking about Polonius)
15. Who was Jephthah?
A guy who sacraficed his daughter to god (Polonius is the play's version)
To go around telling lies about his son to see if any of the lies are true.
2. What does this say about Polonius?
He is a cruel old man, who is very controling.
3. What particularly in Act II scene 1 has disturbed Ophelia?
Hamlet's peculure behavior has disturbed her.
4. Why have Rosencrantez and Guildenstern been sent to Denmark?
To spy on Hamlet and to test his loyalties.
5. What does Hamlet ask the players to recite? How does the allusion mimic Hamlet’s position?
Aeneas' tale to Dido, this in contrast to Hamlet being unable to avenge his father outright.
Identify the following speaker of the following lines and discuss to whom the lines are being delivered, and what do the lines mean?
6. “No, my lord, but as you did command/ I did repel his letter, and denied his access to me”
Ophelia to Polonius-She stoped going out with Hamlet
7. “More matter less art”
Gertrud to Polonius-spit it out already
8. “That I, the son of a dear father murdered,/ Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell/ Must like a whore unpack my heart with words,
Hamlet to himself-He has to put all his feelings into a script for the "player"
9. “Your bait of falsehood take this carp of truth/ And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,/ with windlasses and with assays of bias,/ By directions find directions out.”
Polonius to Raynaldo-Tell some lies and see if any are actualy true
10. “For if the sun breeds maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion-Have you a daughter?”
Hamlet to Poalonius-even good can produce evil. Hamlet=sun/son
11. List three metaphors (1 direct, 1 implied, 1 extended) from the play.
1. Ophelia is a flower
2. Hamlet calling Polonius a "fishmonger"
3. The garden metaphor(Gertrud=ground)
12. What proof does Polonius have that he believe indicates Hamlet’s love for Ophelia?
He cut Ophelia off from Hamlet and now he is crazy therefore Hamlet is in love with Ophelia. (Polonius is a loon)
13. Explain the quote, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” How does this relate to Hamlet.
He is being very philosophical and knows that he views the murder as a bad thing but it was not necessarily all bad in that the country is doing beter then it was or at least not being run into the ground.
14. What is a fishmonger?
A pimp (when talking about Polonius)
15. Who was Jephthah?
A guy who sacraficed his daughter to god (Polonius is the play's version)
Monday, January 21, 2013
that which occured in act one
1. Changing of the gaurd between Francisco and barnardo.
2. Horatio and Marcellus arrive.
3. Francisco goes to home.
4. The remaining three talk about the ghost.
5. The ghost appears and the comment that it looked like the former king.
6. Horatio talks to it and it promptly leaves.
7. The again start talking of the ghost and it's resemblance of the king and speculate on the reason for it's arrival. (we learn some of the laast king's history)
8. The ghost reappears and they again try to speak with it but as it is about to say something the sun rizes and the ghost flees.
9. They agree to go and tell Hamlet of the gost.
10. The new king has a monologue about his marrage to his brother's widdow and about his brother's death.
11. The king sends abasators to norway.
12. Laertes asks and is given permission to return to France.
13. The king and queen question Hamlet of his dark clothing eventhough the former king had just died/ been murdured.
14. Hamlet makes jabs at the unnatural marrage of his mom and uncle.
15. Hamlet is depressed about his father's death.
16. The king says it's good to morn but that he is mourning too much.
17. He asks if he can go back to callage but as a posed to Laertes he is not allowed.
18. Everyone leaves and Hamlet has a soliloquy about how his mom married both too soon and his uncle.
19. Horatio tells Hamlet of the ghost.
20. Laertes tells Ophelia to not get close to Hamlet because he probobly can't marry him.
21. Polonius tells her pretty much the same thing exept in a demeaning and it is all about him way and she can't see him any more.
22. Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus are outside and the king is drunk and fireing the cannons and that the king is an idiot
23. The ghost appears and wants to speek with Hamlet alone, the other two say no but hamlet goes anyway and the two fallow a little later.
24. The ghost tells hamlet that it is his father (No, I am your father - Darth Vader) and tells him he would die if tolled the secrets.
25. The ghost tells hamlet that he was killed by the current king.
26. Hamlet is to get revenge on his uncle but not his mom.
27. The ghost leaves and Hamlet swears revenge.
28. Hamlet's friends walk in and he makes them swear secrey repeadedly.
29. He then tells them that he is going to act crazy and makes them swear again.
2. Horatio and Marcellus arrive.
3. Francisco goes to home.
4. The remaining three talk about the ghost.
5. The ghost appears and the comment that it looked like the former king.
6. Horatio talks to it and it promptly leaves.
7. The again start talking of the ghost and it's resemblance of the king and speculate on the reason for it's arrival. (we learn some of the laast king's history)
8. The ghost reappears and they again try to speak with it but as it is about to say something the sun rizes and the ghost flees.
9. They agree to go and tell Hamlet of the gost.
10. The new king has a monologue about his marrage to his brother's widdow and about his brother's death.
11. The king sends abasators to norway.
12. Laertes asks and is given permission to return to France.
13. The king and queen question Hamlet of his dark clothing eventhough the former king had just died/ been murdured.
14. Hamlet makes jabs at the unnatural marrage of his mom and uncle.
15. Hamlet is depressed about his father's death.
16. The king says it's good to morn but that he is mourning too much.
17. He asks if he can go back to callage but as a posed to Laertes he is not allowed.
18. Everyone leaves and Hamlet has a soliloquy about how his mom married both too soon and his uncle.
19. Horatio tells Hamlet of the ghost.
20. Laertes tells Ophelia to not get close to Hamlet because he probobly can't marry him.
21. Polonius tells her pretty much the same thing exept in a demeaning and it is all about him way and she can't see him any more.
22. Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus are outside and the king is drunk and fireing the cannons and that the king is an idiot
23. The ghost appears and wants to speek with Hamlet alone, the other two say no but hamlet goes anyway and the two fallow a little later.
24. The ghost tells hamlet that it is his father (No, I am your father - Darth Vader) and tells him he would die if tolled the secrets.
25. The ghost tells hamlet that he was killed by the current king.
26. Hamlet is to get revenge on his uncle but not his mom.
27. The ghost leaves and Hamlet swears revenge.
28. Hamlet's friends walk in and he makes them swear secrey repeadedly.
29. He then tells them that he is going to act crazy and makes them swear again.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
H-1.4
8) In scene 4, what is Hamlet talking about in lines 13-38?
He dislikes that the new king is abusing the policy/tradition of getting drunk and fireing off the cannons and feels that the other countries will no longer take the Danes seriously and see them as drunken fools
He dislikes that the new king is abusing the policy/tradition of getting drunk and fireing off the cannons and feels that the other countries will no longer take the Danes seriously and see them as drunken fools
9) Why doesn’t Horatio want Hamlet to follow the ghost?
Because the ghost might be a demon and drive him crazy (which he does).
10) What is Hamlet’s command to the three guards?
To let him go with the ghost and not impead him.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
1.2-1.3-1-9&1-10
HAMLET ACT 1 Scene 2
1. What is odd about Hamlet’s appearance in the opening of scene two?
He is compleatly dressed in black
2. Explain (give at least two reasons) why Claudius needs to justify his marriage in the opening of scene two.
a. He married his brother's widow. He married her between 1-2 months later
3. Laertes asks the King for leave to do what, specifically?
Go to France (probobly there is a lady friend involved)
4. Explain Hamlet’s insult when he says, “A little more than kin and less than kind.”
He didn't want his mom to marry his uncle (at least not so fast)
5. Explain Hamlet’s use of pun in the line, “Not so my lord, I am too much in the sun.”
He is too much his father's son to be corrupted by him
6. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy it is obvious that what troubles him most is?
That his mom married his uncle and so soon. He is also troubled by his father's death
7. What does Hamlet mean by the following lines
“Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not ‘seems’.
‘Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forc’d breath,
No, nore the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
Together will all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly. These indeed seem,
For they are actions that a man might play;
But I have that within which passes show,
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
He is jabing at her quick marrage to his uncle and she and the new king seem to be the only ones not morning his father's death
8. What does Hamlet say about the baked meats and the funeral and the wedding.
That the left-over food from the funeral had niether gone bad nor been eaten by the time of, and were used for the wedding.
9. What news does Horatio, Marcellus and Barnardo bring to Hamlet.
His father's ghost has been on the grounds and that the ghost is definably the king.
Act 1 scenes 3-4
1) What is Laertes advice to Ophelia?
That her love is a prince and probobly not going to be able to marry her (aranged marrage)
2) How does “The canker galls the infants of the spring/ too oft before their buttons be disclos’d” fit into the ideology of the decaying garden?
The worm is what kills the flower befor it can bloom that is if it will. (words are poison)3) What analogy does Ophelia give to her brother as an answer to his advice? What does she mean?
I shall th'effect...And recks not his own rede. (45-52)
She tells him she will close her heart but warns him not to become a hypocrite about his advice when he is in France (reinforcing the idea that he is going to see a lady friend)
4) List five of the “few precepts” that Polonius gives to Laertes.
1. Don't be vulgar
2. Keep your friends close
3. Be kind but not too kind
4. Still your tongue
5. Niether a barrower nor lender be
5) In lines 105-109, what is the metaphor that Polonius uses to describe Hamlet’s words of love?
He is turning her word choice against her and makes fun of her for being "stupid" for falling for Hamlet and his words
6) List and explain one metaphor found in the lines 115-135.
"When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows. These blazes, daughter, Giving more light than heat, extinct in both even in their promise as it is a-making, You must not take for fire."
He is saying Hamlet's words are all bark and no bite, and that his love for her will go out before he can act on his words
7) What is Polonius’ command to Ophelia?
To never go near Hamlet again (he is a control freak)
1. What is odd about Hamlet’s appearance in the opening of scene two?
He is compleatly dressed in black
2. Explain (give at least two reasons) why Claudius needs to justify his marriage in the opening of scene two.
a. He married his brother's widow. He married her between 1-2 months later
3. Laertes asks the King for leave to do what, specifically?
Go to France (probobly there is a lady friend involved)
4. Explain Hamlet’s insult when he says, “A little more than kin and less than kind.”
He didn't want his mom to marry his uncle (at least not so fast)
5. Explain Hamlet’s use of pun in the line, “Not so my lord, I am too much in the sun.”
He is too much his father's son to be corrupted by him
6. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy it is obvious that what troubles him most is?
That his mom married his uncle and so soon. He is also troubled by his father's death
7. What does Hamlet mean by the following lines
“Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not ‘seems’.
‘Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forc’d breath,
No, nore the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
Together will all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly. These indeed seem,
For they are actions that a man might play;
But I have that within which passes show,
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
He is jabing at her quick marrage to his uncle and she and the new king seem to be the only ones not morning his father's death
8. What does Hamlet say about the baked meats and the funeral and the wedding.
That the left-over food from the funeral had niether gone bad nor been eaten by the time of, and were used for the wedding.
9. What news does Horatio, Marcellus and Barnardo bring to Hamlet.
His father's ghost has been on the grounds and that the ghost is definably the king.
Act 1 scenes 3-4
1) What is Laertes advice to Ophelia?
That her love is a prince and probobly not going to be able to marry her (aranged marrage)
2) How does “The canker galls the infants of the spring/ too oft before their buttons be disclos’d” fit into the ideology of the decaying garden?
The worm is what kills the flower befor it can bloom that is if it will. (words are poison)3) What analogy does Ophelia give to her brother as an answer to his advice? What does she mean?
I shall th'effect...And recks not his own rede. (45-52)
She tells him she will close her heart but warns him not to become a hypocrite about his advice when he is in France (reinforcing the idea that he is going to see a lady friend)
4) List five of the “few precepts” that Polonius gives to Laertes.
1. Don't be vulgar
2. Keep your friends close
3. Be kind but not too kind
4. Still your tongue
5. Niether a barrower nor lender be
5) In lines 105-109, what is the metaphor that Polonius uses to describe Hamlet’s words of love?
He is turning her word choice against her and makes fun of her for being "stupid" for falling for Hamlet and his words
6) List and explain one metaphor found in the lines 115-135.
"When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows. These blazes, daughter, Giving more light than heat, extinct in both even in their promise as it is a-making, You must not take for fire."
He is saying Hamlet's words are all bark and no bite, and that his love for her will go out before he can act on his words
7) What is Polonius’ command to Ophelia?
To never go near Hamlet again (he is a control freak)
Hamlet-1.1-1-13
1. How is interest created in the
opening scene?
All the guards are calling out who’s
there, and then a ghost of their king appears and then disappears. This pulls
in the audience to find out what is actually going on.
2. What information are we given to
help us understand the situation?
The king had recently died, and his
son is next in line. The guards think it would be a good idea to tell the son
that they saw a ghost of his dad, but the ghost wouldn’t talk to them so they
think that the ghost will talk to the son.
3. What happens at the end of the
scene to create suspense and keep up the reader’s interest?
The ghost appeared and then
disappeared again at the end of the guards’ shift, and the guards decided to go
tell the ghost’s son of the encounter.
4. What is the mood of the scene?
The mood is dark, scary, like a beginning
of a horror film until they set off to find the son.
5. Why are the sentries apprehensive
(there are two reasons)?
It is dark. First, it was just the
two guards alone, and then a guard and nobleman showed up. Also, the king just
died so when the ghost appeared, and looked like the late King, and wouldn’t
(perhaps couldn’t) talk, they were spooked.
6. What reasons are suggested by
Horatio for the appearance of the late King’s ghost?
Horatio thought that the king might
have found some battle information regarding the future of the kingdom and came
back to tell them. It would have been something that he would have only found
out after death.
7. Who are the characters present in
the scene?
Barnardo, Francisco, Marcellus, Horatio, and Ghost King
8. List one thing Horatio says about
the former King?
Horatio said that the king was a
really good fighter and won a contest against Fortinbras and killed him. The
king took all Fortinbra’s his land and wealth and left his son with nothing.
9. Who is young Fortinbras?
Young Fortinbras is the son of the
older Fortinbras who was killed and lost his land to the Danish King, Old
Hamlet, who is dead.
10. What does Horatio say happened in
Rome after Julius Caesar was murdered?
“The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead
Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets:
As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,”
11. How does Horatio differ from
Marcellus and Barnardo in scene 1?
Horatio is a noble as opposed to
being a guard.
12. What is Horatio’s purpose in
scene 1 (why is he present)?
He knows history, specifically the
Danish people and the Romans, and he was there to speak with the ghost.
13. What past history (Denmark’s
history) is revealed in scene 1?
There is some connection to Rome because
they all say something related to Rome or about it. The King won against old
Fortinbras of Norway and took his lands from him. The King had also just
recently died, and his son was to take over the throne.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
- Hyphens -
1. The little lost girl had that I'm going to cry-again-look on her face.
2. Spies must have the I-like-danger attitude to be successful.
3. We found many interesting things in a forty-year old trunk.
4. He gave an I-dare-you to touch me sneer to the others.
5. Did you read that hair-raising story last night?
1. In the woods we saw many flowers including a jack-in-the-pulpit.
2. One old toy that everyone used to have was a jack-in-the-box.
3. The sergeants-at-arms will escort him from the courtroom.
4. The ship's captain enjoyed using the cat-o'-nine-tails on disobedient sailors.
5. Finding the man seemed to be just a will-o'-the-wisp.
1. Jim was the runner-up in the race.
2. The sailors attached the ship to the tie-up.
3. Let's get something to eat at a drive-in.
4. The jump-off was the beginning of the war.
5. This meal is certainly first-rate.
1. It was hard to find an anti-imperialist among the rulers of ancient Rome.
2. I believe that man had a pre-existence before this life.
3. Can you de-energize that bomb in time?
4. If you take that medicine, it could cause the body to be anti-immune.
5. The concerned group was starting an anti-immoral movement.
1. We studied the Franco-Prussian War in our history class.
2. For tomorrow read chapters 6-9 in your geography book.
3. The decade 1950-1959 was a great time to grow up.
4. The New York-Paris flight will leave on time.
5. Study your letters l-z for the next quiz.
2. Spies must have the I-like-danger attitude to be successful.
3. We found many interesting things in a forty-year old trunk.
4. He gave an I-dare-you to touch me sneer to the others.
5. Did you read that hair-raising story last night?
1. In the woods we saw many flowers including a jack-in-the-pulpit.
2. One old toy that everyone used to have was a jack-in-the-box.
3. The sergeants-at-arms will escort him from the courtroom.
4. The ship's captain enjoyed using the cat-o'-nine-tails on disobedient sailors.
5. Finding the man seemed to be just a will-o'-the-wisp.
1. Jim was the runner-up in the race.
2. The sailors attached the ship to the tie-up.
3. Let's get something to eat at a drive-in.
4. The jump-off was the beginning of the war.
5. This meal is certainly first-rate.
1. It was hard to find an anti-imperialist among the rulers of ancient Rome.
2. I believe that man had a pre-existence before this life.
3. Can you de-energize that bomb in time?
4. If you take that medicine, it could cause the body to be anti-immune.
5. The concerned group was starting an anti-immoral movement.
1. We studied the Franco-Prussian War in our history class.
2. For tomorrow read chapters 6-9 in your geography book.
3. The decade 1950-1959 was a great time to grow up.
4. The New York-Paris flight will leave on time.
5. Study your letters l-z for the next quiz.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
P.323 #s 1-3 & letter
1. The crowded ballroom thundered with deafening applause each time the vibrant speaker made an effective point.
2. My friends and I went to a sci-fi movie and when it ended, we walked the block and a half to our favoite diner and attempted to figure out what we had just watched.
3. I remained on the semi-cushy, brown, leather waiting-room couch while my grandpa went to speak with his doctor about his ailments.
2. My friends and I went to a sci-fi movie and when it ended, we walked the block and a half to our favoite diner and attempted to figure out what we had just watched.
3. I remained on the semi-cushy, brown, leather waiting-room couch while my grandpa went to speak with his doctor about his ailments.
Riley Westfall
English 12
01/09/2012
Dear Friend,
I
hear you have been having a little girl trouble. Fear not, for I come with
advice. My first recommendation is for you to discontinue being in her presence
or merely thinking about her as your affection for her will just continue to
blossom. With this expanding love you feel for her, the more she rejects you. She
broke up with you and is not longer entitled to this love you clearly speak of.
You
compare your relationship to ice and fire. You are the hot fire, burning with
desire, and she has the frozen heart, cold and unfeeling. This connection is
unnatural. Fire is not always able to change ice. The edges may become melted,
but the core will remain frosty and bitter. Your love will never thaw her heart.
Give
yourself time to mourn the loss of this love, but there is another lady out
there waiting for you, who wants to return the same passion of love that you
feel now. I argue that you must no longer see this woman, but leave her to her
own miserable existence. Move on with grace and dignity.
Sincerely,
Riley
Westfall
P.322 #s 1-9
1. He is fire and his love is ice.
2. It is washed away by the surf.
3. ""Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay, a mortal thing soo to immortalize...""
4. That the ice is both melted and made stronger by the fire (like iorn/steel) and makes fire.
5. No, because it doesn't say that he got over his heartache though he seems to be philosophical about love in a detached way (love is more powerful than nature). As a side note some of the chemical properties of H2O was just being discovered and ice's ability to absorb heat eventually leading to the industrial revolution (I know this because my dad has this really cool book).
6. The first is just about love wilst the second is about love and immortality through writing.
7. He thinks she is hot (or cold in the previous sonnet). He thinks it is the most powerful thing in all the world and transcends death. He thinks his poetry will serve to immortalize them and their love.
8. The two women are both sceptical of their lover's attempt to make some things immortal.
9. If they are about love then it would make sence for them to be "syrupy" but I'm not a poet nor do I really read them, so it is all a matter of opinion.
2. It is washed away by the surf.
3. ""Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay, a mortal thing soo to immortalize...""
4. That the ice is both melted and made stronger by the fire (like iorn/steel) and makes fire.
5. No, because it doesn't say that he got over his heartache though he seems to be philosophical about love in a detached way (love is more powerful than nature). As a side note some of the chemical properties of H2O was just being discovered and ice's ability to absorb heat eventually leading to the industrial revolution (I know this because my dad has this really cool book).
6. The first is just about love wilst the second is about love and immortality through writing.
7. He thinks she is hot (or cold in the previous sonnet). He thinks it is the most powerful thing in all the world and transcends death. He thinks his poetry will serve to immortalize them and their love.
8. The two women are both sceptical of their lover's attempt to make some things immortal.
9. If they are about love then it would make sence for them to be "syrupy" but I'm not a poet nor do I really read them, so it is all a matter of opinion.
Monday, January 7, 2013
P317 #s 1-10
1. To give her pleasure, 3 beds of rosses, 1000 posies, flower cap, Kertle, gown, slippers, belt, and singing and dancing companions of his.
2. For her to live with him and be his lover.
3. If the joys offered had no end and they didn't age.
4. The valleys, groves, hills, fields, woods, mountains, shepards with flocks, sitting on rocks, rivers & waterfalls, and song birds.
5. She would go if he always told the truth and if every thing were young.
6. Many things are said by the heart rather than the brain when in love, It is just that a token and nothing else, she doesn't want to grow old with some guy and wants it all to stay young.
7. The Nymph is saying that the gifts will not last and most of the poem is about the fall/winter for his gifts which all die by then.
8. Marlowe is implying that love never ends in ones heart, but Raleigh is saying love has an end which is either death or some point before then.
9. The shepherd is in love and thinks his gifts will impress her (50/50 chance), and it appears that he is writing to someone who might not even know he exists.
10. The first poem is about the shepherd trying to show her he loves her by his gifts, but shes doesn't think it will last but likes every thing else.
2. For her to live with him and be his lover.
3. If the joys offered had no end and they didn't age.
4. The valleys, groves, hills, fields, woods, mountains, shepards with flocks, sitting on rocks, rivers & waterfalls, and song birds.
5. She would go if he always told the truth and if every thing were young.
6. Many things are said by the heart rather than the brain when in love, It is just that a token and nothing else, she doesn't want to grow old with some guy and wants it all to stay young.
7. The Nymph is saying that the gifts will not last and most of the poem is about the fall/winter for his gifts which all die by then.
8. Marlowe is implying that love never ends in ones heart, but Raleigh is saying love has an end which is either death or some point before then.
9. The shepherd is in love and thinks his gifts will impress her (50/50 chance), and it appears that he is writing to someone who might not even know he exists.
10. The first poem is about the shepherd trying to show her he loves her by his gifts, but shes doesn't think it will last but likes every thing else.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Shakespeare-Sonnet
1. 10 syllables per line
2. ABAB
CDCD
EFEF
GG
3. 3 Quatrains and a couplet
4. 14 Lines.
1. Love
2. Death/Aging/Time
3. Immortality through writing
2. ABAB
CDCD
EFEF
GG
3. 3 Quatrains and a couplet
4. 14 Lines.
1. Love
2. Death/Aging/Time
3. Immortality through writing
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Renaissance Thing Part
(Part 1)
I. The Renaissance
A. The Monarchy and
the church
1.
The Tudors
a. Henry VII (becomes
King arranges the marriage between Arthur and the Spanish princess, Arthur died
suddenly and Henry married her instead, a terrible decision)
2.
The Protestant Reformation
a. The people were
mad at the church at the time and wanted things changed
3.
The Church of England
a. Henry VIII (starts
a new church because he couldn’t divorce and get remarried)
B. The Elizabethan
Era
1. Elizabeth I (one
of the best monarchs ever, English renascence begins, very popular with the
people, a good thing after King Henry VIII and Queen Mary)
C.
Rise of the Stuarts
1.
Charles I (dismisses Parliament)
D.
The Defeat of the Monarchy
1.
General Oliver Cromwell leads the revolution and ends the renaissance
2.
Charles II (Comes back)
II. Cultural Influences
A.
The Renaissance
1.
The Renaissance World View
a. The people were
more interested in earthy life rather than the afterlife
b. They want people
to be a jack-of-all-trade instead of being just
focused on one thing
2.
Creativity and Exploration
a.
They were into exploring, the arts, and nature
b. Reading became
easier with the invention of the Gutenburg’s printing press
III. Renaissance Literature
A.
Pastoral Poems and Sonnets
1.
Improving Nature
a. They said not to
imitate nature but to “improve” it and incorporate it into their paintings
B.
Shakespearean Drama
1.
Shakespeare’s Influence
a.
This is when Shakespeare wrote 37 plays
b.
The Globe Theater was the most famous theater and London had
more
theaters than some countries had overall
c.
Shakespeare invented words through his writings and is more
like
modern day English
d.
Stories are still based on his writings
C. The Rise of
Humanism
1.
English Humanists
a.
This is when humans invented utopia
b. Important works
such as Virgil’s Aeneid and Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey were translated
D. Spiritual and Devotional Writing
1.
King James Bible
a.
The first official English Bible was translated based on Hebrew,
early
Latin, and Greek versions and is still in use
2.
Two Masterpieces
a. Paradise Lost,
complicated version of Adam and Eve, was written
b. The Pilgrim’s
Progress was more important because more people could understand it as it was
simplified
(Part 2)
E. The Metaphysical
and Cavalier Poets
1.
Ben Jonson-Good poet, followers were “Sons of Ben”
2. Cavalier-Royalists
and they were kinda like hippies, Metaphysical-were all about the metaphors
3.
John Donne- Metaphysical poet about love, death, and religion
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