do not go gentle into that good night

The narrator is begging his father not to die. "Do not go gentle into that good night", repeated every stanza.
Which of the following is not an attitude of the men?
A. Resisting aware
:yes, see second stanza, key word is know
b. Unexpected melancholia
:yes, key word "grieve" in wild men
c. Determined rage
:yes, grave men
d. Wistful regret
:yes, "feeling wistful..."
e. Solemn objectivity

The most important passage?
A. 16 **
B. 10
c. Both
d. None
e. 4

How does the author suggest one should meet death?
By challenging preparedness

April 29 sonnet

This sonnet was Shakespearian, we can determine this by the way the last two lines change in tone and in structure. The last two lines make the seemingly insulting sonnet, which is mocking traditional love sonnets, into the best love sonnet ever because it is realistic.

Act 2 Study Questions

Act 2

2.1

1.The opening gives a sense of forboding, things are not as they should be. The discussion serves to have Banquo acknowledge the weird sisters rather than claim they are a hallucination.
2. Macbeth is extremely stressed about having to Duncan and he is attempting to talk himself into committing the deed. He talks about it as if he is in a haze, a dream and he continues by making it a reality and committing the deed.

2.2

Coming soon...

2.3

2.3 1) The porter, in the third scene of act ii, is drunk and is pretending to be the Porter of the gate to hell. In the play, Macbeth has the trait of equivocation, where he manipulates his listener by circumlocution and the expectations of the other person without actually committing. For example, he does this when Lady Macbeth asks him to kill King Duncan.
2) The thematic function of Lennox describing the night as unruly was because that night was when King Duncan was killed by Macbeth. It was "unruly" not only for King Duncan but also for Macbeth because the guilt and fear of getting caught will always make him say and do things that might be suspicious, dark, and unruly. The scene is necessary to show Macbeth's transformation from the character before the murder vs. the character after the murder. This also connects back to what the witches had said earlier in the play: Fair is foul and foul is fair.
3) Macduff reports that the king has been murdered. Lady Macbeth appears to be horrified that this act could take place on his household. Macbeth is in encaged and kills the chamberlains. Malcolm and Donalbain decide to flee Malcolm and will go to England and Donalbain will go to Ireland. They're fleeing because they fear they will be murdered.

2.4

1. The function of the dialogue between Old Man and Ross is to discuss the strange happenings that have been occurring such as how an owl killed a falcon, the horses went wild and are one another, and several other things.  This wicked behavior symbolizes and foreshadows the promotion of Macbeth to the thrown. 

2. Macduff tells us from the castle that Macbeth has been made king by his fellow lords and that he will travel to Scone to receive the promotion and get crowned. He tells us that Malcolm and Donalbain are suspected of the murder of Duncan. They are suspected because they fled the scene. 

Act 4 Study Questions

4.2

1.  There are 3 witches in this scene.

2.  The first apparition says to be wary of Macduff and careful of him.  The second tells Macbeth he should be a strong willed ruler- bold and brace.  In other words he should not accept defeat.  The third warns of attacking armies coming, and tells Macbeth he won't be defeated until the kingdom of Norway attacks.
     Macbeth doesn't feel safe after the apparitions.  He has worries about Macduff's intentions and the possibility of an oncoming attacking army.  Yes he should feel unsafe because he is in a very precarious position.
     After the fourth, the line of kings, Macbeth is terrified.  He saw the ghost of Banquo at the end, whom he killed.  This frightened him as well as drawing out his guilt.

3.  In line 158 Macbeth learns from Lennox that Macduff is running away to England.  In response Macbeth decides to send someone try to kill as many of Macduff's family members as he can.

4.2

1) Lady McDuff seems to feel betrayed and angry at McDuff because he left them (her and her son) to die. She was advising her son to dislike his father because he fled when he discovered that Macbeth is planning to kill him.
2) The purpose of the scene between Lady McDuff and her son is to have his son have false impression about his dad. Also, the scene assists in the growth of the theme : fair is foul and foul is fair. This is because Macbeth is willing to kill McDuff in order to achieve what is"rightfully" his and McDuff fled, afraid of Macbeth's actions towards him. It also shows how McDuff's son refused to believe that his father left them to die, showing devotion, faith, and trust.
3) The entire McDuff family ends up being killed by Macbeth.

4.3

1. Macduff's family has been killed. 

2. Malcolm doesn't want to go home because he's afraid of judgement since he ran away. Malcolm is suspicious of Macduff bc Macduff has his own personal agenda. He might be secretly working for Macbeth since he left his family. Malcolm tests Macduff's loyalty to him and he passes. When Macduff starts to leave Malcolm takes back the lies he's told and trusts Macduff now- they're now allies. 

3. Malcolm says he's a bad king but Macduff says Macbeth is a way worse king and that he needs to return to restore peace and justice. Avarice bothers Macduff more in a king, it sticks deeper with kings in the terms of greed and lust. 

4 

5 coming soon...

6. Ross tells Macduff that his family is dead, it takes him a while to tell him. Macduff says they must save their grief for later and Malcom says to turn their revenge into a medicine for their grief. Macduff says "he has no children" and he is referring to Malcom because he says he needs to mourn and "feel like a man" when Malcom tells him to dispute it like a man. To be a "man" in this play means to have feelings and don't hide but don't let them cloud your judgement.
7. Malcom, Macduff and Ross are ready to attack Macbeth's castle, they just need to go there.

section 1.2

1. The bloody seargent indirectly characterizes Macbeth by glorifying his actions towards Macdonwald. Macdonwald is a rebel who was executed. He tried to attack them. Macbeth executed macdonwald with his sword. This did not end the fight with the rebels, the Norwegians are still attacking.

2. The traitor was the Thane of Cawdor, as we learn from Ross. Duncan says that its a relief the thane of cawdor was executed and that Macbeth now owns his previous title.

Human

     In my opinion, what makes us human are the many emotions that ends in mistakes, ends in heart-break, ends in jubilation, and ultimately makes every minuscule decision on a daily basis that guides us through life. Emotions like love may end with a life partner, emotions like courage may end in moving out of your parents house and forcing you to be independent, emotions like fear may cause you to stay in the same small town and never color outside the lines. Humanity is not about what makes up the physical body, it is an abstract idea. This abstract idea is primarily composed of emotions; the beautiful thing about this idea is that only humans possess this quality, I possess this quality.

     I've gone through so many phases throughout my teenage career trying to figure out who I really was. I've had blue, pink, and purple hair; I've raised two steer, one heifer, and rode horses; I've taken dance classes for seven years; all an attempt to find my niche in society. When I was a little girl I tried out a new laugh every day trying to find the perfect one, what I didn't realize was that you're born with a laugh, as you are born with a personality. (Even as I'm typing this confession my cheeks are turning red from embarrassment!) This emotion of feeling lost and not knowing how to be yourself leads to mistakes like mine. Although all of these different scenes were mistakes, everyone goes through them trying to find themselves; it's just another component that makes us human.

     When I was a freshman, I met my first and only boyfriend; although we didn't start dating until sophomore year. We were together, with a few breaks in between, until senior year. I had thought we were growing up together, but I was wrong. I should have never gone back after our first break up but I eventually would feel lonely and go back to who I was comfortable with. I finally grew out of it and am loving being independent. Although this was hard to admit, it makes for a perfect example of my previous proof of humanity: love and moving on.

     I haven't had a curfew since I was sixteen, I would come home whenever I was ready and my parents would be fast asleep. After I turned eighteen, though, I received a text from my mom while I was in Washington telling me that her and my dad decided that I didn't have to come home when they tell me to and they won't ask any questions about where I was or who I was with. She also told me I can move into the bigger bedroom in our house and they will buy me a full-size bed ( I've been sleeping on the same twin-sized mattress since I grew out of my crib). I knew this was compensation for the fact that although I had been accepted to three colleges with generous scholarships, my parents were not going to support me and I simply could not handle the load of going to a four-year university alone; I'm now going to Hancock Community College for two years. I finally came around and I agree with my parents, it is a smart decision to go to a junior college first so that I'm not burdened with huge loans. I did want my independence, though. I'm now very proud to say that I am paying for my own gas, groceries, insurance, and I officially bought my truck off of my parents. I love being independent, but it took a huge amount of courage to get me this far. Courage to do something different than everyone in my AP classes, courage to work twenty-seven hours a week while attending high school, and courage to use my money and time to go grocery shopping instead of going to beach parties a lot of the time.

     There's only one more thing I'd like to add, this whole statement was extremely difficult for me to write and publish, it being so personal, But I know that it is enough to convince you all that I am in fact human in every form, physical and abstract. I've made mistakes and demonstrated very strong emotions. Honestly, this is the most human-minded assignment I have ever written in my high school life. I hope that you all see it that way also.


                                                                                                                             With love and emotion,
                                                                                                                             Annie

Brave New World

In the novel, Brave New World, Bernard Marx was the first character introduced by name; this was a major relief to the reader and a great technique for characterization and symbolism in use by the author, Aldous Huxley. The mere introduction of a character with an actual name instead of a title caused the reader to infer there was something different about Bernard. The difference was that although Bernard conformed to society outwardly, he was battling everything he'd been taught inwardly. This complex conflict creates the tone for the theme of the novel, a lesson for generations ruling over Earth now to not push towards perfection so heavily that humanity is dissolved.

Huxley illustrates a world in which everything that makes us human is taken away to make room for a utopia, but is this utopia really what we strive for? To accomplish this contrast Huxley introduces Bernard Marx early on in the novel to give the reader a picture of what society has become and how the average citizen has adjusted to it, and a view into the thoughts of how wrong it can be in the mind of a more dynamic character. Creating a connection between Bernard and the reader, the reader feels how very wrong it would seem to live in a synthetic world made to exempt any imperfection, anything that makes us human.

Happiness

As we were discussing the use of soma in A Brave New World, it came to my mind that happiness is only temporary as is anger. I believe you can take one of two paths: you could either use soma or the equivalent of soma in our world and be content with life all the time, or you could be passionate and have highs and lows; be insanely joyful and later be amped up or furious. The citizens in the book chose the content path, that's how they were brought into this world. Most of us, I'd like to think, would choose the passionate path and be filled with all different emotions and all different calibers of emotion. 

Chapter 3 brave new world

Chapter three was mostly composed of this dialogue and thoughts from Bernard. It was a roundabout of information and feelings from Lenina and Fanny, from the director and controller and Henry, and the thoughts of Bernard Marx. 

In the end of the chapter all three scenes that were rotating with each other seemed to morph into present time. 

Everything Bernard was thinking was paradoxical to what the controller was explaining to the students. 

Class discussion chapters 1-4

The restatement gives the reader the same sense of conditioning like the characters in the book are experiencing.

Alpha 

Beta

Gamma

Delta

Epsilon 

Lit Terms 6

subordination
The act of placing in a lower rank or position.

suspicion of disbelief
Sacrifice of realism for sake of enjoyment.

synesthesia
The use of one thing to trigger the sense of another; conditioning.

synecdoche
A figure of speech in which the part is used for the whole or the whole for a part.

syntax
The rules and patterns in sentences and language.

Tongue in cheek
saying something in a mocking tone.

Chapter one notes

The last pages of my prologue were heartwrenchingly torn out. 

"Rams wrapped in theremogene beget no lambs" ??

Page 5 last paragraph extremely long sentence. 

Much satirical undertone 

Page 7 repitition: "bud out of bud out of bud"

Restatement of the directors most arguable declarations as "notes"

Irony in the atmosphere and mood of the lab; cold and sterile and I humane. Yet the lab is to create as many human lives as possible, in the most inhumane way possible. 

Chapter one notes

The last pages of my prologue were heartwrenchingly torn out. 

"Rams wrapped in theremogene beget no lambs" ??

Page 5 last paragraph extremely long sentence. 

Much satirical undertone 

Page 7 repitition: "bud out of bud out of bud"

Restatement of the directors most arguable declarations as "notes"

Irony in the atmosphere and mood of the lab; cold and sterile and I humane. Yet the lab is to create as many human lives as possible, in the most inhumane way possible. 

Stress

     Lately I have been struggling to keep up with my blog and hysterically failing. I picked up more hours at my job so that I may be promoted when I turn eighteen next month and so I can save a little more for college. Even though college applications are over and letters of acceptance are upon us, the season of scholarships and decisions hangs over our heads like a cloud. On top of all this, being an AP student also means teachers are throwing last minute preparations at us for the AP tests I personally am not even taking. I suppose the point of this little rant of mine is to provide explanation of why my blog is appearing spotty lately, I'd like it to be my top priority but sadly, that is simply impossible. I apologize and can assure to be updating frequently with missing posts in the next few days.

Lit Terms #5

Parallelism

Repetition in syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetoric affect.

Parody

 A funny imitation of a serious piece.

Pathos

Evoking feeling.

Pedantry

Undue display of learning.

Poignant

Strong feeling.

Prose

Ordinary, everyday speech.

Requiem

For he repose of the dead.

Scansion

The marks used to analyze a piece of literature.

What's the story?

I believe Dickens wrote Great Expectations as an extreme illustration of how we all come to a crossroads in our life where we question our character and who we really are or hat were meant to be. Pip is in a constant internal struggle  trying to determine his own character and who he will grow up to be. He is faced with he little devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. Joe being the angel, guess who the devil may be. He faces temptations and struggles between what is right and wrong, though he has a strong conscience. I believe this was written because it can relate to virtually anyone and everyone; we all had to grow up and make decisions to shape ourselves to who we are today-- or who we are becoming today.

Noise

When dickens wrote, his neighbors called the cops. He made a lot of noise creating stories. 

"I'm taking notes at this great concert inside my head" Jim Morrison. 

Lit Terms #2

circumlocution
 a roundabout way of speaking!


classicism
styles of the literature and art of ancient Rome and Greece!

Cliché

an overused sentence or phrase; even a thought or action!

 

Climax

   the most exciting or eventful part of the plot!

 

Colloquialism

Casual conversation!

 

Comedy

A play or work of literature with humor and happiness; dramatic.

 

Conflict

Internal or external. A rising problem.

 

Connotation

a second notation in addition to the primary one.

 

Contrast

    Opposites of each other creating different views or thinking.

 

Denotation

a word specifying another.

 

Denouement

 the outcome or resolution of a plot!

 

Dialect

Conversation between two people.

 

Dialectics

Logical argumentation.

 

Dichotomy

 division into two equal parts, subdivision!

 

Diction

 Speaking or writing style.

 

Didactic

instruction.

 

Dogmatic

 faith and morals.

 

Elegy

 a melancholy poem.

 

Epic

 Heroic, adventurous, achieving piece of literature!

 

Epigram

witty, pointed, satirical poem.