12.16.07

Summarize the tragic theme in Tartuffe that undergirds the play's comic method


The tragic theme that goes through Tartuffe is the theme of hypocrisy, and gullibility. However, one can find other themes which some refer to as "underdogs can bite." The theme in the play that shows how much harm a someone with very little power can do, the gullibility of such a powerful man undergirds the play's comic method.

Usually people feels superior to others with less power then themselves. However, this play shows an example of a group of people who feels superior and complacent about themselves get a lot of harm by somebody they'll least expect from. The fact that very powerful people getting hurt by some hobo makes this play very comical, because people thinks watching successful people become unsuccessful funny.

The fact that a head of a successful family is such a fool that he gets fooled by some hobo makes this play comical. Becasue people think other people being sad funny, so people think its funny. Also, the fact that Orgon cannot handle the situation well and was at last saved by the king makes this extremely comical.

12.03.07

In this passage, Milton is describing Satan and his followers discussing certain religious issues. What is Milton really saying about "Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate,/ Fixt Fate, Free will, Foreknowledge absolute"? Whom do you think Milton is actually talking about?

I think that Milton is actually talking about real people. On the passage it says stuff which matches the things that people do. People also have fixed fate and free will, and absolute knowledge. they also argue about good and evil, and happiness and misery.

12.2.07

Answers for Book 1 Assignment:

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a) Titanian, Earth-born, Briareos, Typhon, Leviathan

c) line 101~112, lines 191~203

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b) He was a large monster which looked like a beast, with who carried a huge shield and looked like a fierce warrior who will never fall.
4. a) Heaven can be hell and hell can be heaven depending on what you think. Rather than doing filthy work in heaven, it will be better to be one in high position in hell.

Book IV assignment

Does Satan have feelings? What are they? Do you feel sorry for him?

Satan does have feelings, and he feels guilty that he had to join the evil forces. But he knows that he is a part of hell now, and God will never forgive him even if he tried, so he keeps commiting sins. I don't feel sorry for him, because even thought this is a poem, its still Satan and its kind of wrong to feel sorry for Satan.

In line 295, what do you think Milton means by "though both not equal"?

He is saying that men and women are not equal.

And, lastly, in lines 380-381, is Satan trying to deceive or offer something in kind to Adam and Eve?

He offers them to become the mother of human race.