Thursday, May 8, 2008

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Why does the army want Kurtz killed? Answer this in at least 250 words. Don't worry about grammar or structure or anything like that. Just write everything that comes to mind, stream-of-consciousness style.


Answer

In the movie, Willard goes on a mission to kill Kurts. One could think of several reasons why the Army wanted to get rid of Kurts. First of all, Kurts betrayed the army to go and live with the local tribes. Among the local tribes, he was like a god, and was the leader of many people, who were dying. Also, those who was sent on the same mission to kill him started following him rather than killing him. When the people who was sent on this mission did not return, the army thought he had set something, or had great skills to prevent the assasins. That kind of man would make the army generals mad, so that would make them even more desperate to kill Kurts. Second, Kurts was bending the rules. Even thought he was supposed to be a civil man from United States, he showed his uncivil side, which is a crime, like the real world. If you decide to step and stay across the line, the civil ones one you punished.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

2.13.08

If they were on Jerry Springer, they would fight over some smart person.. Bovary would argue that her husband is boring and doesnt know what to do for her, and Marianne will argue that Tartuffe is a cheater and a fake.

Bovary will tell a story about how she went and had affairs with other guys because of her husband, and Marianne will say that Tartuffe loves her mom, and is trying to marry her becsue of money.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

2.12.08

Discussion Qs

John Milton:
How does John Milton express his views of religion through Paradise Lost?

John Donne:
How does John Donnne's earlier life expressed in his poetry?

Moliere:
How does Tartuffe contrast the ideas of society in his times?

Flaubert:
Why does Madame Bovary get banned during the time of Flaubert?

Rubaiyat:
What is Rubaiyat's view of religion?

Essay

How does the adultery of Tartuffe and Emma similar and different?

How do Miltone, Donne, Moliere, Flaubert, and Rubaiyat express contrast of beliefs during the time they live through their literature?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

02.06.08

Theme:

The theme of Rubaiyat is that people, especially when they’re young, believes everything, and even believes some things that are not true.

In Rubaiyat it says that blank minds are interfered with beliefs, and that the idea of the two worlds are ideas which came from a person, and those people are not there to prove it.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

02.05.08

XXV.

Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd
Of the Two Worlds so learnedly, are thrust
Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn
Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust.


The author is saying that Heaven and Hell is only an opinion, and people are so gullible to believe it.
The author is blaming the saints in the past who made up the stuff about Heaven and Hell. He is also angry at them for doing so and making many people even the day the author wrote the poem believing so. The author is certain that they have only acted as if they knew all about the two worlds, but they were all lies. The author also uses a metaphor, that the idea of heaven and hell were like foolish prophets. He claims that now they are not even alive, so it doesnt even matter. This can mean more than one thing. It can mean that they only did it for the time when they needed control for their people, and it can also mean that the people who calimed to have proven their theories are not there to explain it again, so people shoud be more skeptical.

Also even other than this quatrain he shows his opinion in many other kind of forms. In text XXXIII, he mentions children's "blind understanding." This implies how children with blank minds will believe anything, and when christians teach these blank minds about the two worlds, they will believe it, because they do not know what to believe. Also, in text XXXII the author says that "there was a veil past which I could not see" which means basically taht he could not see the future. In this line, he is trying to say that nobody can really see the future, and that the saints who made up all those stuff could not have seen the future either, and the existance of Heaven and Hell, and beliefs of angels and God and stuff cannot be really proven, because it cannot be seen.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

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.

Monday, December 3, 2007

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.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

12.2.07

Answers for Book 1 Assignment:

4
a) Titanian, Earth-born, Briareos, Typhon, Leviathan

c) line 101~112, lines 191~203

3
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.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

11.28.07

What's your favorite "epic" story or movie? What are some of the characteristics of that story that are elements of a traditional "epic?"

My favorite epic movie is Lord of the Rings. The characteristics of Lord of the Ringsm which is a traditional thing that many epic stories have is that it deals with a problem envolving many people in the world, and it deals with supernatural stuff.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

11.27.07

Being in charge of England was a great deal since whoever was in charge of England also ruled the Anglican Church. Some of the different rulers in England were Olive Cromwell. Whoever was in charge of England had the right to do whatever they wanted to change the religion. This caused a lot of problems, because people do not like to change religions very often.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

11.7.07

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main character (the title character), Macbeth, experiences a dramatic change in character throughout the play. The changes are brought on by his flawed ambition.

Revision
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main character (the title character), Macbeth, experiences a dramatic change in character throughout the play, which is caused by his feelings of ambition.

Monday, November 5, 2007

10.5.07

What drives Macbeth to do what he does? Is it human nature? Is it his wife? Is it ambition?

The driving force of Macbeth is at first, the persuasion of the witches and his wife, then it changes to his own ambition.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

11.01.07

A good topic for Macbeth would be: How does Shakespear show changes of characters throughout the play?

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

10.31.07

In Macbeth, one can find several different motifs. These are some of the ones that i found.

1. Macbeth
2. Lady Macbeth
3. Bloody hand
4. England


Through out the play, one can realize that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth go through a different process of changing. Macbeth changes from feeling guilty to feeling apethetic about the things he does. However, Lady Macbeth, who persuaded MAcbeth into the murders, feels guilty later on. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth represents different people who changes in the opposite ways.
The bloody hand represents the guilt that Macbeth feels. Through out the play, one can notice the difference of the guilt of Macbeth through what he says about his bloody hand. At first, he feels so guilty that he says even the ocean could not wash his hand, and turn the ocean red. However, later on in the play he says that he does not care about his bloody hand. Also, the hand represents the people.
In the play, there is a moment where the play takes place in England when Macduff runs away to England to escape Macbeth. There he finds Malcom who also fled after his father died, and there is a peaceful moment in the play, where they escaped from evil Macbeth, and there is a king who can heal anything. This comes after a scene of a mother and a son. The mother and son are both very peaceful, even when they were talking about something tragetic. When they die after their peaceful scene, and Macduff is informed, ironically, the reaction of Macduff is to not give up and fight Macbeth, but also to be sorrow like a man, which referes being sorrow to something good, instead of something not good, which makes England a place without evil.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

10.30.07

Today in class we learned about Act 5. We learned that in Act 5, there are a lot of scenes because it is like the climax of the play. We also learned that Lady Macbeth is turning guilty from evil, and on the contrary, Macbeth is turning evil from guilty. The doctor in the act represents the Christian point of view in the play for the first time. Other than that, The play has been more of an opposite view, with all the killing and stuff.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

10.25.07

We can see some changes of Macbeth. At first, Macbeth was a loyal warrior to the king. Also, he was a very nice person, and loved the king. However, he falls for the persuation of the Wierd Sisters and Lady Macbeth and soon finds himself guilty. He feels so guilty that he sees ghosts and sees hallucinations, such as the daggers in his hand. Later, when he kills Macduff's family, he does not even feel guilty. He has changed from a heartfull person to a cold-hearted person.

Monday, October 22, 2007

10.22.07

In Macbeth, there are several different themes. These are some of the themes i can think of.
  1. People around you can influence you greatly.
  2. Guilt can change one a lot.
  3. Women think like men to be evil.
  4. Murder brings another murder.
  5. One's actions is totally depended on one's beliefs.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

10.12.07

Friday was very cold, which helped us work harder. We looked at our scavanger hunt, and then we talked about Macbeth. We talked about the bonus he gave us, (which i did but left in my room) and we found each one in the book as a class. I found it very difficult to recognize those stuff because Shakespear's language is so confusing and wierd. However, i got over it, and succeded to find those stuff that he gave us.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

10.10.07

Today we did a scavanger hunt on Macbeth. I found some metaphores and forshadowing. It was an interesting game, except it was very difficult and hard to understand. Mr. Maddox's assignments are always difficult. I had difficulty finding what dramatic irony meant, but Iwas relieved after Mr. Maddox decided to tell us.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

10.7.07

In a movie, I would present Macbeth as a hero in a battle, who always doesn't really care about his armor for protection, but still never gets hurt. He would talk a bit cocky. In a battle, he would never take a helmet on, and when the other soldiers see him, they will be afraid.
His expression is very changeless, and calm.