A Murder a Mystery and a Marriage
By Mark Twain
Characters:
John Gray- Farmer in Mizzouri
Deer Lick- Name of the small town
Rev John Hurley- The pastor
Mary Gray- John Grays Daughter
Hugh Gregory- Boy that Mary likes
Sara/Sally- John Grays wife
Tom Gray- John Grays young son
Dave- Tom Gray's brother with money Dave hates Hugh
John Gray finds a man in the field and the stranger dont no where he is at. The stranger speaks six different lsnguages. John tells his daughter she cannot marry Hugh. The man named Mr. George Wayne he says that he is rich so Mr. Gray wants his daughter to marry him so that they are rich too. Dave and John get into a fight because they never really liked each other. The strangers name is really Gene Mercier and he killed Dave and was really not a rich prince.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Fredrick Douglas
Fredrick Douglas went to live with Mr. Covey on the first of January. he use to live with master Thomas. Mr Covey whipped Fredrick a lot for no reason.
Quotes
1.My awkwardness was almost always his excuse for whipping me. Pg 565
2.My natural elasticity was crushed. Pg 565
3.Sunday was my leisure time.Pg 565
Quotes
1.My awkwardness was almost always his excuse for whipping me. Pg 565
2.My natural elasticity was crushed. Pg 565
3.Sunday was my leisure time.Pg 565
Monday, November 9, 2009
1. Why do they repeat it?
They want to make it personal to the king and not all of them
2. Why do they make it personal?
So the rest of the country doesnt get mad
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
They wrote it so some parts mean more than others. They also made it so that it would make one part more important,
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
When it talks about the britain King and it says They use it to show thayt the one person is standing out.
parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why?
As we hold the rest of mankind enimies at war and peace friends. This shows how powerful our counrty is.
They want to make it personal to the king and not all of them
2. Why do they make it personal?
So the rest of the country doesnt get mad
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
They wrote it so some parts mean more than others. They also made it so that it would make one part more important,
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
When it talks about the britain King and it says They use it to show thayt the one person is standing out.
parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why?
As we hold the rest of mankind enimies at war and peace friends. This shows how powerful our counrty is.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
World LiteratureHAMLET Test200 points (180 for test answers; 20 for correct documentation of quotations and Works Cited as well as spelling, etc.)Be sure to support your answers with Act.scene.line(s) cited like this:“The time is out of joint” (1.5.210).
1. Hamlet’s relationships with the other characters in the play are complicated. Choose three relationships; analyze how Hamlet is impacted by each (three quotations – one for each relationship). 60 points
Ophelia- He really loves Ophelia and wants her and wants to be with her forever so ,but he also has good friends and will not be with her because she is kinda crazy too. He loves her ,but cant trust her is not very loyal, also he has to act like he is mad at her. At her burial he confesses his love for her. It makes Hamlet sad to see that his love of his life is going crazy and is doing very od and weird thing. She commits suicide after awhile with makes Hamlet sad becaue he never got to show her his real feelings. Ophelia was frightened by Hamlets crazy actions and disturbing behavoir. Ophelia "My Lord, I was sewing in my closet, and to the last ,bended their light on me" (2.1.1)
Gertrude His Mother- He likes his mother and respects her ,but he doesnt like the fact that she didnt mourn very much after his fathers death long enough. After the death she really was sad at the funeral and cried a lot. Hamlet didnt like that right after the funeral she quickly got over hjher grieving which Hamlet thought was weird because he thought maybe she wanted Hamlets father to die. He also doesnt like his mother that much because she is guilty of incest. Hamlet says in one part of the book Animals or beasts grieve longer periods of time then his mother. She also like to drink and party a lot with her new husband Clauduis Hamlets uncle which Hamlet doesnt think is right for his mother to do. "A little month, or ere those were old with which she follow'd my poor fathers body, like Niobe, all tears: why she even she O, God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason. would have mourn longer married my uncle, than i to hercules. (1.2.6)
King Claudias- Hamlet doesnt really like King Cladias because first of all he killed his father and he knows he did it. He also marries his mother which is incest which makes Hamlet very upset and angry he thinks that King Claduis is turning his mother into a evil and a bad person. Hamlet also thinks that Claudias could never live up to what his father was and thinks is father who was compaired to the sun god is a lot better and a lot stronger and smarter of a king. King Claudius "O, 'tis too true! How smart a lash that speech doth give me conscience! The harlot's cheek, beautiful with plastering art, Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it Than is my deed to my most painted word: O heavy burthen!" (3.1.4)
2. Revenge, redemption, loyalty, indecision, love, appearance vs. reality, and betrayal are significant themes in the play. Choose three of these and explain how each theme affects the characters and the outcome of the play (three quotations – one for each theme). 60 points
Revenge- Hamlet goes threw a very hard time in the book because he knows that King Claudias
killed his father which makes him angry if he and upset ,but he wont kill Claudias because he finds lots of reasons not to. He even finds king Claudias praying and hears him praying to God and said that he kill Old Hamlet ,but he will not kill him there because he believes that if he kills Claudias while he is praying he will go straight to heaven and thats not what Hamlet wants he wants him to go to Hell and be punished forever. He wants to kill King Claudias when he is doing something sinful like sleeping with Gertrude in the pleasure of his own bed. Even though Claudias cannot confess his sins proporly to God Hamlet will still not kill him while he is praying to God. "Hamlet now might I do it pat, now he is praying; and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and for that I, his sole son, do this same villian send To heaven. (3.3.1)
Love-One person that Hamlet shows lots of love to is his father. I think by wanting to kill his uncle and get back at him for what he did to his father shows lots of love because it could also get Hamlet in lots of trouble. Hamlet not killing Claudias shows lots of love towards God even though one of the reasons he doesnt kill him there is because he wants Claudias to go to Hell ,but I also he thinks its wrong and he should not d.o it while he is praying which is showing lots of love for God. He also show lots of love for Ophelia at her funerial. "Then if he loves you, it fits your wisdom so far to believe it as he in his particular act and place May give his saying deed; which is no futher than the main voice of Denmark goes withal. Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open to his unmaster'd(1.1.3)
Betrayal-
3. Has Hamlet changed? You may compare the soliloquies from1.2.133-164 2.2.575-636 3.1.63-99 4.4.33-69 or you may use other textual evidence that you have prepared to answer this question (three quotations – beginning, “middle,” and end). 60 points
Work CitedShakespeare, William. Hamlet. Folger Shakespeare Library Edition. Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine, Eds. NY: Washington Square Press, 1992.
1. Hamlet’s relationships with the other characters in the play are complicated. Choose three relationships; analyze how Hamlet is impacted by each (three quotations – one for each relationship). 60 points
Ophelia- He really loves Ophelia and wants her and wants to be with her forever so ,but he also has good friends and will not be with her because she is kinda crazy too. He loves her ,but cant trust her is not very loyal, also he has to act like he is mad at her. At her burial he confesses his love for her. It makes Hamlet sad to see that his love of his life is going crazy and is doing very od and weird thing. She commits suicide after awhile with makes Hamlet sad becaue he never got to show her his real feelings. Ophelia was frightened by Hamlets crazy actions and disturbing behavoir. Ophelia "My Lord, I was sewing in my closet, and to the last ,bended their light on me" (2.1.1)
Gertrude His Mother- He likes his mother and respects her ,but he doesnt like the fact that she didnt mourn very much after his fathers death long enough. After the death she really was sad at the funeral and cried a lot. Hamlet didnt like that right after the funeral she quickly got over hjher grieving which Hamlet thought was weird because he thought maybe she wanted Hamlets father to die. He also doesnt like his mother that much because she is guilty of incest. Hamlet says in one part of the book Animals or beasts grieve longer periods of time then his mother. She also like to drink and party a lot with her new husband Clauduis Hamlets uncle which Hamlet doesnt think is right for his mother to do. "A little month, or ere those were old with which she follow'd my poor fathers body, like Niobe, all tears: why she even she O, God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason. would have mourn longer married my uncle, than i to hercules. (1.2.6)
King Claudias- Hamlet doesnt really like King Cladias because first of all he killed his father and he knows he did it. He also marries his mother which is incest which makes Hamlet very upset and angry he thinks that King Claduis is turning his mother into a evil and a bad person. Hamlet also thinks that Claudias could never live up to what his father was and thinks is father who was compaired to the sun god is a lot better and a lot stronger and smarter of a king. King Claudius "O, 'tis too true! How smart a lash that speech doth give me conscience! The harlot's cheek, beautiful with plastering art, Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it Than is my deed to my most painted word: O heavy burthen!" (3.1.4)
2. Revenge, redemption, loyalty, indecision, love, appearance vs. reality, and betrayal are significant themes in the play. Choose three of these and explain how each theme affects the characters and the outcome of the play (three quotations – one for each theme). 60 points
Revenge- Hamlet goes threw a very hard time in the book because he knows that King Claudias
killed his father which makes him angry if he and upset ,but he wont kill Claudias because he finds lots of reasons not to. He even finds king Claudias praying and hears him praying to God and said that he kill Old Hamlet ,but he will not kill him there because he believes that if he kills Claudias while he is praying he will go straight to heaven and thats not what Hamlet wants he wants him to go to Hell and be punished forever. He wants to kill King Claudias when he is doing something sinful like sleeping with Gertrude in the pleasure of his own bed. Even though Claudias cannot confess his sins proporly to God Hamlet will still not kill him while he is praying to God. "Hamlet now might I do it pat, now he is praying; and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and for that I, his sole son, do this same villian send To heaven. (3.3.1)
Love-One person that Hamlet shows lots of love to is his father. I think by wanting to kill his uncle and get back at him for what he did to his father shows lots of love because it could also get Hamlet in lots of trouble. Hamlet not killing Claudias shows lots of love towards God even though one of the reasons he doesnt kill him there is because he wants Claudias to go to Hell ,but I also he thinks its wrong and he should not d.o it while he is praying which is showing lots of love for God. He also show lots of love for Ophelia at her funerial. "Then if he loves you, it fits your wisdom so far to believe it as he in his particular act and place May give his saying deed; which is no futher than the main voice of Denmark goes withal. Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open to his unmaster'd(1.1.3)
Betrayal-
3. Has Hamlet changed? You may compare the soliloquies from1.2.133-164 2.2.575-636 3.1.63-99 4.4.33-69 or you may use other textual evidence that you have prepared to answer this question (three quotations – beginning, “middle,” and end). 60 points
Work CitedShakespeare, William. Hamlet. Folger Shakespeare Library Edition. Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine, Eds. NY: Washington Square Press, 1992.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Gothic Literature- Gothic Literature is characterized by grotesque characters, bizarre situations, and violent situations. Gothic Literature started in Europe in the nineteenth century Poe and Hawthorne started lots of this.
Romantic- Romantic writers limitation of reason instead celebrate the individual spirit Glory of the individual spirit emotions and immagination as basic elements of human nature. The Peritians were lead by the fear of god. There works showed the atmosphere, sentiment, and optimism. Washington Irving was apart of this movement.
Transcendentalists- Transcendent forms the truth exist beyond reason and experience. Every individual is capible to this on there own through intution.
Poe- Dark mid evil castles or decaying ancient estates provide the setting for weird and scary events. Insane man beautiful women usually dead or dieing. His plots were extreme situations not just murder ,but live barials Physical and mental torture and retribution beyond the grave.
Hawthorne- looked and examined the human heart under various conditions for fear greed mistrust and betrayal.
The Devil and Tom Walker- Took place reallly close to Massachusatts. Tom Walker was married and they would cheat on each other and were not very nice to each other. The both sold their sole to the Devil Tom's wife did and she never came back and Tom didn't really mind he wasn't mad. Then Tom went to the Devil and he sold his soul and became very rich. Tom became a broker in Boston and became very famous he had a big beautiful house ,but nothing in the house. Tom then said something about the Devil and the Devil came and got him because he sold his soul to him and they rode of to hell.
The Masque of The Red Death- Clocks meant the time was running out and you cannot stop it. The seven different rooms meant you were getting closer to death and the black door was the last one. There was a dance and every time is would stop and that meant you were getting a lot closer to death.
The Raven- The bird of prophecy, the Raven is associated with mystery, evil, omens, and death. The end of rhymes- Very similar or identical sounds at the end of the lines. Internal Rhyme rhyme within a line. Rhyme Scheme the basic patterns of the end of rhymes.
The Signal Man- A man that is alone most of the time and works for a train company he sees a ghost. The man sees a lady jump out of the train and die and is scares him. He sees a spectors Ghost and he thinks it is causing all of these problems.
The Fall of The House of Usher- A man comes and looks for the girl he meet in Boston and wants her to come with him back to Boston. Roderick has problems with his taste buds and certain types of clothing and cannot take to many loud noises. Madiline- Goes into coma like states were her heart barly beats and she goes white and looks like she is dead. Roderick barries her under the house and he knows she was dead
Romantic- Romantic writers limitation of reason instead celebrate the individual spirit Glory of the individual spirit emotions and immagination as basic elements of human nature. The Peritians were lead by the fear of god. There works showed the atmosphere, sentiment, and optimism. Washington Irving was apart of this movement.
Transcendentalists- Transcendent forms the truth exist beyond reason and experience. Every individual is capible to this on there own through intution.
Poe- Dark mid evil castles or decaying ancient estates provide the setting for weird and scary events. Insane man beautiful women usually dead or dieing. His plots were extreme situations not just murder ,but live barials Physical and mental torture and retribution beyond the grave.
Hawthorne- looked and examined the human heart under various conditions for fear greed mistrust and betrayal.
The Devil and Tom Walker- Took place reallly close to Massachusatts. Tom Walker was married and they would cheat on each other and were not very nice to each other. The both sold their sole to the Devil Tom's wife did and she never came back and Tom didn't really mind he wasn't mad. Then Tom went to the Devil and he sold his soul and became very rich. Tom became a broker in Boston and became very famous he had a big beautiful house ,but nothing in the house. Tom then said something about the Devil and the Devil came and got him because he sold his soul to him and they rode of to hell.
The Masque of The Red Death- Clocks meant the time was running out and you cannot stop it. The seven different rooms meant you were getting closer to death and the black door was the last one. There was a dance and every time is would stop and that meant you were getting a lot closer to death.
The Raven- The bird of prophecy, the Raven is associated with mystery, evil, omens, and death. The end of rhymes- Very similar or identical sounds at the end of the lines. Internal Rhyme rhyme within a line. Rhyme Scheme the basic patterns of the end of rhymes.
The Signal Man- A man that is alone most of the time and works for a train company he sees a ghost. The man sees a lady jump out of the train and die and is scares him. He sees a spectors Ghost and he thinks it is causing all of these problems.
The Fall of The House of Usher- A man comes and looks for the girl he meet in Boston and wants her to come with him back to Boston. Roderick has problems with his taste buds and certain types of clothing and cannot take to many loud noises. Madiline- Goes into coma like states were her heart barly beats and she goes white and looks like she is dead. Roderick barries her under the house and he knows she was dead
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gothic Literature
Gothic Literature: Genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance.
Gothic: of or in a heavy ornate typeface (www.thefreedictionary.com/Gothic)
Literature: The body of written work by scholars or researchers in given fields (www.thefreedictionary.com/Gothic)
The first study of gothic literature was by Dorothy Scarborough. A lot of this writings and things happened in the 1770-1800
Gothic: of or in a heavy ornate typeface (www.thefreedictionary.com/Gothic)
Literature: The body of written work by scholars or researchers in given fields (www.thefreedictionary.com/Gothic)
The first study of gothic literature was by Dorothy Scarborough. A lot of this writings and things happened in the 1770-1800
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