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Post by Mr. Thomas on Jun 2, 2014 12:07:36 GMT -5
1. You and your partner will be assigned a couple of chapters from Catcher in the Rye, an act from Macbeth, or a short story/poem we read this semester.
2. Look over the reading together and make sure you know it thoroughly. Talk to each other about plot, characters, and themes.
3. Post your responses to this discussion board thread.
4. Put both of your names AND the section of your reading at the top of the post (so I can give you credit!).
5. Discuss and write up the following on your post:
-A two paragraph summary of the reading.
-A list of the major characters (no more than 4) in your reading. Briefly describe who they are/what they do in these chapters.
-Describe how your reading exemplifies an important theme AND/OR the historical-cultural background of the literature (3-4 sentences)
-List three quotes from your reading you enjoyed or found important. Write out the full quote, the page number it was found, on and: a.) Paraphrase it or describe what it means, and b.) Explain why it’s important or why you enjoyed it. (Approximately 2 sentences for each quote.) DO NOT just pull the quotes off Sparknotes/Schmoop--go back to the book and find quotes. You will lose points if I see copying and pasting from a website...
Double check everything for spelling and grammar errors. Do a good job on this…not only because you’re getting graded on it, but because it will help you and your colleagues study for next week’s exam. It is worth 25 points and is due at the END OF THE DAY on Wednesday, June 4th. Good luck!
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Post by Mr. Thomas on Jun 4, 2014 14:58:40 GMT -5
Summary
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Eveline Hill sits at a window in her home and looks out onto the street while fondly recalling her childhood, when she played with other children in a field now developed with new homes. Her thoughts turn to her sometimes abusive father that she lives with, and to the idea of freeing herself from her hard life handling jobs as a shop worker and a nanny to support herself and her father. Eveline faces a difficult dilemma: remain at home like a good daughter, or leave Dublin with her lover, Frank, who is a sailor. He wants her to marry him and live with him in Buenos Aires, and she has already agreed to leave with him in secret. As Eveline recalls, Frank’s engagement of her was pleasant until her father began to voice his disapproval and bicker with Frank. After that, the two lovers met clandestinely.
As Eveline reviews her decision to start a new life, she holds in her lap two letters, one to her father and one to her brother Harry. She begins to favor the better memories of her old family life, when her mother was alive and her brother was living at home, and notes that she did promise her mother to dedicate herself to maintaining the home. She thinks that her life at home, cleaning and cooking, is hard but perhaps not the worst option—her father is not always mean, after all. The sound of a street organ then reminds her of her mother’s death, and her thoughts change course. She remembers her mother’s uneventful, sad life, and passionately embraces her decision to escape the same fate by leaving with Frank.
At the docks in Dublin, Eveline waits in a crowd to board the ship with Frank. She appears void and worried, overwhelmed by the images around her, and prays to God for direction. Her previous declaration of intent seems to have never happened. When the boat whistle blows and Frank pulls on her hand to lead her with him, Eveline resists. She pulls away as Frank is swept into the crowd moving toward the ship. He continually shouts “Come!” but Eveline remains fixed to the land, motionless and emotionless.
4 character descriptions
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Eveline - she is very confused and unhappy, but unwilling to embrace change but at the same time she does not want to have an uneventful life as her mother did.
Eveline's father - a very abusive father, he was mostly drunk and took Eveline's hard earned money to buy more booze. Eveline does remember the good times with her father because before his wife's death (Eveline's mother) he was a good father.
Frank - Eveline recalls meeting Frank, an Irish sailor now living in Argentina, and dating him while he visited Dublin on vacation. Eveline also thinks about her father's disapproval of Frank, and of her promise "to keep the home together as long as she could" before her mother grew deranged and died.
Eveline's brothers/mother - she was close to all of them but one brother died, one moved away, and her
mother passed away. This is even more reason to leave but she still does not.
Themes
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Depression - Eveline is depressed with her current life: her abusive father, her juggling jobs, and the death of her mother and brother.
Dilemma - Eveline is faced with a dilemma to either keep the promise to her passed mother and stay and take care of her father, or embark on a new adventure with Frank.
3 quotes
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1. "She looked around the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years"
1. This shows that without her, Eveline's family would not necessarily do as well. She cleans the furniture for him.
2. "Strange that it should come that very night to remind her of the promise to her mother, her promise to keep the home together as long as she could"
2. This shows how Eveline feels obligated to stay with her father and keep the house together. But then she wants to also go with Frank on a new adventure.
3. ", she prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty
3. This shows us straight to Eveline's feelings. She is so desperate to make a decision that she is praying to God. She is very disheveled and is in desperate need to solve her dilemma.
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Post by nvanible on Jun 4, 2014 15:23:25 GMT -5
Macbeth: Act 5
By Nicco Vanible & Mason Jadagan
Major Characters:
1. Macbeth – The tyrannical king of Scotland who against all odds has lost his mind through a chain of events involving an ominous prophecy told to him by the witches.
2. Macduff – He is one of the lords/thanes who have a personal vendetta against Macbeth for brutally murdering his entire family.
3. Malcolm – The vengeful son of King Duncan, who despises Macbeth the most, for being the sole reason these past few horrendous events have occurred.
4. Doctor – A high-paying doctor who Macbeth hired to cure his wife of a “sickness.” However, he eventually quits, not caring how much he gets paid.
SUMMARY:
The Doctor finds Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, and she is reminded within her own subconscious, of the death of King Duncan, which led to all the other murder events. Later on, there is the English army discussing about their mutual enemy, King Macbeth. A young servant tells Macbeth of the growing danger and the king mocks him. After a few minutes of mocking, Macbeth eventually takes his word for it, preparing for battle. Malcolm, Macduff and the others all grow the idea of camouflaging themselves with the trees from Burnam Woods.
The army begins to march towards Dunisan Castle. Macbeth finds out from Seyton that Lady Macbeth has died. Macbeth expresses his last shred of humanity before it vanishes for good. Malcolm Siward and Macduff begin to surround the castle with their army. They then attack the castle, leaving Macbeth trapped from within. During a confrontation, Young Siward is slain by Macbeth. Macduff goes after Macbeth himself. Macbeth contemplates about committing suicide, until Macduff enters and they fight. After Macduff slays Macbeth, Malcolm is announced as king, and Macduff brings out Macbeth’s head on a stick.
THEMES:
During Act 5, the theme of “Fate” and how Macbeth made his own path was present. In addition, his path to madness represents how Macbeth took fate into his own hands as it was somewhat implied that the witches had been simply pulling the strings on him and that they had simply filled his head with hypnotic suggestions. This was then the cause of Macbeth’s madness, as his desires to become king clouded his judgment to the point of no return.
THREE QUOTES:
Quote 1: “And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle, life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.”
Meaning: Everyday that somebody has lived, no matter what, it will always lead to their death.
Importance: Macbeth is stating this because he doesn’t want that “candle” leading his way to death.
Quote 2: “They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, but bear-like I must fight the course. What’s he that was not born of woman? Such a one is I to fear, or none.”
Meaning: Macbeth is contemplating whether to kill himself or not.
Importance: This reflection about suicide represents the last shred of humanity that is left within Macbeth; as the scene after this, Macbeth forever chooses the path of darkness, never to return.
Quote 3: “Hail, king, for so thou art. Behold where Th’ursurper’s curse head stands. The time is free. I see thee compass’d with thy kingdom’s pearl, whose voices I desire aloud with mine.”
Meaning: Macbeth announcing Malcom as king, as well as the end of the tyranny of the evil king, Macbeth.
Importance: This is to represent a new beginning in the age of Scotland as the tyrannical Macbeth had been slain, Scotland is free from his brutality, and they are in good hands of the trusted Malcolm.
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Post by alis16 on Jun 4, 2014 16:44:30 GMT -5
Stephen Ali and Joe Martin
Catcher in the Rye 23-26
1. In these chapters Holden gets a call back from his former English teacher Mr. Antolini. Mr. Antolini tells Holden he can come to his house which is in the city . Mr. Antolini was Holden ‘s favorite teacher , he was the one who covered James Castle the boy who committed suicide due to being bullied. Holden leaves Phoebe room after hiding in the closet from his mother when she came in to tuck in Phoebe. He leaves to Mr. Anotlini’s house after his mom leaves the room telling Phoebe his plans to move away.
At Mr. Anotlini’s home him and Holden catch p with each other about the past few years . Mr.Antolini is also a bit drunk , because of a party he had that night . So after they talk they both go to sleep. When Holden walks up Mr. Antolini is in the room touching his head and starring at him with the lights off . Holden gets pretty freaked out about this so he goes running out of the home. Holden then spends the night at the train station . He decides to meet Phoebe tomorrow after school , so he does by giving a letter to the secretary telling Phoebe to meet Holden by the museum after school. While waiting olden gets depressed when he sees the words f u all over the place . Holden then shows two little kids were the mummies are in the museum . Phoebe brings her suit case so she can go with Holden , but he says no and she gets mad . Later they go to the zoo and Holden is with Phoebe on the bench in the park watching her ride on the carousel. Holden is filled with joy and realizes she can’t always be babying Phoebe and she has to grow up eventually . Holden comes home sick and he says he will be going to school in the fall and thinks he might apply himself there. He also says that he feels like he should of not shared all of these experiences with him .
2. Holden – he has just come back home to see Phoebe and will later go to Mr. Antolini’s home later.
Phoebe – Holden’s younger sister who gives him her Christmas money and wants to go with him when he is leaving .
Mr. Antolini- Holden’s former English teacher who Holden likes a lot , because he cared for James Castle when he was on the ground dead. Holden is later frightened by Mr. Antolini’s actions when he touches him .
Holden’s mom – she is in the room when Holden is in the closet
3. Protecting Innocents - An important theme that appears is when Holden lets go of Phoebe when she is riding on the carousel. It shoes that Holden is no longer over protective and has no more intentions of trying to save children from growing up . Holden is now able to let Phoebe try different things as well as himself.
4. 1- “How much is it for God’s sake” “Then all of a sudden I started to cry”(Holden 179)
In this quote it is when Holden receives the money from Phoebe before he leaves . This quote shows how much Phoebe cares for her brother Holden.
2- “I woke up all of a sudden . I don’t know what time it was or anything , but I woke up”
This is when Holden freaks out about Mr. Antolini touching Holden mostly because he was drunk the night before .This quote show Holden’s tendency to over react all the time.(191)
3- “I felt so dam happy all of a sudden , the way old Phoebe kept going around and around”
This quote talks about Holden and when he is watching Phoebe reach for the gold ring on the carousel . This quote is important , because it shows how Holden is no longer over protective and caught up with protecting the innocents of children.
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Post by zaysofly on Jun 4, 2014 16:48:43 GMT -5
Act 2
Characters:
Banquo
Fleance
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Porter (drunk man)
Macduff
Lennox
Donaldbain
Old man
Ross
Seen won opens with banquo chatting up his son fleance. Then Macbeth comes in and talks to Banquo. Banquo tells Macbeth of how he has had dreams of the witches, which Macbeth quickly (and suspiciously) replies that he has not though about them at all. Which obviously isn’t true because he is about to murder Duncan. After Banquo leaves, Macbeth tells a servant to tell Lady Macbeth to ring the bell. As macbeth walks down the dark hall, he hallucinates about a ghostly hand dripping with blood and holding a dagger. In scene two, macbeth exits the chambers with bloody daggers, having just killed Duncan. Lady macbeth then procedes to take the daggers and spread blood over the gaurds. Macbeth explains how he heard laughing and talking coming from the sons’ room. During this the macbeths here knocking and go to the door. There is a drunken man, porter, knocking at the gate. This was the first comic reliefs in the play. He is the guard for the gate, and talks about entering hell and how he is the guarded if the gates to hell. He also talks about how alcohol is something that makes you want to have sex, but you can't have sex after. Alcohol makes you not able too. Porter is talking about how there was a storm the night of the murder and an eclipse, all relating back to the chain of being theme. Macbeth comes to the scene acting very innocent, saying that he hasn't noticed any unnatural occurrences. Everyone finds out that Duncan is dead, and lady Macbeth and Macbeth are putting on a huge show of emotion. Macbeth also kills the guards to take away any evidence. Malcolm and donaldbain decide to leave the country, Malcolm to England and donaldbain to Ireland. The old man and ross are also talking about some unnatural occurrences that have happened, like the eclipse and an owl killing a hawk, which is relative to Macbeth killing Duncan. Amc duff believes that the two sons of Duncan killed him, because they ran away.
Themes
I find that this act connects to the theme of faith, predetermined or controlled because when he was going through the hallway and say the placebo of the dagger with blood on it, he was thinking of the witches prophecy. Which could also relate to the theme of the price of ambition, with loosing sanity, his friends and also his spot in heaven. As soon as he killed Macbeth he was embarrassed to say amen, like Duncan's sons were repeating. This act also connects to the great chain of being. Throughout the act, many different signs showed a disturbance in the chain such as an eclipse, and an owl killing a hawk, and a storm the night of the murder and all the owl shrieks.
Quotes:
Porter: "marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. lechery(sex) sir it provokes, and unprovokes. It provokes the desire, but it takes away from the performance."
Basically porter is talking about how alcohol makes you want to have sex, but you just can't because you can't get it up
Macbeth
"You are, and do not know't. The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood is stopped the very source of it stopped." Macbeth is comparing this to Duncan being the start of the family line, dead.
Macduff
"They were suborn'd Malcom and donaldbain, the kings two sons, are stol'n away and fled, which puts upon them suspicion of the deed." Basically, macduff believes since the children have run away because they are scared for their lives, that they are the ones that killed their father.
Banquo (to Macbeth): “I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters. To you they have thrown some truth.”
Banquo talks about the witches and macbeth’s reply is quick and suspicious.
Macbeth: “Is this a daggar which I see before me? The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.”
in a state of hysteria and pre-dramatic stress, Envisions a daggar and a hand.
Macbeth: “I could not say “Amen” when they did say “God bless us.””
After the murder, Macbeth hears talking from Malcolm and donalbain’s room. One of them says God Bless us, but because of his sinfulness, macbeth can not bring himself to say Amen
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Post by raypark on Jun 4, 2014 18:25:17 GMT -5
Macbeth - Act 5
Ray Park and Jotirmoy Kundu
SUMMARY:
The act starts with the three witches appearing with a cauldron. During there conversation, Macbeth enters and asks the witches for his fortune. The witches give him four apparitions. The first apparition is a beheaded head wearing a helmet. The apparition said that Macbeth should fear Macduff. Macbeth already knew that he had to fear Macduff and got quite stingy at this apparition. The second apparition was a bloody baby child. This apparition said that The man that was not born by a woman shall harm Macbeth. Macbeth heard this and was quite comforted because every man has been born from a woman. The third apparition was a crowned child with a tree in his hand. This apparition said that until the great Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane, Macbeth shall never be vanquished. Macbeth heard this and was also comforted because the forest of Birnam Wood was miles away from the kingdom. It will take centuries for it to come to Dunsinane hill. The fourth apparition was the shadows of the next eight kings of Scotland. This apparition was followed by the ghost of Banquo showing that the next eight kings were the descendants of Banquo. This apparition confused Macbeth and frustrated him because that means fleance would be on his throne somehow. But he doesn't know how or when.
In the next scene Lady Macduff and her son are completely and absolutely slaughtered by soldiers under Macbeth's orders. Lady Macduff first thinks that she is completely safe until Ross tells her that she is in danger.
In the third scene, we see Malcolm and Macduff talking about the invasion of Dunsinane and taking back Scotland. All of a sudden Ross comes along to join their conversation. At first Ross doesn't say anything to Macduff about his wife and kids, but then he finally breaks the horrible news to him. Everyone who was related to Macduff was slaughtered. Macduff is depressed and very somber to hear this news. Then Malcolm tells Macduff to convert all that sadness into Anger and put it towards Macbeth.
CHARACTERS:
Macbeth - Macbeth is the current king of Scotland. He is given the title the usurper because he killed King Duncan to take the throne.
Macduff - Macduff is the Thane of Fife that used to serve the King of Scotland but ran away to England to see Malcolm
Malcolm - Malcolm was the older son of King Duncan. He ran away to England to be safe from being killed.
Ross - Ross is another character that broke the news for Macduff that his family was killed by Macbeth's soldiers.
THEMES:
The theme for this Act is Appearance vs. Reality. When Macbeth hears his fortune from the four apparitions made by the witches, he doesn't see the reality of these prophecies. He only sees the appearance and the literal transalation of the apparitions given to him. This misunderstanding comes back to bite him in the rear end.
QUOTES:
First Quote - "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough." I really like this quote because this apparition is the fortune that Macbeth should be most afraid of, seeing how Macduff ends up beheading him. But Macbeth doesn't take this apparition as seriously as he should. And then once he realized that this appartion was the one to be afraid of, then he completely loses it.
Second Quote - "Let us rather Hold fast the mortal sword and, like good men, Bestride our downfall'n birthdom. Each new morn New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds As if it felt with Scotland and yelled out Like syllable of dolor." I really like this quote that Macduff says. This shows the amount of valor and honor they have and what they are going to do. The amount of confidence to make things right and to have justice is what makes a true king.
Third Quote - "Not in the legions Of horrid hell can come a devil more damned In evils to top Macbeth." This is a very nice way of describing Macbeth. This really shows how much they hate Macbeth and want to take over the Scotland Lands.
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Post by bakerm16 on Jun 4, 2014 20:29:33 GMT -5
Matthew Baker
Characters:
Banquo - gets murdered
Macbeth - arranges for the murder of Banquo and then is haunted by his ghost
Lady Macbeth
The Murderers - kill Banquo let Fleance escape
Summary: In the beginning of this Ac we see that Banquo is confronted by two sisters about two possible outcomes for him. One of them is good and the other not so much. While he ponders on t his Macbeth comes and invites him to a feast that he accepts to go to. At this point in the book Macbeth has killed Duncan and is now king and Lady Macbeth is queen. Macbeth later in the act realizes that Banquo plays as a manor threat to him because besides Lady Macbeth he is the only one who knows about what happened to Duncan. When Macbeth realizes the danger of having him around he arranges for murderers to come and kill him. The murderers eventually come and kill Banquo however his murder hit Macbeth a lot different than that of Duncan. Macbeth is upset because Fleance who was with Banquo when he was murdered escaped. Macbeth is being eaten up alive with the thought of a dead Banquo in his head. So much that he sees. His ghost haunting him while at the feast.
Themes: we see Macbeth's conscience as a theme in itself because he made one bad decision which was killing Duncan and is now capitalizing on it by arranging the murder of Banquo. Although he thinks its the smart thing to do it os eating him alive. We see this when he talks to Lady Macbeth and in his Soliloquies. In both he is flustered and overwhelmed with emotions.
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Post by vazquezm16 on Jun 5, 2014 20:22:00 GMT -5
Michael Vazquez Stephanos Cocoves
MCMXIV
Summary
MCMXIV is about World War I and the innocence that was lost. The poem shows how the countryside and the city is affected by World War I. The poem takes place in an England square. People are crowded around as they wait for their turn to signup for the war.
The ironic part of the essay is that the author writes about about the men having a grin on their face as they are waiting on line. As if they were waiting in line of a football stadium like Villa Park, but what they don’t know is that they are signing up for the horrors of the war.
List of Main Characters:
Men: The men patiently wait in line to be recruited for the war because they have not yet been exposed to the war.
Children: The children are playing and don’t realize that they are innocent to the horrors of the War.
Servants: The servants continue to serve in the countryside, as the whole countryside is oblivious to the consequences that the war is having.
Themes
This reading exemplifies the recurring theme of not understanding the severity of the war. The men eager to sign up don’t understand the consequences of the war as the whole of Europe greatly underestimated how devastating the war would be to all of Europe. This ignorance was common at the time and continued into the war. It eventually ended when soldiers started coming home and citizens could see the true horrors of the war.
Quotes
“Those long uneven lines
Standing as patiently
As if they were stretched outside
The Oval or Villa Park”.
This is ironic because they act like they are standing in line for a game but they are actually lining up to go to war.
“The crowns of hats, the sun
On mustached archaic faces
Grinning as if it were all
An August Bank Holiday lark”.
They’re grinning as if they were going to a sporting event but little do they know they are actually signing up for the dooms of war. The men who signed up for the war have no idea what is in store for them.
“Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word--the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages,
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again.”
This quote emphasizes the loss of innocence by the people and the change in Europe after the war. It shows that Europe will never be the same after this war and that the people affected will never forget the horrors of what happened.
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