Last Blog

Mrs. Clinch I just finished taking the AP Lit exam and I thought that I was well prepared for the exam. All the timed writings we did in class really helped. So, I think that you should give next year's classes as many timed writings. In addition, I think that the multiple choice practices helped prepare me for the exam. Maybe to help next year's classes the multiple choice practices can start first semester as well, so they will be very well prepared for the multiple choice practice. The part of the exam I felt least confident was the multiple choice section, but that was mostly due to a certain passage about best friends and novels being terrible. I think that the numerous books we read in class really helped to give me plenty of options for my last essay during the AP exam, so I believe that next year's classes should read at least the same number of books. One thing I would suggest is getting rid of the poetry project and instead giving a smaller poetry analysis assignment, because it is very time consuming and exhausting. The students will still get to analyze poetry, so they will still get practice, and they will have more time to do other activities  I enjoyed when the class read together, since that means we can talk about the book more and that I would not have to read the book at home. So, I suggest that next year's class read more frequently in class, since it can help make them better remember the book and can give them more time to do other assignments at home. In addition, I suggest that the students watch more movie clips of the books we read in class, because it can help them memorize specific lines in the books, which will be useful on the AP exam. Although we had gotten a lot of practice, perhaps lessening the work load and allowing them to watch one movie before the exam would be nice during second semester. 

Second Last Blog

I am going to talk about Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. Throughout Wilde's play, the trivial was deemed as more important than the serious matters. A trivial matter such as someone's name effected who they would get engaged to. Jack and Algernon almost lost the love of Gwendolyn and Cecily, due to the their lies about their names. Yet, when Jack discovered that his name was truly Earnest, he got overjoyed and got engaged to Gwendolyn. Both Gwendolyn and Cecily placed emphasis on the importance of being named Earnest, since they both wanted to be married to a man named Earnest. A person's name, which is such a trivial matter almost changed two engagements, whereas a serious matter of lying about one's identity had no effect at all. Lying about one's identity should have been enough to break the engagements of Algernon and Jack. yet, Cecily and Gwendolyn easily forgave them after they gave halve-hearted reasons, since they gave stylish responses. So, style, although trivial, was very important in the play, which helps further prove the importance of trivial matter over serious ones.  Algernon Moncrief, one of the main characters throughout the play, believes that liquor tastes worse while married. Furthermore he believes that women act indecent towards their husbands and flirt inappropriately with them. In addition, Algernon believes that men need to create a false persona to get away from their wives or else the wives will do the same. Algernon believed that a marriage proposal was like a business engagement, so marriage as a whole is viewed quite negatively. Marriage seems to bring the perception of dullness, since the wives make the champagne taste worse, and the proposal is business. Yet, Algernon gave up those beliefs easily after seeing Cecily's unorthodox behavior, which shows that something serious such as someone's beliefs are not really important at all. So, serious matters are further portrayed as insignificant and trivial. In addition, Lady Bracknell  originally forbade Gwendolyn from marrying Jack, because of his origins, even though he is a rich and kind gentleman. Yet, when Jack's true origins are revealed, Lady Bracknell easily approves of his engagement to her daughter. So, the trivial was further portrayed as very important. I believe that Oscar Wilde made the trivial seem so important, because he wanted to show that everyone takes things too seriously, so he made a comical play to make fun of that.

Earnest Analysis

I am going to talk about Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. Throughout Wilde's play, the trivial was deemed as more important than the serious matters. A trivial matter such as someone's name effected who they would get engaged to. Jack and Algernon almost lost the love of Gwendolyn and Cecily, due to the their lies about their names. Yet, when Jack discovered that his name was truly Earnest, he got overjoyed and got engaged to Gwendolyn. Both Gwendolyn and Cecily placed emphasis on the importance of being named Earnest, since they both wanted to be married to a man named Earnest. A person's name, which is such a trivial matter almost changed two engagements, whereas a serious matter of lying about one's identity had no effect at all. Lying about one's identity should have been enough to break the engagements of Algernon and Jack. yet, Cecily and Gwendolyn easily forgave them after they gave halve-hearted reasons, since they gave stylish responses. So, style, although trivial, was very important in the play, which helps further prove the importance of trivial matter over serious ones.  Algernon Moncrief, one of the main characters throughout the play, believes that liquor tastes worse while married. Furthermore he believes that women act indecent towards their husbands and flirt inappropriately with them. In addition, Algernon believes that men need to create a false persona to get away from their wives or else the wives will do the same. Algernon believed that a marriage proposal was like a business engagement, so marriage as a whole is viewed quite negatively. Marriage seems to bring the perception of dullness, since the wives make the champagne taste worse, and the proposal is business. Yet, Algernon gave up those beliefs easily after seeing Cecily's unorthodox behavior, which shows that something serious such as someone's beliefs are not really important at all. So, serious matters are further portrayed as insignificant and trivial. In addition, Lady Bracknell  originally forbade Gwendolyn from marrying Jack, because of his origins, even though he is a rich and kind gentleman. Yet, when Jack's true origins are revealed, Lady Bracknell easily approves of his engagement to her daughter. So, the trivial was further portrayed as very important. I believe that Oscar Wilde made the trivial seem so important, because he wanted to show that everyone takes things too seriously, so he made a comical play to make fun of that.

The importance of being earnest anaylsis

I am not really sure what to blog about, so I am going to talk about Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. So far my class has only read the first act of The Importance of Being Earnest and we have discovered that gender roles take a significant role in the play. Wilde lived in 19th century, a time where women were deemed as inferior and where expected to be obedient to men. Throughout the play women and marriage are portrayed quite negatively. Algernon Moncrief, one of the main characters throughout the play, believes that liquor tastes worse while married. Furthermore  he believes that women act indecent towards their husbands and flirt inappropriately with them. In addition, Algernon believes that men need to create a false persona to get away from their wives or else the wives will do the same. Algernon believed that  a marriage proposal was like a business engagement, so marriage as a whole is viewed quite negatively. Marriage seems to bring the perception of dullness, since the wives make the champagne taste worse, and the proposal is business. Wilde was portraying in his play, that proposal is the first step into a unhappy relationship.

                  Furthermore, women are viewed quite negatively as well. Wilde makes Gwenedlon, a rich and pretty women, seem like quite an airhead. Gwendenlon follows her mother's wishes blindly and deems that she will not forget Jack and will continue to marry frequently. In addition, Gwendenlon controlled the way Jack proposed and said that he is not very experienced at proposing, which is something a man is supposed to be inexperienced at. By even suggesting that Jack is inexperienced at proposing, a matter of common sense, Gwenedlon is portrayed as an airhead. Also, Gwenedlon says that she likes Jack, because his name is Earnest, which is quite a trivial reason. Although Jack is a nice and wealthy man, Gwenedlon placed quite an emphasis on his name and his origins when telling him about her love. Although Gwenedlon may seem like quite an airhead, Wilde helps counteract this negative view of women portrayed by her by making Lady Bracknell have much influence over others. Lady Bracknell does not act very feminine, she acts like a very powerful man. Moreover, Lady Bracknell dictates what her husband, daughter, and nephew are supposed to do. She requires Algernon to eat with her and she arranges seating positions for everyone. When Algernon made up an excuse to miss dining with Lady Bracknell, she decided to make her husband stay by himself so that the seating arrangement would improve. In addition, Lady Bracknell refuses to let Jack marry to her daughter, even though he is a wealthy and kind gentleman, because she does not like his origins. Lady Bracknell's overbearing and masculinity makes her feared and avoided. Wilde may have created Lady Bracknell as such a masculine character to show that feminine women were simple-minded and masculine women were over-bearing. So, overall Wilde creates a very negative portrayal of women in his play The Importance of Being Earnest.

Final Emma Discussion

Throughout Jane Austen's novel Emma, the main protagonist Emma remains steadfast about her decisions and remains very stubborn. Yet, I believe that as the novel progresses Emma becomes increasingly compassionate, but dependent on others. Emma has transformed from a selfish person in the beginning of volume three to a compassionate person. She went was very mean and disrespectful to Miss Bates; Emma was so disrespectful that Mr. Knightly told her about how wrong it was to mock Miss Bates. Miss Bates is a kind person that is in danger of losing the standard of living that she is used to, since women back in the Regent Era could not inherit property. Yet Emma was insulting towards Miss Bates, but after this incident Emma started becoming more compassionate. Emma went to visit the Bates the first thing the very next day and felt even worse about her actions when she saw how kind Miss Bates was acting. By going to see Miss Bates, Emma was adopting Mr. Knightly's beliefs. Mr. Knightly believed that it is cruel to offend a kind destitute women and Emma used Mr, Knightly as her conscience. By using Mr. Knightly as a conscience, Emma becomes more compassionate, but becomes more dependent on him. Later Emma found out that Jane remained in her room, due to a headache. Emma found out that Jane has accepted a governess position and felt sorry for her, which is a major change in Emma since she dislikes Jane. Also, Mr. Knightly has a favorable view on Jane, so Emma is changing her opinions to be identical to Mr.Knightly, as a result Emma becomes even more dependent on Mr. Knightly. Furthermore  Emma becomes ashamed of her earlier conjectures about Jane's relationship with Mr. Dixon, even though at the time she was laughing about what she did. Moreover, by questioning her actions towards Jane, Emma is starting to lose her selfish ideals and is starting to become increasingly compassionate. Emma attempts to provide assistance to Jane, inviting her to Hartfield, sending her healthful foods, and attempting to visit her. Yet, Jane refuses Emma's invitations, and says that she is ill. instead of being angry over Jane's constant refusals, Emma only feels sadness, which shows that Emma is becoming a nicer person. Later in the novel, Emma finds out that Frank Churchill and Jain Fairfax are secretly engaged. Instead of being angry at Jane, Emma feels concerned over Harriet's feelings, which shows that Emma is becoming more compassionate. Emma felt so concerned that she dreaded telling Harriet the news, and was relieved when she found out that Harriet was not in love with Frank, though Emma becomes upset when she finds out that Mr.Knightly is Harriet's crush. Later when Emma and Mr.Knightly become engaged, Emma is filled with worry over Harriet's feelings and her father's well being. Emma decided to postpone the marriage until her father passes away, because she is concerned over her father and is becoming a very compassionate person. Yet by not being able to have the ideal marriage that she desires, Emma shows that she is dependent on her father's opinions of her. In addition, by getting married, Emma becomes the property of Mr. Knightly which makes her less her independence. In addition, Emma decides to write a letter to Harriet explaining her impending marriage with Mr. Knightly and decides to send Harriet off to London to give her time to adjust. Emma becomes such a compassionate person that she forgives Frank easily after she has read his letter. Although throughout the novel Emma was a very selfish person, towards the end of the novel she becomes a very compassionate person and worries over others' feelings, but loses some of her independence in the process.

Emma Discussion Continued

Throughout Jane Austen's novel Emma, the main protagonist Emma remains steadfast about her decisions and remains very stubborn. Yet, I believe that as the novel progresses Emma becomes increasingly compassionate. Emma has transformed from a selfish person in the beginning of volume three to a compassionate person. She went was very mean and disrespectful to Miss Bates; Emma was so disrespectful that Mr. Knightly told her about how wrong it was to mock Miss Bates. Miss Bates is a kind person that is in danger of losing the standard of living that she is used to, since women back in the Regent Era could not inherit property. Yet Emma was insulting towards Miss Bates, but after this incident Emma started becoming more compassionate. Emma went to visit the Bates the first thing the very next day and felt even worse about her actions when she saw how kind Miss Bates was acting. Later Emma found out that Jane remained in her room, due to a headache. Emma found out that Jane has accepted a governess position and felt sorry for her, which is a major change in Emma since she dislikes Jane. Furthermore  Emma becomes ashamed of her earlier conjectures about Jane's relationship with Mr. Dixon, even though at the time she was laughing about what she did. Moreover, by questioning her actions towards Jane, Emma is starting to lose her selfish ideals and is starting to become increasingly compassionate. Emma attempts to provide assistance to Jane, inviting her to Hartfield, sending her healthful foods, and attempting to visit her. Yet, Jane refuses Emma's invitations, and says that she is ill. instead of being angry over Jane's constant refusals, Emma only feels sadness, which shows that Emma is becoming a nicer person. Later in the novel, Emma finds out that Frank Churchill and Jain Fairfax are secretly engaged. Instead of being angry at Jane, Emma feels concerned over Harriet's feelings, which shows that Emma is becoming more compassionate. Emma felt so concerned that she dreaded telling Harriet the news, and was relieved when she found out that Harriet was not in love with Frank, though Emma becomes upset when she finds out that Mr.Knightly is Harriet's crush. Later when Emma and Mr.Knightly become engaged, Emma is filled with worry over Harriet's feelings and her father's well being. Emma decided to postpone the marriage until her father passes away, because she is concerned over her father and is becoming a very compassionate person. In addition, Emma decides to write a letter to Harriet explaining her impending marriage with Mr. Knightly and decides to send Harriet off to London to give her time to adjust. Emma becomes such a compassionate person that she forgives Frank easily after she has read his letter. Although throughout the novel Emma was a very selfish person, towards the end of the novel she becomes a very compassionate person and worries over others' feelings.

Emma Discussion Continued

Throughout Jane Austen's novel Emma, the main protagonist Emma remains steadfast about her decisions and remains very stubborn. Yet, I believe that Harriet is Emma's other half, and provides and contrast to each other. Emma is very well educated and comes from a very well regarded upper class family, whereas Harriet is not very wise in comparison to Emma and her origins are unknown to all. Since, Harriet's origins are unknown many can assume that she is most likely not from an upper class family. Another stark contrast between Emma and the young Harriet is that one wants to fall in love, while another wants to avoid that and stay single. Harriet is infatuated with finding love and falling in love; she became infatuated with Mr. Martin and later Mr. Elton. On the other hand, Emma tries her best to avoid love and wants to avoid getting married. Even when she thinks that she likes Frank Churchill, Emma day dreams that she will reject his offerings of love. Furthermore, Harriet was disgusted with the thought of Emma becoming an old maid. Emma on the other hand relishes the thought of becoming a well respected and well-off old maid. Harriet is a very forgiving person and is a very tolerant person, unlike Emma. Harriet easily forgave Emma after she ruined her chance at marriage with Mr. Martin, even Emma was surprised at how kind-hearted she is. Emma is a very unforgiving person and not near as kind hearted as Harriet. She cruelly rejected Mr. Elton's proposal without thinking twice of breaking the rejection to him delicately. Furthermore, Emma is a very stubborn person and tries her best not to change her views, unlike Harriet who changed her views about the kind farmer Mr. Martin and the greedy Mr. Elton. Emma decided not to change her opinion of Mr. Martin, just because of his social class and stubbornly maintains that Harriet deserves someone of a better upbringing, even though Harriet's origins are unknown. Furthermore, even after Mr. Elton did not want to marry Harriet, due to her wealth and origins, Emma still stubbornly believed that Mr. Martin is not worthy enough for Harriet. In addition, Emma did not change her mind about Harriet being too good for Mr. Martin even after he wrote a very eloquent letter asking for her hand in marriage. Emma disregarded all the good features of Mr. Martin, due to his upbringing, which shows a very stubborn mentality and personality. Harriet on the other hand did not pay particular attention to social class and Emma had to convince her that Mr. Elton would be a better match than the kind Mr. Martin. Volume two of Emma, helps to further elaborate and prove that Emma is very stubborn, since she still does not approve of Mr. Martin.

Another Emma Discussion

In this blog I will continue to discuss Jane Austen's novel Emma. In particular I will try to analysis Emma's behavior and actions in the beginning of the novel. In the beginning of the novel, Emma is described as "handsome, clever, and rich," and that her only flaw is that she is too confident and used to getting her way. She is slightly spoiled by her father and is very stubborn; Emma is very steadfast about not wanting to get married and remaining single. In the beginning of the novel, Emma had set up her friend Miss Taylor with her husband Mr. Weston. Since Emma successfully hooked up Miss Taylor and Mr. Weston, Emma has gained confidence in her match making abilities. Emma tried to set up her friend Harriet with Mr. Elton, even though Harriet wants to get married to Robert Martin. Emma remained very stubborn about the fact that Harriet is too good for someone like Robert Martin and tried her best to convince her friend that Mr. Martin was no good. The young Emma tried her best at getting Mr. Elton and Harriet to be together as often as possible, and even convinced Mr. Elton to draw a portrait of Harriet. Through all this time, Emma remained oblivious about the fact that Mr. Elton truly did not want to marry Harriet. Mr. Knightly, Emma's neighbor, pointed out that Mr. Elton did not like Harriet and instead liked Emma herself. But Emma ignored Mr. Knightly's insight ad stubbornly believed that Harriet and Mr. Elton were made for each other even when there was evidence against that belief. When Harriet came down with a cold, Mr. Elton was still looking forward to the party without her and declined Emma's suggestion to stay at home, since Harriet is sick. Even against all this evidence, Emma continued to believe that Harriet and Mr. Elton were fated to be together and because of this belief Emma was shocked when Mr. Elton proposed to her. Emma rejected the proposal and not only hurt Mr. Elton but her innocent friend Harriet. One huge flaw that Emma has is her stubbornness. She ignored her neighbor's insight about Mr. Elton's true feelings and dismissed Mr. Elton's obvious lack of interst towards Harriet, because of his Emma hurt many people. Emma hurt Mr. Elton by crushing on his feelings. Futhermore, she destroyed Harriet's chances with Mr. Martin even though they both liked each other. Finally, Emma hurt Harriet by ruining her chances at marriage with the person she likes and giving her false hopes that Mr. Elton likes her. Altough Emma has many good personality traits, her stubborness helps offset them.

Emma Discussion

In this blog I will discuss the beginning of Jane Austen's novel Emma. Before Austen started her novel she said, " I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," so she planned on making a very different and unique heroine for her book. In the beginning of the novel, Emma is described as "handsome, clever, and rich," and that her only flaw is that she is too confident. I think that although Austen thought that nobody would like her unique character Emma, because of those traits I think that it makes Emma a very likeable character. I can see that at the time, Emma was very unlike how most females were expected to be at the time, since it was made in the nineteenth century, so Austen thought that her character would not be liked. But I think that since Emma is very confident and sure of herself, she breaks the social norms at the time and becomes a inspirational character. Many women now would like to be like Emma now, since many people would like to be confident, rich, and beautiful. All of these positive qualities makes Emma a very likeable character, even though she may make mistakes. Emma is also proud of her accomplishments, which is seen when she was boasting about how she set Miss Taylor and her husband Mr. Weston. Emma is inspirational since she is quite able to take pride in her past accomplishments, which many people would also like to do too. But Emma has her negative qualities like being very stubborn. These negative qualities make Emma seem more human and relatable to others. Emma's stubbornness was seen when she insisted that Robert Martin is not good enough for Harriet, even though Harriet does not want to reject the offer. Robert Martin was a respectable, well-educated, and well-spoken man.  Although Emma thought she was being helpful, she ruined Robert Martin's chance for marriage with Harriet. Furthermore, Emma crushed Harriet's heart, since she was very sure that Mr. Elton liked Harriet, but was completely wrong. As a result of Emma's stubbornness, she ruined Harriet's potential marriage with a great guy, crushed her heart, and angered Mr. Elton, since he thought that Emma wanted him. But since Emma is able to make mistakes, it makes her more human and relatable. By making Emma have such qualities, Jane Austen has created a character that many like, even though she thought that not many would.

Hamlet Act 2 analysis continued

Today I am going to analyze act 2 scene two of William Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet. In the scene Claudius and Gertrude order Hamlet's friends to spy on him to find out the reason for his foul mood. Polonius than tell the king and queen about Hamlet's love for his daughter Ophelia. Polonius shows the royals love letters and poems that Hamlet has given to his daughter Ophelia as proof of his love for her. To further prove that Hamlet is in love with Ophelia, Polonius suggested that the Claudius, Gertrude, and himself should hide behind a current as Hamlet and Ophelia talk. They notice Hamlet walking while reading and Polonius offered to talk with the prince. Polonius attempts to converse with Hamlet, who appears insane; he calls the old man a “fishmonger” and answers his questions irrationally. Yet, Hamlet's words seem to have hidden meanings; Polonius mentioned that his replies were "pregnant" with meaning. As Polonius leaves Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enter and talk with Hamlet. Hamlet asks why they were sent to him and his friends tell him that they were just visiting. The prince saw through this lie and said that he knows the real reason why they were there. I am going to paraphrase what Hamlet tells his friends; he told them, "I will tell you why. My anticipation will reveals how you are trying to prevent your discovery about your secrecy to the king and queen's demands. Lately I have lost all my happiness and stopped all my customs." This part of the scene is very important and may be one of the most important in this scene, because it shows the mirthless situation Hamlet is going through, since not only is his family trying to discretely spy on him they are using his best friends to do it. Furthermore, these lines are important, because it shows that Hamlet is fully aware of his family's plans and intentions, which can show that Hamlet is sane and fully aware of his situation. With these lines Shakespeare helps establish not only Hamlet's mirthless situation, but also his awareness of his family's discreet plans. These lines connect to early in the act when Polonius tells Claudius and Gertrude, " At such a time I'll lose my daughter to him./ Be you and I behind an arras then./ Mark the encounter." Polonius was telling the royal family about his secret plan to discreetly hid and watch Hamlet engaging with his daughter, so that it will prove Hamlet's madness; this connects to the lines I chose, since in both his family is developing plans to spy on Hamlet.

 

AP Lit Hamlet Act 2 analysis

                    Today I am going to analyze act 2 scene one of William Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet. In the scene Ophelia, visibly upset tells Polonius that Hamlet, unkempt and wild-eyed, has accosted her. Hamlet grabbed her, held her, and sighed heavily, but did not speak to her. Polonius tells her that Hamlet must be mad with his love for Ophelia, since she has distanced herself from him ever since he ordered her to do so. Polonius speculates that this love-sickness might be the cause of Hamlet’s moodiness, and he hurries to tell King Claudius of his idea. I am going to paraphrase what Polonius told Ophelia after she told him about Hamlet's recent actions; he told her, "Come with me. I will go to the king. Hamlet is very deep in love. His love sickness ruins himself. It causes his moodiness, just like any passion does on Earth." Ophelia has just told Polonius about how Hamlet grabbed her arm and did not speak. So, in this section of the scene, Polonius is saying that he will tell the king about Hamlet's love sickness. These lines are important because they clearly establish how people think that Hamlet is not in his right state of mind. Furthermore, the lines are important because they show that Polonius and Ophelia believe that Hamlet's love sickness is causing his abnormal behavior. Moreover,  the lines show that Polonius and Ophelia believe that they need to inform the king about how Hamlet's love with Ophelia is the cause of his abnormal state of mind. With these lines Shakespeare, helps portray to the audience how negatively Hamlet's love is viewed by everybody. These lines connect to another discussion about Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship in act one when Polonius told Ophelia, " You must not take fire. From this time. Be something scanter of your maiden presence" (1.3. 118-200). Polonius was telling Ophelia to avoid Hamlet and to not give him her virginity in act one, while in act two he tells her to avoid Hamlet, because and to come with him to tell the king about the relationship, because it is causing Hamlet's abnormal behavior. In both acts, Ophelia is told to avoid Hamlet, which is how the lines connect to each other. So clearly act two helps reinforce the fact that Polonius does not want Ophelia and Hamlet together. By deciding to discreetly go to the king and queen behind Hamlet's back, Polonius helps reinforce what Hamlet called him earlier in the play, a fish monger. Scene one of act two continues helps continue the negative chain of events on Hamlet's life, since Polonius is planning on telling the royal family about the prince's recent love.

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4 Discussion

             Today I am going to analyze act 1 scene four of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In the scene the king decides to throw a celebration, due to the fact that Hamlet is not going away for his studies. Hamlet describes to Horatio that the celebration makes a fool of the Danish people. Specifically in lines nineteen and twenty-one, Hamlet really insults his uncle's actions. I will paraphrase the lines Hamlet said. " This idiotic celebration, makes the Danes look foolish to other nations. They will think that the Danes are drunks and idiotic, the custom ruins the Dane's achievements, although many achievements were great." The key words here are "taxed" and " soil". The word "taxed" denotes " to lay a burden on; make serious demands on. In these lines, the word could refer to the disruption of the Dane's reputation, because of the king's disgraceful celebration and how that will result in other countries looking down on the country. The king lays a burden on his country; the word taxed is used to show that the king burden's his people through the celebration. Another definition of the word taxed is to make serious demands on; the word can show that the king's celebration makes a serious demand on his people, because in return for the celebration, the Dane's foreign reputation will be soiled. The word "soiled" can be either a noun or a verb. As a noun soil can be a country, land, or region but as a verb soil can mean to sully or tarnish, as with disgrace. Hamlet said the word soiled to represent both the fact that the king's celebration represented the country, land, and people of the country. Furthermore, the verb soil means to tarnish or sully, and Hamlet could have said soiled to show how the king's celebration tarnish's the Dane's reputation with foreign lands. Shakespeare put the words taxed and soiled for their double meanings in the scene to further portray Hamlet's disdain for Claudius's celebration. These lines are important because they clearly establish the state of anguish Hamlet feels about the king's celebration. These lines connect to act two when Hamlet says to his uncle, "  A little more than kin, and less than kind"(1.2. 65). In the lines in scene two, Hamlet was showing that he does not view his uncle highly and does not want to be very closely associated with him; this connects to the lines in scene four, because in both acts Hamlets detests his uncles actions, and scene two shows his lack of love for his uncle. He finds the party a disgrace to the Danes, and thinks that Danish achievements are becoming undermined, due to the disgracefulness of the king's celebration. With these lines, Shakespeare helps establish the fact that Hamlet dislikes almost everything that his uncle does. Hamlet spends much of the act complaining about a celebratory, which further demonstrates how much disdain he feels for his uncle, the king of the Danes.

 

 

Hamlet anaylsis

I believe that in the first act of Hamlet William Shakespeare put the ghost of the previous king Hamlet to show the dead king's significance to the play. In the start of the play Hamlet, the guards have been seeing the dead king for days and have shown it to Horatio, who is the friend of Hamlet. By seeing the dead king, Horatio thinks of the event as an ill omen for the future. Horatio believes that the dead king's ghost is a warning about future military defeats of the country. He tries to speak to the dead king, but the ghost does not reply, so Horatio thought of telling Hamlet about what has occurred. The young Fortinbras is thought to attack the country to regain the lands that the previous King Hamlet had conquered, so the previous king's actions can help incite a war, which may later on drastically affect the play. Later on, Hamlet discovers that his uncle will marry his mother even though less than two months have passed since the previous king's demise. Through this discovery, Hamlet loses respect for his mother and his uncle, furthermore through the discovery of marriage, Hamlet wishes that he can die and join his father. Through the absence of the previous King Hamlet, Hamlet lacks a father figure and is pessimistic about the world, which can later drastically affect  his actions and how he perceives events in the future.
                 Later on, Hamlet guided by Horatio meets his dead father's ghost and follows it. The dead king reveals to Hamlet that his death was unnatural and that Hamlet should take revenge for him. Through the revelation about the previous king's plea for revenge, the plot of Hamlet's life takes a huge turn. William Shakespeare put the previous king to drastically impact Hamlet. Hamlet feels depressed and saddened that his mother feels no remorse or guilt over getting remarried to the previous king's brother. Moreover, Hamlet decides to follow his dead father's advice and try to take up his plan for revenge, so his father clearly has much impact on Hamlet's life, even affecting his feelings towards their his relatives. Hamlet's father has a strong influence over Hamlet even though he is dead; Shakespeare may have done that to show how people can influence us even after they are gone, which shows how much thought he has put into his play Hamlet.

The Blind Always Come as Such a Suprise Anaylsis

"The Blind Always Come as such a Surprise" is a poem by Ted Kooser and I will go line by line trying to analysis the poem from my perspective. In the first line, the narrator says that the "Blind always come as such a surprise," which also is the title. I believe that the narrator was saying that whenever one sees blind people the sight is unusual and surprising. The next line says that the blind fill up an elevator. Basically the narrator was saying that when the blind get on an elevator their presence feels very intimidating and large when compared to the average person that gets on elevators. In addition, the next line says that the blind come in the elevator with a great white porcupine of canes; the narrator may have said that the canes where whte porcupines to show that the canes are very innocent, but the average person does not want to get in its way, just like people would avoid porcupines. Furthermore, the next line says that the blind went into the elevator as a noisy crowd; the narrator may have said that to show that the blind's presence is feels much larger than the average person and that every action they do feels "bigger" than an average non-blind person. The next line says that the event was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Ted Kooser put that in the poem to show irony, since he included both the words eye and the phrase eye of a hurricane, which looks like an eye. He did this since it is ironic that the blind can create an image of an eye, even though their eyes may not work. The narrator later says that the dashboards of cars stopped; this line is put in the poem to show that people stop in their tracks when the blind come onto their sights. In addition, the next line says that people's shoes stood still on the trains; this is line was put into the poem to further emphasize that the blind's presence stops people in their tracks, since their presence may feel intimidating towards others. The next couple of lines says that sentences are struck down in mid-flight by the canes of the blind; the narrator was basically saying that when the blind come, people stop suddenly stop their conversations. Furthermore, the couple of lines say that the blind change our lives and tap across the bright circles of our ambitions; the narrator was basically saying that the blind can positively impact people and make them focus on their ambitions. Finally, the last line says " Like cracks traversing the favorite china," but unfortunately I do not know what to make of this line and do not know how to interpret it.

The School Children anaylsis

The "school children" is a poem by Louise Gluck and I will go line by line trying to analysis the poem from my perspective. The first line starts off with children going forward with their sandals. I thought that the line had a somber tone, because the children were standing and marching like soldiers that go forward. Soldiers wear boots, but since the children are little the sandals can symbolic boots. The next line involves mother's laboring in the morning. The tone very negative in the line, since the mothers have to use up their mornings working. The next line says that the mothers were gathering red and gold apples; this seems to show that the mothers are laboring very hard to provide a tribute or a sacrifice of apples. Next, the poem says that the gathering of the apples were like words of a different language, so that can be interpreted as the mothers are gathering the apples in a way that is foreign and different from the usual feelings associated with gathering apples. By laboring all morning for the red and gold apples, the gathering of apples on this day is on a different occasion than the norm, since usually mothers would never have to labor all morning for something so trivial as gathering some apples. The next three lines mention that on the other side where the children are at they hang their overcoats over yellow or blue wood. The second line ended with the children hang, so it seems very negative and grim, but the very next line mentions that they were just hanging their overcoats on colorful wood. The red wood can symbolize passion, love, or anger, while the yellow wood can symbolize joy and cheerfulness. Also, due to the fact that the children hung their overcoats can symbolize that the season is winter or late fall. Furthermore, the next line starts off with the teachers instruct the kids in silence; this can symbolize that the teachers are a kind of parental figure, since they instruct their children, which is what parents do. In addition, since the children are instructed in silence, it further shows that the teachers are symbolic of parents, since parents also do want children to pay attention while instructing them. The next line starts off with the mothers trying to scour the orchards for a way out, which can symbolize that the mothers are at the teachers mercy, since they have control over the children. Furthermore, the next line says that the mothers draw themselves the gray limbs of the fruit tree, so it symbolizes that the mothers were trying to find apples to offer as tribute to the teachers. But the final line says that the trees bear little ammunition, which symbolizes that the teachers demand something in exchange for their teachings and that the apples are "ammunition" that will cause the teachers to do well for the children.