List of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it?
I believe part of the reason they repeat it is for emphasis. He is referring to the King of England.
2. Why do they make it personal? So it can relate personally to everyone.
Because they desperately want their freedom which is why they came to America; freedom and rights are a very personal thing and it would be difficult to write this without it being personal.
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
It shows that if they want freedom they are going to have to embrace change and confront the other obstacles in the way.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
It ties all the writing styles together; just like everyone talks slightly different everyone writes slightly different. When reading it gets easier as you get use to the writers style but if there a many different styles then it gets difficult; so parallelism keeps it together.
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why?
"He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. "
For the people to get freedom they are going to have to have a change of life; this example shows that the King has kept them from change therefore kept them from freedom, which is exactly what he wanted to do. They have been somewhat frozen in time until now.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Multiple Notes.
*Ballad of Birmingham- Dudley Randell
*About the bridge being blown up.
*Stride Toward Freedom- Martin Luther King Jr.
*Oppressed people deal by:
1.acquiescence: resign themselves to doom
*cowardly & not moral
2.physical violence or corroding hatred
*momentary results; eye for an eye leaves everyone blind
3.nonviolent resistance
*meets in the middle of the first two.
*Necessary to Protest Ourselves- Malcolm X
*believes you can't grow without criticism.
*if the law doesn't protect you, protect yourself.
*he respects the law & government, but says the question is does it respect you.
*he sees his acts of protection are human reactions that will gain respect for them.
*About the bridge being blown up.
*Stride Toward Freedom- Martin Luther King Jr.
*Oppressed people deal by:
1.acquiescence: resign themselves to doom
*cowardly & not moral
2.physical violence or corroding hatred
*momentary results; eye for an eye leaves everyone blind
3.nonviolent resistance
*meets in the middle of the first two.
*Necessary to Protest Ourselves- Malcolm X
*believes you can't grow without criticism.
*if the law doesn't protect you, protect yourself.
*he respects the law & government, but says the question is does it respect you.
*he sees his acts of protection are human reactions that will gain respect for them.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Coming of the Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
*1963-Natchez College
*Anne Moody found out she couldn't graduate early, but it really didn't matter to her because that meant she could stay on campus and participate in the movement.
*She was close with John Salter and he was in charge of the NAACP activities on campus.
*Anne, Memphis, and Pearlena agreed to be part of a movement that started with picketing at JC Pennys, then the three friends went to Woolworth's lunch counter to sit in on the white counter.
*Once people starting showing up the three friends started getting beaten. High school students came in and pulled them by their hair, slapped them, and pushed them up against the counter.
*Memphis was arrested because a guy started attacking him so then it was just the two girls. Then Joan Trumpaer (a white girl) sat down with them, followed by Lois Chaffee (white teacher), then John Salter, and then more and more people kept sitting down.
*After 3 hours of people pouring ketchup, mustard, salt, sugar, pies, malts, basically anything they could get their hands on all over the people, finally the manager tried to close but no one would leave. The whites wouldn't leave before the blacks did, and the blacks wouldn't leave at all.
*Finally a man from the college came in & saw what was going on, he dragged the students out after the police refused to. The police had been standing outside doing nothing at all the whole time.
*Once Anne got back she went to the hairdresser to get all the stuff out of her hair and even though there were people waiting they let her go first.
*In the end we find out that Anne's mother sent her $10 for bus fare & a letter asking to to please come home and not participate in the sit in, however Anne felt passionately about it and she knew she was he only person in her family who was willing do something like this.
*Anne Moody found out she couldn't graduate early, but it really didn't matter to her because that meant she could stay on campus and participate in the movement.
*She was close with John Salter and he was in charge of the NAACP activities on campus.
*Anne, Memphis, and Pearlena agreed to be part of a movement that started with picketing at JC Pennys, then the three friends went to Woolworth's lunch counter to sit in on the white counter.
*Once people starting showing up the three friends started getting beaten. High school students came in and pulled them by their hair, slapped them, and pushed them up against the counter.
*Memphis was arrested because a guy started attacking him so then it was just the two girls. Then Joan Trumpaer (a white girl) sat down with them, followed by Lois Chaffee (white teacher), then John Salter, and then more and more people kept sitting down.
*After 3 hours of people pouring ketchup, mustard, salt, sugar, pies, malts, basically anything they could get their hands on all over the people, finally the manager tried to close but no one would leave. The whites wouldn't leave before the blacks did, and the blacks wouldn't leave at all.
*Finally a man from the college came in & saw what was going on, he dragged the students out after the police refused to. The police had been standing outside doing nothing at all the whole time.
*Once Anne got back she went to the hairdresser to get all the stuff out of her hair and even though there were people waiting they let her go first.
*In the end we find out that Anne's mother sent her $10 for bus fare & a letter asking to to please come home and not participate in the sit in, however Anne felt passionately about it and she knew she was he only person in her family who was willing do something like this.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Gettysburg Address
3. I think the speech shows that Lincoln was very loyal, honorable, and never forgot what came before him. I consider it loyal because he understand that the Civil War is turning our backs on our own country and countrymen, he considers us all to be one big family and we should be loyal to each other, north and south, because we are all one in a whole. It shows he is honorable because he is honoring what came before him, he starts the speech with talking about something that happened 87 years ago. This shows he honors his past and does not forget what came before him.
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage
*John Gray-father
*Village of Deer Lick-very small
*Mary Gray- daughter; Hue Gregory- rich man who loves Mary
*Sarah/Sally Gray- mother
*Tom Gray- brother
*Dave Gray- uncle who hates Hue because when Dave tried to steel Hue's fathers land Hue stopped him.
*Hue proposed to Mary & everyone thought it was great because he was rich.
*Dave left all his money to Mary, so John forbid Mary to marry Hue because it would cause problems
*One day John found a stranger named George Wayne in the prarie.
*Later he admits his real name is Count Hubert dee Fountingblow & his father is a Lord.
*The count starts expressing an interest in Mary.
*One day Dave is talking to the Count then Hue joins their conversation and Dave and Hue get in a fight and Dave threatens to write a new will leaving Mary nothing.
*Dave is murdered and everyone thinks Hue did it because there was a scrap of his jacket, blood on his pants, and a bloody knife in his bed.
*On the day Hue is suppose to die one of Count's friends tells everyone that Count really did it, so he is arrested and Hue & Mary are married.
*Finally we find out that Count only wanted Mary for the money, because he isn't really a Count, his real name is Gean Mercier.
*Village of Deer Lick-very small
*Mary Gray- daughter; Hue Gregory- rich man who loves Mary
*Sarah/Sally Gray- mother
*Tom Gray- brother
*Dave Gray- uncle who hates Hue because when Dave tried to steel Hue's fathers land Hue stopped him.
*Hue proposed to Mary & everyone thought it was great because he was rich.
*Dave left all his money to Mary, so John forbid Mary to marry Hue because it would cause problems
*One day John found a stranger named George Wayne in the prarie.
*Later he admits his real name is Count Hubert dee Fountingblow & his father is a Lord.
*The count starts expressing an interest in Mary.
*One day Dave is talking to the Count then Hue joins their conversation and Dave and Hue get in a fight and Dave threatens to write a new will leaving Mary nothing.
*Dave is murdered and everyone thinks Hue did it because there was a scrap of his jacket, blood on his pants, and a bloody knife in his bed.
*On the day Hue is suppose to die one of Count's friends tells everyone that Count really did it, so he is arrested and Hue & Mary are married.
*Finally we find out that Count only wanted Mary for the money, because he isn't really a Count, his real name is Gean Mercier.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
*figurative language- "His comings were like a thief in the night" (pg 565)
*sentence length- "Again, he would sometimes walk up to us, and give us orders as though he was upon the point of starting a long journey, turn his back upon us, and make as though he was going to the house to get ready; and, before he would get halfway thither, he would turn short and crawl into a fence-corner, or behind some tree, and there watch us till the going down of the sun..." (pg 565)
*elaborate- "It was never to hot or cold; it could never rain, blow, hail or snow to hard for us to work in the field" (pg 565)
* emotional- "I was broken in my body, soul, and spirit" (pg 565).
*word choice- "My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingured about my eye died; that dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!" (pg 565)
*sentence length- "Again, he would sometimes walk up to us, and give us orders as though he was upon the point of starting a long journey, turn his back upon us, and make as though he was going to the house to get ready; and, before he would get halfway thither, he would turn short and crawl into a fence-corner, or behind some tree, and there watch us till the going down of the sun..." (pg 565)
*elaborate- "It was never to hot or cold; it could never rain, blow, hail or snow to hard for us to work in the field" (pg 565)
* emotional- "I was broken in my body, soul, and spirit" (pg 565).
*word choice- "My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingured about my eye died; that dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!" (pg 565)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Research
Do some research on Mark Twain. Be able to answer the following:
*What does his name mean?-Twain literally means "two" The story behind it is that it was the riverboatman's cry: "the mark twain".
*What is his real name?-Samuel Clemens
*Why are his books controversial?- He had very strong views of political topics of his day and that came out in his writing. Also they were often kept out of schools because he frequently used the word "nigger".
*What are some interesting facts about his life?- He claims he fell in love with Olivia at first sight. They were married for 34 years and had 3 daughters and 1 son. He patented 3 inventions in his lifetime.
*What is the meaning of irony? Provide an example.- The outcome of the event is opposite of what you would think. For instance in a class that you normally don't do your homework in the one time you work for an hour on it, the next day you find out it isn't graded, that would be ironic.
*Who is Jules Verne? What did he write? What is his connection to Twain?-He's a french author who helped invent the science-fiction genre. He wrote about travel in space, air, or underwater. Him and Mark Twain are connected by Five Weeks in a Balloon.
*What does his name mean?-Twain literally means "two" The story behind it is that it was the riverboatman's cry: "the mark twain".
*What is his real name?-Samuel Clemens
*Why are his books controversial?- He had very strong views of political topics of his day and that came out in his writing. Also they were often kept out of schools because he frequently used the word "nigger".
*What are some interesting facts about his life?- He claims he fell in love with Olivia at first sight. They were married for 34 years and had 3 daughters and 1 son. He patented 3 inventions in his lifetime.
*What is the meaning of irony? Provide an example.- The outcome of the event is opposite of what you would think. For instance in a class that you normally don't do your homework in the one time you work for an hour on it, the next day you find out it isn't graded, that would be ironic.
*Who is Jules Verne? What did he write? What is his connection to Twain?-He's a french author who helped invent the science-fiction genre. He wrote about travel in space, air, or underwater. Him and Mark Twain are connected by Five Weeks in a Balloon.
The Fall of the House of Usher
*Unity of effect- single overall feeling
*Poe: very structured in his writing. Exploring the strange and fantastic, conveying psychological terror through carefully chosen details and events.
*Mood- feeling or atmosphere.
*He receives a letter from an old friend telling him to go to the house of Usher.
*When he gets there he sees how sick Rodrick and Madeline are.
*When the sister goes into a somewhat trance and seems dead they bury her (alive.) The brother knows this, the man does not.
*The brother has very sensitive senses so he can hear his sister yelling for help an her nails clawing at the coffin.
*The one night Madeline gets free and kills Rodrick.
*The other man runs out of the house once he realizes how crazy they all are, then once Madeline and Rodrick are both dead the house falls to the ground. This is because since the family tree never branched out the curse is over, since the house is part of the family it must die with the last of the family members.
*Poe: very structured in his writing. Exploring the strange and fantastic, conveying psychological terror through carefully chosen details and events.
*Mood- feeling or atmosphere.
*He receives a letter from an old friend telling him to go to the house of Usher.
*When he gets there he sees how sick Rodrick and Madeline are.
*When the sister goes into a somewhat trance and seems dead they bury her (alive.) The brother knows this, the man does not.
*The brother has very sensitive senses so he can hear his sister yelling for help an her nails clawing at the coffin.
*The one night Madeline gets free and kills Rodrick.
*The other man runs out of the house once he realizes how crazy they all are, then once Madeline and Rodrick are both dead the house falls to the ground. This is because since the family tree never branched out the curse is over, since the house is part of the family it must die with the last of the family members.
The Signal Man by Charles Dickens
*A man lives by the train tunnel and is suppose to keep it safe, but there is a ghost and everytime it comes something goes wrong.
*A lady dies first and in the end the man who lives there gets run over.
*Someone is yelling hello down there, look out below but he thinks it is a dream or he cannot hear him.
*There is a red light that lets everyone know when a train is coming, but when the man gets run over he doesn't hear the train coming.
*A lady dies first and in the end the man who lives there gets run over.
*Someone is yelling hello down there, look out below but he thinks it is a dream or he cannot hear him.
*There is a red light that lets everyone know when a train is coming, but when the man gets run over he doesn't hear the train coming.
The Raven by Poe
*End Rhyme- similar or identical sounds at ends of lines
*Internal Rhyme- rhymes within a line
*Rhyme schemes- basic pattern of end rhymes (A, B, A, B)
*The man keeps hearing a sound outside his door and then he realizes that it is the raven.
*The man talks about his lost love, Lenore and realizes that the Raven only says nevermore.
*The man hears what he wants to hear and asks the bird questions because he knows what the answer will be-nevermore.
*Internal Rhyme- rhymes within a line
*Rhyme schemes- basic pattern of end rhymes (A, B, A, B)
*The man keeps hearing a sound outside his door and then he realizes that it is the raven.
*The man talks about his lost love, Lenore and realizes that the Raven only says nevermore.
*The man hears what he wants to hear and asks the bird questions because he knows what the answer will be-nevermore.
The Masque of the Red Death by Poe
*allegory- a work with 2 layers of meaning. Persons, objects, and events stand for abstract ideas or qualities.
*the plague had killed over a forth of the continent. Had symptoms like dizziness, profuse bleeding at the pores, then dissolution (death).
*at the mascarade everytime he clock chimed they felt tremulousness and confusion.
*OBJECT-->POSSIBLE MEANING-->POSSIBLE LEASON OF STORY
-ABBEY: holy place that is suppose to keep them safe from harm; they are saying we can party while you all die.
-SERIES OF ROOMS: they are out ordinary & show how bizarre the prince is; the colors of each room represent the stages of life & they all lead to death.
-CLOCK: gives them an uneasy feeling every time it chimes; it shows that time always brings them closer to death.
-STRANGER: represents the plague; shows fear of the unknown & that we fear death because we know nothing about it until it comes.
*the plague had killed over a forth of the continent. Had symptoms like dizziness, profuse bleeding at the pores, then dissolution (death).
*at the mascarade everytime he clock chimed they felt tremulousness and confusion.
*OBJECT-->POSSIBLE MEANING-->POSSIBLE LEASON OF STORY
-ABBEY: holy place that is suppose to keep them safe from harm; they are saying we can party while you all die.
-SERIES OF ROOMS: they are out ordinary & show how bizarre the prince is; the colors of each room represent the stages of life & they all lead to death.
-CLOCK: gives them an uneasy feeling every time it chimes; it shows that time always brings them closer to death.
-STRANGER: represents the plague; shows fear of the unknown & that we fear death because we know nothing about it until it comes.
Danse Macabre by Stephen King
*Literally means dance of death.
*Whatever is behind the door will never be as scary as getting there (suspense)
*Big bug behind the door theory.
(In a scary movie if they are slowly moving to get to the door and open it we imagine the worst possible thing. When they open it and there is a big bug there we say ah! wow at least it wasn't a bigger bug.) So we see how bad it is, we always thing "at least it wasn't worse".
*Whatever is behind the door will never be as scary as getting there (suspense)
*Big bug behind the door theory.
(In a scary movie if they are slowly moving to get to the door and open it we imagine the worst possible thing. When they open it and there is a big bug there we say ah! wow at least it wasn't a bigger bug.) So we see how bad it is, we always thing "at least it wasn't worse".
The Devil and Tom Walker
*Kidd the pirate was hanged in England after he returned for his treasure. It is said that the treasure is watched over by the devil.
*Tom Walker and his wife live a completely miserable life & they hate each other.
*One day Tom was walking through a swamp as a way home and when he was resting he found an old weapon then a man came out of nowhere and told him to leave it alone.
*Prominent people are written on trees then buried there (when the tree falls they die).
*When Tom realizes it is the Devil he doesn't care at all.
*He stamped his thumb on Tom's forehead and then vanished into the Earth.
*Toms wife wanted him to get the gold which is why he refused, he doesn't want to do anything that would make her happy. Then she set out on her own and never came back.
*He went to find his wife and found the apron hanging with a heart & liver inside of it.
*The devil & Tom agree he will become a broker and drive merchants to bankruptcy.
*After awhile though he began to feel regret and he always carried a Bible with him.
*When he shouted the devil take me now someone came to the door to get him. Once he was gone so was all of his gold and silver. His horses turned to skeletons and his house burned to the ground.
*Tom Walker and his wife live a completely miserable life & they hate each other.
*One day Tom was walking through a swamp as a way home and when he was resting he found an old weapon then a man came out of nowhere and told him to leave it alone.
*Prominent people are written on trees then buried there (when the tree falls they die).
*When Tom realizes it is the Devil he doesn't care at all.
*He stamped his thumb on Tom's forehead and then vanished into the Earth.
*Toms wife wanted him to get the gold which is why he refused, he doesn't want to do anything that would make her happy. Then she set out on her own and never came back.
*He went to find his wife and found the apron hanging with a heart & liver inside of it.
*The devil & Tom agree he will become a broker and drive merchants to bankruptcy.
*After awhile though he began to feel regret and he always carried a Bible with him.
*When he shouted the devil take me now someone came to the door to get him. Once he was gone so was all of his gold and silver. His horses turned to skeletons and his house burned to the ground.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Gothic Lit & Romantisism
*Gothic Literature-
Def: grotesque characters, bizarre situations, violent events. 19th century Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
*Romanticism-
writers saw limitations of reason, celebrated the individual spirit, emotions, and imagination=basics of human nature. splendors of nature more inspired by this than fear of God. Wanted to know more about super natural. Washington Irving. Works exhibit typical romantic preoccupation. (changing puritans).
*Transcendentalism-
Transcendent forms of truth exist beyond reason and experience. Every individual is capable of discovering this higher truth on his or her own through intuition.
*Cavernous gothic cathedrals, irregularly placed towers, high stained-glass windows, inspire awe & fear, Gargoyels-fear of evil spirits (mascot of gothics). Imaginative distortion of reality that Gothic represents threshold of the unknown-shadowing region where fantastic, demonic & insane reside (gothic territory) dark side of individualism.
*Romantics see hope.
*Gothics see potential evil.
*Dark medieval castles, decaying ancient estates provide setting for weird/terrifying estates (Poe)
*Male is insane, female is beautiful and dead (or dying) (Poe)
*Extreme situations; live burials; physical and mental toture, retribution from beyond the grave (Poe)
*Extreme situations people reveal true natures (Poe)
*Human heart under fear, greed, vanity, mistrust, & betrayal (Hawthorne)
Def: grotesque characters, bizarre situations, violent events. 19th century Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
*Romanticism-
writers saw limitations of reason, celebrated the individual spirit, emotions, and imagination=basics of human nature. splendors of nature more inspired by this than fear of God. Wanted to know more about super natural. Washington Irving. Works exhibit typical romantic preoccupation. (changing puritans).
*Transcendentalism-
Transcendent forms of truth exist beyond reason and experience. Every individual is capable of discovering this higher truth on his or her own through intuition.
*Cavernous gothic cathedrals, irregularly placed towers, high stained-glass windows, inspire awe & fear, Gargoyels-fear of evil spirits (mascot of gothics). Imaginative distortion of reality that Gothic represents threshold of the unknown-shadowing region where fantastic, demonic & insane reside (gothic territory) dark side of individualism.
*Romantics see hope.
*Gothics see potential evil.
*Dark medieval castles, decaying ancient estates provide setting for weird/terrifying estates (Poe)
*Male is insane, female is beautiful and dead (or dying) (Poe)
*Extreme situations; live burials; physical and mental toture, retribution from beyond the grave (Poe)
*Extreme situations people reveal true natures (Poe)
*Human heart under fear, greed, vanity, mistrust, & betrayal (Hawthorne)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gothic Literature, Romanticism, Transcendentalism
Gothic Literature:
*Definition- a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance
*Stories- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Wapole; The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe; Dracula by Bran Stoker; The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux
Romanticism:
*Definition- a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Western Europe.
*Examples- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe;
Transcendentalism:
*Definition- was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy. Sometimes is called American Transcendentalism.
*Examples: Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Likeness to God (sermon) by Reverend William Ellery Channing; Beauty by Jones Very.
*Definition- a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance
*Stories- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Wapole; The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe; Dracula by Bran Stoker; The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux
Romanticism:
*Definition- a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Western Europe.
*Examples- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe;
Transcendentalism:
*Definition- was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy. Sometimes is called American Transcendentalism.
*Examples: Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Likeness to God (sermon) by Reverend William Ellery Channing; Beauty by Jones Very.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Crucible Test
1. Who discovers the girls dancing--Parris.
What symptoms do the afflicted girls show--convulsions, loss of appetite, loss of hearing & sight.
Why does Rev Hale come to town--Expert on witchcraft.
Why does Tituba confess--
What does Marry Warren give Elizabeth--Poppet
What commandment does John forget--Adultury
What happens to Abigail at the end--She runs away with Parris' money.
How is Giles Corey killed--crushed to death because he rufused to say tell a mans name.
What symptoms do the afflicted girls show--convulsions, loss of appetite, loss of hearing & sight.
Why does Rev Hale come to town--Expert on witchcraft.
Why does Tituba confess--
What does Marry Warren give Elizabeth--Poppet
What commandment does John forget--Adultury
What happens to Abigail at the end--She runs away with Parris' money.
How is Giles Corey killed--crushed to death because he rufused to say tell a mans name.
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Crucible
ACT 1
This story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. In this time there was a huge problem going on in the town due to some girls faking side effects that they blamed on witchcraft. Many of the town's girls were found one night dancing and chanting in the woods which is how it all began. They started to fake side effects such as convulsions, temporary loss of sight or hearing, and loss of appitite, all of which are easy to be faked. They blamed these things on being "witched" by women in the town and began to say names also known as accusing them of witchery. This was a deadly sin in Salem because of their strong sense of religion. In the beginning of the story we find Betty unable to wake (she went into shock after Parris found them in the woods) and Abigail believes it is from witchcraft. Abby formaly lived with John and Goody Proctor however Goody Proctor dismissed her after she became aware of the affair between the two. In the woods Abby wished for John when all the other girls were wishing for the boys in town they wanted. They did this with Tituba's chanting, a stew of some sort, and Abby even drank blood. When Parris leaves the room and the girls are fighting all of a sudden Betty jumps up and runs to the window. Then starts yelling about wanting her mother, but her mother died years ago. When Betty hears the word Jesus she beings to scream and puts her hand over her ears, Mrs. Putnam says this is because this is the work of the devil.
ACT 2
One of the first things that we get into in this act is a fight between John and Elizabeth. John is furious that Elizabeth let Mary go to town so she could be part of the court. When he begins to be angry a detail of his and Abby's conversation comes out and Elizabeth starts to get angry because as far as she knew they had never been alone together but John just leaked a detail that for a few moments they were. The argument quickly switches to his previous affair. Mary comes home and gives Elizabeth a poppet that she made in court that day (she gives it to her with no bad intentions). When John is scoulding Mary for disobeying him she says that she saved Elizabeths life because her name was mentioned in the court today, however Mary said her name was good and she had no evil about her. Then Hale shows up to question Elizabeth and John, because even though Mary defended her he still wants to get to know them to see if they are good christian people. When Hale askes John to resite his commandments he gets all the way to 9 then forgets the last one, Elizabeth reminds him its adultury..this is a big thing because this is the sin he has commited. Then all of a sudden a wagon comes for Elizabeth because of the poppet Mary gave her, there was a needle stuck into it which would have meant nothing if Abby hadn't claimed to be stabbed with one by Elizabeth's spirit. Abby did this because she sat next to Mary in court and saw her put the needle there. Mary refuses to tell the court of this even after John asks her to.
ACT 3
This act is mainly about the court hearings. John takes Mary there to confess what she knows..that the girls are faking. He tells the judge that Mary lied in her previous testimony and so did all the other girls but now she is willing to speak the truth. When all the other girls get brought in Hathorne questions them as well (mostly Abby) but she sticks to her story and says that Mary is the one lying. She also denies knowing anything of the poppet. When they ask Mary to pretend to faint as she supposidly did before she says she cannot because she no long believes the lie, this does not look good on her part at all. Abby starts to say she feels an icey cold wind then John snaps and calls her a whore and confessed to the court why Abby is lying, so can get Elizabeth killed. They bring Elizabeth in for questioning but she denies that John had an affair. She does this in an attempt to save his good name, she doesn't know that he already confessed. All of a sudden Abby screams and claims that Mary is sending her spirt after her in a bird form that no one else can see. She seems terrified and they say her skin is ice cold. Finally Mary gives in and calls John the devils man and says he signed the Devils book. John then says that the Lord is dead and he has seen Lucifer.
ACT 4
In this act it is Hale's job to go to all the prisoners to try to get them to confess to witchcraft. He is starting to realize that his whole thing is fake but he wants them to save their lives. Even though God damns all liars he doesn't want them to throw their lives away when they are not guilty. We also find out that Elizabeth is pregnant and that she can be saved for one year. Then we findn out that Mercy and Abby have run away with Parris's money. John does end up confessing for his childrens sake. He signs his name but once it is done he realizes what a mistake it is. He takes the paper and refuses to let it hang on the door of the church. After awhile he realizes all he has left is his name and he cannot soil that so he rips up the paper and chooses to die instead. Even though Elizabeth is loosing her husband, she is very proud of him for what he has done. She claims he has his goodness now and she wouldn't dare take it away from him.
This story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. In this time there was a huge problem going on in the town due to some girls faking side effects that they blamed on witchcraft. Many of the town's girls were found one night dancing and chanting in the woods which is how it all began. They started to fake side effects such as convulsions, temporary loss of sight or hearing, and loss of appitite, all of which are easy to be faked. They blamed these things on being "witched" by women in the town and began to say names also known as accusing them of witchery. This was a deadly sin in Salem because of their strong sense of religion. In the beginning of the story we find Betty unable to wake (she went into shock after Parris found them in the woods) and Abigail believes it is from witchcraft. Abby formaly lived with John and Goody Proctor however Goody Proctor dismissed her after she became aware of the affair between the two. In the woods Abby wished for John when all the other girls were wishing for the boys in town they wanted. They did this with Tituba's chanting, a stew of some sort, and Abby even drank blood. When Parris leaves the room and the girls are fighting all of a sudden Betty jumps up and runs to the window. Then starts yelling about wanting her mother, but her mother died years ago. When Betty hears the word Jesus she beings to scream and puts her hand over her ears, Mrs. Putnam says this is because this is the work of the devil.
ACT 2
One of the first things that we get into in this act is a fight between John and Elizabeth. John is furious that Elizabeth let Mary go to town so she could be part of the court. When he begins to be angry a detail of his and Abby's conversation comes out and Elizabeth starts to get angry because as far as she knew they had never been alone together but John just leaked a detail that for a few moments they were. The argument quickly switches to his previous affair. Mary comes home and gives Elizabeth a poppet that she made in court that day (she gives it to her with no bad intentions). When John is scoulding Mary for disobeying him she says that she saved Elizabeths life because her name was mentioned in the court today, however Mary said her name was good and she had no evil about her. Then Hale shows up to question Elizabeth and John, because even though Mary defended her he still wants to get to know them to see if they are good christian people. When Hale askes John to resite his commandments he gets all the way to 9 then forgets the last one, Elizabeth reminds him its adultury..this is a big thing because this is the sin he has commited. Then all of a sudden a wagon comes for Elizabeth because of the poppet Mary gave her, there was a needle stuck into it which would have meant nothing if Abby hadn't claimed to be stabbed with one by Elizabeth's spirit. Abby did this because she sat next to Mary in court and saw her put the needle there. Mary refuses to tell the court of this even after John asks her to.
ACT 3
This act is mainly about the court hearings. John takes Mary there to confess what she knows..that the girls are faking. He tells the judge that Mary lied in her previous testimony and so did all the other girls but now she is willing to speak the truth. When all the other girls get brought in Hathorne questions them as well (mostly Abby) but she sticks to her story and says that Mary is the one lying. She also denies knowing anything of the poppet. When they ask Mary to pretend to faint as she supposidly did before she says she cannot because she no long believes the lie, this does not look good on her part at all. Abby starts to say she feels an icey cold wind then John snaps and calls her a whore and confessed to the court why Abby is lying, so can get Elizabeth killed. They bring Elizabeth in for questioning but she denies that John had an affair. She does this in an attempt to save his good name, she doesn't know that he already confessed. All of a sudden Abby screams and claims that Mary is sending her spirt after her in a bird form that no one else can see. She seems terrified and they say her skin is ice cold. Finally Mary gives in and calls John the devils man and says he signed the Devils book. John then says that the Lord is dead and he has seen Lucifer.
ACT 4
In this act it is Hale's job to go to all the prisoners to try to get them to confess to witchcraft. He is starting to realize that his whole thing is fake but he wants them to save their lives. Even though God damns all liars he doesn't want them to throw their lives away when they are not guilty. We also find out that Elizabeth is pregnant and that she can be saved for one year. Then we findn out that Mercy and Abby have run away with Parris's money. John does end up confessing for his childrens sake. He signs his name but once it is done he realizes what a mistake it is. He takes the paper and refuses to let it hang on the door of the church. After awhile he realizes all he has left is his name and he cannot soil that so he rips up the paper and chooses to die instead. Even though Elizabeth is loosing her husband, she is very proud of him for what he has done. She claims he has his goodness now and she wouldn't dare take it away from him.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Puritans & Salem Witch Trials
People came to America in search of religious freedom however that was the opposite of what the Puritans offered. They believed that the devil was as real as God and that the devil prayed on the weak (children, women, the insane) these people were known as witches. The Salem hangings in 1962 were the last in America.
http://www.salemweb.com/guide/images/cemetery.jpg
Tituba, Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne were some of the first women to be accused of witchcraft.
http://www3.niu.edu/acad/psych/Millis/History/2004/07194.jpg
The majority of the suspicion began when a young girl became sick along with a few pl
aymates. The doctors results weren't medical, but he concluded they had more to do with witchcraft.http://www.damninteresting.net/content/salem_witch_trial.jpg
Witchcraft was considered the biggest crime anyone could partake in. The punishment was always death. Whether it was being hung,
crushed to death, or dying in jail.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/TheWitch-no2.jpg
The trials lasted less than a year (May 27, 1692-January 1963). However in that small time at least 33 people were killed: 19 (hung) 1 (smashed) at least 13 (died in prison). An astonishing number of 140 people were accused of witchcraft in this small amount of time. Giles Corey was the one person smashed to death, this happened because he refused to plead guilty or non-guilty.
http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/gilecory.jpg
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Overview of Stories
All different types of people have their own rituals and celebrations. In Plymouth Plantation when the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock they came to be their own people and have more freedom. They celebrated the first Thanksgiving, which is still something we celebrate today. I think this shows that we should respect other peoples rituals because it could have a big impact on society.
http://relentlessthirst.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/first_thanksgiving.jpg
Scurvy is a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C that wiped out a lot of the pilgrim population in the first winter they settled here. This among many other diseases they had to endure wiped out a lot of the population mostly in the months of January and February.
http://www.med.uc.edu/departme/cellbiol/Image7.gif
The importance of The Devils Tower becomes very obvious in the story The Way to Rainy Mountain. Aho passes this legend on to her granddaughter. It talks of a young boy who got transformed into a bear. For instance we tell kids fairy tails like Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, etc. We pass those down just like Aho passed her legends to her granddaughter.
http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/united_states/images/devils-tower-02-500.jpg
In The Man to Send Rain Clouds the grandmother worships the sun. Even when she was one of the few who still remembered her birthright even after she became Christian. Leon describes an ancient awe in her meaning she carries he beliefs of her ancestors with her.
http://www.old-picture.com/indians/pictures/Indian-Sun-Worship.jpg
All of the Indians rituals involve some kind of dance and/or chant. It is the way they communicate to the Gods I believe. It is the one similarity between all of there ceremonies that brings it all together.
http://sharmilasanctuary.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/arm667indian-dance-posters1.jpg
http://relentlessthirst.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/first_thanksgiving.jpgScurvy is a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C that wiped out a lot of the pilgrim population in the first winter they settled here. This among many other diseases they had to endure wiped out a lot of the population mostly in the months of January and February.
http://www.med.uc.edu/departme/cellbiol/Image7.gifThe importance of The Devils Tower becomes very obvious in the story The Way to Rainy Mountain. Aho passes this legend on to her granddaughter. It talks of a young boy who got transformed into a bear. For instance we tell kids fairy tails like Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, etc. We pass those down just like Aho passed her legends to her granddaughter.
http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/united_states/images/devils-tower-02-500.jpgIn The Man to Send Rain Clouds the grandmother worships the sun. Even when she was one of the few who still remembered her birthright even after she became Christian. Leon describes an ancient awe in her meaning she carries he beliefs of her ancestors with her.
http://www.old-picture.com/indians/pictures/Indian-Sun-Worship.jpgAll of the Indians rituals involve some kind of dance and/or chant. It is the way they communicate to the Gods I believe. It is the one similarity between all of there ceremonies that brings it all together.
http://sharmilasanctuary.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/arm667indian-dance-posters1.jpg
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Man to Send Rain Clouds (photos)
This is a photo of Old Laguna Pueblo which represents where Leslie Marmon Silko grew up.
This is a photo of Pueblo children celebrating after the Pueblo revolt.
The man in this photo is a Laguna Mission Caretaker. It was also photographed my Leslie Marmon Silko's father.
This picture is Pueblo's original church that was destroyed by the US army in 1847.
Friday, August 21, 2009
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