Mr.rod ferrel

do i feel that Mr.Rod ferrel was insane? Yes and no.. bacause insane can mean many things. Rod was a young kid just like me and he wanted to be a vampier so him and his friends and what started to be a game became reality in a split second. because he killed innocent people the father and mother of her x girlfriend because they would not let her go out that night i feel that was over board. Can you blame him some say yes because he took innocent lives but then some say no because he wasnt in the right state of mind.

Dracula Vocab 4 (of 4)

Here's the last set of 5 vocab words for Dracula. You may leave a comment here using the word correctly in a sentence for either extra credit or toward a blogging assignment grade.

Aquiline = hooked; shaped like an eagle's beak

"...the great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge." (p. 298)

Exigency = urgency; a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy

"...I was rejoiced to see that the exigency of affairs was helping her to forget for a time the terrible experience of the night." (p. 311)

Sinuous = having many curves, bends, or turns

"The next instant, with a sinuous dive he swept under Harker's arm..." (p. 324)

Polyglot = able to speak or writer many languages; multi-lingual

"The captain swear again, polyglot, and the thin man make him bow, and thank him..." (p. 336)

Cumbrous = burdensome; troublesome

"...I must, in my cumbrous old fashion, so that each day of us may not go unrecorded." (p. 384)

Dracula Vocab 3 (of 4)

Here's the third set of 5 vocab words for Dracula. You may leave a comment here using the word correctly in a sentence for either extra credit or toward your 3rd blogging assignment grade.

Corporeal = physical material/body

"I suppose now you do not believe in corporeal transference." (p. 200)

Laconically = untalkative

"'Me too,' said Quincey Morris laconically." (p. 215)

Pallor = to be pale; deficiency of color

"He grew to a positively deathly pallor as he said..." (p. 234)

Unfettered = free or unchained

"In fact, so far as our power extend, they are unfettered." (p. 252)

Suffusion = to be overspread of covered (in medical terms, hemhorraged)

"The rapidity of the suffusion shows the terrible nature of this injury." (p. 292)

Ms.Mina Good VS. Evil

what can you say about ms.mina. Many thinks shes good because she is the loving wife of johnthan and very considerite, but then on the hunt with for dracula she turns into a vampier because dracula bit her after he has hyponotise johnathan to take a sleeping pill and the gets mad at mina because she was willing to go on the hunt with the guys to basically have dracula killed, so have her suck his blood from his chest so he can have way more control over her. " Me and mina

good or evil!?

renfield is very questionable like sometimes he is very crazy and evil but othere times he is a good guy like he went from wanting to be just like dracula to kind of questioning his way of life after he found out that one you kill someone or something you take its soul. that really got to him and then dracula beat him up and he told everyone that was hunting for dracula information about him. so kind of renfield when from being evil to good witch is weird because i thought he was draculas most loyal follower. "be wise, and help us; and if we can we shall aid you to achieve your wish"page.259

Van Helsing

Since he made his first entrance in the book, I'd say Van Helsing has showed signs of being good and being evil. "May I cut off the head of dead Miss Lucy"? (Pg. 217) This quote demonstrates both his evil side and his good side. When Helsing asks Lord Godalming this question, Arthur freaks out and gets angry for him even asking.

Helsing is really brave and strong for even being able to think about what he has to do, and that is a good quality. At the same time though you have to have some evil in you to be able to crush the heart of a vampire and decapitate it as well. As you can see, Helsing has some good qualities but he also is slightly evil too.

Dr. Seward Bad?

I believe Seward is good mostly but at the same time is Evil more towards women like most of the men in the book. It also seems like his a follower of everyone and not being a leader of anything besides talking to renfield. But i believe his good because he does whats right for lucy and was also one of the people that saved lucy life by giving her his blood. Then again i believe his evil because him and the rest of the men don't believe women can be as brave as men or can be in the hunt for Dracula. He also is afraid Mina will get in the way of there work so they keep her alone and it seems that Dracula is making his move on Mina to make her his bride.

Dracula Good or Evil????

I think Dracula is a good example of good and evil because we all know he is evil but there is some good in there that only comes out once and a while.

The good in Dracula only comes out when he needs something done or if he wants something like when John is in his house and he finds those girl vampires and he says "How dare you touch him, any of you? How dare you cast eyes on him when I had forbidden it?Back, I tell you all! This man belongs to me! Beware how you meddle with him, or you'll have to deal with me." (40)

So i think the Dracula is evil but there is some good deep deep down in his cold heart.

] Good or Evil [

Dracula, the main charter in the book is the most evil person, although he could also be considered a good person, but with no heart. Deep down inside he has a sad heart. All his life he's been alone or so he told in the book. "I am no longer young; and my heart, through weary years of mourning over the dead, is not attuned to mirth." pg.24 He tells Jonathan how he feels after a long of being weary and sad over his possible dead family that had died over the centuries of thier life.

Evil the real side of Dracula, a man with no heart, no feels, super strenth, and the ability to not die over the long years. His only duty to live is to kill people and suck blood in order to live "happy". Dracula has been alone for so long, a couple of clues we can tell in the book are that he likes turning girls into vampires and only sucks thier blood, but it also seems that he likes to play games with the people around, some of the characters are; Lucy, Mina and Renfield. By having millons of rats appear, turning in dust, and becoming a bat to observe others and scaring them through out the book.

Good and Evil. A great question that everybody should think about when making choices and decisions on a everyday life basics. I believe that all people are good, I know society is a hard life to live in now these days but that doesn't mean by living in making the wrong decisions and harming others. There's also a point in life when sometimes your rasied in the evil side of life and that's understandable, but I think inside every person is the good...

Crazy=?

Mr. Renfield a patient of Dr. Sewards, a very curious and confuzed man. In the beginning he was very selfish and secretive. He loved the idea of animals and liked having him just didn"t treat them well but not by his own doing he just didn't fully understand... later on Dracula finds him and kind of cradles his mind and shows Renfield what he wants, making Renfield believe Dracula is in the right, making Renfield act in evil ways. But when Dr. Seward starts to question Renfield about souls he starts to question if Draculas Methods were right.. in the end Renfield gets attacked for questioning Dracula "his master" in doing so Renfield decides what side to be on and helps the group leaving Dracula's command. I believe Renfield was more good than evil and that he just didn't understand but when opened to the idea about the things he loved he started to realize the difference.

I think as a whole people have both in them, they naturally are good and evil and what happens in our lifetime and the things we see are what molds us to be what we are to become. Meaning what we do can be viewed differently by anyone but in our eyes it is are motives and views that justify whether what we do is good or evil.

Lucy Good and Evil!!!

I think lucys character is both good and evil becasue in the beging of the book she was good she was a normal young woman, through out the book she was still good but she slowly turned evil when she was turning in to a vampire. I dont think all vampires are evil there acts are evil. one example of lucy being good is she was always good because woman in the time period were always good they respected every one, did what they were told and were over all good people. one example of lucy being evil is when she turned in to a vampire she was sneaking out at night, harming little childrend by drinking there blood, therefor she is evil based on her acts.

a quote that goes good with this is when doctor seward is examing lucy cuz she is sick but what they dont know is she is slowly turning in to a vampire....

" lucy is ill; she has no special disease, but she looks awful, and is getting worse every day"

Dracula Blog Post #3: Good vs. Evil

For your final blog post on Dracula, consider the theme of good vs. evil in the novel. Don't just think in terms of good guys and bad guys, but also keep in mind the deep religious connections between the two, as discussed in class. Be sure to do the following...

- How could you argue that your character is both good and evil? What has either made them fight for evil or fight for good? Explain in detail.

- Give a specific example of each from events/descriptions in the book, at least one of which includes a quote (with page number) to help prove your point.

- Do you believe in good and evil? Do you think some people are inherently good and some are inherently evil? Explain your position.

- Leave TWO comments on your classmates' posts about the topic of Sex. In your comment, explain whether or not you agree with their connection between the book's event(s) and the theme of Sex and why.

- Be sure to include your initials both at the end of your post and in each comment you publish!

Lucy's mother?

Was Bram Stoker a pervert?

My answer would have to be yes. I think he was a pervert he had some quotes in the book which seemed a little too much for what he was trying to explain in the story. He tried to hide it and maybe back in the day they didnt notice it but we did. They also sound more perverted when you read the quotes alone and dont know whats going on, like for example "well, I was anxious about the dear child in the night, and went into her room." pg.141 what do you think he was talking about there? well this was said by Lucy's mother. She was worried about Lucy so she went to check on her to see if she was okay. Once you know whats going on it doesn't sound as bad but the idea is there he tried not to make it to noticible. There is a lot of quotes like this in the book that we have read so far so in my opinion I think he was a pervert.

Dracula Vocab 2 (of 4)

Here's the second set of 5 vocab words for Dracula. You may leave a comment here using the word correctly in a sentence for either extra credit or toward your 2nd blogging assignment grade.

Paroxysm = a sudden sharp attack

"I never saw a lunatic in such a paroxysm of rage before." (p. 108)

Arrears = an unpaid and overdue debt, or an unfulfilled obligation

"My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off..." (p. 133)

Prostrate = face downward, lying horizontally

"...keeping a wary eye on the prostrate figure all the time." (p. 149)

Subcutaneous = under the skin

"...the action made a subcutaneous injection of morphia..." (p. 157)

Obsequious = too humble, showing too much respect

"...the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted...with something of his own obsequious suavity." (p. 171)

Vampires Are Sex Addicts

Vampires traditionally have been thought of very sexy. There is a few connections I could make between sex and vampires. When a vampire eats he injects his fangs into the neck of his victim. When humans have sex there's also a penetration that goes on. "She wants blood, and blood she must have or die. My friend John and I have consulted; and we are about to perform what we call transfusion of blood- to transfer from full veins of one to the empty veins which pine for him."pg. 129. The connection here with the blood transfusion is how the blood which provides life is flowing through two bodies where in sex there is also fluids that are transferred between two people and those fluids can also provide life.

1) I don't think he was a pervert that's just how people were back in the day.
2) I personally think a lot of monsters could be sexy, not just vampires
3) Sex back in the day was probably thought of as a means to have children and not as exploited as it is these days.

Lets have sex

Back in the 1800's there wasn't much known about sex. People didn't know what to think about it or what effects it might have on the society. Vampires showed something that people weren't use to. When Jonathan escaped Dracula's castle and what he might of done to him. Mina felt that she must have Jonathan before someone else gets him. So they got married right there on the spot. To insure Mina would have and be able to be with Jonathan.

vampire sex

In the book dracula sex is a big facter in the vampire world i mean how they feed is by sucking blood but to them its not just food they get pleasure out of it like sex. vampires after they feed become very youthful and sexy if you want to say that "she makes a very beautiful corpse, sir. its quite a privlege to attend on her. its not too much to say that she will do credit to our establishment!" pg .171 so after she fed and is considered died she still likes alive and very attractice mean while most people when there died look stiff and just died!

Mina can't get any

on page 162 Mina says " Jonathan is beginning to put flesh on his bones again but still weekend by the long illness even now he sometimes starts out of his sleep in a sudden way and awakes all trembling until i can coax him back to his usual placidity. Witch means that Mina can't wait until Jonathan gets better and so he can jump her bones.
Bram Stoker is not a perve he just thinks like men do. He just thought no one would find out that his book is about sex but we did. Stoker is just a man back in the day trying to get a little fun out of writing a book about a vampire.
Vampires are the only sexy monsters because they look like humans. A lot of people think that sharp teeth and bitting on the neck is hot.

p.165-170

Why is the vampire look so sexy and seductive?

The main look on the vampire theme is sercetive and sexual. They have the ideas of a vampire to be this sexy looking human being but in the end it is a beast beyond this nature or of some kind of nature. Most of the vampires get there new and young look by drinking younger blood. "we thought her dying whilst she slept, and sleeping when she died" Basically this means the vampires sleep they look dead and when they awake the look younger new and refress in so many ways.

Three Way Sex

I think Bram Stoker was in some wierd way was a preveted guy.If you pay really close attention you can get the idea of the way people think that he was a preverted man. There was a seen were Dr. Seward, Arthur,and Dr. Van Helsing all three banged lucy in " The vampire way of having sex" by the transfusion of blood. Which arthur said that that made him and lucy become more closer, and that's what made them husband and wife.

Well i think that the vampires are the only sexy's monster because there are in some way human or have all the charatistic that a human does. Back in the day's vampire were dress old fashion but some how they still look sexy. And now these day the vampires are really actractive they dress really,really sexy especially the girls. They would actually go by been a real human you would be surprise how they look Now!

Creepy Old Man

Van Helsing just gets to Lucy House after Dr. Seward calls for him to come help him find out what is going on with her. He wants to check her out to see if there anything wrong with her alone!! "So, my dear, we will send him away to smoke the cigarette in the garden, while you and I have a little talk all to ourselves." why does he need to be alone with her to just have a talk and to see if there anything wrong with her? Is he just trying to get close to her by them selfs since he never been married or anything his old and she is young and beautiful.

pg 150-155 Lucy and her mother!!!

Is Bram storker a pervert??

I think not but only based on the 5 pages i picked to read for this blog post.
in my 5 pages I read it is talking about Lucy and her mother. Lucy is awaken by a flapping out side her window she is awoken and frightened her mother comes in to check on her and decides to stay and lay with her for a while, Lucy asks her to stay a while. " so she came into the bed, lay down beside me ; she did not take off her dressing gown, for she said she would only stay a while." when brom but this in to his book I don't think he was a pervert because it is only a mother and daughter, Now if it was a male character that yes it would be perverted because a male should not comfort Lucy or any woman unless they are close friends or family or dating, because other wise i think that would be wrong and sorta crossing the comfort line for Lucy possibly. I know if doctor Van Helsing came in to comfort me I would feel uncomfortable because i hardly know the guy.

Damsel in Distress

Brahm Stoker perverted...? I think yes.
Back then or in and around the same time period sex was more hidden and less talked about then it is now. But reading the book themes of sex are all in the text juz written in between the lines. Blood transfusions.. or just another way for stoker to have his way with the women in the story, helpless taking advantage getting into them.. need i say more.
"we took Lucy into another room, which had by now been prepared, laid her in bed and forced brandy down her throat."
or maybe the fact that all the maids are drugged and confused passed out.. or maybe the details of lucy and her breast and the fact that the doctors feel up on her while they are with her and feeling her to grab the note hidden in between her breast. so yes i think stoker was able to show his pervertedness in his writing.

Dracula Blog Post #2: Sex

For your second blog post grade on Dracula, make sure you do the following to receive full credit...

-Title your post something clever but appropriate to the events from the pages you're assigned

-Find a connection between the events of your pages and the theme of Sex (consider what we've talked about in class regarding fangs, blood transfusions, vampires, marriage, old vs. new, and more) and make a brief one paragraph argument answering one of the following questions WITH A QUOTE FROM YOUR PAGES (and page number):

1) Was Bram Stoker a pervert? Why or why not?
2) Why are vampires the only "sexy" monster?
3) What does the theme of Sex in your pages have to do with the theme of Modernity vs. Antiquity? How did people view sex during the late 1800s?

-Leave TWO comments on your classmates' blog posts about the topic of Vampires and/or on the Vocab 1 post

-If you have time left, complete your Vampires blog post from last week!

-Don't forget to put your initials at the bottom of both your post and comments!

The vampire Masquerade

The Vampire Masquerade is a game. Which some people play and they beilived that they were vampire.Some people say that gothic and or Emos are some vampire because of the way they dress. The way that vampires use too dress or is to believe that they dress was all black. People would play these game and pretend that they were vampire it was often played in a group which that means there was a leader or you can say he or she was dracula.

the bloody countess

Elizabeth Bathory also known as the bloody countess was considered one of the first vampires. She belonged to the ritchest and most powerful families in all hungary. She brought young virgins girls by lying to them, saying that she was going to teach them good manners but instead she kept them in her castle hostage, tortured them , and killed them. She thought that by bathing and drinking in young virgins blood would keep her keep her youth. She tortured them in very horrible ways and did not care at all of the pain they were going through.



http://www.whataslacker.com/backdoor/elizabeth_bathory/

I do believe that Bram stroker was inspired by Elizabeth Bathory. She brought in young girls by lying to them that they were going to be thought good manners but she was actually going to kill them. In the book Dracula Jonathan goes to his castle thinking that he is just going to sell a home but Dracula ends up keeping him hostage for a month. Jonathan says "The castle is a veritable prison, and i am a prisoner!" pg 27 .

Vampires circa 1897 were known to be ugly and very scary looking and people who lived around them seemed to know or suspect they were vampires. They were also most of the time alone and they only came out in the night you never saw them during the day. Vampires today are described as very beautiful and they go out both during the night and day and dont sleep. There is usually more than one vampire and people dont suspect at all that they are vampires.

Do you think vampires have any emotions while killing people like regret?

If the vampire had the choice to be a normal human or stay a vampire which one do you think they would have gone for?

Dracula Vocab 1 (of 4)

Here's the first set of 5 vocab words for Dracula. You may leave a comment here using the word correctly in a sentence for either extra credit or toward your 2nd blogging assignment grade.

Prodigious = Marvelous; amazing

"...his strength must have been prodigious." -Jonathan, p. 11

Impregnable = Safe against attack

"...so that on three sides it was quite impregnable." -Jonathan, p. 36

Assiduous = Constant in application or attention

"...and I have been practicing shorthand very assiduously." -Jonathan, p. 57

Scythe = An implement with a slightly curved blade at and angle to the handle

"I'm so nigh it that the Aud man is already whettin' his scythe." -Mr. Swales, p. 78

Agglomeration = The action or process of collecting in a mass

"The whole agglomeration of things - the ship steered into port by a dead man; his attitude, tied to the wheel..." -Mina, p. 93

Rod Farrell did not have a normal childhood growing up. As a child he was molested by his biological Grandfather and his mother thought she was a vampire, often bringing him to her cult rituals and sacrifices therefore slowly influencing the games he took part in, like Dungeons and Dragons instead of the normal childhood games of hid and seek, tag ECT. I think there is a connection to both stuff we have learned about vampires and the book Dracula we are reading in class. We have learned that vampires can and some times drink blood, they also kill there victims but they than come back to life as a vampire, last they have a look about them they often have pale skin and darkened skin around the eyes that can look red, sharp looking teeth and red eyes. Now in Dracula we have learned that count was pale and had sharp teeth and bright red lips to me that sounds like a vampire, well based off of what we have learned about vampires so far. A quote comes to mind, in the book Dracula they talk about how the count looks, it is found on page 18 closer to the end of the last paragraph this is said….i could see it under the heavy moustache was a fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth ; these protruded over the lips.

Do you think that sounds sort of like what we have learned about vampires??

If you saw someone anyone that looked pale and had sharp teeth would you think they were a vampire???

rising of the dead

In legand vampires are evil creatures that at one time were human but died and came back to life. my main topic is rising of the dead and i couldnt find to much info on it but vampires rise from the grave and feed at night. when they feed it some how makes them youthful so in other words they rise from the dead to feed to stay undead so vampires are like a hell version of a human being and are manly unrested dead people who might not of got a proper burial or some how became one by getting bitten.

Rising of the dead makes you think of vampires or zombies mostly vampires the legand of them went from being very very scary to being kind of a cool thing in some areas. i guess if you get bitten by a vampire you become one of them and get super strength and some other crazy powers the only bad thing is that you have to rest in a coffin all day "the leither wagons contained great square boxes, with handles of thick rope" page 46 because there skin is super light sensative and at night you would have to go hunting for humans to drink there blood so it would pretty much suck to be a vampire it seems all they do is sleep and hunt.

are vampires real?
and is it really possible to rise from the grave after death?

psychic Vampires

Psychic vampires are "alive" today some people say because they don't drink blood the feed on peoples energy like in the video when the girl is feeling up on the other girl she was trying to feed on her energy. I think it is stupid because i don't think there is any thing different from they " Psychic vampires" then from you and me its just they think they have special powers that make people believe in them.

It is like Dracula because Dracula has power over people like in johns case he wants to leave but he can't just say no to Dracula. Then the girl vampires that wanted to feed on John Dracula tell them to get away from him until he is done getting what he wants from him. on page 33 there is a good example of how Dracula is controlling John " i pray you, my good young frined, that you will not discourse of things other then business in your letters. It will doubtless please your firends to know that you are well, and that you look forward to getting hoom to thm. Is that not so??"

1) How do you think that psychic vampires are like Dracula?

2) Do you think that there are real psychic vampires? and why or why not?

Daywalker

We all remember the story about Dracula and many different tales of vampires but what about the people that hunt them..

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(comics)

Blade

occupation.. vampire hunter

Blade was born in a whorehouse in London, England during the ninteenth century. Blades mother Tara Brooks had been bitten and fead off of while she was pregnant with blade by a vampire named Deacon Frost, during labor she died. Frost gave vampire blood to blade from feeding off of his mother while she was pregnant, in doing so blade was able to be half vampire half human. One day blade saw an old man getting attacked by three vampires blade helped the old man that turned out to be a vampire hunter by the name of Jamal Afari. from there the old man taught everything he knew to blade. from that day on blade became known as daywalker by the vampires because he was able to be out during the day like humans but still had the vampire powers.

Bram stoker created the vampire with Dracula but from there vampires have evolved to be so much more powerful, and people along with them to fight and destroy the vampires and not cower in fear. yes vampires have changed from 1897 but they still have the main features just more evolved and modern to what things we have today.

If a Vampire would walk up to you and had a conversation would you know if they were a vampire?

Are Vampire creatures and hunters real or is it all just entertainment?

Early Vampires Lilith

Lilith one of the early vampires, was known to be the first wife of Adam, he tried to make Lilith lie beneath him during sexual intercourse. Also she never wanted to take position as a subservient to Adam since they were both created at the same time by God. Lilith used her sexuality to gather men around her all the time, she was seen as the evil. Although she just wanted to show her womenhood and was against manlyhood of Adam. To learn some more about Lilith go to http://http//www.sacredspiral.com/articles/lm/lilith.htm.



Bram Stroker may have been inspired with all the stories and myths there exsisted back then, and nobody ever tried to make a story out of them. Like in Dracula "Denn die Todten reiten schnell" ("for the dead travel fast" pg.10) was told by the driver taking Jonathan to aplace to catch the carriage to Draculas place. In 1897 vampires were seen as a scary thing, person or just fake. Nowadays vampires are seen as they don't exsist anymore. People even dress up as them for halloween for fun and a way to "scare" people.


In what other stories or hoildays seems to be connected with vampires?

Are vampires/dracula real in this life time? and why?

Dracula Blog Post #1: Vampires

For your first blog post on Dracula, begin by researching your topic chosen from the "Vampire Secrets" video. Once you read a bit about your subject, compose a blog post including the following components...

-A creative yet appropriate title that references your topic.

-A brief explanation of/introduction to your topic as determined by watching "Vampire Secrets" and conducting additional online research.

-In this explanation/intro, include a link to an online source where information was gathered.

-Connect your topic to what we have learned thus far about vampires and/or Count Dracula in Dracula. What may have inspired Bram Stoker? What difference is there between vampires circa 1897 and vampires today?

-In your thoughts connecting your topic to Dracula, be sure to include a quote from the novel (with page number) when referencing a particular scene, character, or description.

-Pose two appropriate open-ended questions to your classmates at the end of your post. Think about your topic: What do we have yet to learn about vampires/Dracula? What other connections are there to make with your topic besides just this novel?

Don't forget to include your initials in the 'Labels' section of your post!

One Tree Hill Tragedy

Creon: yes, it’s my wrong doing.
I know the joy they gave you all these years, the joy you must feel now.
(said when banish him from the city with his daughter)

I think this is tragic because Creon is banishing Oedipus from the city and he is letting him take his daughter with him and he has to be happy about that so he is not alone and so his daughter does not get tormented.

Have you ever seen the T.V show one tree hill? I have many times reading the quote I picked reminded me of an episode of one tree hill, were this kind was being teased and tormented because he expressed his feeling in a time capsule which they did for a class and some one released it, and he said some pretty harsh things but sadly it was the truth. But because some one relsaed it people wanted him to leave. He couldn’t take it any more so he shot up the school he later kills him self. This quote reminded me of him his name was jimmy,. If this quote was said for jimmy I think it would have instead of talking about being happy it would talk about sadness. but this quote could allso have the same mean but if kids were more nice to him and told him to leave the school in this case vs driving the kid to madness to later kill him left from the pain

Titanic

Oedipus to Tiresias "Yes, take him away. You're a nuisance here. Out of the way, the irritation's gone".

This quote shows Oedipus Ego. Basically he's mocking Tiresias because he's poor and hes just a pesk to him and if he's nobody to Oedipus then he should be nobody for everybody else just all the other poor people. It also seems from this quote that he just used him to take part of the irritation he had on him.

The movie Titanic and Oedipus are connected by both movie have to do with rich or poor society. In Titanic the rich people were the ones to get on the life boats first than anybody else. And Rose and Jack couldn't be together just because of their different class. Also in the movie Titanic you could tell the lower class people had more fun than the high class people did. In oedipus he came out of a rich family without knowing it because he was basically brought up by a lower class. He didn't have an Ego until he saved the town and got married to the Queen. Then he started to get the Ego. So the last thing both of Oedipus and Titanic high society got to see was people drowning, killing themselves because they weren't so important to live. And Oedipus last thing to see was the damage of his actions. so basically they should feel awful for their last view.

Spider Man

What the hell does Spiderman have to do with Oedipus? Well they both have the same mindset after they find out they family of theirs has been killed. The story of the deaths take a different rout, but the way the feeling that the lead roles have are the same.

In Spiderman Peter just got in to a fight with his grandfather before he left to go to a wrestling match. Now while he is inside his grandfather gets car jack and shot, and later dies. Peter starts to feel a scence of giult because of the fight that he and his grandfather just had.

This is similar in Oedipus when he finds ou that he killed his father and married his mother. he then pulled out his eye balls, which was stupid. But he also had a feeling of giult, just like Spiderman did. The only difference from the two was that Spiderman turned into somthing positive and Oedipus pulled his eyes out.

DONNIE DARKO

"Here I am myself-you all know me, the world knows my fame: I am Oedipus." What makes this story is the arrogance and ego of Oedipus, without that there likely wouldn't be a tragedy at all. If he was able to consider what Tiresias was saying and think about it then maybe things would have changed in his story. I'm connecting this play to a movie I really like called Donnie Darko. Much like Oedipus' ego, the main character Donnie is greatly effected by curiosity. Both of these two stories are very entertaining and enjoyable to watch because terrible things are happening to characters which is exciting, but it's not happening to us so we can just sit back and watch comfortably. I think that's what made tragedys so popular back in Ancient Greece, because people could forget about everything bad in their lives and turn their attention to an entertaining story. For Donnie Darko, I think that one reason the author chose a depressing ending over a nice one is because life isn't always happy, someone or somethings not always going to come out and make everything okay again.

4 Brothers

4 brothers is a good example of a tragedy because their mom dies and the 4 brothers want to get back at the people who kill their mom. The reason tragedy's are good movies are they are not about you, they make you think if it was to happen to you what would you do.

I think they are similar because one of the brothers has a really big ego and wont stop until they find the killer and Oedipus has a big ego too when the people of Thebes tell him that they need to find the killer of Laius he said he wont stop until they find him.

At the ending of 4 brothers the brothers find the killer and they pay his own men to kill him because of the oldest brothers ego and they want to make the killer pay for what he did to their mom. This quote is a reason why i think Oedipus is so tragic " the agony! I am agony- where am I going? where on earth? where does all this agony hurl me?" (on pg 319) the reason he is saying this is because he just found out thta he killed his dad and married his mom and his mom killed herself because of him.

Oedipus Blog Post #2: Tragedy

For your final post on Oedipus the King, focus on the topic of tragedy. Make a connection between what made tragedy enjoyable for audiences to read in Ancient Greece and a story/film/show that you would identify as a tragedy. Include the following in your post:

• Title your post with the tragedy story/film/show that you are connecting to Oedipus.
• Use a quote from Oedipus the King that you use to help explain, in your personal opinion, what makes the story tragic.
• Brief summary and explanation of connection between a tragedy story/film/show you have seen (see list below) and the story of Oedipus the King. What is similarly enjoyable about these two tragic stories? Why do you think the author chose a depressing ending instead of a hopeful or life-affirming one?
• In Oedipus, many believe either his Ego, the Prophecy, or his lack of (or choice not to exercise) Free Will, caused his tragic demise. What caused the tragic ending for the character(s) in the story/film/show you have chosen to write about?
• Write THREE comment responses to your classmates' posts. One of them may be in response to my vocab post, showing me you understand at least one of the vocab words. Don't forget to include your initials!

Possible Tragedy Films to Blog About: Donnie Darko, Schindler's List, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, United 93, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Titanic, Gladiator, The Reader, Reign Over Me, Requiem for a Dream, Philadelphia, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, American History X, American Beauty, A Simple Plan, Boys Don't Cry, The Patriot, Braveheart, Selena

Don't forget to include your initials in your post either! Put them in the 'Labels' section!

BELIEVE IN PROPHECY?

Prophecies, some people dont believe in them others do. I think that most choose to believe it if its a good thing if it isnt then they say that its not real that its made up. Like when Tiresias told Oedipus about his prophecy and that he had killed his father. Oedipus did not want to believe it so he told Tiresias "you,shameless- arent you appalled to start up such a story? you think you can get away with this?" pg 278 line 402

Another good example would be in this blog http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1611034.aspx Shes hoping it comes true but what if it had been bad would she had still believed in it?

Welcome to Prophecies

Tiresias: so, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with yout precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life,to thr house you live in, those you live with -- who are you parent's? do you know? All unkowing you are the scourge of your own flesh and blood,the dead below the earth and the living here above, and the double lash of your mother and your father's curse.
Many people theses days belive and think they are like an oracle or can see the future, these can often be called prophecies. like I could say i feel a strong force of bad weather is coming.. you could choose to blive it or not, that could easlily become a Prophecy. like on this websit i found called http://www.prophecies.us/ people post things they think or feel because they think it will happen it could happen i am not saying that is could not happen but some of the things they say are a bit far fetch.

The prophecy of year 2012

The prophecy for 2012 tells that the world is going to end on dec, 2012. Half of the people of the world belives this and the other half thinks its just a mith because for years people were stating that the world is comeing to an end.
How do we know if this is the real time that its going to happen? In the book of oedipus the people of theibes are going against there town comeing to an end because of the black plaque. Also there is a main prophecy in the bool thats stated oedipus is going to marry his mother and kill his father, which has sadly came true but he doesnt know it yet.
so the orical tells him and he doesnt want to believe it at all then the orical said "i pity you, flinging at me the very isults each each man here will fling at you soon" tiresias p.278

Worried about Prophecies

The quote I picked out from the book goes like this. "I'd rather not casue pain for you or me. So why this... Useless interrogation? You'll get nothing from me." Tiresias says this, and it's somehow relevant with prophecy because he's the prophet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus

There is a lot of speculation on what this Nostradamus guy supposedly predicted, from the 9-11 events to a bunch of other stuff. Personally I think that prophets just make general educated estimations on things to happen in the future based on what they see in the present, I don't think that its anything too crazy.

I think back in the day it was easy for people to buy into prophecies because maybe they were a lot more superstitious, and their strong belief in prophecy affected the way they lived their lives because they were constantly in a state of fear.

big time prophecies

"he vows to slef banished from the land nor stay to bring upon his house the curse him self had utterded but he has no strength nor one to guid him"

the proficies that i looked at online were about the end of the world and they stated that it is comming soon with all the signs on earth today because of all the bad things the human race is doing to eachother and to the earth.

2012?!?!?

Did you hear that the world is going to end in the year 2012? Well a lot of people think it is going to happen they even made a movie about it. Differences between the two are, in the play tiresas says that oedipus is going to kill his dad and marrie his mom, but in the 2012 one it just says the world is going to end.

People belived in these prophecys because they are able to see and hear what the gods tell them and what they do. "How terrible- to see the truth when the truth is the only pain to him who sees" said Tiresias (275) when he is talking to Oedipus about when he said he would kill his dad and marrie his mom.

Prophecyies in 2009

Like in the book, people now days have many prophecyies. In todays time we are constantly surounded by predictions, which play major roles in society. Back in the day owever they had Oricles to tell warn them.

In the book Oedipus finds out from a Oricle that he will, kill his Father and marry his mother. Oedipus does exactactly as the Oricle says he would. But are Opricles/Propheyies always right?

One example of a Prophey being wrong, would be Y2K.

Now people are all hyped up for a new Prophecy...2012. Many people are starting to think that the world will end on December 21, 2012. One reason people belive this is because the Myan calender (Picture up top) stops on the that day. I think they just got tired of making calenders. Will the earth end? who knows, we will just have to wait and find out...

Baba Vanga

"You cannot imagine... i tell you, you and your loved ones live together in infamy, you cannot see how far you've gone in guilt."

http://http://www.alamongordo.com/baba_vanga_prophecies.html

The Prophecy of Baba Vanga...

he had a vision or a prophecy that said this..

"Horror, Horror! The American Brethren will fall after being attacked by the steel birds. the wolves will be howling in a bush, and inoccent blood will be gushing."

On 9/11 or september 11, 2001 planes hit the world trade center... The prophecy was made in 1989.

Prophecies in the book are a little different than the ones i read about.. oedipus is more direct and an exact outcome other prophecies are more broad.. so like more ways to come true.. thats why i think people believe in prophecies because there so vague when they make them that when an event happens they can make that prophecy fit the event.

Prophecy

During this time I think Prophecies were easy to believe because they had nothing else to believe in besides the king and who was the king believing in at the time? Did they Believe in the Prophets"How terrible- to see the truth when the truth is inly pain to him who sees!"(Tiresias) or did they believe in there selfs like Oedipus does now? http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/prophchr.html#4zXfEF62FvK8 This is a Prophet that shows all his Prophecies he made and they show that they actually came true.

Oedipus Blog Post #1: Prophecy

For your first (of two) blog post on the story of Oedipus the King, focus on the topic of prophecies. Google the word and read about some prophecies either past or present, then construct your blog post following the instructions below. Make sure to include...

• Give your post a creative yet appropriate title!
• An important quote from the play thus far about prophecy (might be said by the blind prophet Tiresias, or could indeed be someone else).
• Information about a prophecy you read about online with a LINK to where you read about it. Who prophesized the event? What was it that they prophesized? Did it come true or do you think it will? How do you think people reacted to this prophecy (or do people still react to it)?
• What similarities and/or differences are there between the prophecy you researched and the ones decreed in the play? Similarities/differences between how people react to them?
• Why do you think people believed so much in prophecy during this time period? How did their strong belief in prophecy affect the ways they lived their lives?
• Add a comment to the Oedipus Vocab post using a sentence of your own creation about the play, showing me you understand the meaning of the word.

Don't forge to include your initials in the "Labels" section of your post!

Oedipus Vocab

For your comments points, post a comment to this blog post correctly using one of the vocab words from Oedipus below in a sentence of your own about the plot and/or characters of the play. Do not use the same sentence (or idea for a sentence) already posted by a classmate! Be sure to include your initials!

Despondent (p. 262) = sad or depressed

Mantic (p. 275) = prophetic; able to tell the future

Revile (p. 276) = to abuse verbally; criticize harshly

Gall (p. 285) = rude boldness

Marauding (p. 285) = roaming in search of treasure/money

Sanctimonius (p. 286) = being hypocritically religious or pious

Clairvoyant (p. 288) = person who can see the future

Concessions (p. 289) = favors

Spurned (p. 296) = rejected

Surmise (p. 288) = a conclusion based on little evidence; a guess

act 1 scene 1

HORATIO So have I heard and do in part believe it.But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad,Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill:Break we our watch up; and by my advice,Let us impart what we have seen to-nightUnto young Hamlet; for, upon my life,This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him.Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it,As needful in our loves, fitting our duty
horatio is a friend of hamlet. hamlet looks up to him even wants to be like him in some ways. i believe horatio would even die for hamlet due to to horatios stong like of hamlet this qutoe see that he sides with hamlet on most everything. due to this they belive in the ghost of hamles father.

***Insane was he***

I believe Hamlet was not insane but slowly became insane thought out the book. Like in the beginning of the book hamlet seemed normal. Than the death of his father took it a step farther, since the death of his father was such a mystery he began to slowly grow insane. As he is digging for answer to his father’s death he finds out some interesting things due to his findings he comes Tenable. I believe he went insane at the end of the book.


HAMLET O, I die, Horatio;The potent poison quite o'er-crows my spirit:I cannot live to hear the news from England;But I do prophesy the election lightsOn Fortinbras: he has my dying voice;So tell him, with the occurrents, more and less,Which have solicited. The rest is silence.

If you lost a loved on don’t you think I u would go a bit insane?


If you lost a loved which the death became a mystery would you search for the answers even if you knew it might drive you nuts?

*InSanity*

Throughout the book I coted Hamlet becoming insane. At firt he seemed kind of angry with his dad's death and never really cared about the king's position. Soon after when the guards mentioned the ghost being maybe his dad.... After knowing that the ghost was his dad and that it came to tell Hamlet the truth about his death, about being killed by king Claudis, his own brother. Little by little Hamlet became this angry man, with the only thing in his head was, REVENGE for his fathers death....

Horatio: "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And filghts of angels sing thee to thy rest." ( act.5 sc.2, 397)

Horatio being his best friend was the one only at the end that could judge Hamlet's actions. Hamlet was only able to trust him at the end and to his own death. He was the only one that saw in Hamlets heart, and thought that what he did was right...

crazy sonofab**** :)

I believe Hamlet went crazy somewhere in the begining of the play. He starts talking to himself and acting all out of the ordinary. Becuase he knows what happened to his dad and who did it he feels this need to kill the king and it's driving him crazy that his mom is married to him, that she acts like his father's death didn't really matter, and that he knows who killed his dad and he isn't dead himself.

Hamlets "transformation" relates to revenge, insanity, and broken families.
Revenge: He is plotting to kill the king because he know he killed his father and how he did it.
Insanity: Him knowing all of this information and not really being able to tell anybody or act upon it right away is to much for him and it's building up inside and making him go crazy.
Broken Families: His mom married his uncle as soon as his father was killed and nobody is really acknowledging the fact that the real king is dead. And because his mom married his uncle Hamlet is starting to act distant towards his mom.

"Why, what an ass am I! This most brave,
That I, the son of a dear father murdered,
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words
And fall a-cursing like a very drab,"
(2.2.611-615)

Final Hamlet

I don't think Hamlet went crazy I think Hamlet was crazy from the start but there was somethings that pushed Hamlets crazy out near the end of the play. How he changed during the play is he could not kill people or get his revenge until he met up with Fortinbras, when his dad died Hamlet wanted to get revenge but he was to much of a kid to go kill him so he wrote a play to try to frame the new king of killing his dad.

I think the theme of the play is revenge because Hamlet try's to get revenge through the hole play, Fortinbras is going to Poland to get revenge, Laertes try's to get revenge on the king when he gets back and then on Hamlet too, the ghost tells Hamlet to get revenge for his death.

Hamlet: "here, thou incestuous, (murd'rous,) damned Dane, Drink off the potion. Is (thy union,) here?" (act 5 sc. 2 pg. 281) he says that to the king right before he makes him drink the poison .

Was hamelt insane???

i don't think Hamlet wasn't insane at all. He just had some family problems, he just dealt with them in different ways. A lot of people thought Hamlet was crazy because he was pretty much killing every one that had been forced on him by the new king. Hamlet really only wanted to kill the king to get revenge for his father. Insane can mean a lot of things in so many ways, it can mean being mentally ill or can mean strong and powerful. "Your grace has laid the odds thy weaker side" (sir Hamelt)

WAS HAMLETCRAZY?

Do i think Hamlet was crazy in the book? thats a hard qusetion because you would have to explain what crazy would be in sertain situations in the book. You would have to be in the persons shoes in order to to understand what was going through his mind at the time when he was making these choices.

One example of Hmlet going crazy might be when he talked to himself. In some parts of the book Hamet would go on little rants to himself. But to some people this may seem normal. If you ask me, i think he is more then crazy.

An example of him not being crazy would have been when, he rewote the letter so that he was not executed. that was one of the high points of the book for me. i thought that it was smart thinking. This would be a part were he did not seem to be crazy

Is he crazy?

I believe Hamlet did not go crazy in the play, He was just Drossy about what to do in the situation he was put in by his Uncle (the King). I think he change throughout the play because at first he did not know what to do. Then later on when he meets Fortinbras he knew what he had to do. "we gain a little patch of ground That hath in it no profit but the name" (Captain 4.4.19-20) . He started to believe that he was able to do what he wanted, Revenge for his father Death and make it so when he dies, he dies in peace.

WAS HAMLETCRAZY?

Hamlet Crazy?

I dont think Hamlet went crazy... i think he just got caught up in his own feelings. He was so focused on getting revenge that in his mind anything he did was justified by the fact that he was getting the people that did him wrong. Throughout the play he started changing into more of a heartless man because he started to realize how messed up everything was.

His family was totally broken up his father died, his mother married his uncle making him the king. If that wasn't enough he found out that his father was murdered by his uncle, information that was kept tenable by his mother.

"O, from this time forth my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!"

(4.5.68 hamlet)

Final Hamlet Blog Post: Insanity

For your final Hamlet blog post, include the following:

• Explain whether or not you think Hamlet went insane at any point during the play (or was insane throughout). If you believe he did not go crazy, how DID he change throughout the play?
  

• Regardless of your answer, also offer your opinion as to what connection Hamlet's transformation has to another theme of the play (see below).
  

• Include a quote from Hamlet that sums up his transformation, in your opinion. (Include Act.Scene.Line in parentheses.)

• Use one of the Hamlet vocab words below either in your blog post (bold it please) or in one of your 3 comments after you publish your post. You may post a comment here using one of the words in a sentence that shows me you understand its meaning.

Hamlet Themes:

Ghosts, Broken Families, Revenge, Power/Corruption, and Insanity

Hamlet Vocab:

Vailed = Lowered ("With vailed eyes, I contemplated my fate.")
Pregnant = Full of meaning ("Your words are pregnant with thoughtfulness."
Coted = Observed ("I had coted him whilst on our way to England."
Ostentation = Ceremony ("We had no formal ostentation after his death.")
Pall = Lose strength ("When our plans do pall, failure will soon come.")
Arras = Curtain ("I will hide behind the arras.")
Woodcock = A proverbially stupid bird ("Why would a woodcock such as you come to me?")
Tenable = Withheld; secret ("Continue being silent. We must keep this tenable.")
Drossy = Worthless ("Thou are a drossy fool.")
Incorporal = Immaterial; unimportant ("You hold an incorporal air about you.")

The Italian job

Hamlet: "Ay sir, to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked of ten thousand."

When a team of professional robbers pull of the biggest heist ever. they were heading back to play away there money, when one of the team members pull away from the group and plan there own heist. when the team member pulls away he attacks his old team while in the process he kills one from his old team on was it any accedent. the team seeks revenge on the one who betrayed them. like hamlet his father was killed or murdered? he wants to know who did it unlike in the Italian job they know who killed one of there own, but like hamlet they wanna capture them, and find the answers to there questions what questions we wont ever know!!!!


Has any one seen this movie and thought wow could that really happen to you, you lose some one so close in a blink of an eye like hamlet??

when the ghost visited hamlet do u think he was frightened? and if so why do you think he was hiding something?


murder is such a big thing to deal with even more so when you kill the person, does any one know any one in jail for murder do you think they have some one like hamlet fighting for them??

Toy Story

"Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father. But, you must know your father lost a father, that father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound to in filial obligation for some term To do obesqious sorrow." Why do you think the king feels the need to give a speech to Hamlet? Personally I think this tale of Hamlet is a lot like this movie I saw when I was a kid called Toy Story, maybe you're familiar with it. You see this guy Woody is trying to take revenge on Buzz who sort of waltzed right in on Woody's territory and became the new tough guy around town. So naturally, Woody feels bad about this and would like to take some revenge. Now in Hamlet the king comes to power and so Hamlet feels threatened as well, not to mention his dad getting killed.. but uh yeah. Oh and another open ended question................................. Why do you think Woody couldn't have just accepted Buzz as a new friend?

Death By Ear?

How would you feel if your father was murdered? Would you want revenge? That is what Hamlet his is thinking right now. But in order to get revenge he has to find out the truth first.

One thing that Hamlet does know for sure is that his father was killed, but how? his father has not givin mush insight on how he was killed its sort of been left up to Hamlet to find it out on his own. The one lead that he has is that he thinks it was his uncle that killed his father.

A movie that could relate to this book might be "GET RICH OR DIE TRYING" you may know this movie, because itwas made by 50 cent, but it follows a simular story. His mom was killed then he started to dell drugs and then he searchs to find the guy that he thinks killed his mom. But in the end he finds out that it was a person that he had known.

a example from the book, about how the king was killed, could be when thy were all at the play and the actors acted out a scene were the poisons a now dead kings ear and he dies. Then the real king gets up and leave the play.

Four Brothers

Four Bothers is a good verson of a revenge store because the brothers take revenge on there mothers death just like hamlet does with his father. i also think they are a like because there is a lot of side storys in both.

Four bothers is a more up to date verson of Hamlet but it has the same story. on page 149 in hamlet the player king says but die thouht when thy first lord is dead. meaning that he just killed the old king and will become the new one, in four borthers they find out who killed their mom and beat him untill he talks then they kill him.

Taken

"You cannot take anything from me that I will more willingly part withal-except my life, except my life, except my life." (hamlet.2.2.233-235)

The main character in Taken will do anything to get his daughter back, even if it means risking his life. Both Hamlet and the main character in Taken have had something taken from them. Hamlet had his dad and throne taken from him and the main character in Taken had his daughter taken from him. And they are both fighting to get back what they feel is rightfully theirs.

Do you think it is ok for either character to take revenge for the events that has happened to them?
Would you have sought out revenge if these things happened to you? If no why not, if yes what would you have done the same or different?

Pregnant: full of meaning.

Four Brothers

"A villian kills my father, and for that,

i, his sole son, do this same villian send to heaven."

(3.3.81. Hamlet)

Four Brothers and Hamlet are connected by the fact that in both stories a parental figure was killed. In hamlet it was the father, in Four Brothers their foster mom was killed. The quote relates to both stories because both want revenge for their loved one, and justice is only given with the death of the one who did it.

Will Hamlet ever get his revenge for his father and kill Claudius?

Will Hamlet do it himself or will he get someone to kill Claudius for him?

Hire and salary: i.e., something Claudius should pay me for.

Hamlet Blog Post #2: Revenge Stories

In your second blogging assignment, you need to both write/publish a post with the following requirements AND write/publish at least 3 insightful and detailed comments as responses to your classmates' blog posts that appear below on this page. The requirements:

• The title of your post should be the name of the revenge story you're connecting Hamlet to.
• A quote from Hamlet (in Act 2 or 3) that reminds you of the theme of "revenge" or something else from the story you're connecting to Hamlet.
• A brief explanation of the connections you find between your quote and your revenge story and between the story of Hamlet and your revenge story (use specific events/characters to prove your point).
• Ask two open-ended questions about the theme of revenge that relate to any characters, events, and/or quote that you have mentioned in your post.
• A vocab word from your quote OR from the scene your quote came from.
• After you publish, don't forget to comment on 3 blog posts!
  

Here are some revenge stories that you may be familiar with that you can connect to Hamlet for your blog post (all of which you can look up for more info here):

Spider-Man, Death Sentence, The Brave One, Gladiator, The Italian Job, Mystic River, Man on Fire, Braveheart, Four Brothers, V for Vendetta, Kill Bill, The Crow, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Punisher, We Own the Night, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Oldboy, Taken, Friday the 13th, Death Wish, The Godfather

Marcellus Act 1. Scene 4

Act 1. Scene 4





Marcellus "Lets's follow. 'Tis not fit thus to obey him."



This quote tells me that Marcellus is a good protecting friend to both Hamlet and Horotio. Even if it means not to obey his prince/friend he would do whatever inorder to protect hamlet.


Do you think Marcellus is doing the right thing by protecting Hamlet and not letting him face the facts himself?
Do you think Hamlet would the same for Marcellus?

Ghost, Act 1 Scene 5

"Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing
To what I shall unfold." (ghost.1.5.67)

The ghost is now about to tell them why he is here and what happened to him. The ghost was straight forwad in telling them who he was and what really happened to him. I don't relate to him at all because I would have told them the truth along time ago instead of waiting as long as he did. I am more impatient then him. The ghost will help solve the mystery because it happened to him so he knows all the information they need and if he tells them everything he knows or remembers the mystery could be solved.

Why did it take so long for the ghost to speak?
What do you think Hamlet is feeling and how do you think he is goin to react later on to what he just learned?

Forged process/Scene 5, Definitoion: false stroy/All of Denmark has heard a false story of my death 43-44

Hamlet Act.1 SC.2

"A little more than kin and less than kind"

The quote explains how hamlet is really upset with the outcome after his fathers death, and also his mother marring his own uncle Claudius that now becomes the new king. Hamlet is also feeling angry, frusturated, sad, and alone because the new king says things about his feelings but doesn't show his feelings and is a bastard overall.

Q1: Are Hamlets feelings towards Ophelia real or not? Why or why not?

Q2: For what reasons should Hamlet believe his dad about Claudius killing him to overrule his crown?

Voc: Queen act.1 sc.2 "Do not forever with thy Vailed lids"

Vailed lids: lowered eyes.

Ghost, Scene five

Are ghosts real? What could they possibly be trying to tell us? In Hamlet scene five he talks to his ghost father. But what could he possibly be talking to his father about? They talked about his death, and how he died. Now if its your first time reading hamlet like me you might have som problems understanding him when he talks about how he died. "With juice of cursed hebona in a vial". In other words he was givin piosoned. This is what he told to his son, as far as we know it was the queen that gave him the poison.

Laertes Act 1 Scene 3

"The canker galls the infants of the spring too oft before their buttons be disclosed, and, in the morn and liquid dew of youth, contagious blastments are most imminent."

Laertes is smart maybe a little overprotective of Ophelia he is very cautious has a close eye for Hamlet coming on to his sister.. i think that he will probably make somethings complicated for Hamlets plans on revenge.

Is Laertes overprotective? or is he somehow connected to the murder of Hamlets father and wants her to stay away from him because of it..?

The canker... spring: the canker worms destroys the early springs blossoms. meaning.. maybe saying untruthful things to put a false idea into someones head to get something you want out of them.

Claudius 1.2

"Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother death the memory be green,and our whole kingdom to be contracted in one brow of woe yet so far hath discretion fought with nature that wesest sorrow think on him together with remembrance of our selfs"

Claudias is just saying a bunch of feeling but doesn't show that he is really happy that his brother's dead and the new king.

Claudius is a bad guy and he was the one who killed his own brother to stay with the kingdom and I assume that he had in affair with the queen Gertrude. My predictionis that he posion his brother or that he had found out that he had done something that he didn't want the kingdom to know!!!

My two question's are that why did he killed his brother was it because the king found out something about him??? Or was it because the king found out he had something going on with his wife??

our sometimes sister:my former sister-in-law

Laertes Act 1. scean 3

Ophelia is the Daughter of Polonius who is the King's (Claudis) Councillor and her Brother is Lertes. Ophelia think she in love with Hamlet, and also think Hamlet has a thing for her. Her brother and father thinks she is dumb because they believe Hamlet just wants to be with Ophelia for sexual reasons. "For Hamlet,and the trilfling of his favor, Hold its a fashion and a toy in blood, A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute, No more". After her brother said this to Ophelia she gets upset and shows that she still havve faith in Hamlet and think she has a chance with Hamlet and Believe it could still happen. Are Hamlet and Ophelia going to get together? Is Hamlet just in it for the Booty?

Hamlet: Act 1 Blogging

In your first blog assignment for World Literature, pick a character and scene from Act 1 to offer some insight about who they are. Include the following information in your post:

• The title of your post should indicate your chosen character and scene


• A quote from that scene said by your character (or about your character) that helps us define your character's personality.


• Your own explanation or reaction to that quote and the character you have chosen. How would you describe his/her personality? What about them do you relate to or completely not relate to? Do you think they will help uncover the mystery or not?


• Ask two questions about your character and/or your scene that you would like your classmates' opinions on (do not use the questions I have provided above).


• A vocab word from your character/scene of your choosing (does NOT have to be from your quote, but can be), along with definition/modern-day translation and the sentence from which you found it (if not from your quote above).

When you are finished, make sure your initials are in the "Labels" section of your post and then press "Publish Post". Click "View Blog" to see your post!

Act 5 + Shakespeare Terms

Final blogging day for Othello! Woot woot! In the comments section, do one of the following:

1) Identify an important quote from Act 5 and offer a reason why it is significant

OR

2) Explain what one of these Shakespearean stage directions means: MONOLOGUE, SOLILOQUY, ASIDE, DRAMATIC IRONY

OR

3) Explain one of these psychological terms in relation to the events of Othello: REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY, SELECTIVE LISTENING, INTERNALIZED RACISM, MISOGYNY

Act 4, Scene 2, Emilia

Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect. (page 193)
Othello should really believe Emilia because he is with her all the time and if she is with her shouldn't she know about all of Desdemona's where abouts. I don't think that Emilia would lie to the governor of there little island because then in the long run she will get in trouble for lying and i know she doesn't want that since Othello is into killing people for one wrong.
This quote happens in everyday life whereas the wife, husband, girlfriend or boyfriend has friends and the other spouse doesn't want to believe because they are friends and doesn't want to betray them so they lie but sometimes they do tell the truth but i think that if Emilia came to Othello like Desdemona is cheating, i think he wouldn't believe her her because it could be a lie to get her in trouble just because she is mad at her.
Cozening:
To mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive. (page 203)
* Why do you think that Othello has a trust issue but he trust the person that is untrustworthy?
* why do think that Emilia wants to help Desdemona although she is basically her boss?
MLN

Act4,Scene2, Othello

"Come, swear it. Damn thyself , lest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves should fear to sieze thee. therefore be double damned swear thou art honest."
Othello seems angry and like desdemona has really hurt him.
It seems like when she said i am loyal he really got mad and just went off on her and it is connected to the theme as a hole because Iago has been filling his head with lies about her cheating with cassio.
Lest-for fear that.

-why dosent Othello believe what she is saying?
-why dosent Othello take what emilia said and what desdemona said and put two and two together?

" Act 4, Scene 1, Iago"

• "No, let me know, And knowing what I am, I know what she shall be." (p. 177)
• Iago is munipalated Othello by telling him that he knows that his wife is a fornicater. Even though she might not be, but thats what Othello going to believe because it's coming from his right hand man. Othello thinks Iago know everything.
• This quote can be connected to "intelligence." Iago intelligence is good because he know how to munipalate people and get to their minds by having them believe him. On the other hand, its kind of bad because he is messing up someone's marriage telling lies and he can possibly get someone killed.
• Encave: hide
• If you had a friend like Iago, will you trust him? Explain why or why not. What do you think will happen to Iago in scene 5?

Act 4, Scene 1, Lodovico

May be the letter mover him. For, as i think, they do command him home, Deputing Cassio in his government. (Page 187, line 260)
This quote tell the reader that they want want Othello back in his home town and that Cassio the Lieutenant that Othello fired is now in charge of Cyprus. Now Cassio has the power their Othello is thinking that Desdemona is going to really be on Cassio'd team now.
This quote can be connected to alot of thing because since Othello is now leaving he has time to go though with the affair that Desdemona and Cassio is so call having.
Deputing:
Appointing Cassio as governor in Othello's place. (Page187)
* Why is Othello is mad that Desdemona is cheating? Don't you think he should be happy that he found out early in the relationship? why or why not?
* Do you think that The Duke and Senator of Venice heard about what Othello did? why or why not? and if so why do you think they would appoint him the governor of Othello's place?
MLN

Act 4, Scene 2, Desdemona

"No, as I am a Christian!

If to preserve this vessel for my lord

From any other foul unlawful touch

Be not to be a strumpet, I am none." p9 199.

Desdemona is talking about her purity. She says she has "preserved" her body only for Othello. In other words she is saying that she is not cheating and that any other touch from a man is not worth it.

Loyalty:

Desdemona has so much loyalty to Othello. It has been argued in our class that she is just with him because he has a higher rank and that she would drop him for Cassio. I disagree. Her loyalty is out of love not because she is scared of death. She can't be that scared if she would stick by his side when she sees how angry he is.

Vessel: body

Do you think Desdemona is loyal to Othello out of love or something else? Explain

How did Othello react to this quote and why did he react that way?

Act4,Scene3, Othello

"get you to bed on th' instant. I will be returned forthwith. Dismiss your attendent there. Look't be done."
Othello seems calm and yet in control over Desdemona.
This quote is connected to the larger plan because he is tellin desdemona to go and be alone and he was talkin to Iago earlier about strangaling her.

-why does Othello want Desdemona to be alone?
-what thoughts do you think are running threw his head?

Act 4, Scene 3, Desdemona

"That song tonight / Will not go from my mind. I have much to do, / But to go hang my head all at one side / And sing it like poor Barbary." (Desdemona.4.3.32-35)


Before this quote Desdemona talks about her mothers maid Barbary who died at the hands of her husband while singing this song. Desdemona obviously feels that she is going to end up like Barbary and might die at the hands of Othello tonight. She knows there's nothing she can do about his actions so she sings and prays that she will be left unharmed.


This quote can be connected to the larger themes of fury and jealousy. Desdemona knows Othello is jealous for whatever reason and this jealousy has caused him to be extremely furious with her. He's so furious that he has thoughts about killing her and Desdemona doesn't doubt that he'll actually go through with it just because of the type of person he is. He's killed people in the past so he'll most likely have no problem murdering someone now even if he's truly in love and cares for that person.


to go hang my head ~ I can barely restrain myself from hanging


what do you think will happen to Desdemona?

How do you think Emilia will feel if her friend does end up dying?


L.J.B.

act 4 scene 1 cassio

i marry what, a customer? Prithee bear some charity to my wit! do not think it so unwholesome. ha, ha, ha! -179
-cassio and iago are talking about whyy he should marry bianca, she going to ruin his name;; she a prostitute, im way to intelligent to make her a charity case. he dont think thats right.
-pride;; he know hes to good to marry her. he dont want to settle for less. !
-unwholesome;; tainted, corrupted
-does he really love her or is it all a joke to him. ! ?
-is he even going to have a chance to marry her. ?

ACT 4 SC 3

" Let husbands know their wives have sense like them. They see, and smell, ... What is it that they do when they change us for others? Is it a sport? I think it is...And have not we affections, Desire for sport, and frailty, as men have?" (p.217).

FRAILTY- A FAULT, MORAL WEAKNESS, STATE OF BEING WEAK IN HEALTH OR BODY.

Emilia sees women more equal to men then the most of the women in the play and in the time period. In this scene she talks about how a lot of women cheat and that it is okay to cheat if your husband cheats on you first. I think this is all coming out because she is in rage that Othello told Desdemona to 'let her go'. She hasn't done anything wrong. She may also feel badly about men because she is seeing Iago and he doesn't treat her well. Desdemona and Emilia talk about infidelity. Emilia says in the quote that we have no different desires that men have.

Does Emilia suspect that Othello may try to murder Desdemona tonight?

Why does Emilia talk so badly about men?