Act 3 Scene 3 Desdemona

"i'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience; his bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift; i'll intermingle everything he does with Cassio's suit. Therefore be merry, Cassio, for thy solicitor shall rather die than give thy cause away." (3.3.page 118-119)

This shows us that Desdemona is either a really loyal friend, or she has a thing for Cassio. If she didn like Cassio she probably wouldnt try to get him to stay around so badly, she was talking anout bugging Othello whenever she could just so he could get his job back. Going to that extent makes her seem like she really is having an affair with him. The theme for this is loyalty because through the whole story so far it has tested the limits of loyalty between friends ( and foes) like Iago and Othello and Cassio and Othello. Iago being on Othellos good side makes him seem disgustingly loyal to him but knowing Iago it is clear that he has some type of corruption that makes him TOO loyal.

Watch him tame means to keep him awake at night until he is agreeable ( a method of taming falcons)

why would Desdemona care so much if Cassio got fired and banished?


is it possible she is having an affair with Cassio?

Act 1, Scene 2, Othello

"my parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly." (p.23) this said after Iago tells him that the Duke wants to talk to him about Barbantio's daughter Desamona and there so called "theft" of a marriage. this shows that Othello saw this confrontation coming and already knew that his name alone should clear some of the problems that her father may have with him. Othello sees situations coming, analyses it and solves it accordingly. Just like the war which he plays a big part in and with his marriage which was unapproved of. This is directly connected to power because he is saying that his name in the military will out pass and accusations he can throw at him, Othello knows he didn't do a damn thing wrong so he has no fear.

scurvy: insulting

how doesn't Othello ask how Barbantio found out about the marriage?

what brought Othello to marry right before he started a war?

p. 1127 - 1135

How is Gregor's transformation going to change his life with his family and chief?

Is he ever going to change back into a person?

lavishly: Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion

I think that his life will change completely around, him being a bug and not being able to work and make money to pay off his parents debt. This might make them get kicked out so then he would be a homeless giant bug which would not be any easier. He might change back into a person but he first has to find out how he changed in the begining, he probably has to go through a personal transformation with himself as a person for him to turn back. Today we talked about how Gregor is feeling now that the fact that he is a bug is sinking in. I think that he is sad that his mother can't stand the sight of him and he might possibly be one of the reasons her health is so bad. Also he knows he stills frightens his sister so that has to torment him seeing as how they used to be really close.

p. 142 - 155

do you think that the book is based on what Orwell thought the world would be like if WWII had ended differently?



i think that is exactly what he was getting at. The way that the government was trying to control everyone and making it seem like Big Brother is the caring loving leader that people need to guide them is the nightmarish was that Orwell saw it happening. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.



what do the girl and Winston hope to accomplish from his this secret relationship?



i think that they are trying to gain back those human feelings that they had before they were brainwashed. The sex kind of gave him an open mind that there was actual happiness outside the Party.

today we read about Winston and Julia going to meet O'brien at his house to talk about the brotherhood. After they get in his house they see that O'brien can turn offhis telescreen which amazes them. they talk about the brotherhood and discover that they are part of it and go through the normal process of being accepted. the recieve the the book which is to learn them about the way that the government is controlling society.

we talked about what "the book" was going to be about and that big brother isnt actually one person but a group of dictator that decide everything that goes on in the civilization. we also talked about why Winston heasitated to open the book, maybe because he was afraid or excited about what he had just gotten himself into. or he was worried that the perception on the government ruling the people was even worse then he imagined.

Tablet of Saccharine - fake victory substitute for sugar

floating fortress - boats fighting in the war

boughs - tree/bush branches

"she is one of God's women, fashioned by His own hand to show us men and other women that there is a heaven where we can enter, and that its light can be here on Earth. So true, so sweet, so little an egoist - and that, let me tell you, is much in this age, so sceptical and selfish." (p.198) -Van Helsing
in class we talked about how much van hesling knows about vampires/lucy. i believe that he doesnt know much and he is just guessing. Like lucy is his guine pig that he is testing his believes on.

Jonathan Barker is now healed from the help of Van Helsing, Jonathan autmatically believes that Helsing will be able to help him in his troubles with Dracula. Mina and Van Helsing both have read through Jonathans diary so they are all on the same page about the situation. Van Helsing possilby read the article about the women biting women around town and he can infer that it might be Lucy since she has finally turned.

10-28-08

today in the book Jonathan almost got bitten by some crazy chick vampires that live with the Count. He wrote more letters to Mina and Hawkins which Dracula stole, opened, and read right in front of him. Jonathan wakes up in his room with all his clothes folded in a manner different from his so he think the Count moved him there. All his stationary stuff is gone, which makes Jonathan think that the Count acctually knows whats going on. One of the themes that are connected with this reading is good vs. evil due to the fact that Jonathan is prisoner and he is trying to outsmart Dracula by writing letters to people in code, and Dracula always seems one step ahead of Jonathan and takes even more of his freedoms away. I think that the mind games that Dracula are playing on Jonathan will eventually make him go crazy, or cloud his mind so he won't be able think clearly and make a plan to get out.