1. Red, and other bright colors like orange and pink, are seen through out the novel and the meaning varies with each usage. Amy Denver is on an journey for "red velvet", the red in this situation represents hope, positive motivation, and a brighter future. The red light in 124 is a symbol for evil and bad energy. The red luminous light sets the mood for the cursed house.
2. Paul d had a very troubling, difficult past. With so many horrible memories Paul D has forced himself to berry, and lock them deep inside his chest in a "tobacco tin". He does this to protect himself, and ensure he never has to feel the pain of the bad memories he experienced in the past. "He would keep the rest where it belonged: in that tobacco tin berried in his chest where a red heart used to be."
3. Trees play an important role throughout the story. First with the scars on Sethe's back representing a family tree. The scars show what her family has had to endure with the effects of slavery. She will forever be left with the reminder of how miserable that life is and how she has done and will do anything to protect her family from that life. Trees are also an important symbol of power. Baby Suggs preaches from a tree in the woods.
4. The address of the house it's represents the in completion of the pattern. The 3 missing represents the absence of the third child in the family, which was Beloved. When Sethe kills Beloved not only does the family become trapped in the house but the house becomes trapped in time. It is not until Beloved comes back that the family can be set free, and it not until the family is set free that the house can be set free.
5. Schoolteacher scolds his pupil for not putting Sethe's 'human characteristics on the right; her animal ones on the left' as he has been instructed to do. The ultimate violation of Sethe's body and also her motherhood is captured in the scene in which Schoolteacher's white pupils hold Sethe down and 'steal her milk'. Sethe viewed an animal with no human rights. It is not an personal 'badness' which leads her to such a desperate decision but a society which has denied and distorted her ability to love and to choose: 'it wasn't the jungle blacks brought with them to this place from the other place. It was the jungle white folks planted in them'.
6. Water is connected to the journey for freedom. Ohio river is used for the slaves escaping to Kentucky. It's also where Denver is born, on the water, into freedom. Water is a part of freedom, making it apart of birth. Becoming free is like becoming reborn, so Denver experiences both when she is born on the river.
7. Birth is closely related to water. "As soon as Sethe got close tot he river her own water broke loose to join it." At another point in the novel Beloved describes urinating as if it was her water breaking. There is a circle of connections seen here. Freedom relates to the idea of being reborn, in birth there is often water involved, and water is often the passage to freedom.
8.The tile, Beloved, shows the importance of love in the novel. Be loved, when you separate the words it is easier to see what the author is saying. Loving others is important but you must also keep love for yourself. The love you give to others is uncontrollable, you cannot control what happens to those you love. If you gave all your love away to someone and something happened to take them away from you, you would feel completely empty.
9. Sixo being compared to Shedrack is an allusion to the bible. Shadrach and two others were punished and thrown into a fire, they survived however keeping faith in Jesus. In Sixos situation Slavery can be seen as the fire, he refused to let slavery defeat him when he was caught. He laughed when he was burning and mocked the white men, who were enraged by this rebel and shot him. Sixo, like Shadrach, stays true to himself and what he believes.
10. Stamp paid being compared to Charon with the way he helps people cross the river to forget there past is an allusion.
11. The author makes an allusion to the Civil War with talking about the 54th regiment, which was a regiment of all African American men.
12. 124 could be allusion to the bible, first with the numbers adding up to 7, and the 7 days of creation. Second the pattern of 124 with the missing three could relate to the number for the trinity. You could also say how the women of Beloved are a female trinity with Sethe being god, Beloved being Christ, and Denver being the Holy Ghost. When Beloved is killed by her mother is like Christ being sacrificed. And Denver is the Holy Ghost because she remains a constant.
13. Denver's journey backs up the main theme of the story, free slave to free person. She was born free of slavery but she is not free spiritually or physically because she never leaves 124. in part three Denver knows she must do something to save her family. So she leaves the house to get food so the others do not starve. Then she goes even further when see gets a job and is able to earn money to support the family. As Denver explores the world outside and grows more independent she frees herself.
14."Try as she might to make it otherwise...She could never forgive her memory." Pg. 7This quote ties into the theme, the influence of the past has on the present. No matter how hard Sethe tries she will always be haunted by the her decision to kill Beloved.
15. "The deeper and more tangled the jungle grew inside.....It was the jungle the white folks planted in them." This quote is comparing blacks to soil and the white people are planting seeds into them. The idea of the black people and the jungle suggests they are like wild animals and have uncivil ways of living. They are also saying how the blacks are subhuman.
16. "I won't never let her go." Sethe is now acknowledging that Beloved is her daughter and she is becoming attached to her. Sethe and Beloved then begin to take on each others roles. Beloved becomes more of a mother as Sethe begins to worship Beloved like a toddler would worship their mother.
17. The reoccurring image of shadows is a motif in the book. "Obviously the hand-holding shadows she has seen on the road were not Paul D, Denver and herself, but 'us three'."
18. There is one point in the book where Sethe sees a shadow of three people holding hands. This foreshadows first that maybe the family will be happy at some point in the future, and also that there will only be three people in the family. Which either represents the absence of Paul D or Sethe. Paul D when he leaves or Sethe if she really dies at the end of the story.
19. The supernatural and ghost is a motif. The author gives the story a paranormal phenomena within a realist framework.
20. Shoes are a motif and can be seen as protection and security. Not having shoes shows lower social status and that you are not wealthy enough to afford them.
21. Sethe's attack on her children is described as "her rough response to the Fugitive Bill." Under this law, fugitive slaves were denied a jury trial, facing a court-appointed commissioner instead. Under this law, fugitive slaves were denied a jury trial, facing a court-appointed commissioner instead.
22. g 242: “Maybe there is something else terrible enough to make her do it again.” This can be viewed as a foreshadow that Sethe might kill again, which Denver is deathly afraid of. Is Sethe capable of killing again?
23. Pg 213: "He hoped she stuck to blue, yellow, maybe green, and never fixed on red" This is about focusing on the better things in life, and ignoring the negative things. Stamp Paid loves and respects Baby Suggs and he does’t want her to experience pain in her self because of how much she has helped other people. This also strengthens the idea of the color red, which often represents evil and anger in the novel.
24. "He woke to the foot stops of Sethe coming down the white stairs to make breakfast." Every reference and detail of color has some level of significance in the novel. The white stairs leading to the second floor from the red light down stairs is like a stair way to heaven, a brighter place.
25. "Sethe, me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow." This plays into the past influencing the present theme. They have a long, disturbing past together and they can't let it go. Paul D wants to forget the past and embrace and enjoy the present, move forward to something better.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thomas Act 3 and 4 Answers
1. The play, as Hamlet planned, exposed Claudius for his guilt and fear of killing his brother and marrying his wife. Hamlet and Heratio analyzed Claudius during the play and noticed how uncomfortable he got, and then he becomes overwhelmed and leaves the room. Claudius realized that Hamlet knows he killed his father.
2. Expo- This is when we are introduced to the guards. They see a ghost and they ask Horatio to see it to. Hamlet hates Claudius and the marriage. The ghost appears again, Hamlet fallows it to ask it questions.
Inciting- Hamlet finds out Claudius killed his father from the Ghost, also telling him to seek revenge for his fathers death.
Rising- 1. Hamlets plan to expose Claudius through the play.
2. Hamlet goes to Ophelia’s room acting crazy, half-naked, acting in love with her.
3. Claudius is upset after the play, showing Hamlet he is guilty, but Hamlet cant kill him because he was confessing.
1. He’s sending Hamlet to England because he’s crazy, and has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern go with him to supervise.
2. Spy on them to here what they talk about.
3. 1) This was the first time Claudius admits to his sin out loud.
2) He’s asking for forgiveness for his sins, showing some level of regret and need for salvation.
3) If he did not decide to pray Hamlet wouldn’t have shown restraint in killing him.
4. Claudius says he apearantly can’t pray.
5. Because he can’t kill Claudius as he is praying confessing for his sin because then he will go to heaven. Hamlet refuses to give him that luxary, so he decides to wait until he can kill him when he is doing something bad.
1. Polonius tells the queen be more stern, and just say he has caused a lot of trouble.
2. Hamlet calls Polonius a rat for spying on him, as he is always doing. Then he stabs and kills him.
3. While Hamlet is frustrated and confused, this quote shows he somewhat blames his mother for his fathers death.
4. While Gertrude is a clueless mother, she doesn’t understand why Hamlet is so rude to her because she doesn’t know that Claudius killed her husband.
5. He bashes on Claudius by saying he is like mildewed ear of corn affecting all others next to him, and comparing her old husband to a Greek God, with a commanding eye.
6. He just giving a descriptive explanation of why his father was so much more of a man than Claudius. He asks why his mother would possibly settle for such a pathetic man, after having such a honorable, heroic king.
7. It’s a detailed description of Gurtude sleeping with her old husbands brother.
8. The ghost reminds Hamlet that his job is to get revenge for his fathers death, not push his mother away and make her feel guilty. She is just a weak women says the ghost.
9. “….do not spread the compost on the weeds.” He’s saying that they shouldn’t make things worse, which is ironic considering he wants to murder Claudius. This sign of revenge and anger drives him kill his fathers murderer.
10. The ghost doesn’t help Hamlet’s situation in act 3 because, unlike act 1, in act 3 no one can see him except Hamlet. In act 1 everyone sees the ghost. In both scenes however the ghosts have the same motivation, which is to see Claudius killed.
2. Expo- This is when we are introduced to the guards. They see a ghost and they ask Horatio to see it to. Hamlet hates Claudius and the marriage. The ghost appears again, Hamlet fallows it to ask it questions.
Inciting- Hamlet finds out Claudius killed his father from the Ghost, also telling him to seek revenge for his fathers death.
Rising- 1. Hamlets plan to expose Claudius through the play.
2. Hamlet goes to Ophelia’s room acting crazy, half-naked, acting in love with her.
3. Claudius is upset after the play, showing Hamlet he is guilty, but Hamlet cant kill him because he was confessing.
1. He’s sending Hamlet to England because he’s crazy, and has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern go with him to supervise.
2. Spy on them to here what they talk about.
3. 1) This was the first time Claudius admits to his sin out loud.
2) He’s asking for forgiveness for his sins, showing some level of regret and need for salvation.
3) If he did not decide to pray Hamlet wouldn’t have shown restraint in killing him.
4. Claudius says he apearantly can’t pray.
5. Because he can’t kill Claudius as he is praying confessing for his sin because then he will go to heaven. Hamlet refuses to give him that luxary, so he decides to wait until he can kill him when he is doing something bad.
1. Polonius tells the queen be more stern, and just say he has caused a lot of trouble.
2. Hamlet calls Polonius a rat for spying on him, as he is always doing. Then he stabs and kills him.
3. While Hamlet is frustrated and confused, this quote shows he somewhat blames his mother for his fathers death.
4. While Gertrude is a clueless mother, she doesn’t understand why Hamlet is so rude to her because she doesn’t know that Claudius killed her husband.
5. He bashes on Claudius by saying he is like mildewed ear of corn affecting all others next to him, and comparing her old husband to a Greek God, with a commanding eye.
6. He just giving a descriptive explanation of why his father was so much more of a man than Claudius. He asks why his mother would possibly settle for such a pathetic man, after having such a honorable, heroic king.
7. It’s a detailed description of Gurtude sleeping with her old husbands brother.
8. The ghost reminds Hamlet that his job is to get revenge for his fathers death, not push his mother away and make her feel guilty. She is just a weak women says the ghost.
9. “….do not spread the compost on the weeds.” He’s saying that they shouldn’t make things worse, which is ironic considering he wants to murder Claudius. This sign of revenge and anger drives him kill his fathers murderer.
10. The ghost doesn’t help Hamlet’s situation in act 3 because, unlike act 1, in act 3 no one can see him except Hamlet. In act 1 everyone sees the ghost. In both scenes however the ghosts have the same motivation, which is to see Claudius killed.
Thomas Act 3 Scenes 1 and
1. They report that Hamlet is confused and troubled, but won’t tell why. He doesn’t eagerly discuss his problems and doesn’t like being interrogated by friends.
2. Claudius completely agrees with Polonius that people sometimes act committed to God to hide their sins. This makes Claudius feel guilty.
3. They planned for Hamlet and Ophelia to run into each other. Polonius and Claudius will act as spies to determine if Hamlet is suffering because of the love he has for Ophelia.
4. Hamlets soliloquy is the question, is it better to be alive or dead? Is it nobler to push through the hard times to the end, or cut life short and easy? However he also explains the catch. No one knows where you end up after death. This is why so many people suffer through the troubles of life so long.
5. The main argument against suicide is the popular fear of what happens after death. Where do you go and what do you experience if you kill decide to sin and kill your self. That is why most accept the sufferings, even though they don’t want to.
6. Hamlet becomes angry because Ophelia returns his letters. Hamlet now thinks she doesn’t love him, which is why he is cruel. He is also cruel because he has been set up and Polonius was spying on them.
7. Hamlets saying he’s going to kill Claudius for killing his father, but he’s not going to kill his mother.
8. The King decides to send him to England.
9. Hamlet approves of Horatio because he takes everything in life with calm acceptance, good and bad things. He takes Horatio in his heart also because he is a master of his emotions, which is so important, especially when dealing with women.
10. He asks Horatio to watch his uncle very carefully when the play begins and analyze his reaction. He wants Horatio to see if Claudius looks guilty or nervous.
11. A king and queen enter and embrace lovingly. She kneels before him and resists his passion. He lifts her up and lays his head on her neck. He lies down on a bank of flowers. When she sees him sleeping, she leaves. Another man comes in, takes the crown from the king, pours poison in the sleeping man’s ear, and leaves. The queen returns and finds the king dead. She becomes hysterical. The killer comes back and claims the queen. The body is carried away. The killer gives the queen gifts. She is cold toward him for a while but eventually accepts his hospitality.
12. The name “the mousetrap” is a metaphor. The play is about a murder committed in Vienna. Gonzago is the duke’s name, and his wife is Baptista.
13. Claudius is spooked. He can’t take it anymore and yells for the lights to be turned on and to “Get me out of here!”
14. He referrers to himself as a recorder, and tells Guildenstern not to try and play him as a fool if he can’t even play that simple instrument.
15. He plans to kill Claudius and take revenge, but he feels like a hypocrite by killing Claudius and not his mother. He decides to do anyway despite his feelings of guilt.
2. Claudius completely agrees with Polonius that people sometimes act committed to God to hide their sins. This makes Claudius feel guilty.
3. They planned for Hamlet and Ophelia to run into each other. Polonius and Claudius will act as spies to determine if Hamlet is suffering because of the love he has for Ophelia.
4. Hamlets soliloquy is the question, is it better to be alive or dead? Is it nobler to push through the hard times to the end, or cut life short and easy? However he also explains the catch. No one knows where you end up after death. This is why so many people suffer through the troubles of life so long.
5. The main argument against suicide is the popular fear of what happens after death. Where do you go and what do you experience if you kill decide to sin and kill your self. That is why most accept the sufferings, even though they don’t want to.
6. Hamlet becomes angry because Ophelia returns his letters. Hamlet now thinks she doesn’t love him, which is why he is cruel. He is also cruel because he has been set up and Polonius was spying on them.
7. Hamlets saying he’s going to kill Claudius for killing his father, but he’s not going to kill his mother.
8. The King decides to send him to England.
9. Hamlet approves of Horatio because he takes everything in life with calm acceptance, good and bad things. He takes Horatio in his heart also because he is a master of his emotions, which is so important, especially when dealing with women.
10. He asks Horatio to watch his uncle very carefully when the play begins and analyze his reaction. He wants Horatio to see if Claudius looks guilty or nervous.
11. A king and queen enter and embrace lovingly. She kneels before him and resists his passion. He lifts her up and lays his head on her neck. He lies down on a bank of flowers. When she sees him sleeping, she leaves. Another man comes in, takes the crown from the king, pours poison in the sleeping man’s ear, and leaves. The queen returns and finds the king dead. She becomes hysterical. The killer comes back and claims the queen. The body is carried away. The killer gives the queen gifts. She is cold toward him for a while but eventually accepts his hospitality.
12. The name “the mousetrap” is a metaphor. The play is about a murder committed in Vienna. Gonzago is the duke’s name, and his wife is Baptista.
13. Claudius is spooked. He can’t take it anymore and yells for the lights to be turned on and to “Get me out of here!”
14. He referrers to himself as a recorder, and tells Guildenstern not to try and play him as a fool if he can’t even play that simple instrument.
15. He plans to kill Claudius and take revenge, but he feels like a hypocrite by killing Claudius and not his mother. He decides to do anyway despite his feelings of guilt.
Thomas Hamlet’s Soliloquy
To live or to die
Should I suffer
The troubles of life
Or stay strong and fight against them,
If you die will the troubles end,
I think to die, to sleep,
Should be wished for, to die, to sleep,
To sleep there are risks,
For what happens after death,
This is what makes people think twice,
Who would agree to suffer,
Lost love or slow justice,
Insolent politicians and insults,
Worthy people suffer from the unworthy,
When they could find peace
With a naked dagger would could be take charge?,
Why struggle through life,
Unless they were afraid of what might happen after death,
This country where no one returns from,
Makes us content to suffer the evils,
Rather than risk the unknown,
Our conscience makes us cowards,
Important tasks are therefore,
Forgotten because of over thinking,
And no action is taken.
Should I suffer
The troubles of life
Or stay strong and fight against them,
If you die will the troubles end,
I think to die, to sleep,
Should be wished for, to die, to sleep,
To sleep there are risks,
For what happens after death,
This is what makes people think twice,
Who would agree to suffer,
Lost love or slow justice,
Insolent politicians and insults,
Worthy people suffer from the unworthy,
When they could find peace
With a naked dagger would could be take charge?,
Why struggle through life,
Unless they were afraid of what might happen after death,
This country where no one returns from,
Makes us content to suffer the evils,
Rather than risk the unknown,
Our conscience makes us cowards,
Important tasks are therefore,
Forgotten because of over thinking,
And no action is taken.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Gawain questions Fit 4
Fit 4 Questions
1) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight can be viewed as a journey from life to death and back to life. Discuss how this works.
2) Sir Gawain is reborn both physically and spiritually at the end of the book how?
3) Whose Point of View are we suppose to exact at the end of the book? Why?
4) Is Gawain ruined as a knight or will we see great deeds from him again?
5) In your opinion who is really in control?
1. This journey from life to death and back to life can be seen in Gawain’s journey to the Castle. The journey starts in Camelot, traveling through the wilderness and in the castle, and ends with Gawain’s rebirth in Camelot. Camelot is a joyous place filled with happiness and games. It’s filled with life. He leaves this pleasant place however into the wilderness, which is cold and unforgiving like death. He goes to the castle and in his adventures he spiritually dies. You often see Gawain put his faith in God and Mary, for example his shield has the pentangle on one side and Mary on the other. The Christian ideas of reward from God after death can be seen in the answering of Gawain’s desperate prayers. He prays for a place to celebrate Christmas mass and the castle suddenly appears. ("in the midst of the woods, he saw a moated castle" ln. 763). The journey of rebirth is seen after he fails with the green knight and looses his pure spirit by using the Girdle. He returns home, and with no one caring of his cowardly actions, he is reborn.
2. Near the end of the story the Green Knight spears his life. It was originally a set up however but this can be seen as Gawain’s physical rebirth, with only a minor flesh wound instead of death. Gawain knows he chose the cowardly path by accepting the Green Girdle that would save him against the Green Knight, and he feels embarrassed and ruined as a honorable knight because of it. He is reborn after he fails to maintain his faith in god. When he returns home however, the people ignore his previous desires to live and so in a way he is given a second chance, or is spiritually reborn.
3. I think, at least in the end of the story, was someone in Camelot. It’s arguable that the point of view is taken by Gawain, however I find it unlikely that someone so embarrassed would write it so the people of Camelot were that tolerant of his cowardly act. The people of Camelot however see everything as game, with less concequences in life. They make his quest seem like a big game, and that it doesn’t even matter if he failed or not. This can be seen in this line, “Right then, that lords and ladies of the Round Table and all in their Brotherhood should wear a baldric bound cross-wise round them, a band of green…..be honored evermore.” (Line 2564)
4. Sir Gawain is most definitely ruined as a knight. He is mentally destroyed and spiritually lost and unstable. He will never be able to forget the dishonor that he has brought on himself and his king and people. With this Gawains first major adventure for fame and glory, he has failed his first task and with less confidence he will have less inspiration to try again. “But I shall see it always, as a sign of my fault wherever I ride, remembering with remorse, in times of pride how feeble is the fles, how petty and perverse.” He’s talking of the Girdle which he will always where to remind him of his failure. He will never live down what he has done. Gawain sias him self, “What’s done is done and cannot be undone.”
5. I think even though the Young Lady and Bertilak play large roles in the game, the Old Lady, or Morgan le Fay, is in control and is responsible for the sequence of the story. She is in charge and decides to play the game in the beginning.
1) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight can be viewed as a journey from life to death and back to life. Discuss how this works.
2) Sir Gawain is reborn both physically and spiritually at the end of the book how?
3) Whose Point of View are we suppose to exact at the end of the book? Why?
4) Is Gawain ruined as a knight or will we see great deeds from him again?
5) In your opinion who is really in control?
1. This journey from life to death and back to life can be seen in Gawain’s journey to the Castle. The journey starts in Camelot, traveling through the wilderness and in the castle, and ends with Gawain’s rebirth in Camelot. Camelot is a joyous place filled with happiness and games. It’s filled with life. He leaves this pleasant place however into the wilderness, which is cold and unforgiving like death. He goes to the castle and in his adventures he spiritually dies. You often see Gawain put his faith in God and Mary, for example his shield has the pentangle on one side and Mary on the other. The Christian ideas of reward from God after death can be seen in the answering of Gawain’s desperate prayers. He prays for a place to celebrate Christmas mass and the castle suddenly appears. ("in the midst of the woods, he saw a moated castle" ln. 763). The journey of rebirth is seen after he fails with the green knight and looses his pure spirit by using the Girdle. He returns home, and with no one caring of his cowardly actions, he is reborn.
2. Near the end of the story the Green Knight spears his life. It was originally a set up however but this can be seen as Gawain’s physical rebirth, with only a minor flesh wound instead of death. Gawain knows he chose the cowardly path by accepting the Green Girdle that would save him against the Green Knight, and he feels embarrassed and ruined as a honorable knight because of it. He is reborn after he fails to maintain his faith in god. When he returns home however, the people ignore his previous desires to live and so in a way he is given a second chance, or is spiritually reborn.
3. I think, at least in the end of the story, was someone in Camelot. It’s arguable that the point of view is taken by Gawain, however I find it unlikely that someone so embarrassed would write it so the people of Camelot were that tolerant of his cowardly act. The people of Camelot however see everything as game, with less concequences in life. They make his quest seem like a big game, and that it doesn’t even matter if he failed or not. This can be seen in this line, “Right then, that lords and ladies of the Round Table and all in their Brotherhood should wear a baldric bound cross-wise round them, a band of green…..be honored evermore.” (Line 2564)
4. Sir Gawain is most definitely ruined as a knight. He is mentally destroyed and spiritually lost and unstable. He will never be able to forget the dishonor that he has brought on himself and his king and people. With this Gawains first major adventure for fame and glory, he has failed his first task and with less confidence he will have less inspiration to try again. “But I shall see it always, as a sign of my fault wherever I ride, remembering with remorse, in times of pride how feeble is the fles, how petty and perverse.” He’s talking of the Girdle which he will always where to remind him of his failure. He will never live down what he has done. Gawain sias him self, “What’s done is done and cannot be undone.”
5. I think even though the Young Lady and Bertilak play large roles in the game, the Old Lady, or Morgan le Fay, is in control and is responsible for the sequence of the story. She is in charge and decides to play the game in the beginning.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Thomas Sir Gawain Questions
Answers: 1)
1. Theres a brief summary of the New Year’s feast in part one and the Green Knight’s game with King Arthur is described as his New year’s gift.
2. The change of season is elaborately described, from the cold season, to spring, to harvest, then back to winter.
3. On All Hallows’ Day, the knights of Camelot had one last feast and prepared to send Gawain off on his quest for the Green Chapel.
4. Gawain calls for his armor, and the armor itself is described in great detail.
5. Sir Gawain gets dressed and armored and prepares to leave on his voyage. He meets with King Arthur and people one last time and the poet describes Gawain’s horse.
6. The knights give Sir Gawain the shield, which has the pentangle on one side, which comprises five points with no end and the knights virtues.
7. The significance of the pentangle is explained. The five points represent generosity, good fellowship, cleanness, courtesy, and compassion. A picture of Mary is on the other side of the shield, whom Gawain puts his faith into.
8. Gawain sais goodbye and leaves athe court with sparks flying. The lords and ladies grieved for his absience and said he would have made a great leader.
9. Gawain enters the winlderness, traveling through North Wales and the west coast of England in search of the Green Chaple.
10. He encounters various foes throughout his journey, like wolves and dragons, and always defeats them. He sleeps in the cold in just his armor with many nightmares.
11. On Christmas Eve Gawain prays to mary that he can find a place to celebrate Christmas Mass.
12. He crosses himself three times and he looks up and sees a massive castle, surrounded by a green park and a moat. He heads toward the drawbridge.
13. The casltle is white with tall turrets and intricate carvings. Gawain salutes a guardian whom allows him to enter.
14. Gawain askes if he would pass a message to the lord and ask for lodging. The porter leaves and returns with many others for a proper greeting. Then welcomed him through the gates and guided him to the lords hall.
15. The calstles lord greets Gawain. He’s middle-aged with a thick beard and sturdy legs. He had a stocky figure with a fiery face, but with a gracious, gentle voice.
16. The lord takes Gawain to a rich chamber, where the have an amazing feast with food and wine.
17. The lords and ladies play games and celebrate late into the nigh. Gawains presence is praised by the Lord and people, for he is a renowed Knight of The Round Table.
18. Gawain meets the two ladies, one with great beauty, and the other old and ugly, complete opposite women.
19. Gawain talds to the lady, plays many fun games, and eventually retires for bed.
20. Christmas morning they have breakfast, Gawain sitting happily with the laday, and the Lord next to the Old Lady.
21. It was a joyful morning, and two more similar to the first quickly pass, and Gawain feels pressure to continue his quest. He respectfully tells his host he can’t stay any longer, for he has an engagement.
22. Gawain explains to the Lord he must leave to find a mysterious Green Chaple, and if he knows of such a place. The Lord gladly tells him this chaple is close and that he will stay with them three more days because he can get there in no time at all.
23. Gawain gladly agrees to stay until New Year’s. The Lord tells Gawain to stay in the Castle and rest up unitl mass.
24. The lord proposes a bargain. During the day Gawain will rest, meanwhile the host will go out and hunt with his men. At the end of each of the three days, they will exchange whatever they have obtained throughout the day. Gawain excepts, and the men kiss, they then go off to bed.
2. There are two main examples of this motif in the second part of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The first is the agreement to exchange any gifts that Sir Gawain and the Duke may obtain. The king will give what he catches in the hunt, and Sir Gawain will give anything he might find or receive in the castle. In the first hunt, the Duke kills a respectable deer. Sir Gawain receives one kiss from the Lady of the castle. On the second day the Duke kills a massive boar, and Gawain gives back to the Duke two kisses. On the third day however, the Duke brings back a small fox. Gawain, having received a green scarf that protects him from any blade, decides to keep the scarf, and instead give the Duke three kisses, that he did not actually receive. It was a dishonest exchange from Gawain, which is perhaps the reason the Duke brings back only a small fox. This fox can symbolize trickery, and dishonesty. Somehow the Duke new there wouldn’t be true exchange of gifts that day, possibly because it was a setup to begin with.
3. Sir Gawain is a religious man, and places his faith in Christianity. When he’s on his voyage, cold and alone, he prays to God and Mary, “That I might soon hear mass in a holy place.” “May Christ’s Cross lend me seed!” He’s asking to be quickly guided to a peaceful place to properly celebrate a holiday. Suddenly, “in the midst of the wood”, Sir Gawain sees a moated castle surrounded by massive trees, with great walls and structure. This castle was the result of his prayer. It symbolizes an answer to prayer. Sir Gawain asked and he received. He put his faith into God and was quickly rewarded with this castle. The castle representing this reward.
4. In the first section Gawain talks bad of himself as if he is less important. He tells King Arthur he is only a night, less important than a king, which is why he sacrifices himself. From my point of view, it was a courage’s, responsible, and modest decision made for the best of his king, and his people, even though he shows him self to be weak and less important. In the second section, everyone in the second castle talks of Sir Gawain as a famous knight, with an amazing reputation. He’s known as a night of the round table, and his name was popular. I see Sir Gawain as a modest, honorabe knight with high morals. He makes a inconsistent choice when he decides to keep the green scarf and lie the Duke. As cowardly as this is, I still feel he is an
honest knight who upholds the principles of the pentangle.
5. The story takes place at Camelot; the wilderness; the Duke’s castle.
Camelot is a silly place. There are many games, feasts, and dancing. Much joy is had at Camelot. The wilderness is cold and uncomfortable. Sir Gawain is spiritually lost there, which is why he prays for somewhere to properly spend the holidays. The Duke’s castle symbolizes the answer to prayer. It’s a massive castle and the people praise Sir Gawain for his reputation as a night. The castle has a mysterious, deceptful atmosphere.
1. Theres a brief summary of the New Year’s feast in part one and the Green Knight’s game with King Arthur is described as his New year’s gift.
2. The change of season is elaborately described, from the cold season, to spring, to harvest, then back to winter.
3. On All Hallows’ Day, the knights of Camelot had one last feast and prepared to send Gawain off on his quest for the Green Chapel.
4. Gawain calls for his armor, and the armor itself is described in great detail.
5. Sir Gawain gets dressed and armored and prepares to leave on his voyage. He meets with King Arthur and people one last time and the poet describes Gawain’s horse.
6. The knights give Sir Gawain the shield, which has the pentangle on one side, which comprises five points with no end and the knights virtues.
7. The significance of the pentangle is explained. The five points represent generosity, good fellowship, cleanness, courtesy, and compassion. A picture of Mary is on the other side of the shield, whom Gawain puts his faith into.
8. Gawain sais goodbye and leaves athe court with sparks flying. The lords and ladies grieved for his absience and said he would have made a great leader.
9. Gawain enters the winlderness, traveling through North Wales and the west coast of England in search of the Green Chaple.
10. He encounters various foes throughout his journey, like wolves and dragons, and always defeats them. He sleeps in the cold in just his armor with many nightmares.
11. On Christmas Eve Gawain prays to mary that he can find a place to celebrate Christmas Mass.
12. He crosses himself three times and he looks up and sees a massive castle, surrounded by a green park and a moat. He heads toward the drawbridge.
13. The casltle is white with tall turrets and intricate carvings. Gawain salutes a guardian whom allows him to enter.
14. Gawain askes if he would pass a message to the lord and ask for lodging. The porter leaves and returns with many others for a proper greeting. Then welcomed him through the gates and guided him to the lords hall.
15. The calstles lord greets Gawain. He’s middle-aged with a thick beard and sturdy legs. He had a stocky figure with a fiery face, but with a gracious, gentle voice.
16. The lord takes Gawain to a rich chamber, where the have an amazing feast with food and wine.
17. The lords and ladies play games and celebrate late into the nigh. Gawains presence is praised by the Lord and people, for he is a renowed Knight of The Round Table.
18. Gawain meets the two ladies, one with great beauty, and the other old and ugly, complete opposite women.
19. Gawain talds to the lady, plays many fun games, and eventually retires for bed.
20. Christmas morning they have breakfast, Gawain sitting happily with the laday, and the Lord next to the Old Lady.
21. It was a joyful morning, and two more similar to the first quickly pass, and Gawain feels pressure to continue his quest. He respectfully tells his host he can’t stay any longer, for he has an engagement.
22. Gawain explains to the Lord he must leave to find a mysterious Green Chaple, and if he knows of such a place. The Lord gladly tells him this chaple is close and that he will stay with them three more days because he can get there in no time at all.
23. Gawain gladly agrees to stay until New Year’s. The Lord tells Gawain to stay in the Castle and rest up unitl mass.
24. The lord proposes a bargain. During the day Gawain will rest, meanwhile the host will go out and hunt with his men. At the end of each of the three days, they will exchange whatever they have obtained throughout the day. Gawain excepts, and the men kiss, they then go off to bed.
2. There are two main examples of this motif in the second part of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The first is the agreement to exchange any gifts that Sir Gawain and the Duke may obtain. The king will give what he catches in the hunt, and Sir Gawain will give anything he might find or receive in the castle. In the first hunt, the Duke kills a respectable deer. Sir Gawain receives one kiss from the Lady of the castle. On the second day the Duke kills a massive boar, and Gawain gives back to the Duke two kisses. On the third day however, the Duke brings back a small fox. Gawain, having received a green scarf that protects him from any blade, decides to keep the scarf, and instead give the Duke three kisses, that he did not actually receive. It was a dishonest exchange from Gawain, which is perhaps the reason the Duke brings back only a small fox. This fox can symbolize trickery, and dishonesty. Somehow the Duke new there wouldn’t be true exchange of gifts that day, possibly because it was a setup to begin with.
3. Sir Gawain is a religious man, and places his faith in Christianity. When he’s on his voyage, cold and alone, he prays to God and Mary, “That I might soon hear mass in a holy place.” “May Christ’s Cross lend me seed!” He’s asking to be quickly guided to a peaceful place to properly celebrate a holiday. Suddenly, “in the midst of the wood”, Sir Gawain sees a moated castle surrounded by massive trees, with great walls and structure. This castle was the result of his prayer. It symbolizes an answer to prayer. Sir Gawain asked and he received. He put his faith into God and was quickly rewarded with this castle. The castle representing this reward.
4. In the first section Gawain talks bad of himself as if he is less important. He tells King Arthur he is only a night, less important than a king, which is why he sacrifices himself. From my point of view, it was a courage’s, responsible, and modest decision made for the best of his king, and his people, even though he shows him self to be weak and less important. In the second section, everyone in the second castle talks of Sir Gawain as a famous knight, with an amazing reputation. He’s known as a night of the round table, and his name was popular. I see Sir Gawain as a modest, honorabe knight with high morals. He makes a inconsistent choice when he decides to keep the green scarf and lie the Duke. As cowardly as this is, I still feel he is an
honest knight who upholds the principles of the pentangle.
5. The story takes place at Camelot; the wilderness; the Duke’s castle.
Camelot is a silly place. There are many games, feasts, and dancing. Much joy is had at Camelot. The wilderness is cold and uncomfortable. Sir Gawain is spiritually lost there, which is why he prays for somewhere to properly spend the holidays. The Duke’s castle symbolizes the answer to prayer. It’s a massive castle and the people praise Sir Gawain for his reputation as a night. The castle has a mysterious, deceptful atmosphere.
Monday, September 28, 2009
The Finnesburh Fragment:
The story of the fight in Finnesburh in which Hnaef and his followers were attacked in a hall by their foes has been told in allusive fashion in Beowulf. There are certain similarities that can be connected between this fragment and the story of Beowulf. In both stories there is a scene or scenes of battle and war. Like Beowulf, Hnaef and his people were attacked in there mead hall unexpectedly when they were sleeping. A feud was in place between the Frisians and Danish. It's possible the princess Hildeburh was given to Finn as a peace prise. Hrothgar's wife was also a peace pledge to Hrothgar, which i compare the fragment, this also emphasises the role of women. Both stories also involve attack while housing guests. Hnaef is visiting Finn and Beowulf is a victory to Hrothgar's kingdom. There are also symbols seen through the raven, which is seen in both stories as a sign of doom or misfortune.
Widsith:
This is a story of a poet and entertainer who travels to impossilbe places all around the world. He meets endless people of great importance and people who are also spoken of or seen in Beowulf. Breoca the Brondingas, Finn, son of Folcwalda, Sigehere, ruler of the Sea-Danes, the Franks and the Fisians. He even had encounters with Hrothwulf and Hrothgar and said things about there victory over the Heathobard tribe and when they took control over Heorot. Widsith him self had commanalities to Beowulf. There both very famous men, both known for different things but known well across the land. Widsith and Beowulf are both very aware of how good there at what they do, Beowulf as a warrior and Widsith as a poet. Widsith mensions he learned in his travels that the best of kings are the ones who allways respect there people and warriors, and all ways reward them with gold and riches. He sais these kings are the leaders who are most popular and respected. Beowulf, even though he views him self more a warrior, was allways generous to his fellow warriors and servants. Beowulf was known for this all around the land, as well and being known his great abilities in battle.
Grettir The Strong:
There is no limit to the similarities between Beowulf and Grettir The Strong. They have very similar plot lines, the one large difference to the comparison of Grettir and Beowulf is that Grettir is an out-law and Beowulf is a great king. Grettir heres of the monster who is bothering the people every year on Christmas. Grettir has a special skill in putting an end to hauntings and ghosts. Beowulf as well heres of Grendle, and knowing his great strenth travels to Heorot to help. Both men are going to help the people. Both men have amazing strength and fighting abilities, and they both know it. Beowulf waited for Grendle in Heorot pretending to be asleep, Grettir waits in the womends house for the troll women. Grettir chops the monsters arm off and wounds her greatly and she falls into the river, not knowing for sure if he had slayed her. Just like when Beowulf tore Grendles arm off, he ran way to his layer, Beowulf and the people unsure if he was dead. When Grettir when to the troll women's cave under the water fall, he was greeted by the trolls lover, who he kills. Beowulf is greeted by Grendles mother, whom he fights as well. So almost every aspect of Grettir The Strong corresponds to Beowulf, except slight differences such as the social profile of Beowulf and Grettir.
The story of the fight in Finnesburh in which Hnaef and his followers were attacked in a hall by their foes has been told in allusive fashion in Beowulf. There are certain similarities that can be connected between this fragment and the story of Beowulf. In both stories there is a scene or scenes of battle and war. Like Beowulf, Hnaef and his people were attacked in there mead hall unexpectedly when they were sleeping. A feud was in place between the Frisians and Danish. It's possible the princess Hildeburh was given to Finn as a peace prise. Hrothgar's wife was also a peace pledge to Hrothgar, which i compare the fragment, this also emphasises the role of women. Both stories also involve attack while housing guests. Hnaef is visiting Finn and Beowulf is a victory to Hrothgar's kingdom. There are also symbols seen through the raven, which is seen in both stories as a sign of doom or misfortune.
Widsith:
This is a story of a poet and entertainer who travels to impossilbe places all around the world. He meets endless people of great importance and people who are also spoken of or seen in Beowulf. Breoca the Brondingas, Finn, son of Folcwalda, Sigehere, ruler of the Sea-Danes, the Franks and the Fisians. He even had encounters with Hrothwulf and Hrothgar and said things about there victory over the Heathobard tribe and when they took control over Heorot. Widsith him self had commanalities to Beowulf. There both very famous men, both known for different things but known well across the land. Widsith and Beowulf are both very aware of how good there at what they do, Beowulf as a warrior and Widsith as a poet. Widsith mensions he learned in his travels that the best of kings are the ones who allways respect there people and warriors, and all ways reward them with gold and riches. He sais these kings are the leaders who are most popular and respected. Beowulf, even though he views him self more a warrior, was allways generous to his fellow warriors and servants. Beowulf was known for this all around the land, as well and being known his great abilities in battle.
Grettir The Strong:
There is no limit to the similarities between Beowulf and Grettir The Strong. They have very similar plot lines, the one large difference to the comparison of Grettir and Beowulf is that Grettir is an out-law and Beowulf is a great king. Grettir heres of the monster who is bothering the people every year on Christmas. Grettir has a special skill in putting an end to hauntings and ghosts. Beowulf as well heres of Grendle, and knowing his great strenth travels to Heorot to help. Both men are going to help the people. Both men have amazing strength and fighting abilities, and they both know it. Beowulf waited for Grendle in Heorot pretending to be asleep, Grettir waits in the womends house for the troll women. Grettir chops the monsters arm off and wounds her greatly and she falls into the river, not knowing for sure if he had slayed her. Just like when Beowulf tore Grendles arm off, he ran way to his layer, Beowulf and the people unsure if he was dead. When Grettir when to the troll women's cave under the water fall, he was greeted by the trolls lover, who he kills. Beowulf is greeted by Grendles mother, whom he fights as well. So almost every aspect of Grettir The Strong corresponds to Beowulf, except slight differences such as the social profile of Beowulf and Grettir.
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