List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the form used on pages 3-5.
1. The Quester 2.The place to go 3. A stated reason to go there 4. Challenges and trials 5. The real reason to go.
I have watched many different shows where there is a similar plot as this. Explaining one, There was a teenage boy who gets trapped inside of an alternate reality. His real purpose was obviously to go home in worry of his dying mother. Along the way, he realizes where he wound up, was the past of his hometown. 200 years, to be precise. He has to save the town from the evil samurai who is basically murduring every woman in the town. Along the way, he falls in love, and he figures out that although going home is his main quest, he also want's to save her from the murderer. Little does he know, (Although he figures it out later on), that his actions will control the future of his little town.
Question 3
Select three sonnets and show which form they are. Discuss how their content reflects the form. (Submit copies of the sonnets, marked to show your analysis).
Starting from the bottom, A love sonnet is often about love. It is about the feelings one man or woman has about another. It also, is often bambarded with the words, I love you, as it should be. The second, a s Shakespearean sonnet has it's own style. Shakespeare was not a man to stick by any sort of tules. His sonnets are often not as common in the rhyme scheme, as other styles of writing. The rhyme scheme is marked below, and as you can see, it is very, to me, disorganized. Surprisingly, the rhymescheme is also what makes his sonnet's unique, and also to anyone who tries to copy his scheme. The first sonnet, also known as the Petrarchan sonnet, was made by a man named Petrarch. His style is a common way, but also a jumpy way to scheme a poem. Starting from the common rhyme scheme of abba, it jumps from a to b to c to d in the next verses. It is a trick way to write, and also one of my most troubling sonnet forms, but it has it's own style that is difficult for any man to think up. Often the sonnet itself is about self- accomplishment, or war.
Petrarchan Sonnet This poem is 'The New Colossus' by Emma Lazarus. Let's take a look at it:
'Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, (a) With conquering limbs astride from land to land; (b) Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand (b) A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame (a) Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name (a) Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand (b) Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command (b) The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. (a) 'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she (c) With silent lips. 'Give me your tired, your poor, (d) Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, (c) The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. (d) Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, (c) I lift my lamp beside the golden door!' (d)
Shakespearean Sonnet O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem a By that sweet ornament which truth doth give. b The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem a For that sweet odour, which doth in it live. b The canker blooms have full as deep a dye c As the perfumed tincture of the roses, d Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly e When summer's breath their masked buds discloses: d But, for their virtue only is their show, f They live unwoo'd, and unrespected fade; g Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; f Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made: f And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, h When that shall vade, my verse distills your truth. h
I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom but carries the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself, and thanks to your love the tight aroma that arose from the earth lives dimly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, I love you directly without problems or pride: I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love, except in this form in which I am not nor are you, so close that your hand upon my chest is mine, so close that your eyes close with my dreams.
Question 2
What are the essentials of the Vampire story? Apply this to a literary work you have read or viewed.
The essentials of a vampire story is not the actual vampires. It is the potrayment of how each character may be something along the lines of a vampire. In other words, vampire stories may not even be about vampires. Perhaps they are about a man who kills in order to get a life force, or energy to stay immortal. He is not sucking their blood, he is sucking away what truly makes these people human. Their life source, and using it for his own. That counts as a vampire.
Sadly I have not read may books similar to this... I would say something along the lines of Vampire academy may have some connections. Although it is the same topic, vampires, it is deeper than it may seem. The main character is a half human named Rose, and she is a bodyguard for a royal, and also her best-friend, Lissa. Near the middle of the story, Lissa gets kidnapped by the antagonist, her uncle (I forgot his name), and she is forced into using her power of healing in order to keep the sick man alive. Each time she uses it, her life shortens. So in that sense, it seems like a vampire story.
Question 4
Discuss a work that you are familiar with that alludes to or reflects Shakespeare. Show how the author uses this connection thematically. Foster shows how Fugard reflects Shakespeare through both plot and theme. In your discussion, focus on theme. A girl and a boy, both of which are not able to fall in love, but do anyways. This is a common plot used in any novel out there. It is used in Matched by Ally Condie, or Legend by Marie Lu. Many stories recycle this plot line. In Legend, most likely the one I am greater familiar with, there is the protagonist, Cassia, and her best friend, Xavier. He is in love with her, but she doesn't feel the same for him. Then enters Kai, the immigrant. The one that nobody likes. Cassia, being the stupid girl she is, decides that instead of her high prestigee best friend, the weak and feeble man is more of her taste. The themes starts off as a simple and common YA plot, but from here starts and ensemble of heartbreak, revenge, hatred, and love. True love.
Oh, and risking your life for the other person who you had gotten to know only a couple weeks ago.
Question 5
Write a free verse poem derived or inspired by characters or situations from Greek mythology. Be prepared to share your poem with the class. Note that there are extensive links to classical mythology on my Classicspage.
His bolt strikes evil, His life as long as trees. His children, all mighty, and never alone are treated with resect to please.
Worthy of his name, the ruler of the sky, the one who has two brothers, that will never die. His wife, or wives of many, and naught to be deceived, can kill us puny humans, while riding on his steed.
With every storm and war alike, he watches from above. His family, never with mercy, will teach us how to love.
Question 6
Think of a work of literature that reflects a fairy tale. Discuss the parallels. Does it create irony or deepen appreciation?
A work of literature that depicts a fairytale, such as Cinder, is an interesting way to retell the story of the fairytale, Cinderella. The story is about a girl who works as an engineer. Her job is to fix any sort of device or technology that is broken. All of the money she makes, goes to her step mother, and sisters, and she doesn't get to keep any of it. To give the story a twist, Cinder is a cyborg who was adopted into the family be the now deceased, father. Although her time with him was short, she knows that he was not the kind of evil man that her new family proves to be. One day, like any other, she is minding her shop. In front of her, she see's the shadow of a man, and upon looking up, she realizes it is prince Kai. He asks her the favor of fixing his robot by the day of the upcoming ball, and leaves. After he is gone, a scream erupts from down the street, and the plague that is killing millions around the world, happens to make it's way to the baker. I have to say, after reading this story, as much as it does seem to push it's boundaries of being based on a fairytale, it also appreciates the flow of the story of Cinderella. That is why, all throughout the story, there are bits and pieces of the original piece. and the author knows this, and she want's other's to know that her story is just one of the many that has based it off of this fairytale. If you think about it logically, the protagonist's name says enough.
Question 7
Find a poem that mentions a specific season. Then discuss how the poet uses the season in a meaningful, traditional, or unusual way. (Submit a copy of the poem with your analysis.) This poem by Robert Frost, although may now mention a season specifically, it hints and it being wither in many different ways. First the snow, the cold, and then the mentioning of the darkest evening of the year. I learned in the sixth grade, that although it varies, it is often in early winter, or December, if you will, that this night is. Instead of it being the darkest night of the year, it means the longest night of the year. To me, this seems an unusual way to explain the season, but I also find it to be very amusing, and that is probably why, to this day, Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Part II: Teaching Others
Part 2 #14
Use the active voice. This is a way of writing that is more direct than an active voice. ex. I shall always remember my first visit to Boston instead of My first visit to Boston will always be remembered by me.
Without making the sentence disclosed or indirect, an active voice is the only way you can write. On the other hand, the active voice used to often, makes it forcible writing. Although it may be used in narrative writing, or for a certain character, it can also be substituted with other phrases often used in passive sentences. This means the passive voice should be discarded. It is useful in it's own way.
Here are some examples. There were a great number of dead leaves on the ground. becomes... Dead leaves covered the ground.
or
At dawn the crowing of a rooster could be heard. becomes... The cock's cow could be heard with dawn.
Part 5 #2
Write in a way that comes naturally. A more obvious tip, be sure to write in a way that comes easily and naturally to you, using words and phrases that are familiar. But be sure to check your work for any flaws.
Writing is imitation. You write what you see, and just like a baby, you learn by seeing others at work. Never imitate consciously but do not worry about being someone who imitates often. Be sure if you are going to imitate, to only admire what is good, and change the style to fit your own. With that, you will be able to write naturally, and it can be repeated numerous times in your writing.