Thursday, May 16, 2013
Who tamed whom?
For some part it can be said that Petruchio tamed Kate, but if you look closely you will se something slightly different. Petruchio tries and fails to tame Katherine, but in the process he falls in love with her. When Kate sees this she begins to tame, and when Petruchio sees that, he begins to tame as well.
Is Kates description of Marriage Biblical?
My answer to this is, there is not a full enough description of the mans part in marriage to give an answer.
character analysis of Kate Petruchio, Bianca and Lucentio
Kate, is indeed fitting of all descriptions from the locals at the beginning of the play, and seems to be driven to act as those descriptions say out of anger at those who proffer those descriptions and in part out of her father's favoritism for Bianca. However, when she encounters someone who appears to truly love her, she slowly transforms into a woman of good nature. Petruchio starts his role in the play as trying to obtain Kate's hand in marriage in main part for her large dowry, and in minor part to have a bit of fun in bemusing Kate and everyone else with his antics of wooing her. However he soon truly falls in love with his wife and begins to attempt to "tame" her out of true affection, instead of for his own entertainment. Bianca appears to be a character much like Hero from Much ado about nothing, saying little of any substance and serving as mere contrast to Kate. Lucentio again parallels Claudio from much ado, seeing Bianca, falling in love immediately and running into some difficulty in obtaining her and in marriage.
relationship compare and contrast Benedick/Beatrice to Claudio/Hero
Claudio and hero's relationship may be more classical, where the man view's the woman as something more than human. However, Benedick and Beatrices relationship is more scriptural, where the man and woman are two humans working together with love and respect for each other.
much ado lesson 2 thought question 5
Don pedro expects that once Beatrice and Benedick finally meet after each hearing that the other loves them, that each will truly love the other in return and profess their love to each other in person.
much ado, lesson 1 thought question 1
Beatrice compares Benedick's friendships to the "fashion of his hat". What this means is, as times change so does ones apparel, and the old apparel is cast aside with little regard for it, and Benedick treats his friends as such. There are several other references like these in the play, and it seems that in the whole play can be found the theme of wether a character will cast aside their friends when things get rough, or wether they will prove true to those they care about.
Macbeth lesson 4 thought question 5
One possible interpretation is that he simply does not care about life in general any longer. He is tired of living, exhausted from all he has done and the horror with which he now regards life. That feeling has now reached to his thoughts of others lives, even his own wife. He is basically saying, "well, she was gonna die sooner or later anyways."
macbeth lesson 3 thought questions 6 and 2
Q6. The fourth vision that macbeth sees is blood-covered Banquo sitting amongst the eight kings from the third vision. The witches' original prophecy was that Banquo would not be king, but his descendants (children) would be kings. Macbeth interpreted this to mean Fleance, and thus attempted to kill Fleance, but it could refer to any relatives to Banquo who will be born in future generations.
Anyway, when Macbeth sees blood-covered Banquo sitting amongst the kings, he is shocked. This apparition shows a bit of the future. Banquo's children WILL be kings, eventually, as shown in the third apparition.
Q2. When Macbeth says that in killing banquo they “have scorched the snake, not killed it” Macbeth echoes her previous comments. She told him earlier that he must “look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t”. In that in killing banquo, though everything seems to be dealt with now, underneath there are still many threats to them.
Anyway, when Macbeth sees blood-covered Banquo sitting amongst the kings, he is shocked. This apparition shows a bit of the future. Banquo's children WILL be kings, eventually, as shown in the third apparition.
Q2. When Macbeth says that in killing banquo they “have scorched the snake, not killed it” Macbeth echoes her previous comments. She told him earlier that he must “look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t”. In that in killing banquo, though everything seems to be dealt with now, underneath there are still many threats to them.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Lesson 3 Review questions 4-5 and thought question 9
Lesson 3. Review questions 4&5 and thought question 9. Review Q.4. Claudio is overcome by malice and grief. He believes that Hero has played him for a fool and does not love him.Review Q.5. Claudio has set up hero as a godess-like creature of perfection and purity. Once this image of her that he has built in his mind is seemingly bashed to pieces, he.. well to put it mildly, he hits the ceiling, and because of the drastic change in perception of hero in claudio's mind, he fails to consider that there were two parties involved in the alleged scandal.Thought Q.9. Are Lady Macbeth and Beatrice similar? Well here are the facts. Beatrice tries to convince Benedick to kill Claudio out of grief for her beloved sister. Beatrices motives are selfless.Whereas on the other hand, Lady macbeth persuades Macbeth to murder Duncan to further her husbands and her own personal power. Lady Macbeths motives are selfish. Also, Beatrice means "kill Claudio" as honorably challenging Claudio to a duel and killing him in that duel that Claudio has agreed to. Lady Macbeth has Macbeth murder Duncan in his sleep. So taking into consideration the facts, of course! They are exactly the same!
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