Literature Novel A Tale of Two Cities Vocabulary

epoch-a period of time in history or a person's life
superlative-of the highest quality or degree
mutinous-refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority 
substratum-an underlying layer or substance, in particular, a layer of rock or soil beneath the surface of the ground 
Inexorable-impossible to stop or prevent
flourishing-developing rapidly and successfully; thriving
claret-a red wine from Bordeaux, or wine of a similar character made elsewhere
indignantly-in an indignant manner
abundant-existing or available in large quantities; plentiful
cadaverous-resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.
engendered-cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)
intently-with earnest and eager attention
salutation-a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of another's arrival or departure
haggard-looking exhausted and unwell, esp. from fatigue, worry, or suffering
monsieur-a title or form of address used of or to a French-speaking man, corresponding to Mr. or sir

extemporise-compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise

debauchery-excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures. 

maligned-speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner

incumbent-necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility

impediments-a hindrance or obstruction in doing something

propensities-an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
dexterously-with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
relapses-suffer deterioration after a period of improvement.
flambeau-a flaming torch, esp. one made of several thick wicks dipped in wax
cathedral-the principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated
perturbation-anxiety; mental uneasiness
commencement- a beginning or start
palpable-able to be touched or felt

Literature Analysis #3

 A Tale of Two Cities

The theme of A Tale of Two Cities is that Darnay and Lucie have fallen in love with one another and have a child. They are separated for about 5 years and still feel the same way with each other when Darney is released. Unfortunately Darnay is sent back to prison but Carton switches with Darnay so he can live his life with Lucie.
The authors tone is hope. An example is when Darnay is sent to prison again and is called upon to be executed. Dickens wants the reader to have hope that Darnay will somehow be released to be back with his wife. The tone can also be that love will always find a way.
Conflict-An example is when Darnay gets arrested for the second time.
Symbolism- An example is France and London. This is were the book takes place and they symbolize the revolution going on in the book.
Indirect Characterization-An example is that Darney is not his real name, he has another name as well. This is showing that he has secretes that the others do not know about.
Indirect Characterization-An example is when Marquis is found dead after talking to Darnay. This shows that Darnay may have killed him because he had talked to him the night before.
Direct Characterization-Miss Poss and Lorry destroy and burn the shoemakers table. This shows that the two of them do not like what is going on with the "shoemaker"
Yes, the authors diction and syntax change when he focuses on a certain character because Dickens does this to create a different sense of tone for the character he is on.
No after reading the book I did not come away feeling like I met a character in the book.

Practice Essay Final

     There is a peculiar object that you have just scene for the first time and do not know what it is. You become skeptical and want to know more about it. In The Allegory of the Cave one of the cave prisoners takes a chance to see the world for what it is and is shocked in what new object he sees. In No Exit Estella discovers the same object but is not surprised to see what it is.
     The cave prisoner in The Allegory of the Cave takes his first steps in the real world and discovers something new. He is in complete surprise and we see this through indirect characterization. This is because the cave prisoner has only been able to see shadows and a wall for all of his life. However when Estelle discovers the new object for the first time she is not surprised at all. This is because she has lived in the real world already and has discovered new objects all the time.
     The theme in both pieces is similar though. The theme is will you take the chance to explore if the opportunity comes? In The Allegory of the Cave one of the cave prisoners does take the chance to explore and discover something new. However when he discovers the new objects in the world he is in shock. When Estella has the opportunity to leave she doesn't take it. This is because she doesn't want to go back to her old life and discover something new anymore.
     You will experience something new and peculiar in your lifetime. It is up to you to take the opportunity if the door is open. Both Sartre and Plato put their characters into this situation and they handle it in different ways that best suit them.

Thinking Outside the Box

"No Exit" Questions

1. My hell is equipped like Dante's Inferno with different levels of being tortured. Yes, the hell in the mind can be in a beautiful place because you can be in a peaceful surrounding but be thinking about all the terrible things that your regret. There is always time for peace, it is up to YOU to find it.

2. Yes, hell is always without a break because you are always trying to overcome something.

3. Satre creates a sense of place by describing the wall and the passage. No, I can;t imagine what it feels like to stay awake all the time with the lights on. Garcin acts scared about this hell because he keeps referring to the light and how it is always on. I can twist things around to make my life hell by simply putting what I have in an order that will upset me and torture me.

Plato and Sartre

Both Plato and Sarte seem to have there characters as prisoner with only one way to leave. The cave in The Allegory of the cave and the room in No Exit seem to symbolize a prison. Both the characters in each title have the opportunity to leave but do not. They can choose to leave when they want to in the Allegory of the Cave and in No Exit the door opens and nobody takes the chance to leave and be free. Both authors also play tricks with the characters minds. In The Allegory of the Cave Plato uses imagery such as shadows and flames to create a picture in the prisoners heads. In No exit Sarte plays tricks by setting the characters up with each other. They all just argue and seem to not like each other and get on each others nerves. If you think about it both Plato and Sarte see hell as a boring place were you do not want to be

Allegory of the Cave Sonnet

The cave may not be the place to be
It is like a prison if you think about it.
If you are open minded you will see
That you are being sucked in like a mitt.
They are forced to stare at a wall
And see the shadows of those who know.
There is only one way to get out
You must want to leave and go
One has the courage to explore
You discover that it is great
And do not want to hold it it anymore
Your friends do not understand and you feel pain
Now you feel alone
Without a home.

Brain With [12] Legs

The plan to complete A Tale of Two Cities is like this. We will each read individually and discuss what we read with each other in class.If anyone has any questions he/she can ask and we will talk about it and then move onto the next one.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave

1. According to Socrates, what does the Allegory of the Cave represent? 
The Allegory of the cave represents a prison. It also represents torture. This is because the three prisoners are being chained there like animals and just watching there own shadows.
 
2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?
The key elements in the imagery used in the allegory are the fire in the back as well as the shadows and chains.

3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education? Some things about education is that it won't work. For example it says that Professors of education are wrong about putting knowledge into a soul that's not their. It's like trying to give sight into a blind eye.
 
4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners? The imagery of shackles is that shackles are used in prisons and they are used to keep the men looking forward. The cave is also like a prison because it is were the men stayed shackled to. 
 
5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind? Not having a job or not having enough money shackles all of us I would believe because those two things are a huge deal and can cause a lot of stress on most of us.
 
6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?
The cave prisoners and the freed prisoners have both similarities and differences. They are similar because they were both prisoners at one time or another and they are different because one has seen the light and the outside world while the cave prisoners have only known shadows and sounds.

7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?
One way confusion can be scene is that when one of the prisoners sees the sun for the first time he goes back to tell his friends and they do not understand what is going on. They just see what they have always seen and leave their friend confused as to why they don't understand him. Another is that you will not be able to accept the truth for what it really is.
 
8. According to the allegory, how do cave prisoners get free? What does this suggest about intellectual freedom?
The Cave Prisoners become free by wanting to know what is going on in the outside world.
 
9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree with this because in the cave they were chained and could only imagine about the new world and when they finally got to reality it was like something they have never seen before and were in aw. 
 
10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?
I do not think that Socrates is wrong because there is a distinction between reality ad appearances.

We Hang Together

Interdependence/Competitive
Coke/Pepsi keep each other in business
Strategic Alliance
     Must make jointly decisions
Survival of interdependence
     Trust is important
     Charles Darwin said "Survival of the Fittest"
Interdependence
     Can't do things to the best of your ability alone. You do best when working together
Strategic Alliance
     Trust is key
We come together when we need to
     An example is after 9.11
The market place wear everything comes together

A Poetic Inquiry

I have changed my Big Question a little bit. It is now why do people change or why do they want to change. While searching for a Sonnet to relate to this I found Sonnet 29 from Shakespeare's Sonnets.

Sonnet 29

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
   For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
   That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,	When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men,
I all alone beweep my outcast state	All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries	And pray to heaven, but my cries go unheard,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,	And I look at myself, cursing my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,	Wishing I were like one who had more hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,	Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were surrounded by friends,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,	Wishing I had this man's skill and that man's freedom.
With what I most enjoy contented least;	I am least contented with what I used to enjoy most.
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,	But, with these thoughts – almost despising myself,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,	I, by chance, think of you and then my melancholy
Like to the lark at break of day arising	Like the lark at the break of day, rises
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;	From the dark earth and (I) sing hymns to heaven;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings	For thinking of your love brings such happiness
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.	That then I would not change my position in life with kings.

Sonnet Analysis #1

Hycoo is 5 lines followed by 7 lines then 5 lines again.
     Japan
Octet is one set of 8 lines followed by 6 lines.
Sonnet
    Composed of 14 lines.
    Three sections of 4 lines followed by a couplet of 2 lines. 

Hamlet Remix

 
 


Here is a Prezi that should clarify everything.
Hamlet Prezi Remix

Hamlet Essay

     Hamlet is a unique character and knows how to control himself in different situations. However, Hamlet's way of speaking constitutes actions in itself. Hamlet's use of words impacts the story and himself tremendously because his words mean so much and we are only seeing what he wants us to know.
     Hamlet's speaking encounters the characters in the play the same. For example, when Hamlet is speaking with his uncle and mother in the First Act his use of words make everything seem well and the characters know that it is because of his recent loss. As the play progresses Hamlet's use of words change and it causes the characters to believe he has gone insane and they do not know the cause of it. Hamlet has used his speaking to the best of his ability and has gotten inside everyone's head.
     The plot in the play is the same throughout the play. Once Hamlet discovers his Uncle has killed his Father his goal is to kill his Uncle and avenge his fathers death. The use of words in Hamlet's soliloquies help the reader understand Hamlet's goal and plot more. Hamlet's encounters with Horatio also show how the plot is the same because Hamlet trust Horatio and asks him to do small tasks for him like watching his Uncle's reactions during the play.
     Self Overhearing is used a lot by Hamlet and I do this as well. The difference between the way I use it and Hamlet uses it is huge. This is because Hamlet talks about a lot of negative things such as killing his Uncle. Hamlet does nothing about this and just continues to go on and on about his plan. When I am self overhearing I am not negative I am positive. An example is when I tell myself I am going to go and help out with my friends baseball team but don't go because I have school work or something else to do.
     Hamlet is a complex character and the use of his speaking change the play constantly. He can be calm on minute and then be like a completely different person the next minute. This is all part of his plan to destroy his Uncle for his crime.