1.Define: irony.
2.List and briefly discuss as many examples if irony that you can find and/or remember in the movie.
a.) The title has Irony written all over it. Arsenic is a poision commaly used to kill rats and some rodents and wood persevatives(http://ezinearticles.com/?Arsenic,-the-Poisoning-of-a-Nation&id=80641). Where as lace is soft and pretty. It reminds me of a wedding dress. However, not the case in the movie.
b.) Mortimer. He is just ironic period! I found it odd at first as to why he was speaking so low ant the marriage lisencures office. Then later, Elane's father holds up the book he wrote about how marriage was a fraud.
c.) The police are ironies. They have no clue Jonathan is wanted and he is standing right in front of them.
d.) The dead body in the window seat, while the cops are there.
e.) "I got the two nicest aunts in the world"- funny how they kill people huh?.
f.)The who done it play "murder well out", as cary grant is saying "when the currten goes up the first thing you see is a dead body". He is opening the window seat. hehe.
g.)How the aunts are affraid of horror movies yet the y kill people.
h.) how calm the aunts are as they are telling Mortimer about how they killed the man in the window seat.
i.) It is really funny how the aunts live next to a cemitary but don't want to bury him there.
j.) When Elane calls and whistles the "where comes the bride" theme song, and Mortimer says to keep her shirt on, when he was wanting to do it in the first place.
k.) how every one keeps sitting on the window seat.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Oedipus
1.Who wrote the play?
~Sophcoles
~Sophcoles
2. Briefly define the Oedipal Complex.
~A theory that states a boy is attracted to their mothers and resent their fathers.
3. What is the setting of the story, specifically, the where?
~The royal palace in Thebes, Greece
4. As the play opens, what horrible thing is going on?
~the plague is going around.
5. Whose death must be avenged in order for the horrible thing from number 4 to end?
King Laius was murdered, he was the former king.
6. Who is Oedipus’ wife?
~Oedipus' birth morther, Jocasta.
7. Who is Oedipus’ mother?
~His wife, Jocasta.
8. Who is Oedipus’ father?
~Former King that was murdered, Laius was his birth father. His adoptive father is Polybus, th king of Corinth
9. Who killed the King of Thebes (the answer for #5)?
~Oedipus his son.
10. What is Oedipus’ tragic flaw?
I believe he was intellegince.With his intellegince he solved the riddle of the Sphinx and became king. But when combined with his "blindness", it created his ultimate demise.
11. As you read through Oedipus, you'll note that sight/vision/seeing (including "second sight") is very
important to the overall story--in the literal as well as the metaphorical/symbolical aspect. You don't have to do this in complete sentences if you don't want---v v v v v v v
12. Describe/discuss/explain/list how sight/vision/seeing/"second sight" is/are used in the play to advance the plot--to advance the story as a whole. Include an explanation of why it's important as well as how it helps you (the real audience) understand (get) what others on the stage and in the play don't understand.
~Basically, Oedipus was blind to who he really was. Yes he could see, but he was unaware of who he really was and had become, secondary blindness. Tiresais is literally blind, but see's truth and most for what it truely is. Jocasta is secondary blind, because she doesn't realize that she is Oedipus's mother.When she finds out she commits suicide. When Oedipus finds out the truth he gauges out his eye making his literally blind and able to see like Tiresais.
13. As a play, there's a lot that can and can not be done on the stage. Explain why you think some things within this play in particular are done on stage while others are done off stage.
~Graffics/effects were horrible back then. So if Oedipus were togauges his eyes out on stage it would not have looked realy. So it was spoken not acted.
14. Do you believe in fate? Explain fully your answer.
Yes. I believe everything happens for a reason. For example, when my boyfriend was stopped at a red light when he first got his lisence, a drunk driver ran the light and hit him head on. This guy was well over the legal limit and under age. My boyfriend was okay, however the driver side of the car was completely messed. How he got out of that alive I can only ask Jesus why he was spared.But the drunk driver was arrested about a mile down the road after he flipped his car. Later my boyfriend found out the drunk driver had cause 3 other wrecks the same day. I belive it was fate that he got hit so the driver could serve his time. I am very thankful my boyfriend made it out alive, and that the other driver was charged with 4 counts of attempted man slaughter, underage drinking, and DWI.
15. Explain how fate plays a role in Oedipus.
~Fate is a HUGE role in Oedipus life. He was not wanted by his mother and father so they sent him to die. Only, he didn't die. He came back and, unknowingly, killed his father and married his mother. If he wouldn't have pushed so hard to find out who murdered his father, he would not have gauged his eyes out.
16. Have you ever thought how ironic this play is? It's weird how the events come together and make everything happen the way it does. If things were to happen just a little bit different the story would be completely changed.
~Yes i do believe it would have changed a great deal. Esspecailly if Oedipus knew his father before he found out who killed him. If he would have listened to Tiresais and not persued the mureder he would still be able to literally see. So many things would have been changed. Then the who story would have not been so ironic or interesting to read.
Extra: Name either one of the other two plays in the Oedipus Trilogy—punctuation count
Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Friday, April 8, 2011
Poetry
When someone says poetry I automatically think Robert Frost. I love how he makes just about every poem about nature and the importance of it. Also another one of my favorites is Shell Silverstein. I love his childish antics in all his poems. I love reading is book of poems "Where the Side Walk Ends" because it helps me unwind from a rough day. I have always LOVED poetry. I guess it's because my dad is a "musicain". I have always been around music and rhythm and rhymes so it just is instict to read poems over novels.
"Song" C. Day Lewis page 707
Come, live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
Of peace and plenty, bed and board,
That chance employment may afford.
I’ll handle dainties on the docks
And thou shalt read of summer frocks:
At evening by the sour canals
We’ll hope to hear some madrigals.
Care on thy maiden brow shall put
A wreath of wrinkles, and thy foot
Be shod with pain: not silken dress
But toil shall tire thy loveliness.
Hunger shall make thy modest zone
And cheat fond death of all but bone—
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.
Well what do you know another sonnet. Ha! I adore this poem. I love how C. Day Lewis professes his love for his partner. I feel this is worthy of sharing because it makes girls think about "why modern guys don't act this way." I think it is adorable.
And we will all the pleasures prove
Of peace and plenty, bed and board,
That chance employment may afford.
I’ll handle dainties on the docks
And thou shalt read of summer frocks:
At evening by the sour canals
We’ll hope to hear some madrigals.
Care on thy maiden brow shall put
A wreath of wrinkles, and thy foot
Be shod with pain: not silken dress
But toil shall tire thy loveliness.
Hunger shall make thy modest zone
And cheat fond death of all but bone—
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.
Well what do you know another sonnet. Ha! I adore this poem. I love how C. Day Lewis professes his love for his partner. I feel this is worthy of sharing because it makes girls think about "why modern guys don't act this way." I think it is adorable.
"Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now" A.E. Housman page 670
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Apparently I am drawn to sonnets that have the Shakespearian rhyme scheme. I love how this poem flows and it comes easy to read. Housman talks about how he is 70 years old and how he will never be 20 again. He remembers the cherry trees covered in snow. I am not 100% sure if my take is correct but thats what i got from it.
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Apparently I am drawn to sonnets that have the Shakespearian rhyme scheme. I love how this poem flows and it comes easy to read. Housman talks about how he is 70 years old and how he will never be 20 again. He remembers the cherry trees covered in snow. I am not 100% sure if my take is correct but thats what i got from it.
"Down on the Farm" -Tim McGraw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWbkVsV7rM
Every Friday night there's a steady cloud of dust
That leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks
Got old Hank cranking way up loud
Got coolers in the back
Tailgates down
There's a big fire burnin' but don't be alarmed
It's just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Ed's been on the tractor ain't seen Becky all week
Somebody said they seen 'em heading down to the creek
Farmer Johnson's daughters just pulled up in a jeep
Man he knows how to grow 'em if ya know what I mean
Old Dave's gettin' loud but he don't mean no harm
We're just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can't do inside those city limits
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Well you can come as you are
There ain't no dress code
Just some rural route rules that you need to know
Don't mess with the bull
He can get real mean
Don't forget to shut the gate
Stay out of the beans
If it starts to rainin' will just head to the barn
We're country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can't do inside those city limits
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Oh let's get down y'all
Stay out of that hay
I love Tim Mcgraw. I love this song. I was really little when I first heard it. I love songs that are up beat and fun. When I go to "parties" this is song pretty much is the theme songs of them. I love country music so that probably helps tolerate this song.:)
Every Friday night there's a steady cloud of dust
That leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks
Got old Hank cranking way up loud
Got coolers in the back
Tailgates down
There's a big fire burnin' but don't be alarmed
It's just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Ed's been on the tractor ain't seen Becky all week
Somebody said they seen 'em heading down to the creek
Farmer Johnson's daughters just pulled up in a jeep
Man he knows how to grow 'em if ya know what I mean
Old Dave's gettin' loud but he don't mean no harm
We're just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can't do inside those city limits
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Well you can come as you are
There ain't no dress code
Just some rural route rules that you need to know
Don't mess with the bull
He can get real mean
Don't forget to shut the gate
Stay out of the beans
If it starts to rainin' will just head to the barn
We're country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can't do inside those city limits
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Oh let's get down y'all
Stay out of that hay
I love Tim Mcgraw. I love this song. I was really little when I first heard it. I love songs that are up beat and fun. When I go to "parties" this is song pretty much is the theme songs of them. I love country music so that probably helps tolerate this song.:)
A common poem but I love it
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-road-not-taken/
"The Road Not Taken"
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
This is probably one of Robert Frost more well known poems. The first time I read this poem I was in eighth grade in my English teacher's class room. It made me realize that we, as people, need to take chances and "take the road less traveled". Otherwise we will always have that thought in the back of our minds "what if". That question will be the death of some people.
"The Road Not Taken"
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
This is probably one of Robert Frost more well known poems. The first time I read this poem I was in eighth grade in my English teacher's class room. It made me realize that we, as people, need to take chances and "take the road less traveled". Otherwise we will always have that thought in the back of our minds "what if". That question will be the death of some people.
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