Act 1:
The Messenger was telling Leonato, Innogen, Hero and Beatrice of Arragon's victory in the war. Beatrice then asked about Signior Benedict of Padua, who took part in this war. She then started to make a mockery of him.
Don Pedro, Balthasar, Benedick and John the bastard entered. Beatrice and Benedict immediately started insulting each other back and forth, they both had almost the same opinions about love.
Claudio and Don Pedro left together having a conversation, unaware that Borachio was eavesdropping. Claudio told Don Pedro of his feelings toward Hero. There was a masked party planned for that evening, Don Pedro said that he would pretend to be Claudio and reveal his love to Hero and at the end of the night she would belong to Claudio.
Borachio then went to Antonio and told him of what he heard. Antonio then told Leonatoof the plan made by Don Pedro and Claudio. Leonato told him that he will worry about that when it happens but he will warn his daughter so she would be prepared. Borachio then told Don John of the plan and he in turn vowed to ruin it all.
Act 2:
Leonato, Beatrice and Antonio were having a conversation about love. Leonato told his niece Beatrice that he would love to see her with a husband, she commented on how unlikely that would be. After, he reminded Hero of what her answer should be if Claudio aproached her.
Later that night at the masked party, everyone took Claudio to be Benedict and Benedict to be Claudio. Don John told Benedict (whivh was Claudio) to try to dissuade Claudio from Hero because he is noe equal for her.
Claudio thought that Don Pedro was wooing Hero for himself and he was highly upset. Don Pedro then told him that he has wooed Hero in his (Claudio) name and all he had to do now was to name the day of their marriage. Don Pedro, Claudio and Hero then vowedto make Benedick and Beatrice fall in love with each other.
Borachio told Don john of the intended marriage between Count Claudio and Hero.He then got upset and vowed to ruin this marriage by any means necessary. They then made a plan and Don John told Borachi that he will be paid one thousand ducats for ruining the marriage.
Hero told Claudio and Leonato of Beatrice's love for Benedick. They then told Benedick and to his own surprise, he too was in love with her.
Act 3:
Hero hatched a plan to help Beatrice fall for Benedick. She sent Ursula to tell Beatrice that herself (Ursula) overheard Hero and Margaret talking about how good of a man Benedick was.This plan was executed brilliantly and Beatrice fell for it. They were praising Benedick hightly and Beatrice believed everything they said.
Claudio, Don Pedro and Leonato did to Benedick what Hero, Ursula and Benedick did to Beatrice. They spoke back and forth about Beatrice love for him, however they did not call her name.
Don John started to execute his plan by going to Claudio and Don Pedro saying that Hero was being disloyal, he told them to follow to him to her window at midnight for proof. Claudio said that if she was being disloyal to him, he would shame her at their wedding, Don Pedro said that he also would koin in shaming her.
Borachio carried out his and Don John's plans to ruin Claudio and Hero's wedding. Don John went to Hero's window and was interacting with Margaret, Claudio and Benedick thought that it was Heroat the window and vowed to shame her at the wedding at the following day. Borachio told one of Leonato's watchmen of the encounter.
At the end of this Act, the fair Hero was preparing to be wed to Count Claudio, unaware of what was going to happen next.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Questions on Much Ado About Nothing
1) What did Don John vow to do?
Don John vowed to overthrow his brother Don Pedro, who is the prince of Arragon. He also wanted to ruin Don John and Claudio's plan to gain Hero's love.
2) Who was Claudio in love with?
Claudio was in love with Hero, the daughter of Leonato.
3) What are the prospectives of love by Beatrice and Benedict?
Beatrice and Benedict both seem like they didn't believe in love. They kept hitting each other back and forth with harsh comments on each other and on the topic "love". Benedict claimed that he is loved by many but loves none and Beatrice said that she would rather hear a dog bark at a crow than hear a man say that he loves her.
4) What is the plan executed by Don Pedro?
The plan executed was thae Don Pedro would pretend to be Claudio, who is in love with Hero. He would be disguised as Claudio and tell Hero all about his love for her and at the end of it all, she will belong to Claudio.
Don John vowed to overthrow his brother Don Pedro, who is the prince of Arragon. He also wanted to ruin Don John and Claudio's plan to gain Hero's love.
2) Who was Claudio in love with?
Claudio was in love with Hero, the daughter of Leonato.
3) What are the prospectives of love by Beatrice and Benedict?
Beatrice and Benedict both seem like they didn't believe in love. They kept hitting each other back and forth with harsh comments on each other and on the topic "love". Benedict claimed that he is loved by many but loves none and Beatrice said that she would rather hear a dog bark at a crow than hear a man say that he loves her.
4) What is the plan executed by Don Pedro?
The plan executed was thae Don Pedro would pretend to be Claudio, who is in love with Hero. He would be disguised as Claudio and tell Hero all about his love for her and at the end of it all, she will belong to Claudio.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, allegedly on April 23, 1564. Church records from Holy Trinity Church indicate that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564. Young William was born of John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed local heiress. William, according to the church register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household, three of whom died in childhood. John Shakespeare had a remarkable run of success as a merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford, during William's early childhood.
At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later.
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.
Plays written by William Shakespeare include; Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest and Julius Caesar.
Shakespeare is known as the greatest play writer because his works have been a major influence on subsequent theatre. Not only did Shakespeare create some of the most admired plays in Western literature, he also transformed English theatre by expanding expectations about what could be accomplished through characterisation, plot, action, language, and genre. His poetic artistry helped raise the status of popular theatre, permitting it to be admired by intellectuals as well as by those seeking pure entertainment.
The Elizabethan Era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry, music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished, and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England's past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad, while back at home, the Protestant Reformation became more acceptable to the people, most certainly after the Spanish Armada was repulsed. It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland.
The theatre most often associated with William Shakespeare is the The Globe Theatre, which opened in 1599 in Southwark, London. It was the first theatre built by actors, and was roughly circular in shape with an open roof, which led to it's nickname "The Wooden O."
The original Globe burned down in 1613, following an accident with on-stage pyrotechnics, and was rebuilt in 1614. It was finally closed down in 1642, and demolished in 1644 to make way for housing.
At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later.
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.
Plays written by William Shakespeare include; Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest and Julius Caesar.
Shakespeare is known as the greatest play writer because his works have been a major influence on subsequent theatre. Not only did Shakespeare create some of the most admired plays in Western literature, he also transformed English theatre by expanding expectations about what could be accomplished through characterisation, plot, action, language, and genre. His poetic artistry helped raise the status of popular theatre, permitting it to be admired by intellectuals as well as by those seeking pure entertainment.
The Elizabethan Era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry, music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished, and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England's past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad, while back at home, the Protestant Reformation became more acceptable to the people, most certainly after the Spanish Armada was repulsed. It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland.
The theatre most often associated with William Shakespeare is the The Globe Theatre, which opened in 1599 in Southwark, London. It was the first theatre built by actors, and was roughly circular in shape with an open roof, which led to it's nickname "The Wooden O."
The original Globe burned down in 1613, following an accident with on-stage pyrotechnics, and was rebuilt in 1614. It was finally closed down in 1642, and demolished in 1644 to make way for housing.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Answers to Questions on Brother Man
1) Some conflicts in Brother Man and whether they are internal or enternal:
a) Cordelia wa going crazy and there wa nothing tha could be done about it. This is an example of internal conflict.
b) Broher Man was attacked and badly beaten, this is an example of external conflict.
c) Girly was beng abused repeatedly by Papacita, this is an example of external conflict.
2) Internal conflict is mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character, whereas, External conflict is a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which culd be another character or the environment.
3) Three types of irony:
a) Situational
b) Socratic
c) Tragic
4) There are a number of ironic situations in the book "Brother Man". One example of Tragic irony is in the case of Jesmina and her sister Cordelia. Jesmina was not aware that Cordelia wa ivolved in doing obeah and using counterfeit money, however, by he time she found out, the audience was already aware of all this.
5)
Lisa Abrams
Piggots Village,
St. George's,
Antigua.
3rd November, 2010.
The Editor,
Observer Newspaper,
Temple Street,
St.George's,
Antigua.
Dear Editor,
I am a concerned citizen of Antigua and am writing with regards to an incident which I recently witnessed. On the tenth of October, while walking down Market Street, I saw a Rastafarian man being beaten mercilessly by a crowd of people.
It truly disturbed me to see an innocent man being treated this way because of his religion. We see them as 'negative' because they are different, and this shouldn't be. People tend to look down on people of Rasta heritage beacuse of the way they look and are percieved by others. Rastas are not the oly people who kill, rape, steal etc. but they are all still victimized because of these violent acts done by others of their kind. One woman tried to defend this man, but it was all in vain, she too was trampled. Not another tried to help this poor, innocent man.
We are all human beings so why do we treat each other this way? This is a question that is yet to be answered. How you are treated should not be determined by your looks, culture or religion.
Thank You,
L. Abrams.
a) Cordelia wa going crazy and there wa nothing tha could be done about it. This is an example of internal conflict.
b) Broher Man was attacked and badly beaten, this is an example of external conflict.
c) Girly was beng abused repeatedly by Papacita, this is an example of external conflict.
2) Internal conflict is mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character, whereas, External conflict is a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which culd be another character or the environment.
3) Three types of irony:
a) Situational
b) Socratic
c) Tragic
4) There are a number of ironic situations in the book "Brother Man". One example of Tragic irony is in the case of Jesmina and her sister Cordelia. Jesmina was not aware that Cordelia wa ivolved in doing obeah and using counterfeit money, however, by he time she found out, the audience was already aware of all this.
5)
Lisa Abrams
Piggots Village,
St. George's,
Antigua.
3rd November, 2010.
The Editor,
Observer Newspaper,
Temple Street,
St.George's,
Antigua.
Dear Editor,
I am a concerned citizen of Antigua and am writing with regards to an incident which I recently witnessed. On the tenth of October, while walking down Market Street, I saw a Rastafarian man being beaten mercilessly by a crowd of people.
It truly disturbed me to see an innocent man being treated this way because of his religion. We see them as 'negative' because they are different, and this shouldn't be. People tend to look down on people of Rasta heritage beacuse of the way they look and are percieved by others. Rastas are not the oly people who kill, rape, steal etc. but they are all still victimized because of these violent acts done by others of their kind. One woman tried to defend this man, but it was all in vain, she too was trampled. Not another tried to help this poor, innocent man.
We are all human beings so why do we treat each other this way? This is a question that is yet to be answered. How you are treated should not be determined by your looks, culture or religion.
Thank You,
L. Abrams.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Glossary of Terms...
Forms of Prose Fiction:
Novel - A long narrative in literary prose.The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.
Novella (also called a short novel) - Is a written fictional prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel.
Short Story - A work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format.
Elements of Prose Fiction:
Narrative Techniques - the methods involved in telling a story.
Point of View - Refers to the way in which a narrator approaches his or her material (characters, action, setting etc.) and the audience.
Characterization - The way in which a writer creates characters in a narrative so as to attract or repel our sympathy.
Setting - The time or place in which a play takes place.
Theme - The abstract subject of a work; its central idea/ideas which may or may not be explicit or obvious.
Plot - The plan of literary work, especially of dramas and novels.
Style - The characteristic manner in which a writer expresses him/herself or the particular manner of an individual literary work.
Literary Devices:
Imagery - Is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensary experience, or pictures from words.
Symbol - Is something which represents something else (often an idea or quality) by analogy or association.
Irony - A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality or between what is expected and what actually happens.
Satire - Literature which exhibits or examines vice and folly and makes them appear ridiculous or contemptable.
Allusion - Is a figure of speech that makes reference to or a representation of a place,event, literary work, myth or work of art either directly or by implication.
Stream of Consciousness - The attempt to convey all the contents of a character's mind - memory, sense, perception, feelings, intuition, thoughts - in relation to the stream of experience as it passes by, often at random.
Interior Monologue - An attempt to convey in words, the process of consciousness or thoughts (as a means of narrating a story).
Flashback - A sudden jump backward in time to earlier episode or scene in a story of a novel, play or film.
Foreshadowing - The technique of suggesting or prefiguring a development in a literary work before it occurs.
Time Frame - A given interval of time, especially in relation to a particular event or process.
Motif - A recurrent thematic element - word, image, symbok, object or action.
Juxtaposition - To put side by side or close together.
Literary context:
Social - Of or having to do with human beings living together as a group in a siyuation in which their dealings with one another affect their common welfare.
Political - of or concerned with government, the state or politics.
Historical - of or concerned with history as a science.
Religious - Characterized by adherence to religion or a religion devout, pious gladly.
Ethnic - Designating or of a population subgroup having a common cultural heritage as distinguished by a customs, power, characteristics language, common history etc.
Moral - A practical lesson about right and wrong conduct.
Intellectual - The ability to reason or understand.
Cultural - The training and refinement of the intellect, interest, taste, skills and arts.
Novel - A long narrative in literary prose.The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.
Novella (also called a short novel) - Is a written fictional prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel.
Short Story - A work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format.
Elements of Prose Fiction:
Narrative Techniques - the methods involved in telling a story.
Point of View - Refers to the way in which a narrator approaches his or her material (characters, action, setting etc.) and the audience.
Characterization - The way in which a writer creates characters in a narrative so as to attract or repel our sympathy.
Setting - The time or place in which a play takes place.
Theme - The abstract subject of a work; its central idea/ideas which may or may not be explicit or obvious.
Plot - The plan of literary work, especially of dramas and novels.
Style - The characteristic manner in which a writer expresses him/herself or the particular manner of an individual literary work.
Literary Devices:
Imagery - Is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensary experience, or pictures from words.
Symbol - Is something which represents something else (often an idea or quality) by analogy or association.
Irony - A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality or between what is expected and what actually happens.
Satire - Literature which exhibits or examines vice and folly and makes them appear ridiculous or contemptable.
Allusion - Is a figure of speech that makes reference to or a representation of a place,event, literary work, myth or work of art either directly or by implication.
Stream of Consciousness - The attempt to convey all the contents of a character's mind - memory, sense, perception, feelings, intuition, thoughts - in relation to the stream of experience as it passes by, often at random.
Interior Monologue - An attempt to convey in words, the process of consciousness or thoughts (as a means of narrating a story).
Flashback - A sudden jump backward in time to earlier episode or scene in a story of a novel, play or film.
Foreshadowing - The technique of suggesting or prefiguring a development in a literary work before it occurs.
Time Frame - A given interval of time, especially in relation to a particular event or process.
Motif - A recurrent thematic element - word, image, symbok, object or action.
Juxtaposition - To put side by side or close together.
Literary context:
Social - Of or having to do with human beings living together as a group in a siyuation in which their dealings with one another affect their common welfare.
Political - of or concerned with government, the state or politics.
Historical - of or concerned with history as a science.
Religious - Characterized by adherence to religion or a religion devout, pious gladly.
Ethnic - Designating or of a population subgroup having a common cultural heritage as distinguished by a customs, power, characteristics language, common history etc.
Moral - A practical lesson about right and wrong conduct.
Intellectual - The ability to reason or understand.
Cultural - The training and refinement of the intellect, interest, taste, skills and arts.
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