Thesis:
In Rita Doves, Adolescence II, she uses imagery and dismantled structure to depict a story of ambiguity uncomfortable tone.
Body
1. imagery
- unpleasant references
~night and darkness
* no color can't see what's goin on. " @ the edge of darkness"- uncomfortable
2.auditory imagery
-"Can you feel it yet?" they whisper.
~whisperring: secrets, (ambiguity)
3.structure
-no set structure
-enjambment
-confusion: uncomfortable
Thursday, April 30, 2009
IB Questions
May 2008(a)
- Discuss the ways which at least two novels or story stories you have studied demonstrate that the search for identity can be a conscious or an unconscious process.
I plan to adress the aspect of charaterization in both the bluest eye and as i lay dying with the characters Pecola and Dewey dell. In the bluest i it was a conscious search for identity in beauty with the motif of blue eyes. And in AS i lay dying it was an unconcious process for dewey dell, becuase she was constantly searching for love.
May 2005
-Symbols and motifs are essential elements of many novelss and short stories. How have either or both of these devices been used and in your opinion, how successfully, in two or three of the works you have studied.
I would disscuss the pince nez motif in Darkness at noon because they are a tool reflects that realizations and realities of the party: examples would be in bogrovs liquidation, i would also discuss neomacheveillism. And the babydoll in the bluest eye because it helps develop the concept of beauty i n relation 2 tha master narrative.
- Discuss the ways which at least two novels or story stories you have studied demonstrate that the search for identity can be a conscious or an unconscious process.
I plan to adress the aspect of charaterization in both the bluest eye and as i lay dying with the characters Pecola and Dewey dell. In the bluest i it was a conscious search for identity in beauty with the motif of blue eyes. And in AS i lay dying it was an unconcious process for dewey dell, becuase she was constantly searching for love.
May 2005
-Symbols and motifs are essential elements of many novelss and short stories. How have either or both of these devices been used and in your opinion, how successfully, in two or three of the works you have studied.
I would disscuss the pince nez motif in Darkness at noon because they are a tool reflects that realizations and realities of the party: examples would be in bogrovs liquidation, i would also discuss neomacheveillism. And the babydoll in the bluest eye because it helps develop the concept of beauty i n relation 2 tha master narrative.
Passage V-outline "The Voice" by Thomas Hardy
Thesis:
In Thomas Hardy's "The Voice" he use imagery to provoke a longing tone, in order to show how powerful love is. Love is a metaphysical that most have not mastered and some haven't even experienced. Love has the ability to manipulate the emotion of desire or longing. And through Hardy's piece he conveys this tone of desiring and longing also.
Body:
Auditory imagery:
1st line: " Saying that now you are not as you were"
~a womens voice
~rejecting a man
~recalling what she say
`disturbed state; shows the power of love
~a change has occured; a disjoin in the relationship
2nd stanza: "Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then,Standing as when I drew near to the town"
~he no longer is recalling accounts of what she says
~he is asking her longing for her in the present time
`provokes this longing tone "let me"
`almost as if he is asking for her permission to look @ her
~the aspect of distance is addressed
`"I drew near to the town"
3rd stanza: "Or is it only the breeze in its listlessness Travelling across the wet mead to me here,"
~Visual imagery
~"breeze"- cool calmness
"Listlessness"- not forced but easy and not structure
-Similar to love which has no form or structure
~ "Travelling"- connotes movement and changes
- love has the ability to take u were it wants you to go....
In Thomas Hardy's "The Voice" he use imagery to provoke a longing tone, in order to show how powerful love is. Love is a metaphysical that most have not mastered and some haven't even experienced. Love has the ability to manipulate the emotion of desire or longing. And through Hardy's piece he conveys this tone of desiring and longing also.
Body:
Auditory imagery:
1st line: " Saying that now you are not as you were"
~a womens voice
~rejecting a man
~recalling what she say
`disturbed state; shows the power of love
~a change has occured; a disjoin in the relationship
2nd stanza: "Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then,Standing as when I drew near to the town"
~he no longer is recalling accounts of what she says
~he is asking her longing for her in the present time
`provokes this longing tone "let me"
`almost as if he is asking for her permission to look @ her
~the aspect of distance is addressed
`"I drew near to the town"
3rd stanza: "Or is it only the breeze in its listlessness Travelling across the wet mead to me here,"
~Visual imagery
~"breeze"- cool calmness
"Listlessness"- not forced but easy and not structure
-Similar to love which has no form or structure
~ "Travelling"- connotes movement and changes
- love has the ability to take u were it wants you to go....
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Jewel... the silent mysterious type!
In Faulkners AS I lay Dying he uses the name of Addies 3rd son Jewel to characterize him as a controdictory young man to show how appearance and reality conflict. Jewel is described as a tall wooden young man, in hiz late teens. He doesn't speak much but when he does He uses profain language to express himself. Jewel is clearlii a very complex character because of this. Faulkner created Jewel with many layers. And these layers begin with his name.
The word jewel connotes elegance, and value. Jewels were worn by ppl of his social status such as monarchs and royalty. But in Faulkners as I lay Dying Jewel is far from prestige. He is a hardworker, who is committed to making money. AS i previouslii stated b4 he uses curse words when he speaks which is far from the elite ways of the monarchs that wear jewels. But on the contrary, jewels are special and need to be handled with care, becuz they are unique. Just as Jewel is.
Jewel is the special child, he is his mothers favorite. Jewel shares a different bond with his mother that hiz siblings dnt have bcuz of hiz undying luv for her. This is shown when he gives up his most prized possession, his horse, bcuz he needs money to carry out his mothers wish to be burried in Jefferson. Jewel is also special bcuz he has a different father from the rest of his siblings. He is the "Bastard child" and also the middle child. During this era it was verii uncommon for someone to have a different father than the rest of their siblings so he stood out. Bcuz he was the product of an affair he was different 4rm his siblings. He acted differentlii, he was more committed to his mother than them, he was the silent, mysterious type all thruout the story. But he doesnt kno his true paternity.
Jewels entire existance is a controdiction. He appears to be a normal middle child, odd without being awkward, simple but not ignorant. But in reality he is the depiction of the world in which we live in. Jewels character gives light to the issues that were prevalent during the era in the story, but werent discussed. Jewel is the representation of the truth and the reality that the holsum south has its flaws.
The word jewel connotes elegance, and value. Jewels were worn by ppl of his social status such as monarchs and royalty. But in Faulkners as I lay Dying Jewel is far from prestige. He is a hardworker, who is committed to making money. AS i previouslii stated b4 he uses curse words when he speaks which is far from the elite ways of the monarchs that wear jewels. But on the contrary, jewels are special and need to be handled with care, becuz they are unique. Just as Jewel is.
Jewel is the special child, he is his mothers favorite. Jewel shares a different bond with his mother that hiz siblings dnt have bcuz of hiz undying luv for her. This is shown when he gives up his most prized possession, his horse, bcuz he needs money to carry out his mothers wish to be burried in Jefferson. Jewel is also special bcuz he has a different father from the rest of his siblings. He is the "Bastard child" and also the middle child. During this era it was verii uncommon for someone to have a different father than the rest of their siblings so he stood out. Bcuz he was the product of an affair he was different 4rm his siblings. He acted differentlii, he was more committed to his mother than them, he was the silent, mysterious type all thruout the story. But he doesnt kno his true paternity.
Jewels entire existance is a controdiction. He appears to be a normal middle child, odd without being awkward, simple but not ignorant. But in reality he is the depiction of the world in which we live in. Jewels character gives light to the issues that were prevalent during the era in the story, but werent discussed. Jewel is the representation of the truth and the reality that the holsum south has its flaws.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
SIREN SONG
In Atwood's "Siren Song" she uses allusion to show how women are blamed for the mistakes of men, but in realit men are ar fault for there own demise. This piece is based on the characters of the sirens in Homer's The Oddessey. These's sirens were seen as evil and deadly becuz their voices were sayd to cause shipwrecks. But the sailors who were men had a choice to sail whereever they wanted and needed to. The women have no control over the personal decisions tht these men made. Atwood uses the song that they sing to represent the power of women while depicting the weakness that men have. She writes this piece from the perspective of one of the 3 sirens to help prove this theme.
Atwood is imfamous for her abstract structure. This poem is a perfect example of her style. The 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th stanza's contain 3 lines but the 3rd stanza contains 12 lines. In the 3rd stanza Atwood uses the phrase "I don't enjoy it here" to show the reality of the womens lives. This shows that the Siren's don't want to be on the island dressed as birds. The use of "feathered maniacs" provokes a sarcastic and mocking tone. Which is the reason tht I believe Atwood structures the 3rd paragraph to be longer than the rest of the poem. Alwood also writes in free verse. The words dont rhythm and aren't in a typical organiztional format. This controdicts the lives of the Siren's, which is not free. Atwood use of controdiction between the disorganized style of writing to the structured jobs of the sirens shows how the Sirens appear to be pleased with singing the same song, but are really bored with it. This also shows the controdiction in the song itself. The song is alluring and beautiful, yet deadlii.
Atwood also structures the 3rd stanza to be longer than the rest to express the tone of the poem by speaking from the Siren's perspective. In the 3rd stanza Atwood reveals that the speaker is a Siren herself. This particular Siren doesn't wasnt to be bait for the men to crash onto the island. She clearlii wants to define her own job and responsibility.
In conclusion, Margeret Atwood alludes to the story of the Siren's to show that things that are beautiful and "irrestisible" can be "fatal". Everything that glitters isn't gold. But it's the desicions is up to you;whether to fall into the trap of the Siren or to continue on the journey that was meant for you.
Atwood is imfamous for her abstract structure. This poem is a perfect example of her style. The 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th stanza's contain 3 lines but the 3rd stanza contains 12 lines. In the 3rd stanza Atwood uses the phrase "I don't enjoy it here" to show the reality of the womens lives. This shows that the Siren's don't want to be on the island dressed as birds. The use of "feathered maniacs" provokes a sarcastic and mocking tone. Which is the reason tht I believe Atwood structures the 3rd paragraph to be longer than the rest of the poem. Alwood also writes in free verse. The words dont rhythm and aren't in a typical organiztional format. This controdicts the lives of the Siren's, which is not free. Atwood use of controdiction between the disorganized style of writing to the structured jobs of the sirens shows how the Sirens appear to be pleased with singing the same song, but are really bored with it. This also shows the controdiction in the song itself. The song is alluring and beautiful, yet deadlii.
Atwood also structures the 3rd stanza to be longer than the rest to express the tone of the poem by speaking from the Siren's perspective. In the 3rd stanza Atwood reveals that the speaker is a Siren herself. This particular Siren doesn't wasnt to be bait for the men to crash onto the island. She clearlii wants to define her own job and responsibility.
In conclusion, Margeret Atwood alludes to the story of the Siren's to show that things that are beautiful and "irrestisible" can be "fatal". Everything that glitters isn't gold. But it's the desicions is up to you;whether to fall into the trap of the Siren or to continue on the journey that was meant for you.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The war of writing (From the FRontiER of Writing)
In SEamus Heaney's From the Frontier of writing a conciet comparing fighting a war to writing to show how the role of literature has been reversed from expression of ideas thought, and /or feeling to what the public will prefer to read. The poem begins with the speaker potrayed as a nervous, and scared solider whose vehicle is bein inspected and searched. Then the solider leaves the inspection unconcerned. AS the soldiers travel the drive along the frontier of wrting where violence is prevelent. But in the mist of this violence there are call references to nature to ease the unsettling images of artillery. The natural images are controdictory to the guns and rifles. But this solider continues to ride on the frontier dispite the conflict and controdiction and danger.
In the seventh stanza and the 2nd line Heaney uses the words "Behind a waterfall". WAterfalls are very picturesque and beautify, but one cannot see clearly through a waterfall because the water fall rapidly. But in the 6th stanza and 2nd line the word marksmen is used. Marksmen are snippers that can take someones life swiftly and unexpectingly. Heaney places these images in similar parts of the poem because he wants to show the controdiction that they have. And ironically both of these words are sandwiched between lines that contain end rythm, but the lines containing these words dont rythm with the rest of the stanza. Through this one can conclude that heaney is trying to show the conflicts in being a writer and fighting a war. Literature was created for the openning of minds and souls, but yet writers are being told what to write so that people will acknowledge their work. And soliders are often off fighting wars to solve problems that could be solved by other means.
In conclusion, Heaneys extended metaphor was conveyed through the use of imagery, structure and diction. The title From the Frontier of writing is verii says the most. One the frontier of a war, there is nowhere to hide, because you are faces your opponent directly. And in writing you face your enemy directly as well. The possibilty of defeat is always present, because by allowing people to dictate what should be written and read we loss.
In the seventh stanza and the 2nd line Heaney uses the words "Behind a waterfall". WAterfalls are very picturesque and beautify, but one cannot see clearly through a waterfall because the water fall rapidly. But in the 6th stanza and 2nd line the word marksmen is used. Marksmen are snippers that can take someones life swiftly and unexpectingly. Heaney places these images in similar parts of the poem because he wants to show the controdiction that they have. And ironically both of these words are sandwiched between lines that contain end rythm, but the lines containing these words dont rythm with the rest of the stanza. Through this one can conclude that heaney is trying to show the conflicts in being a writer and fighting a war. Literature was created for the openning of minds and souls, but yet writers are being told what to write so that people will acknowledge their work. And soliders are often off fighting wars to solve problems that could be solved by other means.
In conclusion, Heaneys extended metaphor was conveyed through the use of imagery, structure and diction. The title From the Frontier of writing is verii says the most. One the frontier of a war, there is nowhere to hide, because you are faces your opponent directly. And in writing you face your enemy directly as well. The possibilty of defeat is always present, because by allowing people to dictate what should be written and read we loss.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Blackberry Picking
In Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" he uses diction to show how life begins as a simple journey, but progresses into harsh realities. Literarly, this piece is just a reflextion of a childlike activity. But since this is a typical work of heaney it's much more deep than that. The entire poem is written in free verse except for the 3rd and 4th stanza, when he uses end rythm to excentuate the words "Clot" and "Knot". Heaney begins the piece by making accounts of the specific season and month in which the speaker is participating in blackberry picking, he goes on to discuss the details of blackberry picking, and n those details lives the reality of blackberry picking. And by the end of the work Heaney no longer disguises the truth about blackberry picking, he displays the possiblity of death. The childlike views are depleated by the end of the work, and nothing is left.
The 1st stanza is longer than the last stanza, Heaney does this purposelii to show how the years of adolescence are longer than the elderlii years. In the 1st stanza he uses words such as "sweet" and "glossy" to describe the blackberries. The words "sweet" and "glossy" connote freshness, and beauty. And usually children see everything in nature as beautiful without realizing that everything that glitters isn't gold. But Heaney goes then states those same glossy sweet blackberries leave "stains upon the tongue". Stains are common for children to have because they play and don't think of their exterior appearance until they get home and a mother or older person points it out. Stains are extremely difficult to get out of clothes. But as a child one needs the wrong to be pointed out. This shows the childishness waiting to progress into adulthood. AS the piece progresses to the last paragraph the speaker is now in an adult stage because reflections of the dirty harshness of life. The last line in particular connotes this reality because the speaker wishes that the berries will stay fresh but knows that the berries will spoil.
In conclusion, Heaney plays with the structure of the poems, and words to depict the reality that life is full of beautiful things, but nothing is eternal. Life is a long process but death is short and not always sweet.
The 1st stanza is longer than the last stanza, Heaney does this purposelii to show how the years of adolescence are longer than the elderlii years. In the 1st stanza he uses words such as "sweet" and "glossy" to describe the blackberries. The words "sweet" and "glossy" connote freshness, and beauty. And usually children see everything in nature as beautiful without realizing that everything that glitters isn't gold. But Heaney goes then states those same glossy sweet blackberries leave "stains upon the tongue". Stains are common for children to have because they play and don't think of their exterior appearance until they get home and a mother or older person points it out. Stains are extremely difficult to get out of clothes. But as a child one needs the wrong to be pointed out. This shows the childishness waiting to progress into adulthood. AS the piece progresses to the last paragraph the speaker is now in an adult stage because reflections of the dirty harshness of life. The last line in particular connotes this reality because the speaker wishes that the berries will stay fresh but knows that the berries will spoil.
In conclusion, Heaney plays with the structure of the poems, and words to depict the reality that life is full of beautiful things, but nothing is eternal. Life is a long process but death is short and not always sweet.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Bait!!!
In John DOnne's "The Bait" he uses conciet and diction to show the power that women withhold. Throughout this piece he consistantly shows how the bait has the ability lure in fish because it has alluring characteristics. This bait is not like any other because it is unusally and not average. This bait is uniquely wise...wiser than the speaker. What could be wise, and intelligent yet capivating and suave? The answer to this question is a women and who better to be a fish than a man? This is the conceit that Donne within this poem, he chooses his words very carfully to show exactly how the speaker feels about this particular bait.
In the 1st stanza the speaker is trying to convince this bait to come be with him. But he doesn't approach her as if she was a average person, he approaches her with this very romantic mood. Donne conveys this by using the word"my luver", not my girlfriend or boo, not even his significant other. The word "lover" is an intimate word. The fact that the speaker wants her to be his lover shows the affect this bait has on him, it shows that she has caught his attention. and has manipulated his emotions and is in control of there relationship. She has the ability to decline his offer to be his "lover" or to accept it. In the last stanza it is also shown that the bait controls the speakers emotions because usually men in particular dont admit that they have lost. But Donne's uses the words "Alas, is wiser far than me". The speaker has lost to this bait, she is wiser. He can't win.
This women or bait is in control of the fish that she captures. This is shown in the last stanza when Donne uses the words "For thou thyself art thine own bait:". If this women is her own bait that mens she has no competition because she is so powerful. She can't be lured in by anyone else because she can have whatever she wants, no one is like her.
In conclusion, Donne uses this conceit to prove that women are bait for men. They use cunning and trickery to lure in men. Women are very interesting creatures with there own style.
In the 1st stanza the speaker is trying to convince this bait to come be with him. But he doesn't approach her as if she was a average person, he approaches her with this very romantic mood. Donne conveys this by using the word"my luver", not my girlfriend or boo, not even his significant other. The word "lover" is an intimate word. The fact that the speaker wants her to be his lover shows the affect this bait has on him, it shows that she has caught his attention. and has manipulated his emotions and is in control of there relationship. She has the ability to decline his offer to be his "lover" or to accept it. In the last stanza it is also shown that the bait controls the speakers emotions because usually men in particular dont admit that they have lost. But Donne's uses the words "Alas, is wiser far than me". The speaker has lost to this bait, she is wiser. He can't win.
This women or bait is in control of the fish that she captures. This is shown in the last stanza when Donne uses the words "For thou thyself art thine own bait:". If this women is her own bait that mens she has no competition because she is so powerful. She can't be lured in by anyone else because she can have whatever she wants, no one is like her.
In conclusion, Donne uses this conceit to prove that women are bait for men. They use cunning and trickery to lure in men. Women are very interesting creatures with there own style.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Donne-the good morrow
In John Donne's "The Good-Morrow" he uses diction to show how love exceeds the boundaries of time. Each stanza is a representation of a different point in time;past present and future. Throughout time love progresses from nothing, to everlasting. The speakers past that was without love was nothing, and pointless, but currently with love the speaker's soul is now alive with passion. Now tht the speaker has attained love, it is immortal it can't die. This love that the speaker possesses has no ending time, or death because it is just that powerful that it cant be contained by a clock or year. Once this speak found love, he found eternal life.
Donne's language in the 1st stanza shows how life was before love;confused, undeveloped and not awake. When he uses multiple question marks this shows the his confusion. Because the poem is written as if he were speaking to himself, so he is obvioulii asking himself these questions because he he is uncertain and confused. This confusion is also showing the how childlike his life is because he is without love and understanding of love. Donne also uses the words "Sleepers" and "dream" to show the state of his life when he is without love. "Sleepers" and dream"connote sleeping, and donne uses these words to show that life was not lively and awake with out love. And usually when people are dreaming and sleep their eyez r closed so therefor they cannot see the true essence of life with love.
The 2nd and 3rd stanza's are representations of his life in the present and future. In the 2nd stanza he uses the word "waking". "Waking" is a refreshing word, it connotes liveliness and new brighter days. The presence of luv has caused a newness. With love he is brand new, Donne also never questioned himself once in this stanza were he has found love. He is no longer confused he is quite sure that his soul is alive because of this love that he has aquired. In the 3rd stanza donne says "none can die". This shows that this love that he has is not normal or average it is of another species, one of which that cannot die but onlii live. This love can stand the test of time, which is a rarity.
In conclusion, donne expresses his sentiments about love through his language. He uses positive uplifting wrds to describe life with love. the love that is ao rare and genuine that it cannot die. No time limit can bind love once it is found. Without love he was sleep not aware of the endless possibilities that it would bring him. This love that he has discovered is greater than time and exceeds time.
Donne's language in the 1st stanza shows how life was before love;confused, undeveloped and not awake. When he uses multiple question marks this shows the his confusion. Because the poem is written as if he were speaking to himself, so he is obvioulii asking himself these questions because he he is uncertain and confused. This confusion is also showing the how childlike his life is because he is without love and understanding of love. Donne also uses the words "Sleepers" and "dream" to show the state of his life when he is without love. "Sleepers" and dream"connote sleeping, and donne uses these words to show that life was not lively and awake with out love. And usually when people are dreaming and sleep their eyez r closed so therefor they cannot see the true essence of life with love.
The 2nd and 3rd stanza's are representations of his life in the present and future. In the 2nd stanza he uses the word "waking". "Waking" is a refreshing word, it connotes liveliness and new brighter days. The presence of luv has caused a newness. With love he is brand new, Donne also never questioned himself once in this stanza were he has found love. He is no longer confused he is quite sure that his soul is alive because of this love that he has aquired. In the 3rd stanza donne says "none can die". This shows that this love that he has is not normal or average it is of another species, one of which that cannot die but onlii live. This love can stand the test of time, which is a rarity.
In conclusion, donne expresses his sentiments about love through his language. He uses positive uplifting wrds to describe life with love. the love that is ao rare and genuine that it cannot die. No time limit can bind love once it is found. Without love he was sleep not aware of the endless possibilities that it would bring him. This love that he has discovered is greater than time and exceeds time.
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