Act One , Scene Seven

MACBETH
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly: if the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases
We still have judgment here; that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredience of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips. He's here in double trust;
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off;
And pity, like a naked new-born babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur the
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th'other.

TRANSLATION

 

 

If the task were done, when it was done,

it should be done quickly, if the assassination

could entangle the consequences, and catch

with his murder, be a success. If only this murder
Could be the be-all and the end-all right here,

Only here , at this dark time
We'd risk everything we have to have more. Only in these things,
If we are not puniched for our sins we will be teaching others that it is okay to kill
and once they learn, they come back
To murder us.  Justice is evenly handed out it
Returns to us the ingredients of poisoned
To our own lips. Duncan is here in double trust.
First, he is here because I am his family and his subject,
Both Strong reasons why I should protect him

Secondly, as his host I should keep the murders locked out ,
Not have the dagger myself in hand. Besides, this Duncan
Has been very humble , proud and confident of how things are going.

free from pain ,the virtues will pray like angles as loud as trumpets play

against the deep evil act of murder, and pity, like a naked new-born baby,

Moving in opposite direction of the death, or heaven's messengers, backed up
by the messengers of the air,
Shall everyone hear about the tragic death of the king,
And tears shall drown out of the wind. I can't think of one good reason why I murder him, only

Ambition that lead me to it, even itself,
And it falls on the other reasons

Act Two, Scene One

Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable
As this which now I draw.
Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going,

And such an instrument I was to use.
Mine eyes are made the fools o’ the other senses,
Or else worth all the rest. I see thee still,
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,
Which was not so before. There's no such thing:

It is the bloody business which informs
Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one half-world
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse

The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd Murder,

Alarum'd by his sentinel the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace,
With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design
Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth,
Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear

Thy very stones prate of my whereabout,
And take the present horror from the time,
Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives;
Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. A bell rings.
I go, and it is done: the bell invites me.

Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.

TRANSLATION

 Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle pointed toward my hand? Come, let me hold you.
I don’t hold you, and yet I still see you!

Is it possible,fatal vision, to touch

as to see you? Or are you only
A dagger of the mind, mind trick, I see what I need to kill
I still see you, you look so real like the dagger I can pull out now.
You lead me on the way i was already going,
And show me the instrument I was to use.
Are my eyes seeing correct? I still see you,
And I see great amount of blood on your blade,
Which were not there before. This is make believe.
It is the thought to kill that makes me see you.

 Now, half the world is asleep , some may not awaken in the morn

They have nightmares of their death,  Now witches celebrate
Offerings to the Hecate. And old man murder,
awakened by the sound of his friend the wolf,

Who howls to announce hes watching, then with his sneeky pace

like Targuin, as quiet as a ghost. Solid ground.

Don't listen to my footsteps, or the way I walk

For fear that this floor will echo where I am,

and take them still while sleeping

something that is so suitable for what I am about to do.

While I am still talking the King is still breathing

The more I continue talking the less ability I have to murder him

I am here and it is as good has done, the ringing is inviting me

Do not listen to the bell Duncan, for it is chosing you

Heaven or hell

 

Act One, Scene Six

DUNCAN
This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.

BANQUO
This guest of summer,
The temple-haunting martlet does approve,
By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath
Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze,
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird
Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle:
Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed,
The air is delicate.

DUNCAN
See, see our honoured hostess.
The love that follows us sometime is our trouble,
Which still we thank as love. Herein I teach you
How you shall bid God 'ild us for your pains,
And thank us for your trouble.

LADY MACBETH
All our service
In every point twice done and then done double
Were poor and single business to contend
Against those honours deep and broad wherewith
Your majesty loads our house: for those of old,
And the late dignities heap'd up to them,
We rest your hermits.

DUNCAN
Where's the thane of Cawdor?
We coursed him at the heels, and had a purpose
To be his purveyor: but he rides well;
And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp him
To his home before us. Fair and noble hostess,
We are your guest to-night.

LADY MACBETH
Your servants ever
Have theirs, themselves and what is theirs, in compt,
To make their audit at your highness' pleasure,
Still to return your own.

DUNCAN
Give me your hand;
Conduct me to mine host: we love him highly,
And shall continue our graces towards him.
By your leave, hostess.


TRANSLATION


DUNCAN
This castle is a peaceful place. The air is soothing it appeals itself to our seneces.

BANQUO
Fact is the summer bird, approves of the air that flows around the castle, they build their hanging nests all around the castle walls, because the air is the sweet here.

DUNCAN
Here comes the lovely Lady Macbeth! Sometimes the love we get is inconveient, which i will still take as love. I'm trying to make you apperiate the trouble I am causing you. Because it is an act of love.

LADY MACBETH
Everything we are doing for you is nothing compared to the honors you have brought to our family even if they were doubled.We take you greatfully into our home as if you were family.

DUNCAN
Where is the new Thane of cowdor? Great Macbeth? We followed him closely, in hope to arrive before him, but he rides well and is great love, which is as sharp as a spur, helped
him to beat us here. Lady Macbeth,
we are your guests tonight.

LADY MACBETH
We are your servants,
our house, myself, and everything else is ready for you
we keep it in your trust and
our glad to return it to you

DUNCAN
Give me your hand.
Bring me to Great Macbeth. We love him so dearly
and will carry on our conversation with him.
When your ready, Lady Macbeth.

Act Three, Scene One

MACBETH  

 

To be thus is nothing;
 But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo
Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature
Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares;
And, to that dauntless temper of his mind,

He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour
To act in safety. There is none but he
Whose being I do fear: and, under him,
My Genius is rebuked; as, it is said,
Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters
When first they put the name of king upon me,
And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like
They hail'd him father to a line of kings:
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my gripe,
Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so,
For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd;
Put rancours in the vessel of my peace
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!
Rather than so, come fate into the list,

And champion me to th' utterance. 

TRANSLATION

 

To be King is nothing

if i am not safe as the King, Our fear is in Banquo

Stick deep, there is something noble bout him that I fear

He is willing to risk everything thing he has,

his mind is clever and always has a plan

He has wisdom that makes him act bravely and keeps him safe

No one to fear but Banquo

Around him my guardian angel is afriad, just as Mark 

Antony’s angel as it is said was afraid of Caesar.

Banquo neglected the witches when they first put the name King upon me

and asking them to tell him his own future.

Then, like prophets, they named him the father to a line of kings.

On my head they placed a worthless crown

and put a scepter in my hand

That I can not pass on, someone outside my family will take it all away

If this is true, then i've murdered the great King Duncan for Banquo’s sons.

I’ve ruined my happiness for their benefit. I’ve handed over my soul to the devil so that they could be kings. Banquo’s sons!

I will not stand here and watch that happen I will challenge fate to battle and fight to the death.

Act Five, Scene Five

MACBETH

She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to the dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

TRANSLATION

She would have died here soon after
The new would have spread in short time
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Sneaks in at a steady pace day after day
To the word end of recorded time
And all our yesterdays have brought fools
Much closer to their death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a shaded figure, a unfortunate actor
That peacocks his hour on stage
And then silence throughout: it is a story
Told by a joker, full of nioses and emotional unstablement
Meaningless

My Poetry Creations

Cinquain

Bird

Blue White

Flying Chirping Soaring

Watching from the window

Child

Haiku

In the early morning light

Sits a blue jay waking me

Hearing their chirping

Makes me want to sing along

A song without words

Angles call from the tree tops

Nature at its prime

Childs Poem

Yellow Bird

Leads the Heard

Ready to lay

Down by the bay

Dads watch from the sky

Flying oh so very high



Hope by Emily Dickinson - Analysis

Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune - - without the words,

And never stops at all,

And Sweetest in the gale is heard;

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me

Analysis 

 Power Words-

Perches in the soul- Perches meaning resting- The thought of hope is resting in her soul, every day, trying to stay strong, praying that hope will bring her a better tomorrow. Staying true to her beliefs.

Sings the tune- - without the words ,Sweetest in the gale is heard-The vioce is powerful, it's kindly unspoken, the vioce with no words, over coming, loud enough you hear that one vioce over the rest- conscience

Sore must be in the storm- Some people make it rain, the gloomly weather represents you're emotional state. This person could be crying, angry, have some kind of negative energy coming their way.

Abash- as in to destroy ones self-confidence, to make one feel like they are unworthly of greatness. Stop them from believing in themself.

Chillest land- High up in the moutain it is cold, cold representing being lonely, feeling no love, love is warm or hot.

Strangest sea- Wide open water symbolizing being so far out of touch with anyone. Just you and you're minds tricks.

Extremity- To feel extreme need or distress.

 Archetypes-

1) Toubled at a young age by thoughts of death

2) Emily shut down her oustide world connections when everyone close to her started dying

3)"That perches in the soul" I believe that this is referring to Emily's own life, in her early years when she was trying to hope for a better tomorrow.

Title -

"Hope"

I think hope is something Emily lacked quite a bit in life. She suffer through many hard time, but never had any faith that they would get better , so in the end things only got worse for her. She couldn't handle the deaths any longer so she shut the outside world down.

Emily Dickinson - Biography

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was known more as a gardener, than as a poet during her lifetime. Emily was born December 10th 1830 and died May 15 1886. She was born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts. After seven years studying at Amhert Academy she sent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. When she returned to the family home in Amherst she lived a mostly quite and lonesome life,who had very few friends and rarely left her room. Instead of going out and meeting her friends, Emily had pen pals. It wasn't until after Emily death when her younger sister published most of her poems.

Emily was born the middle child to Eward Dickinson and Emily Norcross. She was considered to be well educated, very bright and an excellent scholar. She also was a very talented musician. She loved playing the panio. Emily was troubled at this tender young age by the thought of death especialy those who were close to her. In Apirl 1844 Emily was so traumatized by her cousins death. Her parents sent her away to live in Boston to escape her devisation. During this time she met her life long friends, who became her pen pals.

When she was 18, Emily met Benjamin Franklin Newton. Who was a family friend. This relationship with him wasn't romantic but he believed in her writing and knew she had greatness inside. He became her tutor and encouraged her.

In the early 1850 Emily wrote that Amherst was fun in the winter. Very soon after her winter enjoyment, she became deeply depressed at the sudden death of her old school principal. " Some of myfriends are gone, and some of my friends are sleeping, my master has gone to rest." Her state of mind was reflected in some of her poems. As her Mother was slowly dying, Emily felt obligated to take care of her. In 1858 Emily forced her focus on her writing instead of the outside world. She was getting to attached and couldn't handle letting go to those people who fell asleep for the rest of their lives. In the early 1860's Emily had completely let go of her surrounds. This was the most productive writing period for her.

In 1866 Emily sufured more personal lost and she wrote fewer poems as a result. Her behavouir began to change and she did not leave the homestead, unless she had to. When vistors came to her house she wouldn't talk to them face to face should would talk to them through the door, and would leave them gifts of poems and flowers.

In 1872 Dickinson met Otis Phillips Lord. In 1877 after the pass of his wife , Otis became Emily's late life romance. They spent six years together, but in 1864 his time had came. In November 1885 Emily became ill and was put on bed rest. In the spring she was able to send a letter believed to be her last, to her cousins. On May 15 1886 Emily passed aways at the age of 55.

After Emily's death her sister kept her promise and burned the most of the poems. Emily did not say what to do with the notebooks so they were published.
                          - Emily's legacy lives on through her poems.

Act One, Sence Five

LADY MACBETH
The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here
And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full
Of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood,
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, “Hold, hold!”

Translation
The messenger's voice is cracking
As he informs me the King is soon to arrive
to my castle. Come you spirits
That tends to my unworthy thoughts of evil, take away my womanhood
And fill me from my head to the top of my toe, full
Of my awful sins; make my blood strong
Stop me from regretting what is not a sin,
That the thoughts of my cruelty do not return
Let me do what I set out to do, my conscience is clear
Come to my woman's breasts,
And take my milk for poison, you murdering ministers,
Wherever in the night with out light
You wait on mischief, come heavy in the night,
And suffer in the thick smoke of hell,
That my dagger see not the wound is makes,
Or that heaven lifts up the blanket of evil and see what is being destoryed
To cry 'Stop, stop!'

Act One, Scene Three

MACBETH
(Aside)Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.

(Aside) This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,
Why hath it given me earnest of success,
Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor.
If good, why do I yield to that suggestion
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,
Against the use of nature? Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man
That function is smothered in surmise,
And nothing is but what is not.

(Aside) If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me
Without my stir.

(Aside)Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

TRANSLATION

MACBETH:
[Aside.] Those witches told two truths
In the end of these acts the throne shall be mine- I thank you, gentlemen.-

[Aside.] This supernatural meeting
Can’t be bad, only it can’t be good either.
If it’s bad,Why has it given me promise of success,
That began with a truth? I am Lord of Cawdor.
If it’s good, why do I give in to that suggestion
Whose horrid image makes my hair stand on end,
And makes my heart pound it knocks on my ribs as if they were a door
Against my will to stay calm? My current fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
My thought, whose murder is still only a fantastic idea,
Shakes the man inside of me
Is smothered in truthful assumptions
Nothing is impotant expect what is not true.

[Aside.] If luck wants me to be king, luck may crown me
Without my doing anything at all.

 [Aside.] Let whatever’s going to happen, happen.
Time and happiness can run through the roughest day.

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, The Character Arc

  In the beginning, we feel the father starts his transformational arc as a selfish man. He spends all of his time on the boat, or in his bedroom escaping from reality. He selfishly ignores his wife, and any conflict that arises with the daughters, i.e he doesn't help his wife parent their children. In the whole story he is listening to his radio, smokes one to many cigarette and reads mounds of books.

  One August afternoon, the Father was asked by his daughters to take some tourist for a ride on the boat. The Father agreed and did so with a kinda unseen happiness. He was happy to have the company of the tourist because it was another means of escape, but with some social interactions.  He proceeded to go up to the tourists cabin afterwards, and have a few to many drinks. When he was good and drunk he started to sing for them, this being very symbolic part to the story because this is an escape we do not see until this point, it is the start of his transformational arc.

   The biggest step the Father takes in his transformational arc is when he gets ill, because he starts realizing that he needs his son, something that he has never needed. He never actually says that he wants his son to work on the boat with him, but the son soon realizes that his Dad needs him and that he can put his life on pause until he can get back to it. This is such a huge step for the Father because he never truly acknowledged his son has a good aspect of his life, so the fact that he finally has a relationship forming with his son is very important.

The end product of the Fathers transformational is when him and his son have worked together for many fishing seasons, and the son finally connects all of the fathers decisions and actions, you get that final step of the Fathers transformational arc. You completely understand every decision that was made, and every feeling that he had. He always had the dream of being something bigger then a fisherman, but because he was the only son he had an obligation to work with his Father on his boat, and then follow the same path. He lived all his life for obligation, instead of his dreams and happiness. So when all these dots get connected the final step is taken. The Father is now a honorable character, compared to the selfish one you see in the rest of the story.  

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, Six Elements

Point of View 

The story is written in the sons point of view, this being a great point of view due to the fact that you will get a great first- hand experience of the fathers interactions and feelings with other people. The son describes the father's relationship with his wife, other children, and himself. You get to the knowledge of all the decisions that he makes in his life, good and bad. You get to know about all the fights, arguments, and disagreements that go on in the house. The son gives you a very detailed view of the Father in a way that no one else could because he was closest to him. Even if the they were not close to each other during the son's younger years, you get a more in depth reasoning behind the Father, and all the answers to why he made the choices he did.      

Looks 

The father has very few looks in this story, majority of the time it being his fisherman/work outfit. The first description that you get of the father is the son describing his earliest memories with his father. He describes him as a view of gigantic rubber boots, as he lifts his son up and presses him up against his stubbly cheeks, taking in a big smell of salt in the process. The next look the son describes is of the scene on the boat when him and his father are working together. They both are wearing heavy sweaters, awkward runner slickers, and heavy woolen mitts that have been soaked and froze into huge ice chunks. The last way the father looks is when he is found washed up and wedged in between two large boulders. His hands and feet looked like shredded ribbons, his boots had been washed away at sea, his skin soft and tearing in every spot due to the salt water, his eyes were missing, but a great white beard still grew on his bloated purple face. All of these descriptions give you a clear image of what the father would look like. All three of these sections are very important to the story due to the fact that without this you would not have an idea of what the father would look like, and then it would be a completely different story because of it. 

Interactions

The father interacts very little to what you would image a father would with his family, but he also doesn't interact with other people much either. The first interaction the father has with his son is of them going out on the boat together for the first time, the story explains the father holding the boy up on his shoulders the entire time, and humming a little song. This is one of the only real memories the boy has with his father, because the father is unhappy with his life, meaning he tries to escape from his family as much has possible. A very important interaction the father has is when he gets drunk with the tourists and starts singing. This scene really is symbolic to the father's regret to having the life he does, he used other means besides his radio and books to escape form the sad life believes he has. Something you don't see up until this point. The next important interaction the father has is when he gets sick and his son agrees to work with him on the boat until his final day. This is a crucial scene because if the son had not agreed to it, the father probably would have passed away much sooner due to lack of company. The last very important interaction the father has is his last day on the boat, it was suppose to be his last day of the fishing season, but instead is his last day ever. He ends up falling off the boat, and since he cannot swim he drowns and washes up days later. This is a very important part because it is the last time anyone ever sees the father alive, he is now forever happy because he doesn't have any more obligations to anyone but himself. It was his final escape from the life he never wanted. 

Dialogue

Probably the hardest decision the son has to make is when the father says to him, "I am not telling you to do anything, only asking.". The son had to decide what is more important, his dreams of school, or his obligation to his family. The son chooses the same path the father did, but in a way that he can still end up happy. He dropped out of school to work on the boat with his father until the day he passes, so that he can still live the dreams he has always wanted but keep with the obligation to his Father. The very meaningful words that were said to the son was when he decided to work on the boat. He went into his Father's bedroom where he was reading his book and smoking a cigarette, and told him that he has decided to fish the seas with him until his final day. The Father then replied to him, "I hope you will remember what you've said.", this piece of dialogue being very important in understanding his way of thinking. The Father up till this point is still very selfish in his decisions, but he acknowledged the fact that although his son was not following in his footsteps he still accepted the obligations he had to undertake. Most likely the most evocative dialogue in this story is when one day the Mother tells her son, "You have given added years to his life.". This is so evocative because it really gives you the feeling of what the story is really trying to tell you. The story is trying to tell you that although the father is portrayed as a bad father, he really did fight to give his son good memories with him. For a few short years he gave all he had to his son so that he would understand why he acted the way he all those years, and you also find out just how similar the two are to each other. So in a sense the son also went to school and became a professor, in a way for his Father also.         

Thoughts and Feelings

When the story explains about the Father's actions after work, i.e him coming home from and going straight to his bedroom to lay down and read, it really is reflecting how the Father feels about is life. I believe that the he really is showing the reader that he does not take pride, or enjoyment from his family or his work. Another aspect I believe really reflects the Father's feeling towards his life, is when the story informs you about him not approving of his children playing at the wharf with other children. It tells me that he wants his children to have a similar life he does, even though he doesn't like his. My predication is that as a child he was always working with his own father on their boat, and feels that because he never got the chance to have friends, neither should his kids. I think one of the most important lines in this story is, "he had said that he had always wanted to go to university.". This line is so significant because this is the key idea of the story, in other words he never wanted the life of a fisherman but in fact a completely different path for himself. It is so important because this is the only time its actually says in the entire story he never wanted to be a fisherman. A very powerful section in the story is when the son finally realizes that his father was a failure as a husband and father because he was forced into his life. The Father was also a only son so he had to take over for his Dad and had to throw away his dreams forever, also throwing away his happiness and passion. This part is so powerful because it ties together the main idea of the story, and makes you feel empathy towards the Father. 

Conclusion

 All of these six elements are trying to explain to you the Father and the history behind him so that you feel empathetic towards him. The reason this is something the author wants to stand out is because its a complex aspect. It's complex in the sense that it as so many other parts to it, like the father's past, the wife, the son being so similar to his father,the bedroom, and his death. It's not something that you would get out of the story unless you stopped and analysed all of these elements. I mean sure, I scratched the surface of the idea on my first read, but I never really understood the whole concept until I looked at each separate factor. So in that way it is complex. But i is also a universal idea or feeling in the way that everyone gets stuck in doing many things they never wanted to do. This is why it is such a good story for anyone to read, regardless of if you understand the fishing career. You will always understand the universal idea of obligations.  

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod , Questions

2.a Prove that although the narrator loves his father, he does not idealize him or his way of life. Explain how the narrator's relationship to his father reflects the central conflict in his life.

Answer: The central conflict that the character faces is that he is the only son in the family and is obligated to provide for the family when the only other male, his father, gets ill and cannot care for them.

The relationship between the narrator and his father is very vague up until the point where the father becomes dependent on his son to help him provide for the family. They don't really interact much when the boy is younger, but when he grows older, along with the father, they start to communicate more because the boy now understands why is father acted the way he did in earlier years.

These two reflect upon each other because the son although loves his family he doesn't really feel a great connection with his hometown or memories he created with his parents. So because he does not feel connected with his surrounding he doesn't feel a yearning to stay and help his father.

3a. In literature, a boat is often a symbol for the journey through life. How, in this story, has the symbolism of the boat been transformed?

Answer: The symbolism of a boat has been transformed in this story because it has been reversed, the boat now represents the fathers obligation to the family. He is stuck with his life because of the people in it that rely on him as a provider. When he married his wife, and she got pregnant for the first time he realized that he was forever stuck with his life, due to the life choices he made along the way. No matter how unhappy his life made him he would always have the same obligations every day.

Twins- Eric Wright

Q. How does Eric Wright provide his readers with clues to the outcome of this story?
A. The writer provides clues to the outcome of the story when the main character is a detective. Eric Wright employs his own wife to re-enact the death of the main character's wife from his novel. Little does she know the book is about to become a true story.

Q. Explain the term”In the middle of things”
A. The term in medias res the “middle of things,” can be used to describe the opening of the story. (“His wife often criticized his plots for being to complicated, but this one worked”) The author uses this line in middle of the story when he explains to his wife how he will murder her. This sentence gives you clues to what the out come will be.

Q. Describe the difference in narrative style between the two parts of the story. Determine why the author choses each style and the effectiveness.

A. The two narrative styles in the story are a dialogue style and informative styles. Dialogue is in present tense and is the direct word that are spoken. Informative which is past tense and is describing what happened. The author choses dialogue because it tells the story in great details and choses informative to cut to the chase.

Q.How does the writer use our expectations to surprise us with the twist?

A. The writer uses our expectation to surprise us with the twist by r enacting the scene from his novel he is writing about to make it based on a true story. This works because you wouldn't expect a loving husband to kill his wife.

Rich for one day

  Are you kidding me? A billion dollars, you are giving me a billion dollars. No questions asked, no strings attached, no government taxes just a cool billion dollars. Oh where would I begin?

First, I am sure it would take me a month to come to grips with having that many “0's” behind a “1” in my bank account.
After reality sits in, I am ready to spend this cool cash. I would make sure everyone in my immediate family would be debt free and financially set for life.

I have always wanted to travel the world so by boat, train, plan and any other mode of transportation, I would spend my 17th year of my life exploring the world. While traveling the world, I would make sure to stop in the poorest countries to see first hand how and where I should donate a few million dollars to improve the quality of their life.

I am going to finish my education and then invest some money into a business or enterprise to help underprivileged children.

Whatever is left over will be for retirement,my children and or grandchildren.

The Lottery Ticket- Character Analysis

Ivan Dmitritch- Middle Class Husband
Stereotype
The stereotype of a middle class husband helps to develop the story because it is a typical stereotype that you would see on a daily basis ( i.e- your father) When you read “Ivan Dmitritch a middle class man..” you can imagine a middle aged man in his daily routine.

Categorized Character

Ivan – Protagonist
This story is written in Ivan's perspective and his point of view really dictates how we see him as a character. Ivan, being the main character typically makes him a protagonist.

Reliability
Ivan is relatible because he goes through a greedy standpoint in his life. This makes him relatible because greed is a universal problem. Ivan, being a middle class man, always had enough to get by and a little to treat himself. So when the possibility of him winning the money, he became very ungrateful for what he had.

Transformational Arc.
Ivan goes through a very critical character arc. He starts out very loving and content with his wife. When he believes he would come into an abundance of cash, he becomes very greedy and ungrateful. The thought of having a lot of money was turning him against his wife. Money is the root of all evil and easy come easy go.

The Leap- Characterization of the Mother

How is the mother characterized?

Thoughts and feelings
-strong willed -brave
-caring -protective
-content - accepting

View point
The child tells the story of the mothers life in their own words.

Appearance
The mothers appearance is that of a trapeze artist, casual formal wear to elegant undergarments (“laced trimmed drawers”)
Dialogue
“ I didn't see her leap through air--- she was hanging by the backs of hear heals---she was smiling.” 195 last paragraph

Interactions
The mother was an “illiterate” women until the time her future husband taught her to read and write while she was in the hospital. In the hospital. In the hospital she was very depressed and bored with life. Learning how to read helped her survive through the characters in the stories. Her love of reading was the greatest difficulty in accepting her blindness.

How does the writer make us “see” the mother ?
The writer makes us see the mother as a very courageous, graceful, warm hearted women. I see these attributes throughout the story. In her trapeze act she fell gracefully seven months pregnant with no fear. In the house fire she proves shes warm hearted because she goes into the burning building to save her child.

What is the perspective of the narrator? How does that perspective tell us about the mother?
The narrator's perspective is of a young child. I know this because the narrator describes their mothers life and who she is as a person. Who better to know her than her child.

How is she described , list some of the more effective words or terms?
The mother is described as a very independent, courageous women. As a visibly impaired person one still keeps her independence by using the other four sense she has. “running her hand over knickknacks” She is described as courageous because she was a trapeze artist taking numerous dangerous risks above the ground.

Make a connection
This story makes me feel very emotional. I can easily relate to this story because I like the narrator have a very close bond with my mother. She would do anything for me and I would do anything for her.

The Stone Girl at Sanchi, Gary Snyder

Power Words: - Black Bowl
- These two words are a example of imagery to describe using evocative language a night sky. This is a fantastic example because a black bowl is an object you don't often see used in writing or poetry as a symbol of the sky.

- Lasts Forever
- This term is referring to the characters allusion of his affection for a Girl who left him, or is out of his reach. We feel this was a large contribution to the poem's main theme.

-Wobbling Speck
-These two words are evocative language that are used as symbolism to explain how are planet earth is compared to other parts of the universe. It is very small, and unimportant planet compared to all the other planets, stars, and comets in the universe that we live in.

-Weathered
- We believe this is symbolism that represents a forgotten, unwanted feeling, it is a comparison of a unremembered sanctuary to the feeling of not being wanted.

-Hollow
- Is an evocative word describing the feeling of emptiness, and loneliness, it is a continuation of the thought for the power word, wobbling speck.

Archetypes
1. Divorced
2. He was married for the second time to a american poet named Joanne Kyger, and she divorced him after a trip to India. They were only married for five years.
3. " two flesh persons changing": we believe that this is a reference to the poets own life, i.e his divorce

Title:
- " For a Stone Girl at Sanchi"
- We think that the title is referring to a memory that he had with his ex wife at the Buddhist temple in India o their trip, it is a memory forever frozen in time because she is now gone forever

October is here- A place I want to be

Walking through them is like walking through a box of crayons. Not one alike. The crunch under your feet sounds like children calling for help. Rough yet smooth texture on the palm of your hands. The brand new smell in the air. The law of gravity brings forth the sweet tender apples lying on the blanket nature's prime time. Looking upward through a golden mist as if I could see my creator. The song they sing as the wind blows against each of them sounds like a choir on Sunday morning. The sun shining through is a call from heaven. You do not stand alone. God is with you every step of the way ,so swallow your fears.

Take me as I am

I am Christina. Nothing special just a average ordinary sixteen year old girl. I am bubbly and outgoing, loud yet shy. I have goals and dream but I focus on today because tomorrows uncertain. I take life as it comes. I take advantage of all of my opportunities.

I live and have lived in Huron County all my life. Home is family and family is home. As I grow older, I realize I want to travel. I want to fly free.I have the whole world to see. I have the rest of my life to figure out and worry about where I'm going. I want to go on a crazy never ending adventure to find myself. I want to go to a place where no one knows my story. A place where who I was doesn't matter. I want to go to never land , so I can find something to believe in.

In my spare time I am usually sleeping. I work two jobs (Sticker's Family Restaurant and Tim Horton's) and have a winter and summer sport (broomball and soccer). That doesn't give this girl much time. I think I got it bad now but there is much more ahead of me.

Facebook is my gossip girl. It's my only source to the inside. I'm one of those millions of teens that are addicted to it. I like to know whats going on with other people because than it makes me feel happy with my life. Sometimes, more than half of the time I take things for granted. They always say ' You don't know what you have until it's gone'. At are age I'm not interested nor looking for something serious. There is more than one fish in the sea!

Music never pleases me. My mood changes by the hour sometimes by the minute. You will never find me listening to the same thing. Country is my genre. Fast or slow, loud or quite it always finds a way to touch my heart. You have that one particular song that plays in your head day by day. As they would say on happy feet "its your heart song". My heart song is Gavin Degraw- I don't wanna be.

                                                                                                 


This is who I am. Like it or not. I'm not trying to please you. I'm in this for me.