Puedo escribirte la cancion mas bella del mundo,
y incluir un verso muy profundo,
por q uno mas uno hace dos,
y t puedo decir todo lo q sos,
decirt q nada t llega a vos,
una rosa no tiene comparacion,
para mi sos una bendicion,
q llego desde lejo,
pero a ti nunca t dejo,
quiero estar a tu lado hasta crecer viejo,
aun cuando estes vieja vas a ser bella,
siempre como una estrella,
por q siempre vas a ser una bien distinta,
una chika bien Linda,
como las q Picasso pinta,
las q nadie encuentran,
y las q nadie sabe donde estan,
pero yo la encontre,
y yo ya c,
q como tu otra no va nacer.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Macbeth
ACT 1
1.1
1. The effect of beginning the play with the witches is to present the dark mood of the novel. The witches and the storm help present this dark mood. The witches are going to meet Macbeth upon the heath.
1.2
1. The bloody captain was trying to help Malcolm, who is Duncan’s son escape captivity from the Irish. The bloody captain also informs that Macbeth and Banquo fought against Macdonwald who is the leader of the Irish. He specifically describes Macbeth as the bravest and how he was the one who beat Macdonwald. No this did not end the problem with the rebels.
2. We learn from Ross and Angus that the Thane of Cawdor was defeated. The traitor in this different revolt was the Thane of Cawdor and King Duncan says that he will lose his title and he will be killed, his title will go to Macbeth.
1.3
1. The effect of the witches’ dialogue to one another is to demonstrate the dangers the witches posses and their powers. The effect of the specifics they describe is to show what the witches are capable of. These details are important to the plot of the play because these witches know and are capable of many things. By line nine the first with is implying that she will get revenge. The witches dance around in a circle when they know of Macbeth’s arrival. They say that they know what the future prepares.
2. Macbeth’s first line reminds me of ….. The witches do not look mortal and they are dressed in a wild manner. The witches imply to Macbeth that he will become Thane of Cawdor, and “king hereafter” (17). Macbeth wants to know more, he asks the witches to tell him more, anything else that they know. Banquo notices that the witches are letting Macbeth know many things, but he wants to know if they know anything about him. They tell him that he is “lesser than Macbeth but greater” and that he is “not so happy, yet much happier.” We know that Macbeth is going to become Thane of Cawdor.
1.4
1. Banquo asks himself if the witches were truly there, he notices how they vanished, but asks himself where to. Ross and Angus inform Macbeth that he will become the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is praising himself and showing happiness in becoming Thane of Cawdor. When Macbeth is talking to everyone he sounds thankful, when he is talking to Banquo he implies that he too can accomplish something similar, and when he is having an aside he sounds ambitious as if what he had were not enough. Macbeth hopes that what the witches have said will become true, and he is delighted to become Thane of Cawdor, but hopes for more. Macbeth is saying that he hopes what the witches said will become true. He is beginning to think about him becoming king and how he will achieve this. Macbeth explains his behavior by saying that he is happy to be honored such a title. He does not plan to share all of his thoughts with Banquo. The Thane of Cawdor was executed. The king replies that he did trust him, but he had to die.
2. The king receives Banquo and Macbeth with gratitude and praise. King Duncan announces his intentions in making his son Malcolm the heir of his throne. The King intends to dine at Macbeth’s place that night. Macbeth lets the audience know in his aside that Malcolm now stands in his way of becoming king. Macbeth is now thinking of what is standing in his way of becoming king.
1.5
1. Macbeth has reportedly accurately to his wife as we have read in the letter. She wants Macbeth to become King no matter what she has to go through or what he has to do. She describes Macbeth as being ambitious, but not too ambitious how he should be. This does match what we have seen of him, and it seems that she is more ambitious than Macbeth.
2. Lady Macbeth plans something against the king in order for it to be easier for Macbeth to become King. She plans to give her virginity in order for Macbeth to become King. To let that happen she intends to put her femininity aside.
3. When Macbeth arrives Lady Macbeth is in charge. Lady Macbeth has decided what to do, but Macbeth is yet to decide. She tells Macbeth to leave it up to her. She says that the king is not destined to see a ‘tomorrow.’
4. Macbeth’s name is Grouch.
1.6
1. Macbeth’s welcome to the King is very hypocritical, but she is trying to appear as honest as possible.
1.7
1. Macbeth is not ready to kill the king, he begins to think of reasons why he should not kill the king, he finds no motivation to go through with the assassination. Macbeth is worried about the consequences that might follow after killing the king. Macbeth is violating rules of hostility, when someone is the host they should treat their guest with great respect and hospitality. Macbeth attributes to himself the motivation of ambition.
2. Lady Macbeth is complaining about Macbeth’s disappearance from the dinning room and tells him that the king has been asking for him. Macbeth says that he is not sure if he is going to go through with killing the King. Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth and whether he is man enough to go through with killing the king. Macbeth wants to kill the king but is afraid of the consequences and of failing, Lady Macbeth is very ambitious and wants Macbeth to hold the crown as soon as possible. Lady Macbeth promises that her plan will work. The one who is shown to be stronger out of the two is Lady Macbeth.
ACT 2
2.1
1. The purpose of the opening of 2.1 is to show how Banquo has thought of the witches, but only in his dreams, and does not wish to dream about it anymore. This shows how Banquo is less ambitious than Macbeth. The function of the discussion of the witches is to show how Banquo does tell the truth when he says he has thought of them in his dreams, and Macbeth lied when he says he has not thought about them much. The witches have left an impact on both Macbeth and Banquo, but only Banquo speaks the truth.
2. Macbeth sees a dagger coming toward him, but aiming toward Duncan, he is unsure if this is a sign or if it is false. He does not know how to explain it, but in the end he decides that it all has to do with his doubts about killing Duncan, he decides to go through with it.
2.2
1. Lady Macbeth’s state of mind in her soliloquy is she is drunk. She has come up with a bold plan to kill the king and now hopes everything turns out good. She assumes that Macbeth is now killing the King. Lady Macbeth could not kill the King because the King resembled her father.
2. Macbeth has murdered the King. Macbeth is worried that the servants had woken up and seen him. Lady Macbeth says not to put too much attention to that and that they probably did not notice anything. In line 46 Lady Macbeth realizes that Macbeth forgot to leave the daggers in the room how she had planned for Macbeth to do so. Lady Macbeth goes and returns the daggers.
2.3
1. The porter pretends to be a devil porter. He pretends to be answering a door in hell.
2. The thematic function of Lennox’s conversation with Macbeth about the unruly night is the same night that Macbeth murdered the King was a night in which horrible things occurred, as Lennox explains. The theatrical function of the night is to show the foreshadowing of something that occurred. Macduff reports that the king is dead. Macbeth responds with anger and Lady Macbeth acts surprised as well . Macbeth reports that he has killed the chamberlains. Malcolm and Donalbain decide they will escape because they are afraid they will be killed next. Malcolm will go to England and Donalbain will go to Ireland.
2.4
1. They talk about what has happened the past few days, which are strange happenings. What we learn from Macduff about Malcolm and Donalbain is that they could be suspects since they seem to have escaped. Macbeth has become King. Macbeth has gone to Scone. Macduff will go to his home in Fife.
ACT 3
3.1
1. Banquo thinks of the witches when he thinks of Macbeth becoming King. He feels that if the witches were right about him becoming King, why wouldn’t they be right about his sons becoming King one day. He suspects that Duncan was killed by Macbeth.
2. Macbeth learns that Banquo will show up to his dinner. He wants to know it because he wants Banquo to be present. Macbeth says that Donalbain and Malcolm could be planning his assassination now that he is King.
3. Macbeth is now worried that Banquo might be planning something against him, since he heard what the witches had told him about his son one day becoming King. Since their prophecy became true, so might Banquo’s so he is afraid in order to gain that Banquo might be planning something against him.
4. Macbeth gets the two murderers to agree to kill Banquo by reminding them of the harm Banquo has caused them in the past. He asks them if they are man enough to take revenge and reminds them that his son must be killed too.
3.2
1. Macbeth does not tell Lady Macbeth all the detail regarding his fears. He also fails to tell her in detail what he plans to do. She knows that Banquo will be murdered but she does not know as much as we know at this point.
3.3
1. They let him join in the murder. He says that Macbeth has send him. Their mission is successful.
3.4
1. The murderer tells Macbeth about Banquo’s death and how Fleance had escaped.
2. Banquo’s ghost, only Macbeth can see it. Banquo sits in Macbeth’s seat. Macbeth is horrified, Lady Macbeth dismisses his expression. Macbeth is going to meet with the three witches again. All the guests from the banquet leave.
3. A baby girl. He is going to go see the three witches. He wants to find out how he can overcome the ghost. She says because he lacks sleep.
3.5
1. Her complaint is about the witch’s involvement in helping out Macbeth. To meet her at Acheron where Macbeth will meet the three witches, and with their help she will kill Macbeth.
3.6
1. Lennox comments sarcastically on the official versions of the violents deaths that have occurred under Macbeth. Lennox might be trying to tell him that Malcolm might be next.
2. Macduff has gone to England to help overthrow Macbeth.
3. To show Macbeth’s fall.
Act 4
4.1
1. Three.
2. They instruct him to beware of Macduff, that no man born from a woman can harm him, and that he will not be overthrown until Birman Wood moves. After the fourth his confidence in the future is shaken.
3. That Macduff has fled to England. He is going to kill Macduff’s family.
4.2
1. She tries to justify his flight to England.
2. The function is to see what the son would do without a father.
3. They get killed by Macbeth’s men.
4.3
1. That his family is dead.
2. Macduff wants to attack Macbeth. Malcolm believes that Macduff might be working for Macbeth. However after he tests him, he informs him that they are going to attack Scotland.
3.
4.
5.
6. He tells him that his wife and his son have been killed. It takes him a while to tell Macduff, Macduff wants to go after Macbeth and kill him. It could mean Malcolm but it most means Macbeth because Macduff has so much hatred over Macbeth. A man could be one who fights and doesn’t commit cowardly acts.
7. They are ready to go to war.
Act 5
5.1
1. She has seen her walking in her sleep. She has no witnesses.
2. All the horrible things she and Macbeth have done. She has a burdened heart. She needs spiritual aid.
5.2
1. They are headed to Birman Woods to join the English army. They reminds us that Macbeth would get overthrown by Birman Woods.
5.3
1. That Scottish and English forces have massed against him. He isn’t scared because of the apparitions. He is sick of heart, he has done horrible things.
2. That her disease has no cure. He wishes that the doctor find a cure and help his wife out.
5.4
1. He tells them to cut a bough and carry it to conceal themselves from Macbeth.
5.5
1. Lady Macbeth has died. That people live to die. He doesn’t care no more as he knows that he will die eventually.
2. The messenger says moving wood is coming to the castle. Macbeth remembers the apparitions and wood coming to the castle to overthrow him. He decides to abandon the castle and fight in the field.
5.6
1. Malcolm arrives with his troops at Dunsinane Castle. He will lead the first battle with his son.
5.7
1. He isn’t scared because young Siward was born from a woman. He kills him.
5.8
1. He is looking for Macbeth, to kill him.
5.9
1. Dunsinane Castle surrendered.
5.10
1. That he is not a man born from a woman as he was prematurely pulled from his mother’s womb. He is afraid to fight. Macduff will capture him and show him to public as a coward.
5.11
1. He is really upset because that was his only son.
2. He promises titles to his loyal supporters. Lady Macbeth took her own life violently. We should believe Malcolm because he didn’t lie to anyone and Lady Macbeth was a violent person.
1.1
1. The effect of beginning the play with the witches is to present the dark mood of the novel. The witches and the storm help present this dark mood. The witches are going to meet Macbeth upon the heath.
1.2
1. The bloody captain was trying to help Malcolm, who is Duncan’s son escape captivity from the Irish. The bloody captain also informs that Macbeth and Banquo fought against Macdonwald who is the leader of the Irish. He specifically describes Macbeth as the bravest and how he was the one who beat Macdonwald. No this did not end the problem with the rebels.
2. We learn from Ross and Angus that the Thane of Cawdor was defeated. The traitor in this different revolt was the Thane of Cawdor and King Duncan says that he will lose his title and he will be killed, his title will go to Macbeth.
1.3
1. The effect of the witches’ dialogue to one another is to demonstrate the dangers the witches posses and their powers. The effect of the specifics they describe is to show what the witches are capable of. These details are important to the plot of the play because these witches know and are capable of many things. By line nine the first with is implying that she will get revenge. The witches dance around in a circle when they know of Macbeth’s arrival. They say that they know what the future prepares.
2. Macbeth’s first line reminds me of ….. The witches do not look mortal and they are dressed in a wild manner. The witches imply to Macbeth that he will become Thane of Cawdor, and “king hereafter” (17). Macbeth wants to know more, he asks the witches to tell him more, anything else that they know. Banquo notices that the witches are letting Macbeth know many things, but he wants to know if they know anything about him. They tell him that he is “lesser than Macbeth but greater” and that he is “not so happy, yet much happier.” We know that Macbeth is going to become Thane of Cawdor.
1.4
1. Banquo asks himself if the witches were truly there, he notices how they vanished, but asks himself where to. Ross and Angus inform Macbeth that he will become the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is praising himself and showing happiness in becoming Thane of Cawdor. When Macbeth is talking to everyone he sounds thankful, when he is talking to Banquo he implies that he too can accomplish something similar, and when he is having an aside he sounds ambitious as if what he had were not enough. Macbeth hopes that what the witches have said will become true, and he is delighted to become Thane of Cawdor, but hopes for more. Macbeth is saying that he hopes what the witches said will become true. He is beginning to think about him becoming king and how he will achieve this. Macbeth explains his behavior by saying that he is happy to be honored such a title. He does not plan to share all of his thoughts with Banquo. The Thane of Cawdor was executed. The king replies that he did trust him, but he had to die.
2. The king receives Banquo and Macbeth with gratitude and praise. King Duncan announces his intentions in making his son Malcolm the heir of his throne. The King intends to dine at Macbeth’s place that night. Macbeth lets the audience know in his aside that Malcolm now stands in his way of becoming king. Macbeth is now thinking of what is standing in his way of becoming king.
1.5
1. Macbeth has reportedly accurately to his wife as we have read in the letter. She wants Macbeth to become King no matter what she has to go through or what he has to do. She describes Macbeth as being ambitious, but not too ambitious how he should be. This does match what we have seen of him, and it seems that she is more ambitious than Macbeth.
2. Lady Macbeth plans something against the king in order for it to be easier for Macbeth to become King. She plans to give her virginity in order for Macbeth to become King. To let that happen she intends to put her femininity aside.
3. When Macbeth arrives Lady Macbeth is in charge. Lady Macbeth has decided what to do, but Macbeth is yet to decide. She tells Macbeth to leave it up to her. She says that the king is not destined to see a ‘tomorrow.’
4. Macbeth’s name is Grouch.
1.6
1. Macbeth’s welcome to the King is very hypocritical, but she is trying to appear as honest as possible.
1.7
1. Macbeth is not ready to kill the king, he begins to think of reasons why he should not kill the king, he finds no motivation to go through with the assassination. Macbeth is worried about the consequences that might follow after killing the king. Macbeth is violating rules of hostility, when someone is the host they should treat their guest with great respect and hospitality. Macbeth attributes to himself the motivation of ambition.
2. Lady Macbeth is complaining about Macbeth’s disappearance from the dinning room and tells him that the king has been asking for him. Macbeth says that he is not sure if he is going to go through with killing the King. Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth and whether he is man enough to go through with killing the king. Macbeth wants to kill the king but is afraid of the consequences and of failing, Lady Macbeth is very ambitious and wants Macbeth to hold the crown as soon as possible. Lady Macbeth promises that her plan will work. The one who is shown to be stronger out of the two is Lady Macbeth.
ACT 2
2.1
1. The purpose of the opening of 2.1 is to show how Banquo has thought of the witches, but only in his dreams, and does not wish to dream about it anymore. This shows how Banquo is less ambitious than Macbeth. The function of the discussion of the witches is to show how Banquo does tell the truth when he says he has thought of them in his dreams, and Macbeth lied when he says he has not thought about them much. The witches have left an impact on both Macbeth and Banquo, but only Banquo speaks the truth.
2. Macbeth sees a dagger coming toward him, but aiming toward Duncan, he is unsure if this is a sign or if it is false. He does not know how to explain it, but in the end he decides that it all has to do with his doubts about killing Duncan, he decides to go through with it.
2.2
1. Lady Macbeth’s state of mind in her soliloquy is she is drunk. She has come up with a bold plan to kill the king and now hopes everything turns out good. She assumes that Macbeth is now killing the King. Lady Macbeth could not kill the King because the King resembled her father.
2. Macbeth has murdered the King. Macbeth is worried that the servants had woken up and seen him. Lady Macbeth says not to put too much attention to that and that they probably did not notice anything. In line 46 Lady Macbeth realizes that Macbeth forgot to leave the daggers in the room how she had planned for Macbeth to do so. Lady Macbeth goes and returns the daggers.
2.3
1. The porter pretends to be a devil porter. He pretends to be answering a door in hell.
2. The thematic function of Lennox’s conversation with Macbeth about the unruly night is the same night that Macbeth murdered the King was a night in which horrible things occurred, as Lennox explains. The theatrical function of the night is to show the foreshadowing of something that occurred. Macduff reports that the king is dead. Macbeth responds with anger and Lady Macbeth acts surprised as well . Macbeth reports that he has killed the chamberlains. Malcolm and Donalbain decide they will escape because they are afraid they will be killed next. Malcolm will go to England and Donalbain will go to Ireland.
2.4
1. They talk about what has happened the past few days, which are strange happenings. What we learn from Macduff about Malcolm and Donalbain is that they could be suspects since they seem to have escaped. Macbeth has become King. Macbeth has gone to Scone. Macduff will go to his home in Fife.
ACT 3
3.1
1. Banquo thinks of the witches when he thinks of Macbeth becoming King. He feels that if the witches were right about him becoming King, why wouldn’t they be right about his sons becoming King one day. He suspects that Duncan was killed by Macbeth.
2. Macbeth learns that Banquo will show up to his dinner. He wants to know it because he wants Banquo to be present. Macbeth says that Donalbain and Malcolm could be planning his assassination now that he is King.
3. Macbeth is now worried that Banquo might be planning something against him, since he heard what the witches had told him about his son one day becoming King. Since their prophecy became true, so might Banquo’s so he is afraid in order to gain that Banquo might be planning something against him.
4. Macbeth gets the two murderers to agree to kill Banquo by reminding them of the harm Banquo has caused them in the past. He asks them if they are man enough to take revenge and reminds them that his son must be killed too.
3.2
1. Macbeth does not tell Lady Macbeth all the detail regarding his fears. He also fails to tell her in detail what he plans to do. She knows that Banquo will be murdered but she does not know as much as we know at this point.
3.3
1. They let him join in the murder. He says that Macbeth has send him. Their mission is successful.
3.4
1. The murderer tells Macbeth about Banquo’s death and how Fleance had escaped.
2. Banquo’s ghost, only Macbeth can see it. Banquo sits in Macbeth’s seat. Macbeth is horrified, Lady Macbeth dismisses his expression. Macbeth is going to meet with the three witches again. All the guests from the banquet leave.
3. A baby girl. He is going to go see the three witches. He wants to find out how he can overcome the ghost. She says because he lacks sleep.
3.5
1. Her complaint is about the witch’s involvement in helping out Macbeth. To meet her at Acheron where Macbeth will meet the three witches, and with their help she will kill Macbeth.
3.6
1. Lennox comments sarcastically on the official versions of the violents deaths that have occurred under Macbeth. Lennox might be trying to tell him that Malcolm might be next.
2. Macduff has gone to England to help overthrow Macbeth.
3. To show Macbeth’s fall.
Act 4
4.1
1. Three.
2. They instruct him to beware of Macduff, that no man born from a woman can harm him, and that he will not be overthrown until Birman Wood moves. After the fourth his confidence in the future is shaken.
3. That Macduff has fled to England. He is going to kill Macduff’s family.
4.2
1. She tries to justify his flight to England.
2. The function is to see what the son would do without a father.
3. They get killed by Macbeth’s men.
4.3
1. That his family is dead.
2. Macduff wants to attack Macbeth. Malcolm believes that Macduff might be working for Macbeth. However after he tests him, he informs him that they are going to attack Scotland.
3.
4.
5.
6. He tells him that his wife and his son have been killed. It takes him a while to tell Macduff, Macduff wants to go after Macbeth and kill him. It could mean Malcolm but it most means Macbeth because Macduff has so much hatred over Macbeth. A man could be one who fights and doesn’t commit cowardly acts.
7. They are ready to go to war.
Act 5
5.1
1. She has seen her walking in her sleep. She has no witnesses.
2. All the horrible things she and Macbeth have done. She has a burdened heart. She needs spiritual aid.
5.2
1. They are headed to Birman Woods to join the English army. They reminds us that Macbeth would get overthrown by Birman Woods.
5.3
1. That Scottish and English forces have massed against him. He isn’t scared because of the apparitions. He is sick of heart, he has done horrible things.
2. That her disease has no cure. He wishes that the doctor find a cure and help his wife out.
5.4
1. He tells them to cut a bough and carry it to conceal themselves from Macbeth.
5.5
1. Lady Macbeth has died. That people live to die. He doesn’t care no more as he knows that he will die eventually.
2. The messenger says moving wood is coming to the castle. Macbeth remembers the apparitions and wood coming to the castle to overthrow him. He decides to abandon the castle and fight in the field.
5.6
1. Malcolm arrives with his troops at Dunsinane Castle. He will lead the first battle with his son.
5.7
1. He isn’t scared because young Siward was born from a woman. He kills him.
5.8
1. He is looking for Macbeth, to kill him.
5.9
1. Dunsinane Castle surrendered.
5.10
1. That he is not a man born from a woman as he was prematurely pulled from his mother’s womb. He is afraid to fight. Macduff will capture him and show him to public as a coward.
5.11
1. He is really upset because that was his only son.
2. He promises titles to his loyal supporters. Lady Macbeth took her own life violently. We should believe Malcolm because he didn’t lie to anyone and Lady Macbeth was a violent person.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Things fall apart
Things Fall Apart Ch 1-9
Chapter 1
Okonkwo was tall, huge, had bushy eyebrows, had a wide nose, and was famous for being strong. He breathed heavily, even when he was sleeping. When he walked his heels never touched the ground; it was like he was walking on springs. When he was angry and couldn’t speak he would do it with his fists. No patience with anyone including his father. Unoka, his father was lazy and didn’t think about the future. He was tall but very thin. He had a haggard or mournful look on his face, except when he was drunk or playing an instrument. Unoka was poor and that hugely affected Okonkwo and the other children.
Chapter 2
People fear the night even the ones that are strong and courageous. At night the animals come out and the people get scared of evil spirits. Snakes were called strings at night. One of the women of Umuofia was killed at Mbaino. Seeking revenge and trying to avoid a war the people of Umuofia proposed to take Ikemufa and one of their women. Okonkwo overcomes his father’s weaknesses by succeeding without anything. Unlike the others Okonkwo didn’t receive any inheritance, instead he came up by himself. He achieved this by working and not by inheritance. Okonkwo believes women are subjects that need to be controlled. Nwoye is weak to him. An advantage of this culture is being able to see their wife’s, however a disadvantage is that they have more than one wife. Okonkwo doesn’t see his culture as perfect, but he doesn’t think it’s a bad culture either.
Chapter 3
Agbala is trusted because she tells people when they have misfortunes and she can help people get through their bad times. She is highly respected, which means that if women had a special talent or gift, they would also be respected. The ranking is observed by the order they drink wine. Share cropping was a different system they used to start a barn. Women and agriculture are controlled by men, that way they don’t show their weaknesses. Okonkwo doesn’t kill himself with it, but doesn’t get excited either.
Chapter 4
Okonkwo virtues are that he knows how to rise up when he is down and is a working man. His faults are that he speaks without thinking about what he is about to say, he has too much pride. Okonkwo has a good relationship with Ikemufa, he’s like a son too him and admired by Okonkwo because he’s strong not like Nwoye. Okonkwo’s crime was beating up his wife during the week of peace. Their culture has rituals that can’t be broken. He gets the harvest time off.
Chapter 5
Most of the people get enthusiastic for feasts before and when they arrive. However Okonkwo can never find that enthusiasm for a feast. Ekwefi is Okonkwo’s second wife. She gets excited for feasts and celebrations. Especially for the wrestling match. She fell in love with Okonkwo after he tossed the cat, but couldn’t marry him because she was too poor. However she ran away from her husband to go with Okonkwo, they had a baby named Enzinma. At forty-five she still loved the wrestling matches and the feasts. The woman had to sit with their legs together and that showed that they were less than the men.
Chapter 6
Chielo was the priestess of Agbala; it is the oracles of the hills and the caves. She was a widow with two children. People that didn’t know her would believe she was the same person when she was under the spirit. She plays an important role in the culture, which is a non ruled culture, were men are believed to be superior and they show their superiority over women.
Chapter 7
He acts like a man by doing manly jobs and spending time with his father. A man must control his wife’s and children. They hope the locusts stay because they are good to eat. They think that Okonkwo is going to be able to kill him because he is too weak. They kill the boy because he was from a different group. Achebe didn’t translate the song she was singing, it might be important because it was sang in her native language. Okonkwo acts like that because he doesn’t want to be viewed as weak.
Chapter 8
Okonkwo doesn’t like her because he wanted a daughter. Women are viewed as more valuable if the groom has to pay because he has to pay more in order to marry her. Therefore the women would feel more important because someone is paying to get married with them. When women began to develop they need to be controlled by men. The white men are introduced as outcast and believed to have no toes because they wear shoes. They treat the white men as outcasts.
Chapter 9
Ekwefi prizes her daughter Ezinma so highly because of her past. She has had ten children and nine of the ten have died before the age of three. When having children should be a women’s best time of her life, it is Ekwefi’s worst. Ezinman is an only child and has more than a mother and daughter relationship with Ekwefi. Children seem to become a big issue in this chapter as they have doctors coming in trying to solve the problem. This contradicts with the belief of throwing twins away.
Chapter 10
They fear the egwugwu because they know what they symbolize and they are supposed to be scared. The ceremonies are to solve the problems. The Evil Forest refutes the argument because a man would never sleep with a pregnant woman. These types of problems can affect a whole family because they get involved in stuff that is not their business. An advantage is that the wife gets protection from her abusive husband. A major disadvantage is that there is no privacy for the husband and the wife.
Chapter 11
The moral is too not trust the outcast or the white men. It reflects that people should work only with their own race. A value of the culture includes believing in gods like Agbala. Ekwefi didn’t want to let her daughter go but she had too because it was Agbala.
Chapter 12
The importance of family is being emphasized in the uri ceremony because it brings families together. Future marriages bring whole families together and it shows how they protect and care for each other.
Chapter 13
The one-handed egwugwu praise the dead man by asking him to come back to life exactly the same, without changing anything. He does this because the man was rich and lived long. This incident is a serious issue because the one handed man had praised Ezeudu by telling him to come back to life and get revenge. It is inferring that Ezeudu was hurt when Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna. Okonkwo is blamed for Ezeudu’s death and is exiled.
Chapter 14
Okonkwo is being compared to a fish out of water because he doesn’t fit in the new town and he can’t adapt to the new village. Okonkwo’s believe in the lack of importance in women is shown as he is unhappy being with the kinsmen. Therefore he believes he is in a womanly place.
Chapter 15
The story of the destruction of Abame explains why the natives don’t trust the colonists. Abame killed the white colonist who didn’t listen to the oracle. It seemed foolish for Uchendu, however even if it was foolish it was the best thing to do. Okonkwo knew many stories of the white men, he knew about their guns and about their drinks.
Chapter 16
Nwoye is a Christian because he’s confused about who he is and where he’s from. He is described as someone who doesn’t fit in and is not a real man. Becoming a Christian gives him an understanding of who he is. The missionaries get good feedback when they live among the Igbo. The missionaries don’t discredit the Igbo religion by their own believes that God had a son, but didn’t have a wife. The new religion works out for Nwoye because it sooths his soul.
Chapter 17
The misunderstandings are where to put the church and that many Igbo’s are converting. The natives gave them the Evil Forest because they thought the missionaries would refuse that spot to make the church, however the missionaries agreed to built it there. The metaphor is the relationship between father and son; how he was strong and his son weak.
Chapter 18
Achebe chose an interesting point to include the outcast; he wanted them to come in at a certain point. The missionaries are told that the outcast shouldn’t be converted, however the missionaries refuse to deny conversion to anyone.
Chapter 19
The main threat of converting to Christianity is that it breaks families apart. The natives are forgetting about whom they are, their culture, religion, and their kinship. Christianity is separating the people in the village.
Chapter 20
The British courts are causing the clans to forget kinship and working together. The British courts don’t care about the clans cultures and the clans can’t stop them.
Chapter 21
Some of the villagers welcome the British because they believe that they bring money with them. The British set up trading posts which make the villagers happy.
Chapter 22
Reverend Smith is nothing like Rev. Brown he is intolerant and strict. His white and black thinking makes the villagers angry. Because of his stereotyping of blacks and whites, Enoch goes and insult the Igbo’s traditional beliefs.
Chapter 23
The commissioner says that the British are colonizing Africa to make the villagers happy. Also that Africans are being mistreated so the British will come in to help the Africans and punish the ones mistreating the Africans.
Chapter 24
Okonkwo wanted his people to follow him and attack the white men. However the villagers are confused as to why Okonkwo killed the messenger. Okonkwo tired of the way they were treated took action. The villagers though didn’t feel strong enough to go and kill the white men.
Chapter 25
Okonkwo kills himself because he didn’t agree on how the villagers were being treated. He wanted to spark a revolt and get his people’s rights back. He tried doing it the only way he knew and that was by taking out his anger on the white men. However after seeing how the villagers responded, he took his own life to escape what was occurring. He sought it was unfair how the white men came in and changed all the villagers lives. He wanted his old life back.
Chapter 1
Okonkwo was tall, huge, had bushy eyebrows, had a wide nose, and was famous for being strong. He breathed heavily, even when he was sleeping. When he walked his heels never touched the ground; it was like he was walking on springs. When he was angry and couldn’t speak he would do it with his fists. No patience with anyone including his father. Unoka, his father was lazy and didn’t think about the future. He was tall but very thin. He had a haggard or mournful look on his face, except when he was drunk or playing an instrument. Unoka was poor and that hugely affected Okonkwo and the other children.
Chapter 2
People fear the night even the ones that are strong and courageous. At night the animals come out and the people get scared of evil spirits. Snakes were called strings at night. One of the women of Umuofia was killed at Mbaino. Seeking revenge and trying to avoid a war the people of Umuofia proposed to take Ikemufa and one of their women. Okonkwo overcomes his father’s weaknesses by succeeding without anything. Unlike the others Okonkwo didn’t receive any inheritance, instead he came up by himself. He achieved this by working and not by inheritance. Okonkwo believes women are subjects that need to be controlled. Nwoye is weak to him. An advantage of this culture is being able to see their wife’s, however a disadvantage is that they have more than one wife. Okonkwo doesn’t see his culture as perfect, but he doesn’t think it’s a bad culture either.
Chapter 3
Agbala is trusted because she tells people when they have misfortunes and she can help people get through their bad times. She is highly respected, which means that if women had a special talent or gift, they would also be respected. The ranking is observed by the order they drink wine. Share cropping was a different system they used to start a barn. Women and agriculture are controlled by men, that way they don’t show their weaknesses. Okonkwo doesn’t kill himself with it, but doesn’t get excited either.
Chapter 4
Okonkwo virtues are that he knows how to rise up when he is down and is a working man. His faults are that he speaks without thinking about what he is about to say, he has too much pride. Okonkwo has a good relationship with Ikemufa, he’s like a son too him and admired by Okonkwo because he’s strong not like Nwoye. Okonkwo’s crime was beating up his wife during the week of peace. Their culture has rituals that can’t be broken. He gets the harvest time off.
Chapter 5
Most of the people get enthusiastic for feasts before and when they arrive. However Okonkwo can never find that enthusiasm for a feast. Ekwefi is Okonkwo’s second wife. She gets excited for feasts and celebrations. Especially for the wrestling match. She fell in love with Okonkwo after he tossed the cat, but couldn’t marry him because she was too poor. However she ran away from her husband to go with Okonkwo, they had a baby named Enzinma. At forty-five she still loved the wrestling matches and the feasts. The woman had to sit with their legs together and that showed that they were less than the men.
Chapter 6
Chielo was the priestess of Agbala; it is the oracles of the hills and the caves. She was a widow with two children. People that didn’t know her would believe she was the same person when she was under the spirit. She plays an important role in the culture, which is a non ruled culture, were men are believed to be superior and they show their superiority over women.
Chapter 7
He acts like a man by doing manly jobs and spending time with his father. A man must control his wife’s and children. They hope the locusts stay because they are good to eat. They think that Okonkwo is going to be able to kill him because he is too weak. They kill the boy because he was from a different group. Achebe didn’t translate the song she was singing, it might be important because it was sang in her native language. Okonkwo acts like that because he doesn’t want to be viewed as weak.
Chapter 8
Okonkwo doesn’t like her because he wanted a daughter. Women are viewed as more valuable if the groom has to pay because he has to pay more in order to marry her. Therefore the women would feel more important because someone is paying to get married with them. When women began to develop they need to be controlled by men. The white men are introduced as outcast and believed to have no toes because they wear shoes. They treat the white men as outcasts.
Chapter 9
Ekwefi prizes her daughter Ezinma so highly because of her past. She has had ten children and nine of the ten have died before the age of three. When having children should be a women’s best time of her life, it is Ekwefi’s worst. Ezinman is an only child and has more than a mother and daughter relationship with Ekwefi. Children seem to become a big issue in this chapter as they have doctors coming in trying to solve the problem. This contradicts with the belief of throwing twins away.
Chapter 10
They fear the egwugwu because they know what they symbolize and they are supposed to be scared. The ceremonies are to solve the problems. The Evil Forest refutes the argument because a man would never sleep with a pregnant woman. These types of problems can affect a whole family because they get involved in stuff that is not their business. An advantage is that the wife gets protection from her abusive husband. A major disadvantage is that there is no privacy for the husband and the wife.
Chapter 11
The moral is too not trust the outcast or the white men. It reflects that people should work only with their own race. A value of the culture includes believing in gods like Agbala. Ekwefi didn’t want to let her daughter go but she had too because it was Agbala.
Chapter 12
The importance of family is being emphasized in the uri ceremony because it brings families together. Future marriages bring whole families together and it shows how they protect and care for each other.
Chapter 13
The one-handed egwugwu praise the dead man by asking him to come back to life exactly the same, without changing anything. He does this because the man was rich and lived long. This incident is a serious issue because the one handed man had praised Ezeudu by telling him to come back to life and get revenge. It is inferring that Ezeudu was hurt when Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna. Okonkwo is blamed for Ezeudu’s death and is exiled.
Chapter 14
Okonkwo is being compared to a fish out of water because he doesn’t fit in the new town and he can’t adapt to the new village. Okonkwo’s believe in the lack of importance in women is shown as he is unhappy being with the kinsmen. Therefore he believes he is in a womanly place.
Chapter 15
The story of the destruction of Abame explains why the natives don’t trust the colonists. Abame killed the white colonist who didn’t listen to the oracle. It seemed foolish for Uchendu, however even if it was foolish it was the best thing to do. Okonkwo knew many stories of the white men, he knew about their guns and about their drinks.
Chapter 16
Nwoye is a Christian because he’s confused about who he is and where he’s from. He is described as someone who doesn’t fit in and is not a real man. Becoming a Christian gives him an understanding of who he is. The missionaries get good feedback when they live among the Igbo. The missionaries don’t discredit the Igbo religion by their own believes that God had a son, but didn’t have a wife. The new religion works out for Nwoye because it sooths his soul.
Chapter 17
The misunderstandings are where to put the church and that many Igbo’s are converting. The natives gave them the Evil Forest because they thought the missionaries would refuse that spot to make the church, however the missionaries agreed to built it there. The metaphor is the relationship between father and son; how he was strong and his son weak.
Chapter 18
Achebe chose an interesting point to include the outcast; he wanted them to come in at a certain point. The missionaries are told that the outcast shouldn’t be converted, however the missionaries refuse to deny conversion to anyone.
Chapter 19
The main threat of converting to Christianity is that it breaks families apart. The natives are forgetting about whom they are, their culture, religion, and their kinship. Christianity is separating the people in the village.
Chapter 20
The British courts are causing the clans to forget kinship and working together. The British courts don’t care about the clans cultures and the clans can’t stop them.
Chapter 21
Some of the villagers welcome the British because they believe that they bring money with them. The British set up trading posts which make the villagers happy.
Chapter 22
Reverend Smith is nothing like Rev. Brown he is intolerant and strict. His white and black thinking makes the villagers angry. Because of his stereotyping of blacks and whites, Enoch goes and insult the Igbo’s traditional beliefs.
Chapter 23
The commissioner says that the British are colonizing Africa to make the villagers happy. Also that Africans are being mistreated so the British will come in to help the Africans and punish the ones mistreating the Africans.
Chapter 24
Okonkwo wanted his people to follow him and attack the white men. However the villagers are confused as to why Okonkwo killed the messenger. Okonkwo tired of the way they were treated took action. The villagers though didn’t feel strong enough to go and kill the white men.
Chapter 25
Okonkwo kills himself because he didn’t agree on how the villagers were being treated. He wanted to spark a revolt and get his people’s rights back. He tried doing it the only way he knew and that was by taking out his anger on the white men. However after seeing how the villagers responded, he took his own life to escape what was occurring. He sought it was unfair how the white men came in and changed all the villagers lives. He wanted his old life back.
Monday, October 29, 2007
AI Heart of Darkness
17 October 2007
pgs 3-10
A:"I don't want to bother you much with what happened to me personally," he began... (pg 10)
I:The story shifts from the narrator to Marlow. Marlow begins to give information on how they got to that point of the story.
A:"... what I saw, how I went up that river to the place where I first met the poor chap. It was the farthest point of navigation and the culminating point of my experiences. It seemed somehow to throw a kind of light on everything about me-and into my thoughts. It was sombre enough, too-and pitiful-not extraordinary in any way-not very clear either. No, not very clear. And yet it seemed to throw a kind of light". (pg 10)
I:Conrad uses this as an example of illusion vs. reality.
18 October 2007
pgs 11-18
A:Often far away ther I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness, knitting black wool as for a warm pall, one introducing, introducing continuosly to the unknown, the other scrutinizing the cheery and foolish faces with unconcerned old eyes. (pg 16)
I:The color black might be used to be associated with Darkness. As the two guards are knitting black wool while guarding the door of Darkness.
A:"It appears the Company had received news that one of their Captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives." (pg 12)
I:It says that a black native killed a Captain without describing what happened. They are accusing the native of killing the Captain for no reason.
19 October 2007
pgs 19-26
A:"They were called criminals, and the outraged law, like the bursting shells, had come to them, an insoluble mystery from the sea." (pg 24)
I:Marlow describes the six black slaves that he saw as criminals instead of enemies. Altough he says it is mysterious why they are criminals.
A:"They were dying slowly-it was very clear. They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they wre nothing earthly now-nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation..." (pg 26)
I:Conrad goes against contemporary beliefs. Also goes against the quote he had written before. He writes that these slaves weren't criminals they were just people dying because of mistreatment.
20 October 2007
pgs 27-34
A:"While I stood horrorstruck, one of the creatures rose to his hands and knees, and went off on all-fours towards the river to drink." (pg 27)
I:Marlow refers to a slave as creature. Even though he is witnessing this he can't help them out.
A:"Well, if a lot of mysterious niggers armed with all kinds of fearful weapons suddenly took to travelling on the road between Deal and Gravesend, catching the yokels right and left to carry heavy loads for them..." (pg 31)
I:Marlow says that if black people come out with weapons than that is when they should be fearful. He also says if that happens than all the farms would be emptied.
pgs 3-10
A:"I don't want to bother you much with what happened to me personally," he began... (pg 10)
I:The story shifts from the narrator to Marlow. Marlow begins to give information on how they got to that point of the story.
A:"... what I saw, how I went up that river to the place where I first met the poor chap. It was the farthest point of navigation and the culminating point of my experiences. It seemed somehow to throw a kind of light on everything about me-and into my thoughts. It was sombre enough, too-and pitiful-not extraordinary in any way-not very clear either. No, not very clear. And yet it seemed to throw a kind of light". (pg 10)
I:Conrad uses this as an example of illusion vs. reality.
18 October 2007
pgs 11-18
A:Often far away ther I thought of these two, guarding the door of Darkness, knitting black wool as for a warm pall, one introducing, introducing continuosly to the unknown, the other scrutinizing the cheery and foolish faces with unconcerned old eyes. (pg 16)
I:The color black might be used to be associated with Darkness. As the two guards are knitting black wool while guarding the door of Darkness.
A:"It appears the Company had received news that one of their Captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives." (pg 12)
I:It says that a black native killed a Captain without describing what happened. They are accusing the native of killing the Captain for no reason.
19 October 2007
pgs 19-26
A:"They were called criminals, and the outraged law, like the bursting shells, had come to them, an insoluble mystery from the sea." (pg 24)
I:Marlow describes the six black slaves that he saw as criminals instead of enemies. Altough he says it is mysterious why they are criminals.
A:"They were dying slowly-it was very clear. They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they wre nothing earthly now-nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation..." (pg 26)
I:Conrad goes against contemporary beliefs. Also goes against the quote he had written before. He writes that these slaves weren't criminals they were just people dying because of mistreatment.
20 October 2007
pgs 27-34
A:"While I stood horrorstruck, one of the creatures rose to his hands and knees, and went off on all-fours towards the river to drink." (pg 27)
I:Marlow refers to a slave as creature. Even though he is witnessing this he can't help them out.
A:"Well, if a lot of mysterious niggers armed with all kinds of fearful weapons suddenly took to travelling on the road between Deal and Gravesend, catching the yokels right and left to carry heavy loads for them..." (pg 31)
I:Marlow says that if black people come out with weapons than that is when they should be fearful. He also says if that happens than all the farms would be emptied.
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