The Historian
(Death of Dracula finally)
Vocabulary:
Acuity- sharpness
Bacchanalia- feast in honor of Bacchus
Scimitars- curved single-head sword
Idiosyncrasy- something that is strange to an individual
Deference-respectful or yielding to judgement
Indubitable- cannot be doubted
Precocious- unusually advanced or mature development
Disquisition- a subject is examined and discussed
Perspicacity- ability to show mental perception and understanding
Iconostasis- screen where icons are placed (separating sanctuary from church)
Summary
Chapter 45-79
Paul gives his speech at the conference at the University of Bucharest in Romania. Then they travel to Istanbul to visit Helen's mother. They find letters from her mother giving information about Professor Rossi. They find out about how he said he was going to marry her, but he didn't come back. They read many of the letters and find out that Rossi traveled to Dracula's fortress . Paul and Helen profess their love for each other. They get a message from Turgut that they must go to Bulgaria because there is a library where they will find more rare documents. While back in Istanbul, they find out that Turgut and his scholar Selim are part of the Crescent Guard which is a secret guard that was thought of years ago. Their librarian friend gets bitten three times and he is killed out of misery. When they finally visit Bulgaria, they meet a researcher who they hope will help them find something.
While all these events are happening earlier, in the present time Elsie and Barley find her father's room and it looks like her father left in a hurry.
In Bulgaria, Helen and Paul are looking at manuscript from fourteenth century monks. After a while, they figure out why Rossi didn't come back to Helen's mother. He has dementia and that's why the letters don't make sense. The historians visit the Rila Monastery with a local researcher named Ranov, and look at the records of the earlier monks. After hearing the story about how the Ottomans decapitated Dracula's body and took his head with them, Helen figures out that Dracula is looking for head in Constantinople. Paul asks Helen to marry him and she's worried about what their married life will be like.
Elsie and Barley find some letters. These letters are address My Beloved Daughter. Elsie realizes that her mother is not only Helen Rossi, but she is alive.
Paul wakes up one morning to wake up Helen, and finds out that she has been bitten again. They don't understand how the librarian (vampire) could have gotten to her. The monk, Ranov, and the main characters, visit the Sveti Georgi Monastery and find Professor Rossi in a sarcophagus. They think he's dead at first, but he's not. He is killed out of misery by his daughter knowing that her mother loved him and he loved her back. After searching the monastery, they are betrayed by Ranov, their old researcher , and Helen's old colleague. Finally they get home safely, get married, and have a daughter named Elsie. After a few year, Paul finds Helen becoming weaker and depressed. One morning he wakes up and he finds out she is dead.
Elsie and Barley find the monastery where her father is and they try to help him kill Dracula. Dracula was not in the sarcophagus. So they tried everything to distract Dracula so Helen could shoot him in the heart with her gun. The family gets back together and they live happily ever after with no vampires!
Friday, November 25, 2011
There are a few parts that happened in this story that intrigued me. First of all I would like to point out that Rossi was kidnapped by Dracula the entire time, so there is our answer. I feel sorry that he had to die, but death is better than the vampire virus any day. You won't be able to go outside in the sunlight, you can't eat good food, and you watch your loved one's die one by one. It doesn't seem like a happy life, and in some movies they show how a vampire suffers loss and blood lust, but others say being a vampire is cool. What's important is that Professor Rossi has been found and he is at peace. Now for the romance between Paul and Helen. I just knew they were going to fall in love. I knew that Helen had to be Elsie's mother because of her father's letters, but I couldn't just assume before I read it. When Helen and Paul traveled together, they have been through Bulgaria, Turkey, and Romania trying to find answers. The good thing was that they have always gotten results, but they were always tracked by something. I found it funny that they had to lie in order to have time alone to talk. They couldn't talk in their rooms because there were microphones. Of course they were in a few communist countries so you get the reason why. All in All, tracked down Dracula and now Vlad Dracula is no more.
Rossi really helped bring on the death of Dracula. The main reason is that Barley risked his life by helping Paul distract the vampire, and then Helen, the last piece of the puzzle, shoots the vampire with silver bullets. Despite Paul, thinking that he was going to save Helen, she actually saved him. It's funny how things work out. I was extremely happy when the family go back together because that is just how I am. I love happy endings!
Recommendation
I would like to say that this author is long-winded. The book just took forever and I was just hoping for it get more interesting and then it finally does and I was pretty happy. One thing that really was interesting to me was that it didn't talk about the girl's first name or idea of her mother in the beginning. I found it interesting that she put that towards the end. This author definitely did her research about Dracula. In almost every chapter, there is more and more history about Dracula and how he ruled the Carpathians and killed anyone who disobeyed him. Overall I actually liked this book. I don't think I would read it again, but that's just me because I tend to remember books that I have read. I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in the history of eastern Europe and Dracula.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
IRA# 5
The Historian
Themes:
Always traveling- It seems like wherever they go, Helen and Paul just can't stay in the same place. They go from Oxford, to Istanbul, to Budapest.
Romantic tension between one another- At first. I really didn't think that Helen was seen as more than a colleague, but now after reading and feeling their love for each other, but they just don't take it to the next level. They remain colleagues for now.
Distrust and Secrets- When having access to these kinds of historical documents, you can't rely on anybody. You can only very few people because everything bad is happening. Innocent people are being harmed just by knowing this information. Every time, Paul and Helen go someplace to learn more, they risk their lives and somebody else's.
Vocabulary:
Peremptorily- positive or assertive in speech and tone (291).
Virility- loving your characteristics such as masculinity (295).
Voluble- continuous flow of words (299).
Redolent- having a pleasant odor; fragrant (301).
Summary
Chapters 35-41
Turgut suggests an expert that has connections with the library and specific documents. Paul and Helen find out that this expert is an impostor and a vampire. Helen scares him off. They find out that the three maps that were in their possession about Dracula's location have been stolen. While this story is going on, we switch back to the present where Barley and the protagonist are staying in a barn in Boulois, France. Then we switch back to the previous story. Paul is looking at the Topkapi Palace where many people were put to death by Dracula. Paul and Helen take a plane from Istanbul to Budapest, where Paul will give a lecture on the Ottoman Domination of the Carpathians at the conference. Paul meets Helen's aunt Eva and figures out more information. He inquires about how the aunt is so high up in government that she can sneak an American into a communist country.
Friday, Nov 18, 2011
The main point is that you can't trust anybody in this story. You can't say a word about anything to anybody. We know this because of what happened when Paul and Helen were accompanied back to the books store by the so-called expert Selim. However, we know that that expert was not Selim, but most likely a vampire. HA HA Vampires in Istanbul? No! I'm just being sarcastic that's basically where they were popular. Everyone wants to get a hold of the documents to cover up the fact that Dracula is still alive. Why wouldn't there be vampires? As we can see nothing is going on with the potential couple Barley and the protagonist, but things are starting to heat up between Paul and Helen. While they are working together, you can tell they both have some form of love for each other.
Helen
"If it had not been for my aunt and uncle, my mother might have died. Both of us actually"
Paul
"I'm thankful to your aunt and uncle, too (309).
OK now I am going to answer a question from my last blogs. Who do you think is the mother? I believe without a doubt that Helen is the girl's mother. I really just wish that this novel would kick it up a notch and allow this romance to happen. It is happening way too slow. I really just want to tell each other that they are both in love, but no because they work together. As one of my themes for this perfect couple, I said traveling together because they both want the same thing proof, they want answers, which means they won't stop until they get them. of course their romantic tension because there is something going on even if they don't want to show it. It has to happen sometime in book because I know for a fact that Helen is the mother.
Next section I want Helen and Paul to admit to each other that they are in love. I want to know more about the protagonist and Barley because they were rarely mentioned. Also, I want to know the protagonist name! This book is so weird! It doesn't seem to give you name until you get to the middle.
Recommendation
I'm still kind of liking this book, but it needs to go faster. I still have trouble telling apart the father's story and reality. Overall this is still a pretty good book. I'm learning a lot about Dracula and how he was a bloodthirsty ruler who killed anybody who was disloyal to him.
Themes:
Always traveling- It seems like wherever they go, Helen and Paul just can't stay in the same place. They go from Oxford, to Istanbul, to Budapest.
Romantic tension between one another- At first. I really didn't think that Helen was seen as more than a colleague, but now after reading and feeling their love for each other, but they just don't take it to the next level. They remain colleagues for now.
Distrust and Secrets- When having access to these kinds of historical documents, you can't rely on anybody. You can only very few people because everything bad is happening. Innocent people are being harmed just by knowing this information. Every time, Paul and Helen go someplace to learn more, they risk their lives and somebody else's.
Vocabulary:
Peremptorily- positive or assertive in speech and tone (291).
Virility- loving your characteristics such as masculinity (295).
Voluble- continuous flow of words (299).
Redolent- having a pleasant odor; fragrant (301).
Summary
Chapters 35-41
Turgut suggests an expert that has connections with the library and specific documents. Paul and Helen find out that this expert is an impostor and a vampire. Helen scares him off. They find out that the three maps that were in their possession about Dracula's location have been stolen. While this story is going on, we switch back to the present where Barley and the protagonist are staying in a barn in Boulois, France. Then we switch back to the previous story. Paul is looking at the Topkapi Palace where many people were put to death by Dracula. Paul and Helen take a plane from Istanbul to Budapest, where Paul will give a lecture on the Ottoman Domination of the Carpathians at the conference. Paul meets Helen's aunt Eva and figures out more information. He inquires about how the aunt is so high up in government that she can sneak an American into a communist country.
Friday, Nov 18, 2011
The main point is that you can't trust anybody in this story. You can't say a word about anything to anybody. We know this because of what happened when Paul and Helen were accompanied back to the books store by the so-called expert Selim. However, we know that that expert was not Selim, but most likely a vampire. HA HA Vampires in Istanbul? No! I'm just being sarcastic that's basically where they were popular. Everyone wants to get a hold of the documents to cover up the fact that Dracula is still alive. Why wouldn't there be vampires? As we can see nothing is going on with the potential couple Barley and the protagonist, but things are starting to heat up between Paul and Helen. While they are working together, you can tell they both have some form of love for each other.
Helen
"If it had not been for my aunt and uncle, my mother might have died. Both of us actually"
Paul
"I'm thankful to your aunt and uncle, too (309).
OK now I am going to answer a question from my last blogs. Who do you think is the mother? I believe without a doubt that Helen is the girl's mother. I really just wish that this novel would kick it up a notch and allow this romance to happen. It is happening way too slow. I really just want to tell each other that they are both in love, but no because they work together. As one of my themes for this perfect couple, I said traveling together because they both want the same thing proof, they want answers, which means they won't stop until they get them. of course their romantic tension because there is something going on even if they don't want to show it. It has to happen sometime in book because I know for a fact that Helen is the mother.
Next section I want Helen and Paul to admit to each other that they are in love. I want to know more about the protagonist and Barley because they were rarely mentioned. Also, I want to know the protagonist name! This book is so weird! It doesn't seem to give you name until you get to the middle.
Recommendation
I'm still kind of liking this book, but it needs to go faster. I still have trouble telling apart the father's story and reality. Overall this is still a pretty good book. I'm learning a lot about Dracula and how he was a bloodthirsty ruler who killed anybody who was disloyal to him.
Friday, November 11, 2011
IRA #4 The Historian
THE HISTORIAN
Themes:
Suspicion: As the story goes on, the protagonist and Barley sense suspicion everywhere whether it's an old guy who stares at you attentively, or a women dressed in black looking for something on the train.
Chapter 25-35 Summary:
So recapping from last chapters, the girl finds a letter in her father's office dated six months ago that he was going to find her mother. She is dropped off at school by cute college boy Barley, but decides to skip school and catch a train to Paris. While waiting for the train to go, she reads her fathers letters, learning more and more about what her father left out of his story. Soon Barley catches up with her and tries to convince her to get off the train. Barley reads through her father's letters. While this is going on in one part of the story, the other part is the story being told in the letters. Barely first thinks she's crazy about the Dracula's existence, and heading for lots of trouble ahead so he decides to stay with her. They stop in Belgium, and Paris. The protagonist and Barley notice a woman in dark clothing looking for something in the train, and an old guys who won't stop starring at her.
So in the letter, the father explains why he only told his daughter bits and pieces of the story. This letter talks about how he meets Helen Rossi. He explains that this letter will give her more information than she ever had in the beginning about her family. He and Helen traveled together to various places including England, Romania and Turkey. They are approached by a Professor Bora, a scholar of Skaespeare, who ask if they are American. Paul (father), Helen, and Professor Bora (Turgut), inspect Sultan Mehmed's box of secrets. While all these new discoveries are happening, I believe there is some sort of romantic tension going between Helen and Paul. They find a name and translate it to Bartholomew Rossi. The Shakespreare professor shows an ancient vampire hunting kit.
Vocabulary:
Acerbic- sharp and fortnight
Lurid-very vivid
Meticulous- showing great attention to detail.
Erudition- profound scholarly silence
Journal Friday November 11, 2011
Now I definitely can't put this book down. So we know the girl finds the letter about how her father has been looking for her mother, but there isn't any more information on that subject. I will probably find it out in the end.
There are a few quotes in the book that I just can't get out of my head.
"Now I fear I may not manage to tell you all you should know about your heritage before I am silenced or unable to inform you myself" (181).
"In the worst case, you will inherit my house, my money, my furniture, and books, but I believe you will treasure these documents I have given to you" (181).
These quotes are just foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen. This expedition that he is taking sounds more like a suicide mission.
So the main character decides to play hooky and take a train to Paris, but unbeknowst to her she has Barley who stops her which I still don't know how he found out. I kind of think that the dad made Barley follow her and be her bodyguard. So Barley believes why she needs to go and search for the truth, and he knows that there are more things coming ahead. The protagonist see two suspicious characters: a lady in dark clothing who was coming near their seats. Luckily, she didn't. You wonder could she be a assassin or someone working with Dracula. She definitely fits the part because of the black and the scarf around her head. She wakes up and finds an old guy reading the paper, but she notices that he hasn't turned a page. It he hasn't turn a page you know something is wrong so he was watching her. You can definitely tell the theme is once again suspicion. It's kind of weird what this girl goes through. I don't know if I would be able to run away from random people who might or might not want to kill me. It is just scary what she has to deal with. Barley suggests that they should get on the next train to Perpignan, and this shows that he's learning more about how she thinks and what she will do next. Yep I still think he's more of a bodyguard in secret going to college. Hey, it happened in the movie First Daughter. So despite the suspicion of weird people following the girl and her bodyguard, the story of her father and Helen is just as good. He and Helen travel together whether it is from England to Communist Romania and Turkey. Wow that's change! They find Sultan Mehmed's box with the name of Bartholomew Rossi on it. Here it goes ago we are finding some sort of clues to get this mystery solved. Scholars in Turkey think he is dead. Helen asks her aunt for information on Rossi. Gee doesn't this sound familiar. Well of course it does because when the teenager pretends to be a Professor and meets Helen, she agrees to talk to her mother in a few years. Okay when Turgut shows the vampire hunting instruments of death, I was just yes finally proof of vampires.
Recommendation
Every time I read this, it just keeps getting better and better. I do have to say that this is getting a little difficult to comprehend because there is a pattern where the books talks a little about the father's past and then the current. It gets a little confusing sometimes.
Themes:
Suspicion: As the story goes on, the protagonist and Barley sense suspicion everywhere whether it's an old guy who stares at you attentively, or a women dressed in black looking for something on the train.
Chapter 25-35 Summary:
So recapping from last chapters, the girl finds a letter in her father's office dated six months ago that he was going to find her mother. She is dropped off at school by cute college boy Barley, but decides to skip school and catch a train to Paris. While waiting for the train to go, she reads her fathers letters, learning more and more about what her father left out of his story. Soon Barley catches up with her and tries to convince her to get off the train. Barley reads through her father's letters. While this is going on in one part of the story, the other part is the story being told in the letters. Barely first thinks she's crazy about the Dracula's existence, and heading for lots of trouble ahead so he decides to stay with her. They stop in Belgium, and Paris. The protagonist and Barley notice a woman in dark clothing looking for something in the train, and an old guys who won't stop starring at her.
So in the letter, the father explains why he only told his daughter bits and pieces of the story. This letter talks about how he meets Helen Rossi. He explains that this letter will give her more information than she ever had in the beginning about her family. He and Helen traveled together to various places including England, Romania and Turkey. They are approached by a Professor Bora, a scholar of Skaespeare, who ask if they are American. Paul (father), Helen, and Professor Bora (Turgut), inspect Sultan Mehmed's box of secrets. While all these new discoveries are happening, I believe there is some sort of romantic tension going between Helen and Paul. They find a name and translate it to Bartholomew Rossi. The Shakespreare professor shows an ancient vampire hunting kit.
Vocabulary:
Acerbic- sharp and fortnight
Lurid-very vivid
Meticulous- showing great attention to detail.
Erudition- profound scholarly silence
Journal Friday November 11, 2011
Now I definitely can't put this book down. So we know the girl finds the letter about how her father has been looking for her mother, but there isn't any more information on that subject. I will probably find it out in the end.
There are a few quotes in the book that I just can't get out of my head.
"Now I fear I may not manage to tell you all you should know about your heritage before I am silenced or unable to inform you myself" (181).
"In the worst case, you will inherit my house, my money, my furniture, and books, but I believe you will treasure these documents I have given to you" (181).
These quotes are just foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen. This expedition that he is taking sounds more like a suicide mission.
So the main character decides to play hooky and take a train to Paris, but unbeknowst to her she has Barley who stops her which I still don't know how he found out. I kind of think that the dad made Barley follow her and be her bodyguard. So Barley believes why she needs to go and search for the truth, and he knows that there are more things coming ahead. The protagonist see two suspicious characters: a lady in dark clothing who was coming near their seats. Luckily, she didn't. You wonder could she be a assassin or someone working with Dracula. She definitely fits the part because of the black and the scarf around her head. She wakes up and finds an old guy reading the paper, but she notices that he hasn't turned a page. It he hasn't turn a page you know something is wrong so he was watching her. You can definitely tell the theme is once again suspicion. It's kind of weird what this girl goes through. I don't know if I would be able to run away from random people who might or might not want to kill me. It is just scary what she has to deal with. Barley suggests that they should get on the next train to Perpignan, and this shows that he's learning more about how she thinks and what she will do next. Yep I still think he's more of a bodyguard in secret going to college. Hey, it happened in the movie First Daughter. So despite the suspicion of weird people following the girl and her bodyguard, the story of her father and Helen is just as good. He and Helen travel together whether it is from England to Communist Romania and Turkey. Wow that's change! They find Sultan Mehmed's box with the name of Bartholomew Rossi on it. Here it goes ago we are finding some sort of clues to get this mystery solved. Scholars in Turkey think he is dead. Helen asks her aunt for information on Rossi. Gee doesn't this sound familiar. Well of course it does because when the teenager pretends to be a Professor and meets Helen, she agrees to talk to her mother in a few years. Okay when Turgut shows the vampire hunting instruments of death, I was just yes finally proof of vampires.
Recommendation
Every time I read this, it just keeps getting better and better. I do have to say that this is getting a little difficult to comprehend because there is a pattern where the books talks a little about the father's past and then the current. It gets a little confusing sometimes.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Comedy in Loves Labours Lost
Discuss the aspects of comedy in Loves Labours Lost. Give an example and explain why it is funny.
There is much comedy in this play. I think my main examples are the scholars and their worthless oath, the princess and her ladies, and Costard. In the beginning, the men decide to take an oath to avoid women, seeing them as distractions. Then women come and they're just like forget that rule! The princess comes hoping she can find some sort of man who can take over for her father when he passes away. But then she finds out about the oath and is like okay, really? She just needs someone. Instead she uses her wit to make fun of the men for their dumb oath. It is also very funny that the men are all hiding their love letters from each other to their ladies. They specially don't want Biron to know because they think he's following in the rules, but actually he is about as love sick as the rest of them. The guys decide to forget the silly oath and continue to woo the women. The guys wear costumes at the ball and thanks to Boyet, the women know about the costumes so they have a little something planned in order to confuse the men. Now lets talk about Costard. He basically is a fool especially when he gets all the letters mixed up and everyone knows about their passion for the women including the ladies and Holofermez and Nathaniel, who spent their time critiquing and making comments on the letters. So all in all, the men are lovesick, the women have them wrapped around their little fingers, and Costard is still and to this day a fool. They all play a huge role as the humor in this play.
There is much comedy in this play. I think my main examples are the scholars and their worthless oath, the princess and her ladies, and Costard. In the beginning, the men decide to take an oath to avoid women, seeing them as distractions. Then women come and they're just like forget that rule! The princess comes hoping she can find some sort of man who can take over for her father when he passes away. But then she finds out about the oath and is like okay, really? She just needs someone. Instead she uses her wit to make fun of the men for their dumb oath. It is also very funny that the men are all hiding their love letters from each other to their ladies. They specially don't want Biron to know because they think he's following in the rules, but actually he is about as love sick as the rest of them. The guys decide to forget the silly oath and continue to woo the women. The guys wear costumes at the ball and thanks to Boyet, the women know about the costumes so they have a little something planned in order to confuse the men. Now lets talk about Costard. He basically is a fool especially when he gets all the letters mixed up and everyone knows about their passion for the women including the ladies and Holofermez and Nathaniel, who spent their time critiquing and making comments on the letters. So all in all, the men are lovesick, the women have them wrapped around their little fingers, and Costard is still and to this day a fool. They all play a huge role as the humor in this play.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Loves Labours Lost Act V. FINAL REFLECTION
THE END
Trace the idea of truth and lies. What does the play imply about the relationship between truth and love? Between truth and language? How does this apply to human life?
We all know that truth is entirely different from lies. The truth is always the right thing unless there are different circumstances. Lying is not the best thing to do because nobody will ever know if you are being honest or just saying something that is not true. When reading Loves Labours Lost, you think more about the relationship between love and truth. In the play, the men make an oath to abstain from three things, but the most important one was no women. However, a princess of France and her ladies in waiting changed that and made them rethink their oath. They started to become attracted to these women. That's called a crush. King Ferdinand, Biron, Dumain, Longaville, and even the fool Costard, had a crush on a special woman. These men have completely fallen in love with these women, but they don't know about the women falling in love with them. The men are lovesick, but not each of them know about each others infatuation with the women except Dull and Boyet. The women are playing with their hearts which is really sad because that's not honesty or love. Their language and form of decorum shows that they are just playing with emotions of the men and they are totally dissing the contract.
That's worse than lying about it because you are pretending to love someone. When the men finally admit their feelings to the women, the women still kind of mock them. Later, the women make the men show their commitment to loving them by having them live their life alone for a year and then they can be together. Biron's special job is to make the sick smile with his power of wit. All these conditions must be met in order to prove their love to them. So you know if they are truly your love if they follow your rules and expectations. I definitely think the play tells about truth and love because you learn if there is dishonesty between individuals, and you also learn about what they will sacrifice to achieve love.
I think this very much applies to human life? When I think of relationships between love and truth, I think of high school. In high school, I could just be speaking as a skeptic, but what happens is that a boy may pretend to like a girl but then he's actually laughing about it behind your back. This shows total dishonesty because he is not telling you the truth about what he likes about the girl or why he is dating her? Girls are more likely to hear this and believe it. This could also happen to guys. Some guys are happy when they get the coolest girl to go out with them, but they could be making fun of him behind his back. Girls can be as mean as the guys, of course you could see that in this play. These men are so in love with these women and the women are just stabbing them in the heart. I look at my school and see some relationships last, while others don't because of lies and secrets are hidden from one another.
Trace the idea of truth and lies. What does the play imply about the relationship between truth and love? Between truth and language? How does this apply to human life?
We all know that truth is entirely different from lies. The truth is always the right thing unless there are different circumstances. Lying is not the best thing to do because nobody will ever know if you are being honest or just saying something that is not true. When reading Loves Labours Lost, you think more about the relationship between love and truth. In the play, the men make an oath to abstain from three things, but the most important one was no women. However, a princess of France and her ladies in waiting changed that and made them rethink their oath. They started to become attracted to these women. That's called a crush. King Ferdinand, Biron, Dumain, Longaville, and even the fool Costard, had a crush on a special woman. These men have completely fallen in love with these women, but they don't know about the women falling in love with them. The men are lovesick, but not each of them know about each others infatuation with the women except Dull and Boyet. The women are playing with their hearts which is really sad because that's not honesty or love. Their language and form of decorum shows that they are just playing with emotions of the men and they are totally dissing the contract.
"Good wits will be jangling: but, gentles agree: This civil war of wits were much better used. On Navarre and his book-men for here 'tis abused"
"Sweet health and fair desires consort your grace!"
That's worse than lying about it because you are pretending to love someone. When the men finally admit their feelings to the women, the women still kind of mock them. Later, the women make the men show their commitment to loving them by having them live their life alone for a year and then they can be together. Biron's special job is to make the sick smile with his power of wit. All these conditions must be met in order to prove their love to them. So you know if they are truly your love if they follow your rules and expectations. I definitely think the play tells about truth and love because you learn if there is dishonesty between individuals, and you also learn about what they will sacrifice to achieve love.
I think this very much applies to human life? When I think of relationships between love and truth, I think of high school. In high school, I could just be speaking as a skeptic, but what happens is that a boy may pretend to like a girl but then he's actually laughing about it behind your back. This shows total dishonesty because he is not telling you the truth about what he likes about the girl or why he is dating her? Girls are more likely to hear this and believe it. This could also happen to guys. Some guys are happy when they get the coolest girl to go out with them, but they could be making fun of him behind his back. Girls can be as mean as the guys, of course you could see that in this play. These men are so in love with these women and the women are just stabbing them in the heart. I look at my school and see some relationships last, while others don't because of lies and secrets are hidden from one another.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Loves Labours Lost Act IV. Scene III. and Act V. Scene I and II
Berowne's Speech
Vocabulary
forsworn- to reject or renounce under oath
triumviry-same thing as triumvirate which is a government of three officers or magistrates
coxcomb- conceited, foolish dandy
peremptory- having no opportunity for denial or refusal
How does he prove the men aren't forsworn by loving the French ladies? What is the progression of his argument? How does he convey his argument through rhetorical devices, and what is their effect?
Act V. Scene I and II.
Vocabulary:
sententious- abunding in pithy maxisms aphorisms
audacious- extremely bold or daring
impudency- lack of modesty, shamelessness
quondam- former, recent
The Princess
In Act V. Scene II, if I was the princess I wouldn't be as mean toward the men. I would be a nice person. I dislike the princess and I think she's totally mean and can remind of you of a early Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. I wouldn't treat them like crap or insult them about their funny contract. I wouldn't ignore them, but maybe talk to them to see if they are truly in love with the ladies-in-waiting or if they are mocking the girls just as the girls are mocking the boys. I wouldn't have my friends make fun of the guys. I mean I'm sure it's funny that they are in costumes and you can recognize them, but I would play along and then tell them after a while that I knew all along. That way everyone would get a good laugh in. If any of the men express their love, I don't know what I would do. I guess be like everyone other girl in those romance movies that falls in love too. If my father died and I had to marry someone else, I guess Ferdinand would be a good choice because in the story the princess and the king have so much chemistry. They flirt and he's totally in love with her. Also during that time, marrying for wealth was more common than love.
Vocabulary
forsworn- to reject or renounce under oath
triumviry-same thing as triumvirate which is a government of three officers or magistrates
coxcomb- conceited, foolish dandy
peremptory- having no opportunity for denial or refusal
How does he prove the men aren't forsworn by loving the French ladies? What is the progression of his argument? How does he convey his argument through rhetorical devices, and what is their effect?
"Tis more than need. Have at you then, affection's men at arms, consider what you did swear unto. To fast, study, and to see no woman; Flat treason against the kingly state of youth. Say, can you fast? your stomachs are two young; And abstinence brings maladies. And where that you have vowed to study, lords. In that each of you have forsworn his book, Can you still dream and pretend and thereon look? For when would you, my lord, or you, or you, Have found the ground of study's excellence Without the beauty of a women's face?"Biron believes that the contract that they all signed is a big joke and none of them including him should have agreed to it. This contract is making everyone a hypocrite. Everyone isn't following it. He proves that they are not forsworn because they are studying the true nature of beauty. These women were distractions that hindered their original studies. They are studying the physical characteristics and beauty of women and they have learned more than they could ever know. So they continue to woo the women because they believe that they are learning something from a women's beauty. Biron says that you can learn a lot by looking at a women's eyes. An example of a rhetorical devices would be using the words how, what, and why. 'For when would you my lord, or you, have found the ground of study's excellence without the beauty of a women's face""For where is any author in the world that teaches such beauty as women's eye" . "Do we not likewise see our learning there?"
Act V. Scene I and II.
Vocabulary:
sententious- abunding in pithy maxisms aphorisms
audacious- extremely bold or daring
impudency- lack of modesty, shamelessness
quondam- former, recent
The Princess
In Act V. Scene II, if I was the princess I wouldn't be as mean toward the men. I would be a nice person. I dislike the princess and I think she's totally mean and can remind of you of a early Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. I wouldn't treat them like crap or insult them about their funny contract. I wouldn't ignore them, but maybe talk to them to see if they are truly in love with the ladies-in-waiting or if they are mocking the girls just as the girls are mocking the boys. I wouldn't have my friends make fun of the guys. I mean I'm sure it's funny that they are in costumes and you can recognize them, but I would play along and then tell them after a while that I knew all along. That way everyone would get a good laugh in. If any of the men express their love, I don't know what I would do. I guess be like everyone other girl in those romance movies that falls in love too. If my father died and I had to marry someone else, I guess Ferdinand would be a good choice because in the story the princess and the king have so much chemistry. They flirt and he's totally in love with her. Also during that time, marrying for wealth was more common than love.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Loves Labours Lost Act IV.
Character List
Vocabulary:
pernicious- causing harm or ruin.
indubitate- not questioned or doubtful, certain.
videlicet- that is to say; namely.
coppice- dense growth of small trees or bushes.
Describe their style of language
Holofernes- (Scene 2) This guy thinks he knows everything. When talking about the deer that the princess killed, he believes everyone else doesn't know a thing about the subject of deer. He notes it as a pricket, which is a two year old buck deer. He tells Dull a story of the death of the deer. He comments and critiques the letters with much humor.
Jacquenetta- She is asking the schoolmasters to read the letters. She cannot read. She finds her letter is not from Don Armado, but from Lord Biron to Rosaline.
Moth- He is Don Armado's page or assistant. Just a historical note, a page was a person in the medevial times who was most always a man that helped the lord when they went to war. He and Don Armado have an interesting conversation about Costard and his broken shin. He doesn't really know too much, so he asks his master lots of questions.
Vocabulary:
pernicious- causing harm or ruin.
indubitate- not questioned or doubtful, certain.
videlicet- that is to say; namely.
coppice- dense growth of small trees or bushes.
Describe their style of language
Holofernes- (Scene 2) This guy thinks he knows everything. When talking about the deer that the princess killed, he believes everyone else doesn't know a thing about the subject of deer. He notes it as a pricket, which is a two year old buck deer. He tells Dull a story of the death of the deer. He comments and critiques the letters with much humor.
"Sir Nathaniel, will you hear an extemporal epitaph on the death of the deer?
And, to humour the ignorant, I call the deer that the princess killed a pricket" (Act IV. scene II).
"And, the text most infallibly concludes it'Nathaniel- He is another teacher like Holofernes. Holoferenes and Nathaniel are considered the major entertainment of this scene because they are reading various different letters and using abusive commentary on them.
"Perge, good Master Holofernes, perge; so it shall please you to put an end to to this abusive humor" (Act IV. scene II).
"And thank you too; for society, saith the text is the happiness of life"Dull- He is the constable, that usually hangs out with Holofernes and Nathaniel. He believes that it was not a held creed or answer for the deer. He believes its a pricket. He tries to fit in with both of the schoolmasters.
"Twas not a haud credo; 'twas a pricket" (Act Iv. scene II).Don Armado- He gives a letter to Costad, who by accident distributes all of them, getting them mixed up encouraging the schoolmasters to read them.
Jacquenetta- She is asking the schoolmasters to read the letters. She cannot read. She finds her letter is not from Don Armado, but from Lord Biron to Rosaline.
"Good Costard, go with me. God save your soul"This quote explains that she and Costard are going to tattle on the unfaithful lords.
Moth- He is Don Armado's page or assistant. Just a historical note, a page was a person in the medevial times who was most always a man that helped the lord when they went to war. He and Don Armado have an interesting conversation about Costard and his broken shin. He doesn't really know too much, so he asks his master lots of questions.
"By saying that a costard was broken in a shin, then falled you for the l'envoy"
Friday, November 4, 2011
IRA #3 The Historian
The Historian
Theme:
Suspicion:
Everything is starting to get weird. The creepy librarian is looking for them. The librarian is mysteriously killed after they get some information from him. She finds her dad in a library reading a book about vampires, and the next day he leaves her with garlic and a crucifix, and tells her to go home. She knows there is something her father is not telling her. She finds the letter about how her father is going to look for her mother.
Chapter 20-25
Plot Summary
Protagonist is starting to get closer and closer to the truth. She and Miss Rossi meet at a church where they discuss the maps and the letters written by Professor Rossi. The protagonist and Miss Rossi still talk about the man that was in the library glancing at one of them. Main character figures out that this was a librarian, but she doesn't want to tell Miss Rossi about the interesting mark on his neck. Soon they see the creepy librarian coming into the church and decide to hide. After a few moments, they decide to leave. They are both scared about what the man wants. The teenager thinks that he is after Miss Rossi and that she should stay somewhere else beside her dorm in fear that he might meet her there.
Helen and the the teenager decide to set up a plan to interrogate the creepy gentlemen at the library. Helen uses herself as bait for the individual and goes all the way to the special books collection. She intrigues the man by talking about Rossi's map. Then in a furious gesture he jumps on her and bites her. Helen and the main character hold him down and get information that this guy was a vampire and that Professor Rossi was taken to Dracula's tomb. The next day the teenager finds the creepy librarian dead in the middle of the street with his body twisted. She tells Miss Rossi that she will go to Istanbul to find her father. Miss Rossi wants to go with her.
Later, she travels with her father to Oxford where he has his business meetings and she gets to tour the college. She is showed around by a cute undergraduate student who she feels is kind of cute. She is starting to realize what it's like to talk to guys since she is so sheltered. She finds her father in a library reading some vampire literature. The next day she wakes up in the morning and finds a note from her father saying that he has some last minute business meeting and that she will be accompanied home by the tour guide Stephan Barley. Later she comes home, searches her father's desk and finds an envelope of letters addressed to her. She picks up the letter written six months ago with the words "My Dear Daughter. If you are reading this, forgive me. I have gone to look for your mother" (171).
Journal Friday, November 4, 2011
I'm really starting to like this book. Everything is starting to pull together even though I'm in the middle of the book. So finally, Helen believes the teenager that her illegitimate father's disappearance has something to do with supernatural beings. Helen and the main character figure out that Professor Rossi has been taken to Dracula's tomb. I think it is very weird how the creepy librarian got killed a day after spilling his guts about Rossi's disappearance. They find out that this creepy guy was jealous of Rossi because he wanted to use the maps and that is why he was so anxious to get them. He is murdered in the most brutal way and you wonder what kind of person or thing could have done that. We have all heard of the expression. "Don't shoot the messenger". Well he wasn't shot, but he definitely was in trouble for letting important information get out and he paid for his mistake. I don't exactly know if this guy was a real vampire or he could have been a half vampire. Wow, can't you see I have seen way too many movies and read too many books. I'm a crazy supernatural movie and literature fanatic and I personally think it was a full vampire. A vampire has complete strength and could do that easily, but then again it could be anyone.
I find it great that the main character is getting the chance to visit the college in Oxford. She is given tour by a cute guy and starts to feel a little less sheltered than she was. She visits the library and finds that her father is reading a book about vampire lore instead of attending his meetings. So the question is Were his meetings canceled? Did he skip them? Why was he reading a vampire history book? I know there is definitely something that he is not telling her. The next day I figure out that there is something wrong, when he leaves her a letter with a crucifix and garlic, telling her that she must carry these items with her at all times. I 'm wondering if her father knows where Rossi is and he's going to to Istanbul to save him or if it is one last-minute business meeting. Yeah right! Something is Wrong! Look at the clues. Garlic. Crucifix. The words "Take these with you at all times". He's not trying to convert her or anything. These are things that keep vampires away.
She goes to the library to find the book that her father was reading, but was in a hurry to get home. I noticed something said from the tour guide. During the tour, he was talking about in the medieval times that oxford was loaded with vampires back then, but he explained that it was just lore. So the next day when he takes her to the library before the train station back to Amsterdam, he tells her to hurry up or he will get a stake through his heart. Those words just sounded creepy to me. I wonder if he knows more about vampires than he is owning up to or he is just joking. I partially think that he should be suspected for some reason. I always want to know why did her father send a college guy to go with a high school girl to take her home? I understand that he is paranoid right now and that he wants his daughter to be protected, but I wander if that guy is something more than an average college student. I could be wrong about all my assumptions, but hey I'll figure out the answers. It's like a scientist hoping that their hypothesis will be proven. I hope my assumption or correct if I was way off and I just overestimated this book.
The six month old letter she finds in her father's desk is also interesting. I have yet to read about this letter, but I will because I want to know if her mother's disappearance has something to do with Rossi's disappearance. The beginning of the story never talks about her mother so maybe I will figure out why her mother was taken, and when she was taken to see if there is some sort of correlation with everything happening now.
Recommendation: Likewise in the last blogs, I like this book. Sometimes it's hard to understand where the plot is taking place, but you get the hang of it. This whole thing about Dracula is starting to get more mysterious by the minute. I like to ask myself questions about what I think will happen and I wonder if I'm correct.
Theme:
Suspicion:
Everything is starting to get weird. The creepy librarian is looking for them. The librarian is mysteriously killed after they get some information from him. She finds her dad in a library reading a book about vampires, and the next day he leaves her with garlic and a crucifix, and tells her to go home. She knows there is something her father is not telling her. She finds the letter about how her father is going to look for her mother.
Chapter 20-25
Plot Summary
Protagonist is starting to get closer and closer to the truth. She and Miss Rossi meet at a church where they discuss the maps and the letters written by Professor Rossi. The protagonist and Miss Rossi still talk about the man that was in the library glancing at one of them. Main character figures out that this was a librarian, but she doesn't want to tell Miss Rossi about the interesting mark on his neck. Soon they see the creepy librarian coming into the church and decide to hide. After a few moments, they decide to leave. They are both scared about what the man wants. The teenager thinks that he is after Miss Rossi and that she should stay somewhere else beside her dorm in fear that he might meet her there.
Helen and the the teenager decide to set up a plan to interrogate the creepy gentlemen at the library. Helen uses herself as bait for the individual and goes all the way to the special books collection. She intrigues the man by talking about Rossi's map. Then in a furious gesture he jumps on her and bites her. Helen and the main character hold him down and get information that this guy was a vampire and that Professor Rossi was taken to Dracula's tomb. The next day the teenager finds the creepy librarian dead in the middle of the street with his body twisted. She tells Miss Rossi that she will go to Istanbul to find her father. Miss Rossi wants to go with her.
Later, she travels with her father to Oxford where he has his business meetings and she gets to tour the college. She is showed around by a cute undergraduate student who she feels is kind of cute. She is starting to realize what it's like to talk to guys since she is so sheltered. She finds her father in a library reading some vampire literature. The next day she wakes up in the morning and finds a note from her father saying that he has some last minute business meeting and that she will be accompanied home by the tour guide Stephan Barley. Later she comes home, searches her father's desk and finds an envelope of letters addressed to her. She picks up the letter written six months ago with the words "My Dear Daughter. If you are reading this, forgive me. I have gone to look for your mother" (171).
Journal Friday, November 4, 2011
I'm really starting to like this book. Everything is starting to pull together even though I'm in the middle of the book. So finally, Helen believes the teenager that her illegitimate father's disappearance has something to do with supernatural beings. Helen and the main character figure out that Professor Rossi has been taken to Dracula's tomb. I think it is very weird how the creepy librarian got killed a day after spilling his guts about Rossi's disappearance. They find out that this creepy guy was jealous of Rossi because he wanted to use the maps and that is why he was so anxious to get them. He is murdered in the most brutal way and you wonder what kind of person or thing could have done that. We have all heard of the expression. "Don't shoot the messenger". Well he wasn't shot, but he definitely was in trouble for letting important information get out and he paid for his mistake. I don't exactly know if this guy was a real vampire or he could have been a half vampire. Wow, can't you see I have seen way too many movies and read too many books. I'm a crazy supernatural movie and literature fanatic and I personally think it was a full vampire. A vampire has complete strength and could do that easily, but then again it could be anyone.
I find it great that the main character is getting the chance to visit the college in Oxford. She is given tour by a cute guy and starts to feel a little less sheltered than she was. She visits the library and finds that her father is reading a book about vampire lore instead of attending his meetings. So the question is Were his meetings canceled? Did he skip them? Why was he reading a vampire history book? I know there is definitely something that he is not telling her. The next day I figure out that there is something wrong, when he leaves her a letter with a crucifix and garlic, telling her that she must carry these items with her at all times. I 'm wondering if her father knows where Rossi is and he's going to to Istanbul to save him or if it is one last-minute business meeting. Yeah right! Something is Wrong! Look at the clues. Garlic. Crucifix. The words "Take these with you at all times". He's not trying to convert her or anything. These are things that keep vampires away.
She goes to the library to find the book that her father was reading, but was in a hurry to get home. I noticed something said from the tour guide. During the tour, he was talking about in the medieval times that oxford was loaded with vampires back then, but he explained that it was just lore. So the next day when he takes her to the library before the train station back to Amsterdam, he tells her to hurry up or he will get a stake through his heart. Those words just sounded creepy to me. I wonder if he knows more about vampires than he is owning up to or he is just joking. I partially think that he should be suspected for some reason. I always want to know why did her father send a college guy to go with a high school girl to take her home? I understand that he is paranoid right now and that he wants his daughter to be protected, but I wander if that guy is something more than an average college student. I could be wrong about all my assumptions, but hey I'll figure out the answers. It's like a scientist hoping that their hypothesis will be proven. I hope my assumption or correct if I was way off and I just overestimated this book.
The six month old letter she finds in her father's desk is also interesting. I have yet to read about this letter, but I will because I want to know if her mother's disappearance has something to do with Rossi's disappearance. The beginning of the story never talks about her mother so maybe I will figure out why her mother was taken, and when she was taken to see if there is some sort of correlation with everything happening now.
Recommendation: Likewise in the last blogs, I like this book. Sometimes it's hard to understand where the plot is taking place, but you get the hang of it. This whole thing about Dracula is starting to get more mysterious by the minute. I like to ask myself questions about what I think will happen and I wonder if I'm correct.
Love's Labour's Lost Character list
Describe the following characters.
Character list for Act I- III.
King Ferdinand- He is the ruler of Navarre. Navarre is a place between France and Spain. He falls in love with the beautiful witty, yet flirty princess. Her speech is very witty, yet it is sharp with an attitude
Lord- He is the head of the Acadamia program. He is the one who sets up the contract where all of the men are sacrificing three square meals a day, eight hours of sleep, and love. They are especially not allowed to fall in love in fear that they will be severely punished.
Don Adriano- He is very full of himself and the story talks about how he looks like King Philip II of Spain. He loves Jaquenetta truly and is upset that Costard is courting her. He uses his poetry to express his passion for his love.
Jaquenetta- She is the maid in the household. She is in love with Costard and Costard is in love with her.
Costard- joker, clown, target of jokes. He is the comedic relief in the play.
Biron- He is a guy living at Ferdinand's court hoping to study at the Acadamia. He doesn't agree with the no falling in love policy. He falls in love with Rosaline. At first sight, he tells her that he will make her love him. He explains that his heart is breaking when Rosaline thinks he does not have a heart.
Longaville- He is another lord at the court where he also breaks the rules and falls in love with Maria. He reminds me of Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet play when he asks the page who the women was.
Boyet- is another lord, but he is travels with the princess and her ladies from France. He tends to be a big flirt when he asks Maria to let him kiss her in exchange for food and she denies.
Dumain- He is also a lord of the court who sacrifices love for academics. However, he and the others are finding themselves falling in love. Big no no! He loves the woman Katharine.
Princess- She is the girl who the king tries to attract. She uses insults when talking about the no falling in love policy. She thinks that will is most powerful thing. Their will is going to overpower them and they will crack.
She wants to get married because her dad is on his death bed and she needs a new benefactor.
Maria, Rosaline, and Katharine- They are the ladies of France that decided to accompany the Princess of France. They speak of the "book-men" as complete romantics. They believe in love at first sight more than the men do.
Vocabulary:
gelded- to take strength from
expositor- someone who is a expounder
bedecking- to adorn in a showy manner
remuneration- reward, pay
Character list for Act I- III.
King Ferdinand- He is the ruler of Navarre. Navarre is a place between France and Spain. He falls in love with the beautiful witty, yet flirty princess. Her speech is very witty, yet it is sharp with an attitude
Lord- He is the head of the Acadamia program. He is the one who sets up the contract where all of the men are sacrificing three square meals a day, eight hours of sleep, and love. They are especially not allowed to fall in love in fear that they will be severely punished.
Don Adriano- He is very full of himself and the story talks about how he looks like King Philip II of Spain. He loves Jaquenetta truly and is upset that Costard is courting her. He uses his poetry to express his passion for his love.
Jaquenetta- She is the maid in the household. She is in love with Costard and Costard is in love with her.
Costard- joker, clown, target of jokes. He is the comedic relief in the play.
Biron- He is a guy living at Ferdinand's court hoping to study at the Acadamia. He doesn't agree with the no falling in love policy. He falls in love with Rosaline. At first sight, he tells her that he will make her love him. He explains that his heart is breaking when Rosaline thinks he does not have a heart.
Longaville- He is another lord at the court where he also breaks the rules and falls in love with Maria. He reminds me of Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet play when he asks the page who the women was.
Boyet- is another lord, but he is travels with the princess and her ladies from France. He tends to be a big flirt when he asks Maria to let him kiss her in exchange for food and she denies.
Dumain- He is also a lord of the court who sacrifices love for academics. However, he and the others are finding themselves falling in love. Big no no! He loves the woman Katharine.
Princess- She is the girl who the king tries to attract. She uses insults when talking about the no falling in love policy. She thinks that will is most powerful thing. Their will is going to overpower them and they will crack.
She wants to get married because her dad is on his death bed and she needs a new benefactor.
Maria, Rosaline, and Katharine- They are the ladies of France that decided to accompany the Princess of France. They speak of the "book-men" as complete romantics. They believe in love at first sight more than the men do.
Vocabulary:
gelded- to take strength from
expositor- someone who is a expounder
bedecking- to adorn in a showy manner
remuneration- reward, pay
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Pedantic Proverbs
Proverbs
1. Santillate, Santillate, asteroid minific
Twinkle, Twinkle, little star
2. Surveillance should precede saltitation
Look before you leap
3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
Birds of a feather flock together
4. Polchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
Beauty is only skin deep.
5. Neophyte's serendipity
Beginner's luck.
1. Santillate, Santillate, asteroid minific
Twinkle, Twinkle, little star
2. Surveillance should precede saltitation
Look before you leap
3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
Birds of a feather flock together
4. Polchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
Beauty is only skin deep.
5. Neophyte's serendipity
Beginner's luck.
Pedantic Proverbs
Proverbs
1. Santillate, Santillate, asteroid minific
Twinkle, Twinkle, little star
2. Surveillance should precede saltitation
Look before you leap
3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
Birds of a feather flock together
4. Polchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
Beauty is only skin deep.
5. Neophyte's serendipity
Beginner's luck.
1. Santillate, Santillate, asteroid minific
Twinkle, Twinkle, little star
2. Surveillance should precede saltitation
Look before you leap
3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
Birds of a feather flock together
4. Polchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
Beauty is only skin deep.
5. Neophyte's serendipity
Beginner's luck.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Love's Labour's Lost Act I
Loves Labour's Lost Analysis: Act I.
Vocabulary:
cormorant- a greedy person
vicegerent- officer appointed as deputy by sovereign or supreme chief
tharborough- constable
minstrelsy- musical instruments
In Act I, I find this play to be sort of funny. You got to love dramas. I find this play funny because of the major hypocrisy when the four men and King Navarre commit themselves to academics, restraining themselves from three normal meals a day, getting more than three hours of sleep, and staying away from women. This Acadame they call it, is a no woman zone for anybody working for the king. As you keep reading, you know the men are not happy about this rule. Biron especially doesn't like this rule, but signs the paper anyway. Costad, the king's joker, breaks the rule by falling for the maid Jaquenetta. This becomes a big soap opera because it turns out that Don Adriano is also head over heels in love with her too. He uses his deep poetry to show his love for Jaquenetta. This is pretty funny because there are two guys who love her, but Don Adriano is having trouble deciding whether Jaquenetta is really his true love and if she is worth more to him than being a scholar. So like in many coming-of- the age comedies, usually one guy decides to hinder the other guy from getting the girl. Don Adriano tells King Navarre that Costad had broken the no woman rule, and now he will be punished. I think that we would find this more funny if we were used to comprehending the special language that shakespeare wrote in his plays. Maybe centuries back, like in the rennaisance we would see this play and think it was hilarious.
Vocabulary:
cormorant- a greedy person
vicegerent- officer appointed as deputy by sovereign or supreme chief
tharborough- constable
minstrelsy- musical instruments
In Act I, I find this play to be sort of funny. You got to love dramas. I find this play funny because of the major hypocrisy when the four men and King Navarre commit themselves to academics, restraining themselves from three normal meals a day, getting more than three hours of sleep, and staying away from women. This Acadame they call it, is a no woman zone for anybody working for the king. As you keep reading, you know the men are not happy about this rule. Biron especially doesn't like this rule, but signs the paper anyway. Costad, the king's joker, breaks the rule by falling for the maid Jaquenetta. This becomes a big soap opera because it turns out that Don Adriano is also head over heels in love with her too. He uses his deep poetry to show his love for Jaquenetta. This is pretty funny because there are two guys who love her, but Don Adriano is having trouble deciding whether Jaquenetta is really his true love and if she is worth more to him than being a scholar. So like in many coming-of- the age comedies, usually one guy decides to hinder the other guy from getting the girl. Don Adriano tells King Navarre that Costad had broken the no woman rule, and now he will be punished. I think that we would find this more funny if we were used to comprehending the special language that shakespeare wrote in his plays. Maybe centuries back, like in the rennaisance we would see this play and think it was hilarious.
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