Quote: "He takes her by the palm. Ay, well said, whisper! With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio. Ay, smile upon her, do, I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. You say true, 'Tis so, indeed. If such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry."(2.1.166-170)
Significance: This quote is significant because it is showing us how conniving Iago and naive Roderigo are. Iago is still using his evil plan and being very backstabbing. I do still believe that this is foreshadowing something that is going to happen and it is going to be very bad. There is going to be a lot of backstabbing and lying in this play just by the way Iago is. If he is planning something to upset Cassio and Othello there is going to be more lying and backstabbing and maybe some fights.
Question: Will Iago's plan back fire in his face?
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Othello Act 1 Scene 2,3
Quote: "Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; For I mine own gained knowledge should profane If I would time expend with such snipe But for my sport and profit."(1.3.320-322)
Significance: This quote is significant because I think it is foreshadowing that there will be a lot of backstabbing and lying to each other. Iago tells his friend Roderigo he will be there for him and then talks behind his back saying that he is going to take his money. Brabantio says his daughter is backstabbing him and lying to him because she married a moor without telling him. I have a feeling that this quote is foreshadowing that other people might back stab some of there friends and loved ones. It all just might end up with deaths and killings.
Question: Will Iago or anyone else be this backstabbing throughout the play?
Significance: This quote is significant because I think it is foreshadowing that there will be a lot of backstabbing and lying to each other. Iago tells his friend Roderigo he will be there for him and then talks behind his back saying that he is going to take his money. Brabantio says his daughter is backstabbing him and lying to him because she married a moor without telling him. I have a feeling that this quote is foreshadowing that other people might back stab some of there friends and loved ones. It all just might end up with deaths and killings.
Question: Will Iago or anyone else be this backstabbing throughout the play?
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Civitarese, 1
Nicole Civitarese
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
12/14/08
Essay on a Separate Peace
Who is Gene’s true enemy and did he defeat him?
In our society today, people notice the jealousy and hatred others have toward each other. For example, when people are jealous their friend does well in school or does well sports. People see it everyday in society and in this novel A Separate Peace people see the jealousy and hatred Gene has toward his best friend, Phineas. Gene makes impulsive decisions based out of jealousy. He improperly identifies his enemy, and soon comes to realize that his war is internal. Gene must learn to conquer his true enemy, himself, and his disapproval of his envious nature
In A Separate Peace, Gene improperly identifies his enemy as Finny. Gene feels that his friendship with Finny is a competition and believes he must be better then Finny. “You and Phineas are even already. You are even in enmity. You are both coldly driving ahead of yourselves alone. You did hate him for breaking the schools swimming record, but so what? He hated you for getting an A in every course but one last term” (Knowles 53). This is Gene’s biggest mistake. He forgets that Finny is too unusual for rivalry, “To keep silent about this amazing happening deepened the shock for me. It made Finny seems too unusual for-not friendship, but too unusual rivalry”(45). Gene believes that Finny is in competition with him, to justify his personal envy toward Finny. This was Gene's tragic flaw. He never was in war with Finny; he was at war with himself. In this way, Gene was improperly identifying the enemy.
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Built up resentment and hatred Gene had toward Finny caused him to make an impulsive decision.
Gene built up resentment and jealousy inside of him and it caused him to make an impulsive decision toward Finny. It just got worse each day, until one day they were both in a tree. Gene jounced the limb, shook it, and knocked Finny off the branch, “Holding firmly to the trunk, I took a step toward him, and then my knees bent and I jounced the limb”(60) The impulsive decision caused him to severely hurt Finny because of his uncontrolled jealousy. He did not realize what he did to Finny until the next morning, “That night I slept easily, and it was only on waking up that this illusion was gone, and I was confronted with myself and what I had done to Finny” (62). Gene did not want to intentionally hurt Finny. However, at the time, he had so much hatred built up toward him; he just had the urge to hurt him. His initial reaction was to knock Finny off the branch, but when Gene realized what he did he felt guilty and the need to do something for Finny.
When Finny came back to Devon after his accident, he was forced sometimes to depend on Gene, but he really did not want help from anyone. Gene felt that he was obligated to help Finny because he was guilty of his actions. Finny had a great amount of loyalty toward Gene, “Phineas, you wouldn’t be any good in the war, even if nothing had happened to your leg” (190). Finny was always loyal to people and never saw any bad in them. Even if it was an enemy, for example, someone Finny could have fought in the war, he would still view them as a loyal person. Finny’s ideas had rubbed off on Gene because he now felt loyal to Finny, and he felt obligated to take responsibility and to allow Finny to be dependent on him. When Finny finally
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let Gene help, he wanted Gene to play sports for him, “Listen, pal, if I can’t play sports, you’re playing them for me,’ and I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas” (85). Gene did not mind getting closer to Finny because Finny was his best friend. Gene wanted to become a part of him because he wanted to be just like Finny. He then begins to realize who is true enemy was all along.
When Finny passes away, Gene goes to the funeral. He felt like he was at his own. Gene’s jealousy and resentment was his true enemy. This enemy had died with Finny. Finny had taken away the enemy and left Gene with some of his good qualities, “My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the source, withered and lifeless. Phineas had absorbed it and taken it with him, and I was rid of it forever” (203). Finny was doing Gene a favor; he helped him defeat his true enemy. Gene was influenced by Finny’s love for life. Gene and Finny switched qualities at the end. Finny helped defeat Gene’s enemy by taking it away. Gene saw Finny’s loving and caring qualities and took them as his own, “I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war was ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there” (204). He understands he was his own true enemy, and that it was not Finny.
We see Gene label Finny as his enemy and we come to learn that Gene's internal struggle with himself is where his “true enemy” lies. Finny's enemy is his resentfulness of his jealousy, and when Finny dies, Gene’s qualities die along with him. With the death of Gene’s bad qualities, there is room for new ones. Gene forms a new identity that is not exactly like Finny’s,
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but instead, is largely influenced by Finny. He matured and evolved from a boy to a man with the help of Finny. He defeated his childhood enemy and grew up to be a successful human being. We see these kinds of things happening in our lives everyday, but we just need to realize the good qualities in life to be successful and defeat the bad ones to become more mature.
Nicole Civitarese
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
12/14/08
Essay on a Separate Peace
Who is Gene’s true enemy and did he defeat him?
In our society today, people notice the jealousy and hatred others have toward each other. For example, when people are jealous their friend does well in school or does well sports. People see it everyday in society and in this novel A Separate Peace people see the jealousy and hatred Gene has toward his best friend, Phineas. Gene makes impulsive decisions based out of jealousy. He improperly identifies his enemy, and soon comes to realize that his war is internal. Gene must learn to conquer his true enemy, himself, and his disapproval of his envious nature
In A Separate Peace, Gene improperly identifies his enemy as Finny. Gene feels that his friendship with Finny is a competition and believes he must be better then Finny. “You and Phineas are even already. You are even in enmity. You are both coldly driving ahead of yourselves alone. You did hate him for breaking the schools swimming record, but so what? He hated you for getting an A in every course but one last term” (Knowles 53). This is Gene’s biggest mistake. He forgets that Finny is too unusual for rivalry, “To keep silent about this amazing happening deepened the shock for me. It made Finny seems too unusual for-not friendship, but too unusual rivalry”(45). Gene believes that Finny is in competition with him, to justify his personal envy toward Finny. This was Gene's tragic flaw. He never was in war with Finny; he was at war with himself. In this way, Gene was improperly identifying the enemy.
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Built up resentment and hatred Gene had toward Finny caused him to make an impulsive decision.
Gene built up resentment and jealousy inside of him and it caused him to make an impulsive decision toward Finny. It just got worse each day, until one day they were both in a tree. Gene jounced the limb, shook it, and knocked Finny off the branch, “Holding firmly to the trunk, I took a step toward him, and then my knees bent and I jounced the limb”(60) The impulsive decision caused him to severely hurt Finny because of his uncontrolled jealousy. He did not realize what he did to Finny until the next morning, “That night I slept easily, and it was only on waking up that this illusion was gone, and I was confronted with myself and what I had done to Finny” (62). Gene did not want to intentionally hurt Finny. However, at the time, he had so much hatred built up toward him; he just had the urge to hurt him. His initial reaction was to knock Finny off the branch, but when Gene realized what he did he felt guilty and the need to do something for Finny.
When Finny came back to Devon after his accident, he was forced sometimes to depend on Gene, but he really did not want help from anyone. Gene felt that he was obligated to help Finny because he was guilty of his actions. Finny had a great amount of loyalty toward Gene, “Phineas, you wouldn’t be any good in the war, even if nothing had happened to your leg” (190). Finny was always loyal to people and never saw any bad in them. Even if it was an enemy, for example, someone Finny could have fought in the war, he would still view them as a loyal person. Finny’s ideas had rubbed off on Gene because he now felt loyal to Finny, and he felt obligated to take responsibility and to allow Finny to be dependent on him. When Finny finally
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let Gene help, he wanted Gene to play sports for him, “Listen, pal, if I can’t play sports, you’re playing them for me,’ and I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas” (85). Gene did not mind getting closer to Finny because Finny was his best friend. Gene wanted to become a part of him because he wanted to be just like Finny. He then begins to realize who is true enemy was all along.
When Finny passes away, Gene goes to the funeral. He felt like he was at his own. Gene’s jealousy and resentment was his true enemy. This enemy had died with Finny. Finny had taken away the enemy and left Gene with some of his good qualities, “My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the source, withered and lifeless. Phineas had absorbed it and taken it with him, and I was rid of it forever” (203). Finny was doing Gene a favor; he helped him defeat his true enemy. Gene was influenced by Finny’s love for life. Gene and Finny switched qualities at the end. Finny helped defeat Gene’s enemy by taking it away. Gene saw Finny’s loving and caring qualities and took them as his own, “I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war was ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there” (204). He understands he was his own true enemy, and that it was not Finny.
We see Gene label Finny as his enemy and we come to learn that Gene's internal struggle with himself is where his “true enemy” lies. Finny's enemy is his resentfulness of his jealousy, and when Finny dies, Gene’s qualities die along with him. With the death of Gene’s bad qualities, there is room for new ones. Gene forms a new identity that is not exactly like Finny’s,
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but instead, is largely influenced by Finny. He matured and evolved from a boy to a man with the help of Finny. He defeated his childhood enemy and grew up to be a successful human being. We see these kinds of things happening in our lives everyday, but we just need to realize the good qualities in life to be successful and defeat the bad ones to become more mature.
Friday, December 5, 2008
ASP Quote Significance Ch. 13
Quote: "I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there."(204)
Significance: I don't believe that Gene was ever really Finny's best friend because he seriously just called him his enemy when Finny never did anything bad to him. He is pretty much saying that because Finny is gone now his war ended meaning his troubles and worries went away because he died, before he put on the uniform to go to the actual war. He is always that he never hated any enemy in the actual war and never wantedto kill them, but that he killed the enemy he wanted to and hated at school. What Gene is saying is so messed up. What happened to Finny is a part of me and that he is my best friend?! Like i don't understand did he really hate Finny that much to hurt him and then be happy he is gone? I just think Gene is a backstabbing liar and a VERY VERY VERY bad friend. BUT this was a great book. :)
Question: Was Gene ever truly Finny's "best friend"?
Significance: I don't believe that Gene was ever really Finny's best friend because he seriously just called him his enemy when Finny never did anything bad to him. He is pretty much saying that because Finny is gone now his war ended meaning his troubles and worries went away because he died, before he put on the uniform to go to the actual war. He is always that he never hated any enemy in the actual war and never wantedto kill them, but that he killed the enemy he wanted to and hated at school. What Gene is saying is so messed up. What happened to Finny is a part of me and that he is my best friend?! Like i don't understand did he really hate Finny that much to hurt him and then be happy he is gone? I just think Gene is a backstabbing liar and a VERY VERY VERY bad friend. BUT this was a great book. :)
Question: Was Gene ever truly Finny's "best friend"?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
ASP Quote Significance Ch. 12
Quote: "I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family's strait-laced burial ground outside of Boston. I could not escape a feeling that this was was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case."(194)
Significance: In this quote Gene sounds like an ass and a bad friend. It makes him sound like he just does not care at all about what happened. I'm sure he does, but it sure does not seem like it. Maybe he feels as if it was his fault Finny died so he might feel guilty and not want to cry, but im not sure. When Gene was talking about having no point in living and there was nothing left for him in this world and when he said I can't escape the feeling that it was his own funeral. He might be imaging it was him died and being buried that is why he did not cry at Finny's funeral, becuase you don't cry at your own funeral.
Question: What will Gene do now?
Significance: In this quote Gene sounds like an ass and a bad friend. It makes him sound like he just does not care at all about what happened. I'm sure he does, but it sure does not seem like it. Maybe he feels as if it was his fault Finny died so he might feel guilty and not want to cry, but im not sure. When Gene was talking about having no point in living and there was nothing left for him in this world and when he said I can't escape the feeling that it was his own funeral. He might be imaging it was him died and being buried that is why he did not cry at Finny's funeral, becuase you don't cry at your own funeral.
Question: What will Gene do now?
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
ASP Quote Significance Ch. 11
Quote: "I had been studying very carefully the way my hands wrinkled when tightly clenched, but I was able to bring my head up and return his inquiring look. 'Down at the bottom, yes'."(170)
Significance: Gene is a liar, he is being very selfish and all about himself. This quote is significant because it shows how bad of a friend Gene really is. He is lying to his best friends face about being at the bottom of the tree when he really was right next to him when he fell. He is only trying to save himself rather then be a man and tell the truth. Gene is becoming more nervous as more and more information gets out about what really happened. The more nervous he gets the more lies he tells, so he's just digging himself a very big hole.
Question: How would you look at your best friend during this trial if he acted very defensive like Gene did?
Significance: Gene is a liar, he is being very selfish and all about himself. This quote is significant because it shows how bad of a friend Gene really is. He is lying to his best friends face about being at the bottom of the tree when he really was right next to him when he fell. He is only trying to save himself rather then be a man and tell the truth. Gene is becoming more nervous as more and more information gets out about what really happened. The more nervous he gets the more lies he tells, so he's just digging himself a very big hole.
Question: How would you look at your best friend during this trial if he acted very defensive like Gene did?
Monday, December 1, 2008
ASP Quote Significance Ch. 10
Quote: "Well never mind about that now. It's you we happen to be talking about now. Like a savage underneath. Like...like that time you knocked Finny out of the tree."(145)
Significance: I found this quote to be significant because at first Gene thought he was the only one who knew about him purposely knocking Finny out of the tree. Then he told Finny he had pushed him and Finny did not believe him. Now there is someone who knows that Gene knocked him out of the tree purposely, but Gene tries to deny it and gets all defensive. It is just showing us that Gene is being a liar so Finny really doesn't find out. He is not being a good friend and i think their friendship will end soon because of all the lying.
Question: What is going to happen to their friendship?
Significance: I found this quote to be significant because at first Gene thought he was the only one who knew about him purposely knocking Finny out of the tree. Then he told Finny he had pushed him and Finny did not believe him. Now there is someone who knows that Gene knocked him out of the tree purposely, but Gene tries to deny it and gets all defensive. It is just showing us that Gene is being a liar so Finny really doesn't find out. He is not being a good friend and i think their friendship will end soon because of all the lying.
Question: What is going to happen to their friendship?
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Quote Significance Ch. 8&9
Chapter 8:
Quote: "I mean as much as you can say a season can love. What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love."(111)
Significance: This quote is significant because it shows how Finny views his and Gene's relationship. Finny believes the way he feels about Gene is the way Gene feels about him. Because Finny likes Gene, Gene has to like him back because when you really love something, it loves you back. I think this quote just shows how Finny really feels about their friendship and how much he cares and loves for Gene.
Question: What is going to ruin their friendship?
Chapter 9:
Quote: "He drew me increasingly away from the Butt Room crowd, away from Brinker and Chet and all other friends, into a world inhabited by just himself and me, where there was no war at all, just Phineas and me alone among all the people of the world, training for the Olympics of 1944."(127)
Significance: This quote is significant because it seems like Gene thinks Finny doesn't want him to have other friends. Gene has to obey Finny's demands or else. That is kind of what it seems like, but maybe Finny is getting a little jealous himself now. He may only be jealous now because Gene can play sports, anddo all these things and he can't. Now Finny wants Gene all to himself because he's jealous?
Question: What is going to happen to Leper?
Quote: "I mean as much as you can say a season can love. What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love."(111)
Significance: This quote is significant because it shows how Finny views his and Gene's relationship. Finny believes the way he feels about Gene is the way Gene feels about him. Because Finny likes Gene, Gene has to like him back because when you really love something, it loves you back. I think this quote just shows how Finny really feels about their friendship and how much he cares and loves for Gene.
Question: What is going to ruin their friendship?
Chapter 9:
Quote: "He drew me increasingly away from the Butt Room crowd, away from Brinker and Chet and all other friends, into a world inhabited by just himself and me, where there was no war at all, just Phineas and me alone among all the people of the world, training for the Olympics of 1944."(127)
Significance: This quote is significant because it seems like Gene thinks Finny doesn't want him to have other friends. Gene has to obey Finny's demands or else. That is kind of what it seems like, but maybe Finny is getting a little jealous himself now. He may only be jealous now because Gene can play sports, anddo all these things and he can't. Now Finny wants Gene all to himself because he's jealous?
Question: What is going to happen to Leper?
Monday, November 24, 2008
Quote Significance Ch. 7
Quote: "I grabbed the knob and swung open the door. He was seated in my chair at the desk, bending down to adjust the gross encumbrance of his leg, so that only the familar ears set close against his head were visible, and his short-cut brown hair. He looked up with a provocative grin, 'Hi pal, where's the brass band?' Everything that had happened throughout the day faded like the first false snowfall of the winter. Phineas was back."
Significance: I picked this quote because I feel it has meaning and I know it is very long, but I don't think Gene was really expecting Finny to come back so soon or even at all for that matter. I really don't think that he wanted him to come back because he doesn't want to have to see what he had done to his bestfriend. Honestly, I think he just wants to run away from what he did and from the past because he is ashamed and feels guilty of what happened.
Question: When will Gene start really telling the truth and really man up to what he had done?
Significance: I picked this quote because I feel it has meaning and I know it is very long, but I don't think Gene was really expecting Finny to come back so soon or even at all for that matter. I really don't think that he wanted him to come back because he doesn't want to have to see what he had done to his bestfriend. Honestly, I think he just wants to run away from what he did and from the past because he is ashamed and feels guilty of what happened.
Question: When will Gene start really telling the truth and really man up to what he had done?
Sunday, November 23, 2008
ASP Quote Significance Ch. 6
Quote: Listen, pal, if I can't play sports, you're going to play them for me." (85)
Significance: I think the significance here is that even though Gene doesn't want to play sports because of the guilt he feels for keeping his bestfriend from playing his sports Finny wants Gene to play sports for him. Finny understands he can't play football anymore or any other sport he loves he wants Gene to enjoy them for him. Finny is still not understanding that Gene was not lying about purposely making him fall. I don't think Finny wants to believe it so he avoids it, but why?
Question: Why does Finny avoid and not believe the fact that Gene admitted that he intentionally jump on the branch to make him fall?
Significance: I think the significance here is that even though Gene doesn't want to play sports because of the guilt he feels for keeping his bestfriend from playing his sports Finny wants Gene to play sports for him. Finny understands he can't play football anymore or any other sport he loves he wants Gene to enjoy them for him. Finny is still not understanding that Gene was not lying about purposely making him fall. I don't think Finny wants to believe it so he avoids it, but why?
Question: Why does Finny avoid and not believe the fact that Gene admitted that he intentionally jump on the branch to make him fall?
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Quote Significance Ch. 5
Quote: "I tried, you remember? I reached out but you were gone, you went down through those little branches underneath, and when I reached out there was only air."(65)
Significance: Liar! Gene is so jealous of Finny. This quote makes Gene look ridiculous. He's lying to his "best friends" face if he was really his best friend then why would he lie to his face. Finny can't even play sports anymore because of Gene and he is sitting there lying to him. This really shows that jealous can take over a person's actions because he really let his bestfriend fall out of a tree from a high branch that's the stupidest thing anyone could ever do. Gene needs to stop trying to be someone else and working on being himself.
Question: Why does jealousy take over a person so much to the point where they seriously hurt someone?
Significance: Liar! Gene is so jealous of Finny. This quote makes Gene look ridiculous. He's lying to his "best friends" face if he was really his best friend then why would he lie to his face. Finny can't even play sports anymore because of Gene and he is sitting there lying to him. This really shows that jealous can take over a person's actions because he really let his bestfriend fall out of a tree from a high branch that's the stupidest thing anyone could ever do. Gene needs to stop trying to be someone else and working on being himself.
Question: Why does jealousy take over a person so much to the point where they seriously hurt someone?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
ASP Quote Significance for Chapter 4
Quote: "The way that I believed that you're-my-best-friend blabber! The shadow falling across his face if I didn't want to do something with him! His instinct for sharing everything with me? Sure, he wanted to share everything with me, especially his procession of D's in every subject. That way he, the athlete, would be way ahead of me. It was all cold trickery, it was all calculated, it was all enmity."(53)
Significance: Gene is being way to jealous of Finny right now. This quote is significant because Gene finally figures out something he's better at then Finny and Finny is not even a jerk about it or anything, he might even me proud of Gene. Gene turns it around that Finny is only trying to sarcastically say he is jealous of Gene to hide that he really is jealous of Gene. Gene is being over dramatic about it and taking it to far with the whole I has to be better then Finny at something. The jealousy is taking over Gene's actions and it's just making everything go wrong.
Question: Is it Gene's fault that Finny had fallen out of the tree?
Significance: Gene is being way to jealous of Finny right now. This quote is significant because Gene finally figures out something he's better at then Finny and Finny is not even a jerk about it or anything, he might even me proud of Gene. Gene turns it around that Finny is only trying to sarcastically say he is jealous of Gene to hide that he really is jealous of Gene. Gene is being over dramatic about it and taking it to far with the whole I has to be better then Finny at something. The jealousy is taking over Gene's actions and it's just making everything go wrong.
Question: Is it Gene's fault that Finny had fallen out of the tree?
Monday, November 17, 2008
A Separate Peace Quote Significance for Chs 2&3
Chapter 2:
Quote: "He had gotten away with everything. I felt a sudden stab of disappointment. That was because I just wanted to see some more excitement; that must have been it."(28)
Significance: This quote is significant because we already know Gene is jealous of Finny, but is that why there friendship starts to suffer? I believe that this quote is foreshadowing that Gene's jealous will one day be expressed to Phineas and there will be a down fall of the great friendship they have because of it. Gene is getting very frustrated with that fact that Phineas gets away with everything and he wishes that Phineas will one day get introuble.
Question: Why does Gene let Phineas push him around?
Chapter 3:
Quote: "I should have told him then that he was my bestfriend also, and rounded off what he had said. I started to; I nearly did. But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth."(48)
Significance: This quote is significant because I think Gene is starting to realize there is more to how he feels about his "bestfriend" Finny. He wants to tell himself that Finny is his bestfriend, but is that really the truth? I think that in the future Gene will tell Phineas how he really feels about how he treats him and Phineas isn't going to like what is said.
Question: Why is Gene afraid to stand up to Phineas if they're "bestfriends"?
Quote: "He had gotten away with everything. I felt a sudden stab of disappointment. That was because I just wanted to see some more excitement; that must have been it."(28)
Significance: This quote is significant because we already know Gene is jealous of Finny, but is that why there friendship starts to suffer? I believe that this quote is foreshadowing that Gene's jealous will one day be expressed to Phineas and there will be a down fall of the great friendship they have because of it. Gene is getting very frustrated with that fact that Phineas gets away with everything and he wishes that Phineas will one day get introuble.
Question: Why does Gene let Phineas push him around?
Chapter 3:
Quote: "I should have told him then that he was my bestfriend also, and rounded off what he had said. I started to; I nearly did. But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth."(48)
Significance: This quote is significant because I think Gene is starting to realize there is more to how he feels about his "bestfriend" Finny. He wants to tell himself that Finny is his bestfriend, but is that really the truth? I think that in the future Gene will tell Phineas how he really feels about how he treats him and Phineas isn't going to like what is said.
Question: Why is Gene afraid to stand up to Phineas if they're "bestfriends"?
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Quote Significance and Characterizing two main characters
"I never backed away from anything in my life!"(18)
This quote is significant because it is kind of like Gene has to prove himself to Finny. He has to prove that he isn't afraid to jump off a high tree branch into water to be Finny's bestfriend. Gene maybe afraid to back away from something Finny is pressuring him to do because he doesn't want Finny to think wrong of him. This quote could be foreshadowing Gene telling Finny he is not doing the crazy idea he has, and it could some how ruin there friendship.
Why are people after to stand up to their friends when they are pressuring them?
Phineas:
1. Athletic
2. Pushy
3. Daredevil
4. Crazy
5. Intimidating
"If I do it, you're going to do it, aren't you?"(16)
Narrator:
1. Peer pressured
2. Follower
3. Trustworthy
4. Timid
5. Uptight
"What was I doing up here anyway? Why did I let Finny talk me into stupid things like this? Was he geting some kind of hold over me?"(17)
This quote is significant because it is kind of like Gene has to prove himself to Finny. He has to prove that he isn't afraid to jump off a high tree branch into water to be Finny's bestfriend. Gene maybe afraid to back away from something Finny is pressuring him to do because he doesn't want Finny to think wrong of him. This quote could be foreshadowing Gene telling Finny he is not doing the crazy idea he has, and it could some how ruin there friendship.
Why are people after to stand up to their friends when they are pressuring them?
Phineas:
1. Athletic
2. Pushy
3. Daredevil
4. Crazy
5. Intimidating
"If I do it, you're going to do it, aren't you?"(16)
Narrator:
1. Peer pressured
2. Follower
3. Trustworthy
4. Timid
5. Uptight
"What was I doing up here anyway? Why did I let Finny talk me into stupid things like this? Was he geting some kind of hold over me?"(17)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
"Antigone"/"Oedipus" essay
Nicole Civitarese Civitarese, 1
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
10/27/08
Essay on “Antigone”/ “Oedipus”
Creon’s downfall
In the two plays “Oedipus the King” and “Antigone” we all recognized the dramatic change and downfall that Creon experienced. During the first play, “Oedipus the King”, Creon was more calm and understanding because Oedipus was in power. He tried to settle Oedipus from being angry and controlling. Creon changed severely in “Antigone” because he gained power in Thebes. In “Antigone” Creon’s understanding was lost because of power, disrespect to higher authority, because he started to become sexist, and because he stopped listening to his loved ones.
In the play “Oedipus the King”, Creon is looked upon as a wise and understanding person. Creon is the character in this play who tries to calm down Oedipus of his anger. He is furious and comes to believe that Creon is only doing this because he wants power. He says to Creon, “That very point, we’ll leave alone: that you’re no traitor eh?”(30). Oedipus is accusing him of being a traitor. Creon tells him, “I could not covet kingship for itself when I can be a king by other means” (33). Creon is trying to tell Oedipus that he does not want power, and that he can be a king with better means and understanding. Oedipus is enraged about Creon’s response and still believes Creon wants the power that Oedipus has. Creon still does not want power and is content with where he is at this point. He is under control and calm because he has no power over Thebes. He is still the respectful, calm, and understanding character we all know. Creon says to Oedipus at the end of the play before he takes his children away, “Stop this striving to be
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master of all. The mastery you had in life has been your fall”(80). Creon says this to Oedipus now because he has been a stubborn man who tried to control everything. What Creon does not realize is that he will become just like Oedipus in the play “Antigone”.
In “Antigone”, Creon became just as Oedipus was when he gained power over Thebes. All the qualities he had in “Oedipus the King” have been lost because he let the power get the best of him. When Oedipus’ two sons fought in Thebes they were both killed. The gods thought whenever someone died there should be a proper burial for them. Creon thought that since Polyneices was attacking his own city that he should not get a proper burial, and not be allowed to enter Hades: “I’ve sent the edict out that none shall bury him or even mourn”(199). Now that was going against the gods rules. Creon was judging Polyneices when the gods should be doing that. The power is making him this way, and he is letting it control how he acts.
When Creon finds out Antigone buried her brother so he may enter Hades, Creon was furious. In anger Antigone says to Creon, “Naturally! Since Zeus never promulgated such a law, Nor will you find that Justice, Mistress of the world below, publishes such laws to humankind”(210). Antigone is telling Creon that the gods never made a law as harsh as this. The gods never said she could not bury her brother, so he could not enter Hades. She does not see the wrong she did in what she has done for her brother. Creon starts to act more like Oedipus when he gets into an argument with his son, Haemon. Haemon becomes more like the Creon we knew in “Oedipus the King”. In the argument Creon loses more respect for the gods and becomes very sexist towards women.
In “Antigone” Creon becomes very sexist towards women, especially Antigone: “Guards take them away and lock them up. No more roaming. They are women now”(217). This is what
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Creon said after he questioned Antigone and Ismene. He said this because he believed they did a man’s job and should be locked up like women for it. Creon said to his son, “You woman’s slave! Don’t come toadying to me!”(225). He says this to his son because Haemon is standing up for his future wife, Antigone, and does not believe it is right for her to be killed for something good she has done. Creon is just irritated because someone disobeyed his edict and he thinks they deserve to be killed. The argument enraged Creon more and this is when he started to stop listening to his loved ones.
During the argument, his son was trying to give him soothing advice and letting him know he is being a bit stubborn: “See the trees in the floodtime, how they bend along the torrent’s course, and how twigs and branches do not snap, but stubborn trees are torn up roots and all”(222). Haemon is just telling his father he is being a little too stubborn about things, and that he needs to slow down and think about everything: “So let your anger cool, and change your mind. I may be young but not without some sense. Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails and nature won’t oblige, be wise by good advice”(222). Haemon is also telling his father that he may be young, but he can give him some good advice. Creon becomes enraged and this leads to his corruption because he thinks he can use his power to control everything.
Creon does change drastically between the two plays. In the first play he is very understanding and calm. In the second play he changes completely to becoming more like Oedipus when he finds out someone disobeyed his edict. He becomes stubborn, controlling, demanding, and sexist after that. When he finally listens to someone it is already too late. Antigone was dead, his son was killed, and his wife Eurydice killed herself because Haemon was gone. Sophocles showed corruption through Creon’s actions made, the way he treated women,
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his loved ones, and the way he changed into Oedipus when he became powerful. At the end of the play Creon realizes that losing his family is not worth being powerful. He learns that being understanding, calm, and wise is more important: “Where wisdom is, there happiness will crown”(252).
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
10/27/08
Essay on “Antigone”/ “Oedipus”
Creon’s downfall
In the two plays “Oedipus the King” and “Antigone” we all recognized the dramatic change and downfall that Creon experienced. During the first play, “Oedipus the King”, Creon was more calm and understanding because Oedipus was in power. He tried to settle Oedipus from being angry and controlling. Creon changed severely in “Antigone” because he gained power in Thebes. In “Antigone” Creon’s understanding was lost because of power, disrespect to higher authority, because he started to become sexist, and because he stopped listening to his loved ones.
In the play “Oedipus the King”, Creon is looked upon as a wise and understanding person. Creon is the character in this play who tries to calm down Oedipus of his anger. He is furious and comes to believe that Creon is only doing this because he wants power. He says to Creon, “That very point, we’ll leave alone: that you’re no traitor eh?”(30). Oedipus is accusing him of being a traitor. Creon tells him, “I could not covet kingship for itself when I can be a king by other means” (33). Creon is trying to tell Oedipus that he does not want power, and that he can be a king with better means and understanding. Oedipus is enraged about Creon’s response and still believes Creon wants the power that Oedipus has. Creon still does not want power and is content with where he is at this point. He is under control and calm because he has no power over Thebes. He is still the respectful, calm, and understanding character we all know. Creon says to Oedipus at the end of the play before he takes his children away, “Stop this striving to be
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master of all. The mastery you had in life has been your fall”(80). Creon says this to Oedipus now because he has been a stubborn man who tried to control everything. What Creon does not realize is that he will become just like Oedipus in the play “Antigone”.
In “Antigone”, Creon became just as Oedipus was when he gained power over Thebes. All the qualities he had in “Oedipus the King” have been lost because he let the power get the best of him. When Oedipus’ two sons fought in Thebes they were both killed. The gods thought whenever someone died there should be a proper burial for them. Creon thought that since Polyneices was attacking his own city that he should not get a proper burial, and not be allowed to enter Hades: “I’ve sent the edict out that none shall bury him or even mourn”(199). Now that was going against the gods rules. Creon was judging Polyneices when the gods should be doing that. The power is making him this way, and he is letting it control how he acts.
When Creon finds out Antigone buried her brother so he may enter Hades, Creon was furious. In anger Antigone says to Creon, “Naturally! Since Zeus never promulgated such a law, Nor will you find that Justice, Mistress of the world below, publishes such laws to humankind”(210). Antigone is telling Creon that the gods never made a law as harsh as this. The gods never said she could not bury her brother, so he could not enter Hades. She does not see the wrong she did in what she has done for her brother. Creon starts to act more like Oedipus when he gets into an argument with his son, Haemon. Haemon becomes more like the Creon we knew in “Oedipus the King”. In the argument Creon loses more respect for the gods and becomes very sexist towards women.
In “Antigone” Creon becomes very sexist towards women, especially Antigone: “Guards take them away and lock them up. No more roaming. They are women now”(217). This is what
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Creon said after he questioned Antigone and Ismene. He said this because he believed they did a man’s job and should be locked up like women for it. Creon said to his son, “You woman’s slave! Don’t come toadying to me!”(225). He says this to his son because Haemon is standing up for his future wife, Antigone, and does not believe it is right for her to be killed for something good she has done. Creon is just irritated because someone disobeyed his edict and he thinks they deserve to be killed. The argument enraged Creon more and this is when he started to stop listening to his loved ones.
During the argument, his son was trying to give him soothing advice and letting him know he is being a bit stubborn: “See the trees in the floodtime, how they bend along the torrent’s course, and how twigs and branches do not snap, but stubborn trees are torn up roots and all”(222). Haemon is just telling his father he is being a little too stubborn about things, and that he needs to slow down and think about everything: “So let your anger cool, and change your mind. I may be young but not without some sense. Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails and nature won’t oblige, be wise by good advice”(222). Haemon is also telling his father that he may be young, but he can give him some good advice. Creon becomes enraged and this leads to his corruption because he thinks he can use his power to control everything.
Creon does change drastically between the two plays. In the first play he is very understanding and calm. In the second play he changes completely to becoming more like Oedipus when he finds out someone disobeyed his edict. He becomes stubborn, controlling, demanding, and sexist after that. When he finally listens to someone it is already too late. Antigone was dead, his son was killed, and his wife Eurydice killed herself because Haemon was gone. Sophocles showed corruption through Creon’s actions made, the way he treated women,
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his loved ones, and the way he changed into Oedipus when he became powerful. At the end of the play Creon realizes that losing his family is not worth being powerful. He learns that being understanding, calm, and wise is more important: “Where wisdom is, there happiness will crown”(252).
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Antigone quote and Significance
1) A son to death:
Murdered son, father murdering.
Son, my son, cut down dead!
New life that's disappeared. - Creon pg.248
2) Creon just found out his son Haemon was killed. He begins to realize that he murdered his son, he pushed him away, but telling him he was going to kill his wife. He regrets it now because his son is gone. He now knows his son is never coming and he will never see his face again just like Haemon told his father. Creon thinks it was a life that disappeared because he is the one that pushed him away, and made his life gone forever. Then when Creon's wife finds out she kills herself too. Creon is losing all his loved one's. For what? Becuase he wanted to kill someone who was trying to help her brother be buried peaceful.
3) Why would Creon push his son away if he cared for him so much?
Murdered son, father murdering.
Son, my son, cut down dead!
New life that's disappeared. - Creon pg.248
2) Creon just found out his son Haemon was killed. He begins to realize that he murdered his son, he pushed him away, but telling him he was going to kill his wife. He regrets it now because his son is gone. He now knows his son is never coming and he will never see his face again just like Haemon told his father. Creon thinks it was a life that disappeared because he is the one that pushed him away, and made his life gone forever. Then when Creon's wife finds out she kills herself too. Creon is losing all his loved one's. For what? Becuase he wanted to kill someone who was trying to help her brother be buried peaceful.
3) Why would Creon push his son away if he cared for him so much?
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Antigone quote
1) You know, my Father, how I prize
your well being and your name.
For sons and father's crown eachother's glory
with eachother's fame. -Haemon pg.222
2) Creon, Haemon's father, was angry at Antigone for burying her brother correctly. He captured Antigone and wants to put her to death. Haemon was going to get married to Antigone, but because his father wants to put her to death, he does not even want them to get married. In this quote Haemon is telling his father, Creon, that he agrees with anything he says and does. If he does not want the marriage to happen then so be it. Haemon means that he praises his father pretty much and respects him for everything he does. When he makes a decision to do something Haemon respects it 100% along with if Haemon did something Creon would respect it 100%. i am not so sure if Creon respects the decsion that Haemon does not want his father to kill Antigone.
3) Why does Ismene reject helping her sister bury their brother correctly and then when she is brought to Creon she tries to take the blame with her sister?
your well being and your name.
For sons and father's crown eachother's glory
with eachother's fame. -Haemon pg.222
2) Creon, Haemon's father, was angry at Antigone for burying her brother correctly. He captured Antigone and wants to put her to death. Haemon was going to get married to Antigone, but because his father wants to put her to death, he does not even want them to get married. In this quote Haemon is telling his father, Creon, that he agrees with anything he says and does. If he does not want the marriage to happen then so be it. Haemon means that he praises his father pretty much and respects him for everything he does. When he makes a decision to do something Haemon respects it 100% along with if Haemon did something Creon would respect it 100%. i am not so sure if Creon respects the decsion that Haemon does not want his father to kill Antigone.
3) Why does Ismene reject helping her sister bury their brother correctly and then when she is brought to Creon she tries to take the blame with her sister?
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