In Act 1; Leanato, Beatrice, Hero and others learn that Don Pedro, Benedict, and Claudio etc are coming to Messina to visit for a while. Upon their arrival, Beatrice and Benedict pick up where they left off on their "merry wars", while Claudio meets and falls inlove with Leanato's daughter, Hero. Claudio and Don Pedro now come up with a plan to get Hero to fall in love with Claudio, but however, Don John finds out about Claudio's and Don Pedro's plan and comes up with a counter-plan along with the help of Barachio and Conrade, to over throw Claudio and Pedro's plan by attempting to make Hero fall inlove with Don Pedro instead of Claudio.
In Act 2; Don John's plan takes action and he starts by informing Claudio about a "lie" that Don Pedro is trying to flip the plan and get Hero for himself instead of doing what he agreed to do in the first plan they were suppose to persue. Beatrice converses with her uncle, Leanato about her feelings towards men and marriage. She makes mention of the fact that she would never get married as she has not yet met a man who is worthy of her praise. Don Pedro, Claudio and Balthasar now converse as they listen to some music that was brought by balthasar and finally, Don Pedro, Claudio and Leanato sneakily converse about a "rumour" that Beatrice was truly in love with Benedict. As Benedict heard this, he began to believe since he overheard that it was Hero to whom Beatrice had told this.
In Act 3; Hero comes up with a plan that herself, Ursula, and Margaret are going to try and convince Beatrice that Benedict is in love with her. They do so by "knowingly" allowing Beatrice to eavesdrop on a conversation between Hero and Ursula about Benedict's love for her ( Beatrice).It goes on to talk about the continuation of Don John's plan as he tries to persuade Claudio and Don Pedro to believe him when he says that Hero is not who she appears to be. Little does Hero know that she may be in line to receive some sort of great embarassment or shame on her big day.The wedding day arrives and as Hero get ready for her wedding, herself, Beatrice and Margret convesres about different things, one of which happens to be Benedict. Lastly the chapter ends with an encounter between Leanato, Dog Berry and Verges.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
The Globe Theatre
Elizabethan Review: Group 3
" The Globe Theatre"
During the reign of Elizabeth 1, English drama was introduced and developed into a sophisticated and very popular art form. Preceding the reign of Elizabeth 1, it was customary that theatre companies explored the country, performing plays where there was an audience.
England's First Playhouse, known as The Theatre, was built by the actor, James Burbage in Shoreditch London. In that time, actors were looked down upon by the more affluent persons of society , but were accpeted and supported by the commoners of society.
The Theatre was closed down in 1597 and was dismantled by Richard Burbage and his men in the late 1598. Eventually, it was rebuilt and renamed the Globe, this was accomplished in a period of six months. It was speculated that the Globe was round or octagonal and could draw audiences as large as 2500 to 3000 viewers. At the time, there were no elaborate technology, such as sets or lighting and thus, performances had to be held in the broad daylight.
The Globe was destroyed in 1613, by a cannon that was fired as a part of the performance of Henry V111. Luckily, everyone escaped unharmed, but the Globe burned to the ground. It was later rebuilt, but was permanently closes in 1642 by the Puritans. The new Globe was then opened to it's full season on June 8th 1997.
During the reign of Elizabeth 1, English drama was introduced and developed into a sophisticated and very popular art form. Preceding the reign of Elizabeth 1, it was customary that theatre companies explored the country, performing plays where there was an audience.
England's First Playhouse, known as The Theatre, was built by the actor, James Burbage in Shoreditch London. In that time, actors were looked down upon by the more affluent persons of society , but were accpeted and supported by the commoners of society.
The Theatre was closed down in 1597 and was dismantled by Richard Burbage and his men in the late 1598. Eventually, it was rebuilt and renamed the Globe, this was accomplished in a period of six months. It was speculated that the Globe was round or octagonal and could draw audiences as large as 2500 to 3000 viewers. At the time, there were no elaborate technology, such as sets or lighting and thus, performances had to be held in the broad daylight.
The Globe was destroyed in 1613, by a cannon that was fired as a part of the performance of Henry V111. Luckily, everyone escaped unharmed, but the Globe burned to the ground. It was later rebuilt, but was permanently closes in 1642 by the Puritans. The new Globe was then opened to it's full season on June 8th 1997.
"Much Ado About Nothing" Questions
1. Don John was planning to overthrow Claudio's and Don Pedro's plan at the great supper by disquising himself as "Don Pedro" and have Hero fall inlove with him (Don Pedro), instead of Claudio. In doing this, Claudio would think that Don Pedro had backstabbed him and taken Hero for himself.
2. Claudio was inlove with Hero.
3. The perception of love in comparison to Beatrice and Benedict was that even though they both constantly argued (merry wars), deep down inside they were both really inlove with each other.
4. Don Pedro and Claudio made a plan to have Don Pedro disquise himself as Claudio at the great supper, so that he could try to get Hero to fall inlove with Claudio. After all is said and done, Don Pedro would leave Leanato's home so that "the real Claudio" could then have the chance to persue his life with Hero as he wished.
Personally, the movie is much better than the book in terms of understanding what is really going on. I say this because, while reading the book, there was difficulties in understanding and grasping the context of what the characters were saying along with the tone in which they said it. However, in the movie everything became clearer. With the help of the movie, I was now able to know what exactly was going on, and what emotions were really given off during the scenes. The book was also a little too "wordy" and the charcters were portrayed as plain and boring, where as in the movie, the lines were short and easy to comprehend and the charcaters were better revealed and portrayed, which added emphasis to the story.
The music, which was used to complement the different scenes, gave the movie its additional zest which caused it to be a little more interesting.
2. Claudio was inlove with Hero.
3. The perception of love in comparison to Beatrice and Benedict was that even though they both constantly argued (merry wars), deep down inside they were both really inlove with each other.
4. Don Pedro and Claudio made a plan to have Don Pedro disquise himself as Claudio at the great supper, so that he could try to get Hero to fall inlove with Claudio. After all is said and done, Don Pedro would leave Leanato's home so that "the real Claudio" could then have the chance to persue his life with Hero as he wished.
Personally, the movie is much better than the book in terms of understanding what is really going on. I say this because, while reading the book, there was difficulties in understanding and grasping the context of what the characters were saying along with the tone in which they said it. However, in the movie everything became clearer. With the help of the movie, I was now able to know what exactly was going on, and what emotions were really given off during the scenes. The book was also a little too "wordy" and the charcters were portrayed as plain and boring, where as in the movie, the lines were short and easy to comprehend and the charcaters were better revealed and portrayed, which added emphasis to the story.
The music, which was used to complement the different scenes, gave the movie its additional zest which caused it to be a little more interesting.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Biography on William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26th, 1564 and died on April 23rd, 1616. William was the eldest son of Mary Arden, a land owner and John Shakepeare, a glover and wood dealer.It was believed that William Shakespeare was educated at the King's New School in Stratford. At age 18, he married 26 year old Anne Hathaway, and six months after the marriage, Anne gave birth to a daughter, Susana. Hamnet and Judith, twins, followed almost two years after. Hamnet died of unknown causes at age 11 and was buried on the 11th August, 1596.
Shakespeare wrote many plays, poems, and novels which fell under the category of being either a Tragedy (eg.King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello etc), a History (eg. King John, Edward iii, Richard ii, Henry vi etc), Comedies (eg. Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer's Night Dream etc) or Romance (eg.Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet etc). He was known as the "Bard of Avon" and his surving works included some collaborations of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and several other poems. His plays were translated into every major living languge and are performed more often than that of any other playwriter. After 1606-1607, Shakespeare wrote fewer plays, and none are attributed to him after 1613. His last three plays were callaborations, probably with John Fletcher who succeeded him as the "house playwrite for the King's Man".
Shakespeare died on 23rd April, 1616, and was survived by his wife, Anne Hathaway, and two daughters, Susana and Judith. His works have made lasting impressions on later theatre and literature.
Shakespeare was known as the greatest playwriter because of his understanding of human nature, the keen Development of his characters, his effective use of literary devices, his superiority in writing, his ways of understanding and explaining, and his expression of humanity through complex characters. He also earned this title by his plot developments and story lines which have served to inspire more literature and art than any other writer.
The Elizabethan Era was more notable for its fashion ideas and the way people found self-expression through it. One may note that in the beginning of the Elizabethan Era, women’s clothing in particular were a very modest affair. The Elizabethan Era simply refers to a period, which was under the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Elizabethan Era is also known as the Golden Age in English history. This was the time when one saw the peak of English literature. It was also a brief period, which saw some amount of internal peace between the English Reformation and the clashes between other communities. Fashion also saw many changes and in the beginning of the Elizabethan Era, one can notice that the Elizabethan clothing was styled to cover every part of a woman’s body. Elizabethan clothing was also characterized by the kind of class one belonged to.
Shakespeare wrote many plays, poems, and novels which fell under the category of being either a Tragedy (eg.King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello etc), a History (eg. King John, Edward iii, Richard ii, Henry vi etc), Comedies (eg. Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer's Night Dream etc) or Romance (eg.Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet etc). He was known as the "Bard of Avon" and his surving works included some collaborations of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and several other poems. His plays were translated into every major living languge and are performed more often than that of any other playwriter. After 1606-1607, Shakespeare wrote fewer plays, and none are attributed to him after 1613. His last three plays were callaborations, probably with John Fletcher who succeeded him as the "house playwrite for the King's Man".
Shakespeare died on 23rd April, 1616, and was survived by his wife, Anne Hathaway, and two daughters, Susana and Judith. His works have made lasting impressions on later theatre and literature.
Shakespeare was known as the greatest playwriter because of his understanding of human nature, the keen Development of his characters, his effective use of literary devices, his superiority in writing, his ways of understanding and explaining, and his expression of humanity through complex characters. He also earned this title by his plot developments and story lines which have served to inspire more literature and art than any other writer.
The Elizabethan Era was more notable for its fashion ideas and the way people found self-expression through it. One may note that in the beginning of the Elizabethan Era, women’s clothing in particular were a very modest affair. The Elizabethan Era simply refers to a period, which was under the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Elizabethan Era is also known as the Golden Age in English history. This was the time when one saw the peak of English literature. It was also a brief period, which saw some amount of internal peace between the English Reformation and the clashes between other communities. Fashion also saw many changes and in the beginning of the Elizabethan Era, one can notice that the Elizabethan clothing was styled to cover every part of a woman’s body. Elizabethan clothing was also characterized by the kind of class one belonged to.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Brother Man questions
1. Internal Conflicts are mental or emotional struggles that occur within a character.
External Conflicts are struggles between a character and an outside force or problem.
2. Some of the conflicts brought out in "Brother Man", were:
- the struggle between Cordelia and herself as she began to take on the stress and pressure of having to deal with the illness of her child. This would be described as mental conflict which would therfore be seen as an Internal Conflict.
- Papacita and Girlie had constant arguements and fights, some of which were very serious at times. This type of conflict would be seen as External Conflict, since it involved both characters fighting against each other.
- Brother Man's altercation with the people of "The lane" can be portrayed as External Conflict since it involved both physical and verbal abuse from them to him. In other words, it involved struggles between two different class of characters.
3. The three (3) types of irony are:
-Situational Irony- the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.
-Verbal Irony- A figure of speech in which what is said is not what is meant.
-Dramatic Irony- when the words and actions of a characters of a work of literature have a
different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters.
4. The novel "Brother Man" contains many ironic situations, some of which just happen to be;
a) During the scene with Cordelia and her sick son Tad. In this scene, Cordelia holds her son close to her bossom, and to the reader, one might think that she was some how trying to comfort him, but then irony comes into play when the reader learns that what Cordelia really did was stifle her son to death.
b) In the scene when Papacita returns home and finds Girlie waiting patiently their for him. Papacita and Girlie constantly fought with each other, and to the reader, it sometimes seemed as if Papacita being the strong and warlike person he was, was going to one day kill Girlie, but then irony is shown when everything takes a sudden twist and Girlie ends up killing Papacita in his own home.
c) During the scene when Brother Man was being battered and beaten just because of what was portrayed to be, his cultural belief. Brother Man was seen as the person who always lent a helping hand to the helpless and a shoulder to the weak and confused, but what was really ironic and unexpecting was when everyone that use to trust and confide in him and who he use to help, turned agaunst him with the intent to kill him.
External Conflicts are struggles between a character and an outside force or problem.
2. Some of the conflicts brought out in "Brother Man", were:
- the struggle between Cordelia and herself as she began to take on the stress and pressure of having to deal with the illness of her child. This would be described as mental conflict which would therfore be seen as an Internal Conflict.
- Papacita and Girlie had constant arguements and fights, some of which were very serious at times. This type of conflict would be seen as External Conflict, since it involved both characters fighting against each other.
- Brother Man's altercation with the people of "The lane" can be portrayed as External Conflict since it involved both physical and verbal abuse from them to him. In other words, it involved struggles between two different class of characters.
3. The three (3) types of irony are:
-Situational Irony- the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.
-Verbal Irony- A figure of speech in which what is said is not what is meant.
-Dramatic Irony- when the words and actions of a characters of a work of literature have a
different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters.
4. The novel "Brother Man" contains many ironic situations, some of which just happen to be;
a) During the scene with Cordelia and her sick son Tad. In this scene, Cordelia holds her son close to her bossom, and to the reader, one might think that she was some how trying to comfort him, but then irony comes into play when the reader learns that what Cordelia really did was stifle her son to death.
b) In the scene when Papacita returns home and finds Girlie waiting patiently their for him. Papacita and Girlie constantly fought with each other, and to the reader, it sometimes seemed as if Papacita being the strong and warlike person he was, was going to one day kill Girlie, but then irony is shown when everything takes a sudden twist and Girlie ends up killing Papacita in his own home.
c) During the scene when Brother Man was being battered and beaten just because of what was portrayed to be, his cultural belief. Brother Man was seen as the person who always lent a helping hand to the helpless and a shoulder to the weak and confused, but what was really ironic and unexpecting was when everyone that use to trust and confide in him and who he use to help, turned agaunst him with the intent to kill him.
letter writing
Sutherlands Development,
St. Johns,
Antigua.
3rd November,2010.
The Editor,
The Daily Observer.
Coolidge,
St. Johns,
Antigua.
Dear Editor,
Yesterday evening, I was given the oppurtunity to witness one of the most disfunctional behaviors i have ever seen towards a man in my village. It so happened that the man was being repeatedly battered and beaten for something which he had almost no control over, and that was for his true identity which was a "rastafarian". This disturbed me greatly because i was hurt to know that the same people who this man left his comfort zone to help and pray for, day after day were the same people who betrayed him.
Now, what I have come to realise and understand was that all the turmoil and backstabbing started because of rastafarians and their culture, otherwise known as "rastafarianism". Personally, I do not have anything against rastafarianism, and i don't understand how it is that people could be so cruel and judgemental towards a person just because of their beliefs. We can't all expect to believe in the same thing. Its not possible. Yes, their are times when a person will disagree with some of the things we do and the choices we make, but that does not give us the right to abuse, mistreat, or scorn them. Thats the thing with people and rastafarianism, some how, because some men walk around with bearded faces and locks, eat different from everyone else, and have completely different beliefs, slangs etc, persons begin to feel that they are up to no good, and i don't think they should be judged that way. Rastafarianism is a culture or belief just like christianity, jewish beliefs and others, and just like how we respect and embrace those cultures, we should respect rastafarianism as well. It is time now for people to stop behaving so racist and bias and "Grow Up!".
Fed up.
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