You either are or you aren’t. You cannot be in-between. Everyone says to ignore them, when they know too well that it worms your way into your head regardless. Aren’t actions louder than words? No-one regrets acting over not acting. Keeps you up at night. Stops you from travelling to that dream world where everythings easier. Inhale, count to 5, exhale. Do what you want. People are gonna find something to have a problem with anyways.
Category: Communication
Hamlet (Scene Summaries)
Scene 1
A change of watch is occurring between the men at a dark guard-post, close to dusk. In the midst of discussion, a ghostly apparition appears. The men try to confront it and get it to talk as it looks like their late king. “Speak of it, stay and speak”. The ghost leaves and the men discuss more about the political affairs and war, then feel obliged to tell Hamlet the paranormal events.
Scene 2
Kings philosophies’ on his brother (the previous king) death and says that all must move on. Hamlet despises his uncle, now stepfather. The ‘family’ is informed about the ghost
Scene 3
Sophilia brother goes on boat and warns her of how hamlet love for her is false. She protests that she is in love with him deeply but he feels Hamlet love isn’t true. Polonius gives his son advice “be true to yourself, don’t be a false man, never a borrower nor a lender”
Scene 4
Hamlet goes with the guards, ghost appears doesn’t speak, Horatio and Marcus follow him
Scene 5
Ghost lectures Hamlet, explains who he is, and that if he told him his experiences, he couldn’t comprehend it’s terribleness. It is revealed that the King was murdered. ‘Stung by a snake’ (killed by his brother). He poisoned him through his ear. The innocent Queen was then seduced by Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlets father’s ghost says that Hamlet shouldn’t blame his mother and let her live with her own conscience. Hamlet is left with the mission of avenging his father.
Act 2
Scene 1
Laoties deviates to spy on his son. Ophillia speaks of how Hamlet has show affection towards her. Her father believes that she should speak to the king about it as he once thought Hamlet wasn’t true to his feelings.
Scene 2
Hamlet is not who he used to be. The characters such as Ophillia and the king discuss what troubles hamlet, the kings secret agenda being to find out what he knows about his father. The war effort also continues as passage in denied to the polish because of hatred towards them.
Act 3
Scene 1
The spying polonius and claudius sent by the king for hamlet use ophillia to aid their task. Hamlet is sent to england as ordered by the king
Scene 2
Words are spoken to the actors befor their show by hamlet. The kings alarm interupts and hamlet is requested in the queens presence.
Scene 3
The king plots to get hamlet away from denmark, whilst feeling guilt for his actions, and attempting to redeem himself through prayer. This gives hamlet a chance to strike and avenge his fathers ghost.
Scene 4
Polonius is hidden behind a curtain in an attempt to overhere hamlet, carrying out his task as per requested by the king. Hamlet is conversaying with his unfaithfull mother, when he is alerted by the presence of someone behind the curtain, and sends a blade through it. Confrontation between hamlet and gertrude then ensues, and the kings ghost steps in to put an end to it all.
Act 4
Scene 1
Claudius the second of the two spys, expects to her of how their plan played out, abd instead learns of his partners death.
Scene 2
Hamlet is sought out by rosencrantz and guildenstern. They wish to know where he is keeping the carcass of polonius.
Scene 3
Our protagonist stands infront of the king, and eventually reveals where polonius is. The worried claudius tells hamlet of how he must leave fir england.
Scene 4
Norwegian soldiers march with young fortinbrass leading them. Hamlet is transported further away on his own inaction.
Scene 5
Ophillia grieves for the death of her father. Claudius understands that the death will have meaningfull outcomes. Laertes distress’ retribution, even more so when he sees his sister.
Scene 6
Sailers approuch Horatio and hand him some letters, written by Hamlet.
Scene 7
Claudius finds out Hamlet has come back to Denmark. He proceeds with letting Laertes know, so as to get his revenge. The queen speaks of ophilia’s death.
Act 5
Scene 1
Horatio and Hamlet speak to two gravediggers while they work. Ophillia’s funeral occurs and it is revealed as she took her own life, she is no eligible for a christian burial. Laertes confesses his late love, which instigates Hamlet to confront him.
Scene 2
Laertes challenges Hamlet to a duel. He accepts, without the knowledge of the he and the king plotting to ensure he doesn’t win, and does not win any other in the future. The sword and chalice is prepared. Hamlet pleads to Laertes that he killed his father out of madness and that he is now filled with regret. Laertes accepts the apology. The queen has accidentally drank from the poison chalice. Laertes reveals all to Hamlet including that he is now poisoned and will suffer the same fate as his mother.. He chooses to stab the king with the poisoned sword.
FIN
Now and Then- Fight Night
Everyone was there. If they weren’t, they were watching, somewhere. All eyes were on him. He didn’t know why; neither did they. They just were. Chanting and screaming. The stranger’s hands tickle parts of his lean body as she conducts her tests. A twitch here and there as a natural reflex to her constant muscle manipulation and pressure administration. “Stand here please”, “hold this please”, she said in a voice that soothed his ears and prevented his trembling, all whist making measurements and recording information. She smelled nice. It was all to document his fitness level. It was also to ensure he hadn’t taken any drugs that could affect his performance. That was written down to later be sent in a sealed envelope to the W.A.D.A (Word Anti-Doping Agency), the real place that actually determines whether you won or not. I know this because he knows this.
Slowly, he is realising what’s about to happen. The air conditioned atmosphere dried his eyes; each foot laying a gentle kiss upon the ground, while he tightens the fabric around his knuckle one last time. The beads of sweat having a competition of their own, seeing who could fall the fastest. Into the eight cornered hell where he’l see if the prior weeks were a waste or not. The calluses that still hadn’t healed gave him a healthy dose of reality as he stepped. Dopamine wasn’t something he was lacking. The shield goes in the mouth.
Aroma of leather in the air, doused in relentless effort. A hundred names given to the smell of him, none of them pleasant. He wonders why he keeps doing this, then remembers he doesn’t care and that to stop and think about it would be a mistake in itself.
Stopping is reminiscent of waking up from a dream. The very physical feeling of being tossed back into reality; you must pick up your sister from school, and on the way you have to visit the bank. The breeze that complements his moist skin levels out his thinking and assures him there is enough time. No longer was the sound of bodies hitting the floor and clenched fists cracking through the air as they flowed.
Jem’s realisation on society
From reading the book, we’ve discovered more about Jem, and his everchanging personality as he turns into a man.
Slowly, he is realising how everyone else thinks, what they percieve and the horrors that are associated with it. Racism, prejudice and the feeling of superiority, more-so linked with the ‘upper class’ of Maycomb. Examples such as Scout asking for Walter Cunningham to stay with them, and aunt Alexandra explaining why he cant as ‘he is trash’, beneth the Finches and therefore cannot be connected with them.
Jem is also shown to be taking on much more responsibility, whilst learning what ties go with what suits, such as explaining to Scout what complicated words mean aswell as elaborating on events that occur in the book.
(–AFTER FEEDBACK–)
These all lead Jem to feel frustrated, angry and occasionally just upset. Usually he attempts to hide these, in order to set an example for his little sister. With these feelings also comes realisation, of why certain things are so in maycomb. Like Boo Radley staying indoors most of the time- Jem uncovers that his reasons are quite the opposite to everyone wishing he does so. It is infact, because he chooses to. He isnt a fan of the society that populate maycomb either, and chooses to outcast himself the best he can.
Harper Lee using allusion
Harper lee uses the technique of allusion in her book ‘to kill a mockingbird’. An example being the biblical effect of refering to Atticus as Tom Robinsons savior, elevating him to a christ-like level such as in the bible, as christ is a savior.
Others examples being of how the book alludes to other parts within the story, be it future or past. She even alludes to parts happening in that time period such as world war II.
Week 2 HISTORY
I agree with the interpretation to an extent. The main successes within education against segregation was the integration of the segregated fellows within the white only schools.
I believe the main successes were outside of education. Events such as the bus boycott and making lynching illegal are what pushed the civil rights movement forward the most.
Week 1 HISTORY
The brown vs board ruling was significant because it aided the demolishment of segregation and the integration of ‘coloured’ people in white only schools within the south. Students were however, met with extreme hatred.
Racist comments and violence were spewed towards blacks in the schools. At some points the national guard was called in to stop the students from entering the schools.
Satire in to kill a mockingbird
Harper Lee uses satire in to kill a mockingbird, particularly on page 236 and 237 with the white community, as well as Dill and Jem. An example being the differences in how people reacted to the conviction of Tom Robinson. Rather than the black community be shocked, knowing full well his innocence, they are acceptant, because their hopes were never raised in the first place. They knew from the start that because of sociaty’s prejudice against black people, that there was almost no chance of him not being innocent.
The opposition being how the white community, although listening to all in the court and the valuble points Atticus had to say, found Tom Robinson guilty none-the-less. Whether they felt Tom Robinson was innocent or not, in order to keep up their reputation and nature of segregation, it was what they had to do- the ‘right’ thing to do.
Another perspective being Dill and Jem’s. Their outrage and confusion of how such a thing can occur, when the fact were handed out and the truth was more or less certain to all. This enthesises their innocence which in turn is another example of Harper Lee relating to mockingbirds.
(–AFTER FEEDBACK–)
Examples of satire include when aunt Alexandra and her friends speak of the black people in maycomb, of how christianity was once used in order to stop a maid from crying and to continue her work. This is satire because the friend of Alexandras is infact not very religous and assumes the black maid is.
Mockingbirds in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
Scout is depicted as a mockingbird in harper lee’s book. Her innocence leads her under that label, as well as her way with words as shown very early on in the book, representing mockingbirds singing.
Daredevil – Antihero
Potroyed by the actor Charlie Cox in the netflix series (Ben Affleck in the movie) Daredevil is A comic character; one with depth and strong, personal convictions.
Blinded at A young age, Matthew Murdock grew up in lower new york, where crime is rampant and weaved thickly into the lives of its residents. His father, a boxer, was no saint. Rather than fall victim to the criminals, he became one, although always wishing for his son to lead a better life, ensuring his well being and that he studied. Jack Murdock support his blind son untill his was no longer able to. Matthew was then raised in an orphanage.
Later, Matthew would grow up to be A lawyer. Beleiving strongly in justice, this was ONE of his ways of enforcing the law, most likely due to his fathers grey past, which begs the question: is he trying to ensure they same doesent happen to others that striked him, or resenting his dad taking is out on criminals. His other means involve nightly patrols, where actions speak much louder than words in A courtroom. Able to do this through his gift of heightened senses, and training from another blind fellow he met growing up.
Matt often finds himself in church or with company equally spirtual. He struggles with morality, wondering if what he does is the right thing and is helping his city and not helping to destroy it. He understands and refers to his understanding of right and wrong, knowing that the line between is often more blured than clear. Its almost like Murdock is making an attempt to atone for sins, seeking redemption, giving explainations and reasons for his actions as a vigilante, speaking once of how “the devil” is inside all Murdocks, and was shown occasionaly in his fathers boxing matches. Not skitzophrenia, but rather his own way of explaining his brutality and tendancie to go too far or enjoy combat, leading him to question who he is- the hero, or the villian. Maybe somewhere inbetween.
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