The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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this week: 100
Pages this semester: 691
1. "Why is it that for the first
half of my life I couldn't find a single honest person to hang around
with? My relatives, my husbands, my friends, my kids--all of them would
tell a lie as easily as they breathed, and not think a thing of it. A
promise was like . . . like spit, something you made and got rid of and
didn't worry about it. And now-- now when I really need to lie and break
promises-- I'm stuck with the only moral person in this whole dang
century." - Anny Beth Flick from Turnabout
2. "If you really must beat the measure, sir, let me entreat you to do so
in time, and not half a beat ahead." - Jack Aubrey to Stephen Maturin. Master & Commander
3. "If you worried about your
kids fighting over who got Aunt Mary's good china, and who got Uncle
George's gun collection, think about what this battle'd be like! Who's
with me on this?" - Anny Beth Flick from Turnabout.
4. "You know when sometimes you
meet someone so beautiful and then you actually talk to them and five
minutes later they're as dull as a brick? Then there's other people,
when you meet them you think, "Not bad. They're okay." And then you get
to know them and... and their face just sort of becomes them. Like their
personality's written all over it. And they just turn into something so
beautiful." - Amy Pond from Dr. Who
I love these quotes because they show the humor that is in books with a serious tone. Quote 4 is just so sweet and romantic, at least in context. These are the best because they amuse me.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Scarlet Letter Update
So my reading is going along well, in case you are wondering. Even with band eating up my time, I do find time to read a book between classes or other periods of relaxation.
So, in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mr. Dimmesdale has grown pale and ill. He grabs his chest in pain quite often and this worries the townspeople. In case you don't know from my previous posts, Hester Prynne (the main character) had an affair with Mr. Dimmesdale (the clergyman) for an unknown-to-the-reader reason, but it is known that her husband was missing for several years when they came to America. I believe that Mr. Dimmesdale is falling ill from the guilt of committing adultery. A daughter resulted from the act of adultery. So, Mr. Dimmesdale has fallen severely ill and refuses to marry any of the women who have devoted themselves to him and Mr. Chillingworth (Hester's husband in disguise) wants the ill clergyman to live with him. Chillingworth is a physician and wants to diagnose Dimmesdale; hopefully by living closer this can be achieved. The minister’s room is hung with tapestries depicting biblical scenes of adultery and its punishment, while Chillingworth’s room contains a laboratory that is sophisticated for its time.
By becoming psychically closer and closer friends with the minister, Chillingworth hopes to discover Hester's lover. I think that Chillingworth is suspecting that her lover is Dimmesdale. When Chillingworth begins to prod the minister more directly by inquiring about his spiritual condition, explaining that he thinks it relevant to his physical health, Dimmesdale becomes very agitated and leaves the room. This reinforces Chillingworth's suspicions.
What will happen next? possibly expect an update later next week. Or don't, that's fine too. Do whatever. It's your choice, not mine. Have fun.
So, in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mr. Dimmesdale has grown pale and ill. He grabs his chest in pain quite often and this worries the townspeople. In case you don't know from my previous posts, Hester Prynne (the main character) had an affair with Mr. Dimmesdale (the clergyman) for an unknown-to-the-reader reason, but it is known that her husband was missing for several years when they came to America. I believe that Mr. Dimmesdale is falling ill from the guilt of committing adultery. A daughter resulted from the act of adultery. So, Mr. Dimmesdale has fallen severely ill and refuses to marry any of the women who have devoted themselves to him and Mr. Chillingworth (Hester's husband in disguise) wants the ill clergyman to live with him. Chillingworth is a physician and wants to diagnose Dimmesdale; hopefully by living closer this can be achieved. The minister’s room is hung with tapestries depicting biblical scenes of adultery and its punishment, while Chillingworth’s room contains a laboratory that is sophisticated for its time.
By becoming psychically closer and closer friends with the minister, Chillingworth hopes to discover Hester's lover. I think that Chillingworth is suspecting that her lover is Dimmesdale. When Chillingworth begins to prod the minister more directly by inquiring about his spiritual condition, explaining that he thinks it relevant to his physical health, Dimmesdale becomes very agitated and leaves the room. This reinforces Chillingworth's suspicions.
What will happen next? possibly expect an update later next week. Or don't, that's fine too. Do whatever. It's your choice, not mine. Have fun.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Claims of the Day
1. Homesteads winter guard performance, Breakbeats Pulse of the Underground, uses bright energetic performance, aggressive clean movement, intensive strong upbeat dance, and confident clean posture to woo the audience watching. - Outspoken Silence
2. "The Hollow"'s dark, jagged scenery emanates the state of internal desperation and broken loneliness that is expressed constantly throughout the album. - Memoirs of a White Latino
3. With a curved and fluid body, a deafening roar and clean and colorful finish and the majestic way they drive on the roads, cars today express an animated and aggressive vibrance that is all themselves.- Viking Death Metal
4. In this video clip Corgi Stampede, the puppies running towards the camera demonstrate a brief and eager excitement, an adorable, cute, graceful, and cuddly appearance, a loud, repetitive sound, and a fast paced, wild, and out of control energy, which exposes a sense of sweet docility, animated enthusiasm, friendly excitement, ecstatic playfulness, joyful giddiness, and frantic silliness.
-That Pervuvian Chick
5. The majestic, distinctive color with the deep, wild detail add to the heavy contrast and proud focus of this lion, a dignified and appreciative beast who hunted his prey out of resigned necessity, and for a disgruntled, hungry family. - I need a Nap?
Creative Artifact: http://smellslikechlorine.blogspot.com/2011/09/solo-creative-writing.html She describes a runway dress.
2. "The Hollow"'s dark, jagged scenery emanates the state of internal desperation and broken loneliness that is expressed constantly throughout the album. - Memoirs of a White Latino
3. With a curved and fluid body, a deafening roar and clean and colorful finish and the majestic way they drive on the roads, cars today express an animated and aggressive vibrance that is all themselves.- Viking Death Metal
4. In this video clip Corgi Stampede, the puppies running towards the camera demonstrate a brief and eager excitement, an adorable, cute, graceful, and cuddly appearance, a loud, repetitive sound, and a fast paced, wild, and out of control energy, which exposes a sense of sweet docility, animated enthusiasm, friendly excitement, ecstatic playfulness, joyful giddiness, and frantic silliness.
-That Pervuvian Chick
5. The majestic, distinctive color with the deep, wild detail add to the heavy contrast and proud focus of this lion, a dignified and appreciative beast who hunted his prey out of resigned necessity, and for a disgruntled, hungry family. - I need a Nap?
Creative Artifact: http://smellslikechlorine.blogspot.com/2011/09/solo-creative-writing.html She describes a runway dress.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Solo Close Description
The movie poster for The Brothers Grimm's use of serious, determined facial expressions, dark, gloomy
color, a full usage of space, and tough, old-fashioned body language expresses an impassioned intensity and dignified confidence of the characters portrayed by Matt Damon and Heath Ledger.
Elements:
Facial
Expression:
Serious,
Determined,
Relaxed,
Vengeful
Color:
Dark,
Gloomy,
Scary,
Heavy
Ready,
Prepared,
Handsome,
Old-fashioned,
Tough
Use
of Space:
Full,
Great
Tone:
Brave
Concerned
Confident
Dramatic
Dignified
Impassioned
Intense
Strong
Coarse
Cold
Grim
The Scarlet Letter
How would you feel if you had a red letter sewn onto all of your clothes that stood for something embarrassing that happened to you? I know I would feel embarrassed and probably not want to leave my room until I could remove that letter. This is what Hester Prynne must live with for the rest of her earthly life in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Along with the scarlet letter to remind her of her act of adultery, she also has a daughter. She loves this daughter, but Pearl is also her daily torture. Along with that, some of the townspeople want to take Hester's custody of Pearl away from her. They think that Hester will harm the child or the child will harm Hester. The townspeople believe Pearl to be a demon-child and should be taken from Hester for Hester's safety. They also believe that is Pearl is human, then she should be taken away from Hester for her own safety.
This made me feel angry because Hester is taking good care of her child and a mother should be allowed to have a say in who has custody. Bellingham, Wilson, Chillingworth (her husband in disguise), and Dimmesdale (her lover, unknown to public) let Hester keep her child because Hester pleads to them and Dimmesdale supports her cause.
At the end of Chapter IIX: The Elf-Child and the Minister, Mistress Hibbins pokes her head out of a window of the governor's house and asks Hester Prynne if she'd like to join her in the forest for some witch activities. Mistress Hibbins is the acknowledged witch and is Governor Bellingham’s sister. She makes this very public, which is strange. I would think that actively participating in witch activities would be more sinful than committing adultery once. It is also common knowledge that witch hunts were common during the time of the Puritans. This adds to the strangeness of the society. Shouldn't Mistress Hibbins be burned at the stake or drowned in a lake for witchery if Hester Prynne must live alienated from society?
This made me feel angry because Hester is taking good care of her child and a mother should be allowed to have a say in who has custody. Bellingham, Wilson, Chillingworth (her husband in disguise), and Dimmesdale (her lover, unknown to public) let Hester keep her child because Hester pleads to them and Dimmesdale supports her cause.
At the end of Chapter IIX: The Elf-Child and the Minister, Mistress Hibbins pokes her head out of a window of the governor's house and asks Hester Prynne if she'd like to join her in the forest for some witch activities. Mistress Hibbins is the acknowledged witch and is Governor Bellingham’s sister. She makes this very public, which is strange. I would think that actively participating in witch activities would be more sinful than committing adultery once. It is also common knowledge that witch hunts were common during the time of the Puritans. This adds to the strangeness of the society. Shouldn't Mistress Hibbins be burned at the stake or drowned in a lake for witchery if Hester Prynne must live alienated from society?
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