Writing Prompts0 Week 7- Everyday Use- There is No...Those Winter...and Hamlet
"Everyday Use" p.276, Q# 4, 5
4. The motivation of the gift of the quilt to Maggie, was really that it already was promised to Maggie, and the mother knew that unlike Dee, Maggie would get good use out of the quilt.
I was not surprised by Dee's reaction, because Dee is clearly a taker. She is spoiled and self important. I think I identify with the mother most. She is practical and sensible. She knows objects are made for use.
5. The dedication seems to suggest that your grandmother will relate to and understand the story better than you might, because she lived in a more practical time. Things were purchased sparingly, and made to be used.
"There is No . . ." p.277 Q# 1, 4
1. I believe TallMountain started the poem with Sokoya instead of Auntie, to incorporate her culture into the poem. So you understand right away that we (as euro-americans) are dealing with a foreign concept.
4. I feel the poem is based on a real scene. I don't think there is specific evidence to support my belief, but the fact that TallMountain is a Native American name, and that these seem to be Native terms helps the argument a bit. I don't think it is important to decide one way or another. You still understand the meaning and importance of the conversation without knowing whether it is fact or fiction.
"Those Winter . . ." p.278, Q# 2, 3
Answered extra question----It is a sonnet in the sense that it has 14 lines. It breaks into 3 parts, not two- so varies from a traditional sonnet in this way. It also has one poetic theme, that at the finish suggests a new approach through its question about love.
2. It is important that it is set on Sunday, so that the reader understands the father does this even when he does not have to rise early for work, so that his family will be comfortable.
3. I would characterize the relationship as the speaker taking his father for granted. He just doesn't know any better yet. I believe it has changed, reflecting back, he understands what love his father had for him.
"Hamlet . . ." p.340, Q# 1, 2, 4
1. The very first line is Bernardo asking "Who's there?" - if delivered correctly, considering what happens after, it would have a fearful, apprehensive quality to it. It creates a certain amount of tension and unknowing, which plays into the central theme and actions of the play. Hard to thing two words can do all of that, but that is their purpose.
2. Since King Hamlet requires Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus to swear- he is NOT religiously neutral, since swearing is a faith based act. Since he is clearly in purgatory until he avenges his own death, he is most likely Roman Catholic. Though, admittedly I don't know much about the Protestant faith, I know a little about Roman Catholic. The fact that Hamlet contemplates suicide but does not commit it, shows that he has likely been brought up Roman Catholic, as suicide is a sin.
4. I don't feel that Hamlet was ever truly mad. He was faking it, to fool the king, queen, and court- so that he may devise a way to avenge his father's death. He states- "Here, as before, never, so help you mercy, how strange or odd I soe'er I bear myself- As perchance hereafter shall think meet- to put an antic disposition on..." this continues, but can be summed up in saying that Hamlet decides to act mad, and makes his men swear they will say nothing of it.
Polonius believes Ophelia's withdrawing of her love for Hamlet has driven him to madness.
Palonius states (aside)- Though this be madness, there is method in it.
Polonius seems to suspect his madness rouse.
It seems clear that he acts insane in his interaction with Ophelia, because he knows the king and Polonius are watching. Yet, here again, the King suspects he is not mad. As he states that although the words Hamlet spoke lacked form, they were no "like madness", he could see something bubbling inside Hamlet's soul.
One could argue he has gone mad, when he sees the ghost and his mother doesn't- but we already know the ghost is real- because others have seen it. Hamlet tells his mother that he is essentially not in madness but in craft. Which is a view of the truth, I believe. And lastly, even with this implied madness, I am fairly certain that Hamlet never truly went mad- because he never wavered from his task. He avenged his father's death, as he had set forth to do.
4. The motivation of the gift of the quilt to Maggie, was really that it already was promised to Maggie, and the mother knew that unlike Dee, Maggie would get good use out of the quilt.
I was not surprised by Dee's reaction, because Dee is clearly a taker. She is spoiled and self important. I think I identify with the mother most. She is practical and sensible. She knows objects are made for use.
5. The dedication seems to suggest that your grandmother will relate to and understand the story better than you might, because she lived in a more practical time. Things were purchased sparingly, and made to be used.
"There is No . . ." p.277 Q# 1, 4
1. I believe TallMountain started the poem with Sokoya instead of Auntie, to incorporate her culture into the poem. So you understand right away that we (as euro-americans) are dealing with a foreign concept.
4. I feel the poem is based on a real scene. I don't think there is specific evidence to support my belief, but the fact that TallMountain is a Native American name, and that these seem to be Native terms helps the argument a bit. I don't think it is important to decide one way or another. You still understand the meaning and importance of the conversation without knowing whether it is fact or fiction.
"Those Winter . . ." p.278, Q# 2, 3
Answered extra question----It is a sonnet in the sense that it has 14 lines. It breaks into 3 parts, not two- so varies from a traditional sonnet in this way. It also has one poetic theme, that at the finish suggests a new approach through its question about love.
2. It is important that it is set on Sunday, so that the reader understands the father does this even when he does not have to rise early for work, so that his family will be comfortable.
3. I would characterize the relationship as the speaker taking his father for granted. He just doesn't know any better yet. I believe it has changed, reflecting back, he understands what love his father had for him.
"Hamlet . . ." p.340, Q# 1, 2, 4
1. The very first line is Bernardo asking "Who's there?" - if delivered correctly, considering what happens after, it would have a fearful, apprehensive quality to it. It creates a certain amount of tension and unknowing, which plays into the central theme and actions of the play. Hard to thing two words can do all of that, but that is their purpose.
2. Since King Hamlet requires Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus to swear- he is NOT religiously neutral, since swearing is a faith based act. Since he is clearly in purgatory until he avenges his own death, he is most likely Roman Catholic. Though, admittedly I don't know much about the Protestant faith, I know a little about Roman Catholic. The fact that Hamlet contemplates suicide but does not commit it, shows that he has likely been brought up Roman Catholic, as suicide is a sin.
4. I don't feel that Hamlet was ever truly mad. He was faking it, to fool the king, queen, and court- so that he may devise a way to avenge his father's death. He states- "Here, as before, never, so help you mercy, how strange or odd I soe'er I bear myself- As perchance hereafter shall think meet- to put an antic disposition on..." this continues, but can be summed up in saying that Hamlet decides to act mad, and makes his men swear they will say nothing of it.
Polonius believes Ophelia's withdrawing of her love for Hamlet has driven him to madness.
Palonius states (aside)- Though this be madness, there is method in it.
Polonius seems to suspect his madness rouse.
It seems clear that he acts insane in his interaction with Ophelia, because he knows the king and Polonius are watching. Yet, here again, the King suspects he is not mad. As he states that although the words Hamlet spoke lacked form, they were no "like madness", he could see something bubbling inside Hamlet's soul.
One could argue he has gone mad, when he sees the ghost and his mother doesn't- but we already know the ghost is real- because others have seen it. Hamlet tells his mother that he is essentially not in madness but in craft. Which is a view of the truth, I believe. And lastly, even with this implied madness, I am fairly certain that Hamlet never truly went mad- because he never wavered from his task. He avenged his father's death, as he had set forth to do.
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