Blog 14

1) These wild songs and poetry go well together, however there are some aspects about them that are different. Both songs are written in poetry form, so they are like songs. As far as expression goes, songs and poems are very different. They are both good for expression to express emotion and feelings. Wild songs are typically about slavery, a very dark subject and time in our history. So all these wild songs and poems are going to be dark as well. However a poem can be dark and gloomy, or it can be happy and uplifting. John Keats for example wrote poems about gloomy and happy subjects.
2) The love song by Prufrock is one big dramatic monologue. This is because it follows the same process that a dramatic monologue does.
 

Blog 13

1) Woodsworth loves to talk about nature because it is one of his favorite things. His favorite thing about it is its relation to humanity. It is beautiful to sit in nature and take in all the sights and smells. However,vWoodsworth does not believe that humanity is close enough to nature, and thinks that the sun represents birth. The clouds represent a bad situation because they are dark.

2) The sister was great to her brother because she could keep him positive and looking forward to the future. The brother loved nature and even said nature would never  betray him, but he was also always happy when his sister was around.

3) This poem talks about his memory and how they effected him throughout life.

4) Romantic poems generally represent nature because it is the best balancing force between mother nature and humanity.

5) Keats and Shelley have similar poems, like when they write about nature to show emotions. One difference is Shelly tends to be darker and Keats is usually not as dark.

6) Love is an emotion that is best represented by nature. These poems talk about it a lot and how the two go hand in hand.
 

Blog 12

There is an extra emphasis on the idea of the fall, the felix culpa. Milton's main point however, is the story of Adam and Eve and their disobedience and fall from gods good grace. His point was very different in that he believed that what we gained from that fall was a good thing for man. In this epic, he wanted to show the way of man to god, and justify it. By showing him that if Adam and Eve would not have sinned, man kind would have never existed and without sin and death, humans have little to no importance. God wishes mankind to have a choice about what we do, and we are better for that.God wanted people to be free and make our own choices, but at the same time, fear and respect him.
 

Blog 11

In the Wife of Bath's prologue, when she is talking about all of her five husbands, she brings up the point that there are not any rules as to how many husbands one can have. Another thing she discovers is that men have interpreted the bible in a way that fits them the best. God says to multiply and does not actually say the bigamy or monogamy is bad or a sin. She also brings up how King Solomon had multiple wife's and was not looked down on because of it. This all against the medieval church, who believes that virginity takes the prize. There are two main fallacies, one is how many men, women were allowed to marry, this is found in lines 13-27. the second is that marriage is a means for sexual desires and this is found in lines 142-159.

A song that the wife of bath might like is, "Man I Feel Like a Woman" by Shania Twain. She would like it because it is about a strong and independent women who lives her life by her own ways and not the ways that people tell her.

 "Let's go girls, come on

I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright

Gonna let it all hang out

Want to make some noise, really raise my voice

Yeah, I want to scream and shout

No inhibitions, make no conditions

Get a little outta line

I ain't gonna act politically correct

I only want to have a good time

The best thing about being a woman

Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady

Men's shirts, short skirts

Oh, oh, oh, really go wild yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction

Color my hair, do what I dare

Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel

Man! I feel like a woman!

The girls need a break-tonight we're gonna take

The chance to get out on the town

We don't need romance, we only want to dance

We're gonna let our hair hang down

The best thing about being a woman

Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady

Men's shirts, short skirts

Oh, oh, oh, really go wild-yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction

Color my hair, do what I dare

Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel

Man! I feel like a woman!

The best thing about being a woman

Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady

Men's shirts, short skirts

Oh, oh, oh, really go wild yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction

Color my hair, do what I dare

Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel

Man! I feel like a woman!

I get totally crazy

Can you feel it

Come, come, come on baby

I feel like a woman"

Songwriters: Robert John Lange / Shania Twain

Man! I Feel Like a Woman! lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg 

blog 10

Before Gawain departs from Camelot, the detailed description of the seasons changing starts. The season is fall and this represents his emotions as he continues on his journey and arrives to see the green knight, where the seasons go from the warm green summer to the cold dreary winter.

blog 9

1) In the inferno, the punishments are meant to match the sins that an individual has committed. Match it in time and severity and closely resemble the sin. This is for when that person gets farther into hell, it gets worse.

2) People only go to upper hell because they self indulged. An instance of this is one loving something too much, to the point of greed. The sins for getting into upper hell are no wear near as bad as the ones needed to get deeper into hell. The levels of upper hell consist of limbo, lustful, gluttonous, hoarders, and the wrathful.

3) our perspective is different than that of Dante's because we don't believe in purgatory. purgatory is the process of cleansing one of sins. We believe in god forgiving us for our sins throughout our lives. When we die we go before god and he judges us based on our life choices.

Blog 8

1) The poets attitude toward Roland is mostly good. There are parts of the poem that Roland is portrayed as a great and noble character. At one point, Roland is talked about as being bold and showing bravery.
2) Their attitudes are interesting to say the least. They fight and die along side Roland. These characters are seen as proud and diligent warriors. The poet wanted to throw in some religious aspects as well.
3) These supernatural and super human elements are special as well. Roman is an example of a super human because of his abilities on the battlefield and his ability to conquer a lot of land. supernatural was Romans sword and its abilities.
4) The oral poetry is the song of Roland, being the oldest surviving French poem. This poem as been passed down not by writing, but orally through the years.

Blog 7

Human Conduct

The Beatitudes is for Christians and states that you should serve the lord. Also, they are from the bible and state that Jesus dies on the cross. The Greeks are different however, they believe in many gods, not just one. Along with this, they have many religions and books that tell many different stories about lessons. The Greeks gods don't die, they instead are involved in the stories and each play a different role. Secondly, Islamic heaven contains warriors and that is the only way to get there that is permitted by Allah.  Christians and Jews believe that  one has to be saved to get into heaven, by not committing sins and doing what is good.

blog 6

The character of Aeneas

Aeneas is a very popular character, but is surrounded by some controversy. He is a product of a Trojan prince and and the goddess Venus and is a Trojan hero. He is a trustworthy man is is highly respected by his men. He is seldom questioned is being a great leader comes naturally to him. He is a dutiful servant of fate and of the gods. One of his best qualities is his devotion to his country and family, as well as the task at hand. 

Blog 5

Aristotle wrote the book about these definitions to analyze and come up with conclusions about them. The first one is tragedy, defined as a work that arouses pity and fear. In other terms a work should make the reader should either be scared or feel sorry to be good. Tragedy has three characteristics, is mimetic , is serious or tells a story. Another word is hamartia, meaning something being taken mistakenly.  Katharsis, another word Aristotle used, described as a purge of emotions of pity or fear. Deus ex machina is the last word Aristotle talks about, basically meaning someone of a higher power, like a god, comes in and saves the day. Aristotle doesn't like this idea because people should learn how to solve the problems on their own.

Blog 4

Antigone and Creon are both tragic figures in their own right, however the characteristics that make them so are different. Antigone goes though intense situations with a lot of pain and tragedy along the way. Sophocles gives her incredible strength and  perseverance throughout  the play, despite the threats from her uncles at the beginning. Creon on the other hand was not supposed to be a king, if everything went according to plan. But due to the untimely demise of Oedipus and his two nephews, it fell on the shoulders of Creon. Creon was very headstrong and ruthless, but Antigone was the only one to ever stand up to him. It is wondered why Creon has more lines in the play than Antigone, and the name of the play is Antigone and not Creon. Creon has more power and authority but Antigone is the one who we should really focus on because she goes through the most hardships and comes out victorious. Creon doesn't realize that he has messed up until after Antigone has killed herself. This leads to everyone close to Creon killing themselves and he is left all alone, and it is all because of him

Blog 3

1) Athena and Odysseus have a special relationship that is unusual because one is a man and one is a god. Odysseus has a statue of Athena in his home and throughout the movie asks her for help and guidance. The relationship closely resembles a mother and son. She protects, guides and supports Odysseus through out his journey.

2) The women in Odysseus play an unusual role in that they are pretty important and hold a lot of power and authority. A majority of the women in the epic tale are placed in positions of high authority, such as goddesses and queens and princesses. An example is Calypso; she controls an entire island and when Odysseus needed help she took him in and fell in love with him. She kept him prisoner for many years because he was unable to escape.

3) Intended: Telemachus in book 16 and Penelope in book 23
Unintended: Argos in book 17

Blog 2 - Joseph

Some may question is Joseph is an epic hero or not and I am going to try and answer that question. An epic hero is a character in an epic poem who is affected by major events, and responds in a very brave manor and because of this, is admired by the people, like Odysseus. Joseph is to this day remembered as a great character in the old testament and was a favored child by his father. However this does not mean that everybody liked him. One group that did not appreciate this was his sibling who obviously envied his for being the favorite. Joseph often got what he wanted, which lead to more hatred from his siblings. Joseph also claimed to have dreams that one days all his sibling would look up to him and this really did not sit well with them. So they did what everybody seemed to do at the time when they didn't get their way, they plotted to kill him. But instead of them killing him, they put him on a caravan to Egypt where he was surprisingly welcome and well treated. while being in charge of Potiphar's house hold, Joseph was tempted by the wife, but refused. this made her mad so she planted his clothes and framed him for wanting to sleep with her. this got Joseph thrown in jail again. One thing that got Joseph through all this was his faith in god. Joseph later rose to power again and was brought face to face with his brothers that sent him there when a famine brought them to Egypt. Instead of punishing them for sending his away, he awarded them with gifts and money and sent them home. Through this good faith, despite all the hardships Joseph went through, I would absolutely consider Joseph to be an epic hero.

blog 1 HUM

The flood described in Gilgamesh and the one described in described in the old testament are similar, but also unique in their own ways. In the flood described by Gilgamesh, several gods ordered the flood to destroy all the people because of the sins they committed. But similar to Noah, one man had a dream that told him to build a boat and gather all the animals and load them on board. Another similarity is that they both found refuge on the top of a mountain. One difference is that Noah's Flood lasted for 40 days, and Gilgamesh's flood only lasted 6 days. In both stories, the god and gods were mostly okay with the specific people surviving the massive flood because they were truly good people and deserved to continue to live.



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