Masterpiece

I've decided to change my masterpiece idea a bit from what Dr. Preston and I talked about. At the time, I was seeking people's perception of awesomeness, but now I'm looking more to find people's "happy place"; the place people go to find their own peace. I've decided to keep all of the individuals I talk to anonymous and only share their gender and age. I hope that these are helpful to the people who have yet to find a special place to themselves or are searching for something new. 

Notes. Part 2

-when dickens wrote, his neighbors would call the cops because he would literally yell and scream and talk in the voice of his characters while creating them 

-"I'm not really writing lyrics, I'm taking notes at this great concert inside my head" 

-dickens was nuts in a good way because he was a creative genius 

-as students we don't get to see the real authors because we are reading to get the lit terms and whatever else out of it. Not the story 

-people 

-the person behind the story the characters you encounter and the people you collaborate with 

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Great expectations notes

 

-pip imagines great things will just happen for him

-children think things will happen if we just wish it 

-pip is an orphan and has a strong sense of being unwanted 

-pip questions whether he is wicked or a good person 

-he doesn't really know what normal is. He has grand expectations and many fears

-has no father 

-the names are very significant 

-the fairytale world is interrupted by the real world 

-he meets two sets of representations of fathers along the way 

-joe is about honest day's work for honest days pay 

-Jagger's knows things about people And he uses it to keep people loyal 

-Estella is not a pure person 

-magwitch has created pips expectations 

-pip comes to an understanding that so many things are recycled and if we feel open to ideas then we come back to them 

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Hamlet the madman?

As the play begins it seems as though Hamlet is very sane and just in mourning while others are going crazy because of their reactions to the death of Hamlet Sr. Hamlet and the guards seem crazier than anyone else because they can see the ghost of Hamlet while the majority of the royal class cannot see him. As the play goes on, it seems more and more evident that Hamlet is crazy in a genius way. After his talk with the ghost, Hamlet seems less upset about his father's death and more angry towards the matter.

Anger and resentment grow inside of Hamlet as Claudius keeps a close eye on him instead of allowing Hamlet to live his own life. Further into the play Claudius realizes why Hamlet is so angry at him, not just because he is being so deceiving towards Hamlet. Hamlet knows that he wants to kill Claudius but also knows that no one will understand why unless Claudius tells the truth about killing Hamlet's father. On his quest to kill Claudius is when more people begin to think Hamlet is insane because he actually wants people to believe that which is why he is so ingenious. Without his father being murdered, Hamlet probably wouldn't have gone crazy, but it is also because of how his father died and the actions of the people around him. Hamlet is able to act crazy while around Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia but when he speaks to his mother, his emotions get the best of him and he nearly reveals his scheme to her because he is so torn between wanting to love his mother as a son should and hating her for being the traitor that she is.

Once the ghost makes a presence in Hamlet's life, everything changes. The ghost changed Hamlet's perspective on Claudius and Gertrude and many of his loyal friends'. There is a lot of truth to this because with just one conversation with the ghost, Hamlet sees that Claudius isn't the great uncle that he claims to be, Gertrude is the loyal, loving mother and wife that everyone thinks she is and Polonius is with whoever can give him a better life along with many of Hamlet's so called friends. This leads to fear and anger in Hamlet and brings nothing but negative thoughts to his head. The ghost is the main reason for Hamlet being crazy or insane.

Poem Comparison

There are so many ways to view or perceive a poem and depending on what a person has been through during their life they can see a poem as dark or gloomy while someone else sees it as happy and inspiring. Whatever anyone has gone through, there is always at least one person who knows how they feel or has gone through something similar. The two poems, "Working Together" by David Whyte and "Everything is Going to be Alright" by Derek Mahon both describe life as difficult but something that is always manageable and something that can be overcome. They highlight the idea that whenever someone feels alone they are never truly alone and they can always find someone to help them through their situation because people working together is so much more strong than one person trying to do it alone. In high school, many students see the world as being against them and there is so much holding them back and very little to look forward to, however these poems insinuate that there is something wonderful to look forward to after high school. "Working Together" starts off saying that we shape ourselves to fit the world but I think what that really means is that everyone wants to fit in with some sort of group socially and they will shape themselves to fit it. This social group is usually the world to them and by them joining the group they have a chance to shape their world as they see it. The poem ends with the author saying that when we figure ourselves out we will see that we are shaped by the things we cannot see about ourselves and our lives

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

The phrase " There will be time," is repeated many times throughout the poem. In the context of the poem we can assume that time allows put things off. "There will be time, to say, "Do I Dare, Do I dare." Prufrock just keeps telling himself he will do it someday, and that way he can hold on to his ideals that he loves. Obviously Prufrock has some serious Performative Utterance gong on. And like in Hamlet he puts things off, and precedes to beat himself up over it. But when he says that, he's not Hamlet he means that he has never taken action at all. " to swell a progress, to start a scene or two." He's articulating the diference between himself and Hamlet. Although Hamlet took a while to kill Claudius, he did take some steps to put himself in the position too. So Prufrock is putting himself below that, saying I havent done any of that. " I grow old, I grow old." Prufrock is reminded that he is growing old, however, which contradicts his, "There will be time," statement. There are a few clues that support this." They will say: How his hair is growing thin." Gives us the connotation that Prufrock is grwoing old and balding. All of this gives the sense that Prufrock will live his life as a man of dreams, but never a man of action. "Till human voices wake us and we drown." What is he waking up from? His "etherization" of inaction? and when he drowns, is that when he realizes it was too late and wallows in guilt and regret? I think so.

Working Together Remix- Mellany