Track Of The Storm

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

Summary: Darnay's trial is awaited, and Manette gives Lucie an idea of seeing him through a window. There is a testimony heard by the court about Darnay and his disapproval for the treatment of the peasants by the aristocracy. Lucie is scared for Darnay.  She hears footsteps and suddenly a knock comes to the door. Soldiers arrest Darnay. This was because of Defarge, Madame Defarge, and another person. Solomon is returned and he doesn’t need to be identified because of being a spy. Carton has a plan to help Darnay involving Barsad and reveals key information. 

Quotation: "Darnay was, was accused by the public prosecutor..."

Significance of Quotation: I think this is an important quote because it is because of this that lots of unsteadiness occurs.

Reflection: There in evil in the revolution shown by the dancers who go by the street and by other ideas. There is tension in the book at this point and the man’s guillotine is part of it. Lucie is totally different on the other hand because she is not anything like the evil of the revolution and the wood-sawyer who danced along in the dance that symbolized no good. She is a calm and sweet girl who loves Darnay and makes room to go see him every day for a bit of time. The footsteps keep reappearing and must be some sign of danger or something else.  Darnay goes back to prison and makes me wonder who sent him there as well as Madame Defarge and Defarge.

Discussion Question: Who could the third person who allows Darnay to go to jail be?

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15

11-13-12 Tale of Two Cities, "Golden Thread", Chapters 22-24, Selene Elias

11/13 Tale of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 22-24

Summary: In this section, we learn about Foulon and how he was captured. He was a man who everyone thought to be dead, but was not. He is killed, on the third try, and the peasants fill his mouth with grass. A man refers to as one of the Jacques puts the castle on fire and some village fighters deny to help with putting out this fire. Time goes by, and England is now a place where aristocrats are. Lorry gets a letter which was for the marquis. Darnay says he will deliver it (it is actually for him) and he reads the letter, containing a plea form Gabelle. He then leaves.

Quotation: "You know where to deliver it?"

Significance of quotation: I find this quote important because Lorry believes Darnay and trusts him that he will give to Evermonte who is actually himself. It surprises me how Mr. Lorry doesn’t know who he actually is.

Reflection: I find it interesting that when Foulon is killed, the peasants fill is mouth with grass since he had said that if they were to starve, they should eat grass. The peasants were enraged, and that was the reason they did this. All the evil things and how they were treated, lead them to doing this. A lot of the details in this book come from the French Revolution, as I have noticed. Gabelle is a character that seems to be more of a desolate person and not liked by the peasants since they nearly kill him while he is in the fire. When Darnay receives the letter, I wonder what would happen if they all knew he was the marquis Evermonte. What would Lucie do? Why hasn't Manette said anything? What will Manette think when he sees the letter he has left behind. This all creates tension and a need to know lots of questions.

Discussion Question: What do you think Lucie and Manettes's reaction will be after knowing that Darnay left?

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15

11-12-12 Tale of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 18-21

11/12 Tale of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 18-21

Summary: In this reading, Darnay marries Lucie.  Manette's attitude has changed and Miss Pross as well as Mr. Lorry worry about him. They watch him and keep him in observation for 9 days. This is because he has gone into a different state of mind, a relapse. Lorry talks to Manette about him but doesn’t directly address him. Carton attempt o have a new friendship with Darnay after he returns with Lucie. Lucie later on gives birth to a child, a girl and later a boy. Meanwhile Defarge is storming the Bastille and fighting.

Quotation: "The remorseless sea of turbulent swaying shapes, voices of vengeance and faces harden in the furnaces of suffering..."

Significance of quotation: I think this quote is significant because it sets the background of where this is happening and what the scene looks like by the words being able to make a picture in your mind, due to the author’s use of imagery.

Reflection: I have realized while reading this, that every character in the book seems to fight at something, either being personal or not. At some point in the book, they have to fight at or for something and as the chapters continue, you can see this arouse in the characters. Manette's relapse and going back to thinking like he had during his imprisonment, he himself, fights at something that seems to be more of a psychological problem which will be hard for him to get over. I realize that when the author writes about the battle section, I understand it more in depth due to the learning in class we have done about the poetry terms; for example, the alliteration and imagery. I now know there was intention as he wrote this, that created a mood in this section. Blood appears, as it did in the first couple chapters but I am not quite sure of the meaning it could have. Maybe it could mean war, fight, or problems.

Discussion Question: Will Defarge end up killing Monsieur Defarge? Why or why not?

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7

11-7-12 Tale of Two Cities " Golden Thread" Chapters 10-13 Selene Elias

11/7 Tale of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 10-13 Selene Elias

Summary: Darnay admits his love for Lucie. He talks to Manette and discusses many important things. Then Carton and Stryver work in the chambers. Stryver admits he intends to marry Lucie. Stryver want to make her a marriage proposal but he first informs Mr. Lorry. Later Carton speaks to Lucie and he laments to her about his wasted life. He confesses he would do anything for her including risk his life.

Quote: "Mr. Stryver inaugurated the long vacation with a formal proposal to take Mrs. Manette to Vauxball Gardens"

Significance of Quote: I find it funny how one has plans to do something while others are thinking the same thing and the characters don’t know but we as an audience do. I think it’s important because there is anticipation in the book where we all wonder who Lucie will pick.

Reflection: There is lots of love going on with characters in the book towards Lucie. Carton also strikes out for a new and better life. Carton shows a change that Lucie observes and this is probably because of his love for her. Darnay only shows that he wants Lucie but then there’s Carton who not only briefly states it, but he describes emotions which make it more interesting and seem more real. I believe Lucie won’t end up marrying any of them because no one has revealed Darnay real name which will cause trouble with characters in the book and the mood of the book will change as it is now, into a feeling of anticipation.

Discussion Question: Who do you think will end up staying with Lucie and why?

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7

11-6-12 Tale Of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 7-9 Selene Elias

11/6 Tale of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 7-9

Summary: Monseigneur is a rich, cruel, and powerful man. The Marquis and him have a cage that is run through the streets.  The carriage runs over a child and the Marquis don’t carriage about it and only toss a few coins to the father.  As they leave, a coin flies back at them.  Madame Defarge witnesses everything. They arrive at a small village where there too the people are poor. They encounter other people who they don’t take interest in. later, the Marquis dies.

Quote: "Driven home into the heart of the stone figure attached to it was a knife"

Significance of Quote: The scene where the Marquis is found dead like this is important because he serves as a symbol and warning of violence and of bloodshed.

Reflection: Monseigneur feels powerful because he is rich and has his servants do all the work for him. This makes me wonder what he would do if he had no people to do everything for him like having four people feed him chocolate which is absolutely ridiculous. They have no compassion or feelings for the baby they run over because they don’t seem to care for the other people. Defarge is an important character who most likely threw the coin back at the Marquis and Monseigneur, because Defarge was the only one not doing anything but knitting, knitting the cruel peoples names. This foreshadows the death of the unjust people. Something also pulls the cage with a chain and a man recalls that there was a person under whom no one knows who it was.  They come upon a mourning woman who they also are not touched by what she wants. Monseigneur shows to be even crueler and have no feelings of love at all. Monseigneur has enough money to help out a lot of people which he doesn’t. He shows throughout this reading how mean and horrible he is.

Discussion Question: There are so many poor people treated unfairly, why don’t they do anything?

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6

11-5-12 Tale of two cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 5-6 Selene Elias

11/5 Tale of two cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 5-6

Summary: In this part of the book, Stryver has always viewed Carton as fluctuated between highs and lows. Stryver also wonders about Carton's true feelings for Lucie. Mr. Lorry, who has now gained the trust of most people, converses with Mrs. Pross. Miss Pross complains to him how many suitors all at once came to see Lucie. Miss Pross believes that the only man worthy of her is her brother although Lorry knows he is a scoundrel. They also talk about Manette. Then Manette and the rest of them watch the big drops of rain fall down.

Quotation: "What the unknown prisoner had written will never be read"

Significance of quotation: I think this is important because whatever was written on that piece of paper must have been important and might later reappear and have a big significance.

Reflection: Sydney Carton is referred to the name "jackal". It represents him doing tasks for others. He would never be a good lion because of all the things he does for Styver and Styver seems to never be appreciative. Carton dislikes Darnay because he reminds him of what he could have ended up being. Carton seems to view Darnay as a manifestation of a life he could have fallen into. Miss Pross exaggerates with the number of suitors she says visited Lucie.  I think that the title of this last chapter has an important significance. I believe that the title hundreds of people refers to an angry mob of revolutionaries. The message of dig makes the people dig up to find a prisoners message. This strangely startles Manette for a quick second which signifies that it could be closely related to his escapement of prison.

Discussion Question: Could the rain and the storm have significance and mean a little more than just rain? If so, what could it signify?

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31

10-31-12 Tale of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 1-4 Selene Elias

10/31 Tale of Two Cities "Golden Thread" Chapters 1-4

Summary: It’s been five years and Tellson's bank, is small and dark and ugly.  Death during this time was used against criminals. Jerry wakes up in a small apartment and begins the day by yelling at his wife for praying so much.  He awaits for the bankers instructions later outside the bank along with his son.  Jerry's son sits alone and he wonders why his father’s fingers have rust on them. The bank clerk instructs Cruncher what to do and he discovers he will serve as a witness against a prisoner.  The attorney-General prosecutes the case and he is guilty for having passed English secrets to French hands. Questions are asked to Lorry, Manette, and Lucie and they respond as they should. Mr. Stryver is cross-examining another witness when suddenly his colleague passes him a note and he argues with the contents of the note which draws the court to Carton's resemblance to the prisoner; Darnay is identified as a spy.  Manette, Lucie, Lorry, Darnay, and Mr. Stryver leave the room. Carton has been drinking and after Darnay leaves Carton curses his own image in a mirror.

Quotation: "From the dimly -lighted passages of the court, the last sediment of the human stew had been boiling there all day was straining off."

Significance of Quotation: I am starting to find the passages like this one significant. There is a lot of reference to dim and dark places and ideas. This must be going somewhere and almost everywhere there are references like this one.

Reflection: Jerry’s son sees that his father has rust on his hands when there is no reason for him to have them. This brings up some questions in the book. The Attorney-General absurdly deifies Barsad. His words provide a funny and comical effect, especially when he talks about John Barsad. They seem to draw an attention to his words and the irrelevancy of them. His statements highlight the obliviousness of the emptiness of his words. The characters speech and appearance seem to be filled with exageration. Jerry Cruncher seems to be the perfect example of this because of his impeded speech, violent temper, rusty fingers which is mysterious, and his muddy boots.  Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton appear later on. Both characters are more one-dimensional in their goodness. Carton goes into three darkness of alcoholism. This shows that elaborate and pretty significant secrets probably surround his past.

Discussion Question: What kind of motivations could Carton have to be surrounded by alcoholism?

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31

10-30-12 Tale of Two Cities "Recalled to Life" Chapters 5-6 Selene Elias

10/30 Tale of Two Cities "Recalled to Life" Chapters 5-6

Summary: The setting of the story changes. A wine cask falls and everyone rushes to it.  Men knelt and scooped up the wine that pooled everywhere. Women got the liquid in their handkerchiefs and gave it to their babies. This is a poor place. Defarge owns the wine place there and sees Lucie and Lorry and pretends to not notice them. Lorry asks to speak to Defarge who leads them up some dangerous and steep stairs. Defarge opens a door where they see a man making shoes.  He doesn’t respond his actual name when asked and Manette at first mistakes Lucie for his wife and recalls some things.  Lucie delivers a speech saying to weep if she reminds him of a loved ne.  Manette collapses and fearing for his health, Lucie insisted they leave for England. They go into a coach once Defarge agrees.

Quotation: " All the people within reach suspended their business, or there idleness, to run to the spot and drink the wine"

Significance of Quotation: Not only did I find this quote significant, but weird and unexpected. It’s incredible how everyone who was nearby rushed to it to drink it off the ground and feed it to their babies and themselves.

Reflection: The setting has been changed to another important place; Paris.  The broken wine cask seems to symbolize a suffering.  The wine must symbolize a big thing since it is used in a way in which it shows the need and importance for something. The smearing that one of the people did and spelled the word "blood" symbolizes violence.  This shows horrible conditions and portrays the people like peasants and at a very low status. The story has a repetition of the idea of hunger which shows that it dominates every aspect of their lives. They seem to be always hungry and cannot do anything without having it.  There is no escaping it for them and hunger is encountered everywhere. Lucie emerges as a very kind and warm hearted loving woman.  She is shown as a woman grieving over family related tragedy. Lucie shows a love for her father, a strong love. She cares for him and is there when he needs her and is always open to help him when he needs it.  Defarge is strange because at first she seemed to ignore them and later accepted them leaving because of Manette’s health.

Discussion Question: Why do you think everyone rushed to the wine to do everything possible to drink it and why do you think no one helps out with the hunger issue?

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29

10-29-12 Tale Of Two Cities "Recalled to Life" Chapters 1-4 Selene Elias

10/29 Tale of Two Cities "Recalled to Life" Chapters 1-4

Summary: The first chapter establishes the setting of the story, then a mail coach makes its way from London to Dover and the journey is describes as very treacherous. A messenger on horseback appears and asks to speak to Lorry but they feel like this could be a robber. Lorry recognizes him and gets a letter and replies to Jerry to tell Tellson "recalled to life".  A specter has told Lorry that the body has been buried for 18 years. They ask him if he cares to live and tells him he has been "recalled to life".  Lorry later meets Lucie Manette who has been told that a discovery was made. Lorry later relates to why Tellson has sent Lucie there. Her father, once dead has been found. He tells Lucie they will be going to where he is and she faints. Miss Pross rushes to attend her.

Quotation: "So close was her hold upon his arm that he feared to detach himself lest he should hurt her"

Significance of Quotation: I specifically like this quote and think that it is important because she was just shocked, the kind of reaction you would expect after someone had been dug up being your father and haven’t had seen the person for years. Also seeing them from a different perspective and completely changed.

Reflection: In this book, there is an idea of resurrection, the recalling to life of the long imprisoned Doctor. There is a tone suggestive to death.  The book makes its way to the first resurrection of Doctor Manette.  The book has many shadowy and gloomy parts like the route that the Dover mail-coach takes. The settings of places are filled with description that allows the reader to picture it in their minds as they read. There are descriptions of darkness and his contributes to a dark and gothic type story. The literature during this period must have mostly been like this, in a gothic atmosphere or just a gloomy setting. This is a different type of genre and establishes mysterious, supernatural, and desolate type events. This is a book where the first couple chapters leave you with questions and a feeling of anticipation.  There is anticipation when Lorry has to dig up the person. There are secrets portrayed in the book that provide motivations for the characters and makes them a little suspicious and different from other books.

Discussion Question: Do you think that there will be more digging up of people by Mr. Lorry and why?

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25

10-25-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 35-36 Selene Elias

10/25 Jane Eyre Chapters 35-36

Summary: St. John insists on pressuring Jane to marry him. Diana says that she is merely a tool for him and she resists as kindly as she can. St. John prays for Jane and she is overcome in awe.  She feels like she shall marry him Jane suddenly hears a voice like Rochester’s and believes a fateful thing has occurred and that St. Johns spell is broken. Jane wonders later that night if it was really Rochester’s voice she heard. She wonders if something could have happened so she goes to Thornfield. Jane is different now because she has a family and fortune. She is anxious to see Rochester but she is shocked to see what she finds. She stays at an inn and learns that Bertha put the house on fire Rochester lost a hand and went blind while trying to save them and now stays with servants in a deep forest.

Quotation: "My powers were in play and in force"

Significance of Quotation: I find this to be a significant quote because Jane knows that she is the one with the power and she knows that she can do whatever she wants and could attend to the consequences.

Reflection: Jane knows that she fled Thornfield because she didn’t want to become a slave and she knows that marrying St. John would be the opposite so she knows that if she goes back to Rochester it wouldn’t be a weakness. She has found that following your heart is much better than her mind.  Jane has come very close to accepting St. Johns marriage proposal but she knows to do what is right. Jane is now thinking a lot about Rochester which has great significance. Jane finding the house completely ruined s a great shock for her because she was not expecting what she found. There is the possibility that Rochester isn’t equal to her as he was before since he isn’t the same. Jane seems to only be looking for marriage which symbolizes the urge to marry for women. Rochester has become blind but as ell lost an arm, it doesn’t only have to be Jane that wants him but also him. There could also be the possibility in which he won’t marry her because it would be much different than before.

Discussion Question: Why would it be good or bad if Jane returned with Rochester to marry him?

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23

10-23-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 33-34

10/23 Jane Eyre Chapters 33-34

Summary: St. John comes to Jane and explains her the story of an orphan girl and tells her the story of her life. She doesn’t identify herself right away. They are looking for Jane Eyre because John Eyre died and left her 20,000 pounds which astonishes her and she cannot believe it. St. John says he is actually St. John Eyre Rivers. He knew she was Jane by her name on the piece of paper he had torn from the paper.  She decides to split her inheritance evenly with her cousins, especially since one said that they would be reach with only 1,000 pounds. Jane then closes the school for Christmas and spends a great time with her cousins at Moor house which she loves. She makes delightful improvements to the school; St. John turns cold because Rosamond has engaged with Mr. Granby. He asks Jane to learn a language that he is learning for India. He asks her to go with her and also marry her and tells her that if she doesn’t it would be denying the Christian Faith.

Quotation: "You must take days to consider such a matter"

Significance of quotation: This is what St. John says to Jane when she is thinking of splitting the money with her cousins. He thinks that she should not although she says she would be overwhelmed with 20,000 pounds and this show also how she cares for others. She says it’s a matter of feeling.

Reflection: Jane discovers what she has never really had, a family. She has close relatives she didn’t know existed which opens a new pathway for her. She becomes almost rich in a matter of minutes when she discovers she has been left an inheritance. She is at a different social status and she is kind enough to split the money with her cousins although it was all for her. St. Johns weird actions, like when he takes the corner of her drawing are explained and make more sense. What doesn’t make sense is why St. John would ask her to marry her so abruptly and fast with no real love. St. John is a new pathway she could choose to go through, although he is another Rochester but more powerful and strong. Rochester was a more kind and passionate man where as St. John is a more cold and cruel man. Rochester also had the same Christian morality that St. John has although St. Johns can be more overwhelming because of his cruel personality and actions. St. John also pressures Jane when she says she will not marry him.

Discussion Question: Why would St. John like to marry someone not in love with him?

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22

10-22-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 31-32 Selene Elias

10/22 Jane Eyre Chapters 31-32

Summary: When Jane is at Morton's, she is provided with a cottage in which she can live in. This is given by Rosamond Oliver. Jane starts her teaching career and the work she has is disappointing.  St. John as well realizes that he made the wrong career choice. He decides to be a missionary since he heard God's call. Jane gets the idea later that Rosamond and St. John are in love. Later, her students and her get connected more with each other and Jane becomes popular among them. Jane continues to watch the relationship between Rosamond and St. John. At the same time she has dreams involving Rochester and has trouble sleeping. St. John later admits that he loves her and is tempted by her beauty but he says he won’t let it affect with his Holy duties. St. John tears a piece from the end of her paper on which she was drawing and then leaves rapidly.

Quotation: "I doubted I had taken a step which sank instead of raising me in the scale of social excellence"

Significance of Quotation: I think this quote is important because after leaving Thornfield she is still thinking of her social status which seems to be an important thing for Jane.

Reflection: Jane has almost forgotten about the possibility she had about being a governess. She has taken a step down the social ladder with her students by teaching them. She claims to be content with her situation having been discontent weeks ago. Her discontent is growing like it did in Lowood. St. John appears to be discontent because he wants to be a missionary instead of being poor and obscure.  When she opens her school, the kids who go don’t know much, this shows how bad educated they were. This also gives Jane more work since they are at different levels of learning.  This is also hard for Jane because of their language. Becoming a teacher shows she didn’t want to go through the governess position again like she could, and that she has the kindness to do it. Miss Oliver is someone who treats her right and she liked her almost like Adele which shows Jane is going on through her life leaving the bad experiences behind. St. John is also a person who seems to be nice around Jane and a great company.

Discussion Question: Why do you think that St. John left with a piece of Jane's paper?

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17

10-17-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 27-28 Selene Elias

10/17 Jane Eyre Chapters 27-28

Summary: Jane wakes up and knows she must leave Thornfield. She finds Rochester as she walks out of her room and he assures her that he didn’t mean anything and asks for forgiveness. Jane feels faint and Rochester carries her. He later asks her if she will leave with him and when she refuses he talks to her about his past. He tells her about Bertha, he say many things and says he later left in search of his true love. She feels torn after his story but she must resist temptation. She dreams of her mom who tells her to leave, so she leaves Thornfield. Jane is forced to sleep outside and prays. She begs for food and a job but nobody seems to help her except for a farmer who gives her a slice of bread. She finds a house and learns about the people from their conversation. She begs them to let her in, they don’t until St. John arrives and helps her as well as gives her a false name, Jane Elliot.

Quotation: "Oh Jane! my hope-my love- my life!"

Significance of Quotation: This quote is important because it shows how Rochester loves Jane and talks to her like this after what he did was revealed. This is probably one of the reasons that make Jane fell torn apart and not knowing what to choose.

Reflection: Jane goes through very difficult things and resolves them by planning on leaving Thornfield. It hurts her to leave Rochester which means she did feel something for him even though he did what he did. She is so willing to leave that she does and is forced to be outside and beg. Leaving Thornfield is a very important decision that she makes because she had to choose what kind of life she wanted. Rochester was the love that she had always wanted and Thornfield was almost the very first home in which she felt welcome and the most real. She did realize that she would be in a position of unequal status when marrying Rochester before she knew about everything, so she knew they wouldn’t be a good match. A marriage with him would have made her lose the control she has of her life. Jane most likely knows that staying would be like putting herself into a jail and she chose over starting a new way of life or imprisoning herself at Thornfield. When Jane wants to enter the house because she is hungry and homeless, they don’t let her in. This is probably because they didn’t know who she was and shows the society as having been distrustful.

Discussion Question: "Why do you think that Rochester hasn't gone and searched for Jane?

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16

10-16-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 25-26 Selene Elias

10/16 Jane Eyre Chapter 25-26

Summary: It is soon to be Jane's wedding and she waits for Rochester but is restless so she goes out to the garden. The next evening she gets her dress along with an expensive veil. She dreams of babies again which were a bad thing to dream of. At night she sees someone in her closet rip the veil. She thinks it was Grace Poole but Rochester just tells her he will explain after they have been married for one year and one day. She sleeps with Adele and cries because she will leave her. The wedding day arrives and Rochester walks with Jane, but as they walk buy she sees strangers who also are at church. One of them says they can’t marry because Rochester is already married with Mr. Mason's sister.  He keeps her locked away and watched by Grace Poole. John had told Mason to save his niece. She goes to her room and locks herself in and thinks of how all this could have happened.

Quotation: "Jane Eyre... was a cold, solitary girl again; her life was pale; prospects were desolate."

Significance of quotation: I believe this is an important quote because after probably the biggest thing occurred here in the book, everything has gone from an exciting and hopeful moment to a quiet and horrible dramatic change. Jane Eyre has had such a big unexpected surprise and she is once again solitary.

Reflection: Jane is worried about her status and position at this point since Rochester has so much money. The veil he gives to her is showing how Rochester is placed at a much higher position than she is and Jane gets a sense that she could owe Mr. Rochester. Maybe these feelings and the feeling of love she has with him don’t mix too well. Bertha, to whom Rochester resulted to be married to, shows why Mr. Mason had been at the gathering and how bad a marriage in this period of time could have been. Rochester saying that Bertha is mad and insane could have been because of her isolation and because of being locked up, not because she was naturally like that. The wedding veil torn by Bertha symbolized that she also wanted to stop the marriage. Bertha could have also been like Jane, she must have loved Rochester once and something had to have happened for her to have been locked up. She could have gone into the state in which Jane is at this very pint and then became extremely mad and insane after being locked up. Jane could be a symbol of a woman in her period of time, with the kinds of feelings she had and then them being destroyed so quickly.

Discussion Question: Why would Mr. Rochester have done something so horrible like this?

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10-15-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 22-24 Selene Elias

10/15 Jane Eyre Chapters 22-24

Summary: Jane stays at Gateshead for longer than she said because Georgiana doesn’t want to stay alone with Eliza. Eliza and Georgiana go off and leave the house to continue with their lives. Here at Gateshead, Jane gets a letter from Mrs. Fairfax that the guests have left and that he has gone off for a carriage. They believe his intention is too still marry Blanche. Jane goes back to Thornfield thinking of Rochester, but she worries of what will happen after his marriage. Jane finds him on her way back and he asks why she has been gone for so long.  She is later greeted warmly at the house. Rochester informs her of his marriage with Blanche and that she could be governess in Ireland. She sobs and expresses her love towards him and surprisingly he asks her to marry him. Mrs. Fairfax is cold because she was kissed by Mr. Rochester but she doesn’t know they are engaged. Later she still disapproves and this makes Jane feel, unsettled and uncomfortable. She writes to John Eyre to see about the inheritance.

Quotation: "Do you believe him? Have you accepted him?"

Significance of quotation: I believe this is an important quotation because Mrs. Fairfax questions her about him asking her to marry him and she seems to already not approve of it with this reaction.

Reflection: When Jane is back at Gateshead, and she realizes the changes that have happened with her cousins and how wonderful it is to have at least one who takes to her and gets to comprehend her. What is also shown is that she begins to realize how much Thornfield and Mr. Rochester had actually meant to Jane, especially when she is on her way back. Her feelings are clearer towards him and she even imagined what it would be like later on if he were to get married. She not only realizes this, but she also realizes how much her life has changed and how much she has grown. We see how Jane has found someone who she cares for. Jane now feels things that she has lacked before, while growing up. Rochester tricking Jane to make her jealous is put there so she does exactly what she does and Rochester is surer of proposing to her. This symbolizes how much they both like each other. There is also the thing with Mrs. Fairfax and how she doesn’t accept the kiss that Jane and Rochester had which is understandable since she is a lower class than him but she didn’t have to necessarily not agree after knowing they would be married. This could be maybe because she wanted him to actually marry Blanche.

Discussion Question: Why would Mrs. Fairfax not at all accept the marriage between Rochester and Jane?

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10-2-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 13-16 Selene Elias

10/2 Jane Eyre Chapters 13-16

Summary: Jane and Adele have tea with Mr. Rochester and he seems to be a cold and abrupt man. He is interested in Jane’s drawings. Mrs. Fairfax explains to Jane that since his brother does, Mr. Rochester has been the propertied of Thornfield for nine years. Mr. Rochester calls Jane and Adele in, to which he gives a present. He asks Jane if he is handsome and she says no which leads to knowing he is drunk. Mr. Rochester later tells Jane about Adele's past. Later Jane hears a strange laughter she has heard from Grace before and then sees smoke coming from Mr. Rochester’s room, she runs to it and sees fire, and she saves Mr. Rochester’s life. The morning later, Jane is surprised to see that no one commented about the fire but that Mr. Rochester caused it himself. Jane starts falling in love with Mr. Rochester.

Quotation: "Two wax candles stood lighted on the table"

Significance of Quotation: I believe that this is a significant part of a passage because it show how this new family is used to not caring too much about one thing that happened and being able to say that something else happened instead of investigating the truth. They are letting the person who does all these things just get away.

Reflection: The role of governess in Victorian society was to move to a wealthy family’s house where they would tutor a young child in academics and etiquette. She is an employer because she is being paid, but Jane could be treated the same way as a servant. Jane begins to fall in love with Mr. Rochester which cannot happen because Jane is also his servant as well.  The fact that the eerie laughter coming from Grace shows up for the second time, it makes her mysterious. Hearing it also before the curtains catch on fire makes it possible to think it was her although no one in the house knows it could have been her and she has no signs of remorse or anything. No one in the family seems to care about it and just lets it go by as if it were a normal and usual thing to happen. Also is almost unbelievable that they think Mr. Rochester’s light did it and he doesn’t really stand up for himself at all.

Discussion Question: Why do you think that this family didn’t mind looking for the real answer to why the curtains were on fire?

Posted 2nd October by Selene Elias

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Oct

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10-1-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 10-12 Selene Elias

10/1 Jane Eyre Chapters 10-12

Summary: There’s a new group that comes to run the school. Automatically the girl’s conditions improve and Jane succeeds. Later she becomes a teacher but later leaves to reserve a position as manor. Before leaving,  Bessie visits her and tells her what has happened at Gateshead. A lot of things have happened and she finds out that seven years ago her father went in search for her. Jane arrives to Thornifield at night and notices that Mrs. Fairfax is the housekeeper not the owner, and Jane will be tutoring Adele. Jane likes life here and Adele is an intelligent girl. One day she perceives a horse coming and the rider tumbles to the ground. Jane goes into the house to tell Mrs. Fairfax and she learns its Mr. Rochester.

Quotation: "Very likely," I returned; "or perhaps clerk or wine merchant to wine merchant."

Significance of Quotation: I think that this is an important quotation because it’s about Bessie telling Jane that her father visited her seven years ago. I think it’s important because I would be very happy because my dad visited me, but she is not and knows what he is doing.

Reflection: These are important chapters because it is a turning point of  the story where lots of thing happen and change. Jane grows up quickly and leaves Lowood which got much better after new superintendents came to help. She then grows up quickly and takes a job in Thornfield. Jane takes the career as a governess. Jane, the main character is shown in different periods of life and how she changes and goes through them. In the Victorian Era, this was a common type of novel where it showed a characters life stages and n depth details about them. Jane’s tutoring to Adele is an important part because Jane starts to be able to teach her and learn to deal with any surging problems as well as open herself up to new ways of living.

Discussion Question: Why do you think that when Bessie told Jane that her father had gone to Gateshead, she didn’t have an  expression of happiness?

Posted 1st October by Selene Elias

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Sep

26

9-26-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 7-9 Selene Elias

9/26 Jane Eyre Chapters 7-9

Summary: Mr. Brocklehurst has been gone and he has now returned. One of the last things he was told by Mrs. Reed was that Jane was a liar and Jane gets nervous. Jane drops her slate and he gets furious because he notices how careless she is. She is put under a punishment where he told the whole school she lied and to not talk to her the rest of the day but of course, Helen was still with her secretly. When she falls on the ground, she is certain she isn’t good for Lowood and Jane decides to speak to Mrs. Temple who somewhat believes her and asks Mr. Lloyd for a confirmation of what she has said. Mrs. Temple later says she’s innocent. In The spring, many girls fall ill with Typhus but she doesn’t get sick, Helen gets sick but not with typhus and meanwhile she meets a friend, Mary Ann Wilson. Helen dies and says she is happy to leave the worlds suffering behind.

Quotation: "Because I have been wrongly accused; and you, ma'am and everybody else will now think me wicked."

Significance of Quotation: I think of this as an important quote because at first Jane was weeping because everyone according to her believed she was a liar and that was something unnecessary to do because if she really wasn’t well then she shouldn’t have felt so sad and then Mrs. Temple believes her and confirms it which makes it so much better.

Reflection: Jane tries to go with Helen's way of thinking by letting Mr.Brocklehurst punish her in front of everyone and this is great because she stayed calm. The reason she could stay there and do this was Helen, and because she was smiling to her. This shows how Jane needs love and to feel that people are there for her because it seems she is only feeling that the people around her don’t like her and that’s why she normally doesn’t act like she did now. The fact that Mrs. Tempe believes Jane is something that must have been important to her because she is showing how M. Brocklehurst believed Mrs. Reed who lied and shows she is innocent. Then having Helen die must have been big because she was her truly good friend although she did meet a new girl.  Helen seems to show sad emotions for Helen's death but her reaction isn’t big and she doesn’t make it sound like it was a huge deal. Maybe this is because of the type of society they lived in. The stone on her grave that says that she will rise again is also something quite significant because why would she want to if she was happy that she was leaving it all behind.

Discussion Question: Why do you think that Jane wasn’t extremely sad that Helen died?

Posted 26th September by Selene Elias

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25

9-25-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 4-6 Selene Elias

9/25 Jane Eyre Chapters 4-6

Summary: After two months, Jane continues to go through lots of cruel punishments from her "family". She anxiously waits for school because she is told she can attend a girls school and there she is introduced to Mr. Brocklehurst who runs the school he questions her about her religion and he likes it but her cruel aunt tells him that she lies a lot and therefore Jane gets mad because he told her teachers of this false accusation. Bessie prefers her than the other children and before she leaves she tells Jane stories and sings to her. Jane finally leaves for school and is introduced to her new home, classmates, and daily routine. The superintendent, Mrs. Temple, is a very kind woman but one of her teachers is very unpleasant especially to Helen. Helen and Jane become friends. Life is harsh there, the girls are underfed, overworked and forced to sit during sermons. Helen believes things that Jane doesn’t believe to be true.

Quotation: "We were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing; the water in the pitchers was frozen."

Significance of Quotation: I feel that this is important because it is the first sign that life is harsh her as well in Victorian Society because the water which she was supposed use, was frozen. This was due to the weather and having slept with small openings in the windows.

Reflection: Bessie still demonstrates to Jane that she cares about her and makes her breakfast as well, as treats her how she should be and this is important because she is a character who stands out because she isn’t cruel like Jane's cousins are to Jane. Jane then continued to go through punishments from her cousins and aunt who don’t care about her but yet they are the ones who they must care for because they are her only family. Jane’s first day at Lowood, her new school, show her that life there s also very harsh. Something that was unexpected. She has to be able to get through the cruel conditions and teachers, and the school directors tyranny. Even though she is and intelligent and talented girl, in Victorian society she is nothing because she is poor. Meeting Helen is a great way that shows that she isn’t the only one being harsh. Helen likes to ask lots of questions and this is good because it got Jane to interact with someone at the school. She doesn’t think her teacher is cruel and believes she only says her mistakes aloud. This shows how Helen, referred to as Burns has a positive way of thinking.

Discussion Question: As we see what a cruel person Jane Aunt is to her, why do you think that she still has her living with them?

Posted 25th September by Selene Elias

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25

9-24-12 Jane Eyre Chapters 1-3 Selene Elias

9/24 Jane Eyre Chapters 1-3

Summary: Jane Eyre is forbidden to speak to her cousins. Jane Eyre is an orphan who lives with the Reed family. If she gets in trouble, she is sent to the red-room which is a scary chamber in which one of her uncle’s died in. She is sent there and accompanied by Miss Abbott and Bessie Lee. In there, she is scared that she will see her uncle’s ghost and she thinks about the events that have led her to be in the situation she is in.  Jane Cries and cries but her aunt believes that she just wants to get of her punishment.  She faints of fear and because she is tired. She wakes up in her bedroom with Mr. Lloyd. He explains about how she could be sent to school away from there and she gets happy.

Quotation: "You have no business to take our books; you are dependant ...you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg..."

Significance of quotation: This part of a very long quote in the book, said by mamma, is important because Jane Eyre lives with these people and she is so cruel to her. She can’t take one of her books because she is set into such a low class by mamma, and basically does whatever she wants with her.

Reflection: In these first couple chapters of the book, establish the mood of the story. We see this happen once she is sent to the red room which is something quite cruel and creepy, especially since Jan's uncle ha died in there. The main character, Jane Eyre, is also introduced and established through the relationships she has with John and Mrs. Reed. It is shown that she is a determined person. Jane Eyre is put in a position where she sees that it’s a challenge to live in Victorian society. Jane, being an orphan and having had her parents died has no money and is forced to live with the charity of the people among her. Even though she does live with wealthy people, she is put in a very low social status and she suffers hateful and cruel punishments. The red room is a significant place because she gets sent there without the Reeds knowing how bad it actually is and not letting her out soon, even after she faints I don’t think they thought that it mattered. She encounters spiritual things in there, of what she was afraid and no one seems to bother except Mr. Lloyd at the end of these chapters, when he gives her the great and delightful news that there’s a chance she could go study and that’s a big thing because she not only gets a great education, but she would most likely get to leave that household.

Discussion question: Why do you think that Jane Eyre is put into such a low social status?

Posted 25th September by Selene Elias

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Sep

19

9-19-12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Scene 3 and Scene 4 Selene Elias

9/19 Much Ado about Nothing Act 5 Scene 3 and Scene 4

Summary: Othello reads the poem he wrote for Hero at her tomb where he thinks she is dead. Then he leaves with everyone else for his wedding with the niece of Leonato that apparently look much like Hero. While this happens, everyone else prepares the wedding of Hero and Claudio. Margaret was interrogated and she was found innocent. Benedick asks Leonato for permission to marry Beatrice and Claudio later teases him along with Don Pedro. Masked woman come towards him and one steps out. He promises he will marry him and then shocked realizes its Hero. Benedick stops everyone and in front of everyone asks Beatrice whether she loves him, she denies it but then Claudio and Hero   show them half written love poems and they decide to marry and kisses her. We find out that Don John is arrested and the strike up music to dance to.

Quotation: "And when I lived, I was your other wife, And when you loved, you were my other husband."

Significance of Quotation: I feel like this is a very important quotation because Hero is still masked and says this which hints that it is her. It also shows how Hero still loves Claudio so much and how he is in for a surprise.

Reflection: This scene draws the play from a tragedy to a very joyful scene. Claudio and Hero will be married and also will Beatrice and Benedick. Everyone makes friends again and the dance at the end of this scene shows how everything went back to being normal and how everything is happy once again. When Claudio reads the death poem he wrote to her at her tomb, it symbolizes that he admits to having committed an error by accusing of her wrongly.  It is odd how Hero still wants to marry Claudio even though he treated her so badly and publicly humiliated her. Beatrice and Benedick professed there love in public and it was something that they would never do since they planned to never marry. The play has a happy ending even though Don John will probably and most likely be condemned. Everybody’s relationship comes back together.

Discussion Question: Why do you think Hero still married Claudio even after he had doubted and accused her wrong?

Posted 19th September by Selene Elias

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Sep

18

9-18-12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Scene 1 and Scene 2 Selene Elias

9/18 Much Ado about Nothing Act 5 Scene 1 and Scene 2

Summary: Leonato has been in shock and doesn’t know whether Hero is innocent or not. His brother is always there trying to make him feel better but Leonato tells him it’s hard to follow his advice. Leonato decides to accuse Claudio and wants to fight him but they don’t because they kind of ignore them. Benedict, as well, challenges him to a duel and tells him he slandered Hero. Later Dogberry and his watchmen and Verges arrive where Leonato is and with Conrad and Borachio. They tell them what happened and shocked, Claudio and Don Pedro cannot believe it.  Claudio and Don Pedro later beg for Leonato's forgiveness and Leonato asks they tell the whole city she was innocent, write her a poem, and to write it and sing it at her tomb. He also says Antonio; his brother has a daughter much like Hero and asks him to marry her. Meanwhile, Benedict has been trying to write a love sonnet for Beatrice but he failed and then she arrives. Later Ursula comes in and tells them what has happened.

Quotation: "Sweet Hero, now thy image doth appear In the rare semblance that I loved it first"

Significance of quotation: I think that this is an important quotation because right as he finds out she was innocent, his initial reaction is to change completely everything he thought about Hero and makes it all good. This once again shows how fast he goes from one idea to the other all the time. He forgets about what he accused her of and shows affection for her although to him, she’s dead.

Reflection: Hero is not really dead, and Leonato shows so much pain because she has lost her reputation and is now overseen by the public as a whore. Leonato believes that when a person is unhappy, good advice does no good at all. When they believe that Hero is actually dead, we again see how easy it is for Claudio to believe something and how fast he falls into anything. The fact that the watchmen come and tell Leonato about what happened, makes a huge turning point in the play because Don Johns deception has made Claudio reject Hero. When Claudio states the words "Sweet Hero", it is an example of how the plan worked and of how Claudio has come about to see the good things in her. Benedict’s and Beatrice's reaction is developing in to more of a serious and funny relationship.

Discussion Question: What do you think Hero's reaction will be when she finds out everyone believes her?

Posted 18th September by Selene Elias

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18

9-17-12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 4 Scene 1 and Scene 2 Selene Elias

9/17 Much Ado about Nothing Act 4 Scene 1 and Scene 2

Summary: The wedding celebration starts from being an exciting moment for Hero, and suddenly turns into a chaos when Claudio says he will not marry her and tell her what a whore she is. He publically tells everyone that she cheated on him and Hero becomes unconscious and is on the ground. Her father is shaken and wishes to commit suicide. The friar knows she is not guilty and they come up with a plan and tell everyone that Hero has died from shock. Benedict tells Beatrice how much he loves her and she asks him to kill Claudio and when he says no, she gets furious. Meanwhile, Dogberry and his watchmen interview Borachio and Conrad. They confess everything they did and the watchmen tie them up and take them to Leonato's house.

Quotation: "I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest."

Significance of Quotation: Benedict and Beatrice didn’t like each other and when they found out that they liked each other and even though it wasn't true, they fell in love. This I felt as something being strange because they fell in love almost at that second. Beatrice tells them how much she loves him and he tells her as well.

Reflection: This wedding scene seems to be where the climax of the play takes place. Claudio, in this scene makes Hero feel horrible and in lots of pain. During this time period, being accused of something like of what Hero was accused was a big deal. Claudio also doesn’t let Hero defend herself and whenever she wants to speak up for herself, he seems to not think about what she is saying. Claudio is a character in which that when he believes something, he believes it and doesn’t want to think about what anyone else says. The friar's plan is great because having everyone believe that she is dead, will allow Claudio to maybe forget about all the anger he has towards her and remember only the good qualities about her. This was also a turning point between Beatrice and Benedict’s relationship. Instead of leaving with his family, staying with Beatrice shows the love he has for her and that he had an important thing to say. Benedict changes and believes that Hero is being accused wrong.

Discussion Question: What will Claudio do once he finds out that he accused her wrong and that she is dead?

Posted 18th September by Selene Elias

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12

9-12-12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 3 Scene 2 and Scene 3 Selene Elias

9/12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 3 Scene 2 and Scene 3

Summary: Leonato, Claudio, and Don Pedro tease Benedict because he used to not want to marry. They tell him that he must be in love and he doesn’t answer. When Don Pedro and Claudio are left alone, Don John appears and tells them about Hero, they prepare to see her at night and Claudio will tell everyone on the day of her wedding. The town policemen are outside Leonato's house. Dogberry, a funny police, tells them what to do and leaves. Claudio sees Hero (actually Margaret) and is sure he will publically humiliate her and leave her at the altar, but the watchmen saw the secretive exchange between Borachio and Conrad and they arrest them for further questioning.

Quotation: "Go but with me tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even the night before her wedding day"

Significance of Quotation: I feel like this is a key quote in this scene because these are the words that Don John says and makes Claudio enraged on the inside and believes them. He questions Hero's love after he is told this and makes plans of what he plans to do. He never even talks to her about it.

Reflection: The fact that Don John comes in disrupts the scene and changes the mood to being shocked after being amusing when they teased Benedict. We see how Don Pedro and Claudio automatically fall for what Don John says and Claudio makes plans of what he will do without having seen the proof or talking to Hero herself. He is susceptible to believing something from someone else really fast and this is irritating and annoying. He has believed Don Johns lie before and now he does again making his suspicion bigger. The watchmen in the beginning of the next scene provide a sense of conformity and relief. Claudio, before being engaged to Hero, barely had conversation with her and knows they have but still almost nothing at all and he still seems like he want to marry her. After seeing Margaret who looked like Hero, he is truly convinced that he will humiliate her and leave her at the altar but again, he does this without conferring anything with her.

Discussion Question: What do you think Hero's reaction will be if he leaves her at the altar and humiliates her in front of the public?

Posted 12th September by Selene Elias

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11

9-11-12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 scene 3 and Act 3 scene 1 Selene Elias

9/11 Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 1

Summary: Benedict hides behind a few trees and eavesdrops while Don Pedro and Claudio talk. They know he is hiding there so they make up a story of how Beatrice has fallen deeply in love with Benedict. He believes them and plans on loving her in return, and then when Beatrice speaks to him as normal and mean, he believes she is saying hidden love messages. In the next scene they plan on doing the same thing with Beatrice. After overhearing Ursula and Hero, she plans to love him back as well.

Quotation: "This can be no trick. The conference was sadly bourne; they have the truth of this from Hero; they seem to pity the lady. It seems her affections have their full bent. Love me? Why, it must be requited! ...I did never think to marry"

Significance of Quotation: I feel that this is an important quotation because Benedict would say that he wouldn’t marry and after just hearing that Beatrice likes him without even confirming it, he launches himself to saying that he thought he wouldn’t marry and that he will. He gets to thinking that it isn’t a trick since they have heard her say that. He sure doesn’t know the kind of people around him.

Reflection:

After having read this, we can conclude that Benedict has a warm and compassionate heart. He quickly changes his mind in saying that he will marry her after having said he will not marry. This shows how fast he is at believing something and changing his mind. At dinner Benedict has gotten the idea that she loves him so deep in his head that he can re interpret her words into a hidden love message. He is so quickly fallen in love with her that he also wants her picture. Ursula and Hero’s plan work as well because Beatrice has the same reaction as Benedict did, shocked and then plan to love him in return. This shows how Beatrice couldn’t have hated him so much because she would have never made this decision. The characters seem to know them quite well to be so sure their plan worked and they are trying to make them realize that they can love someone and not say that they won’t ever marry.

Discussion Question: If either Beatrice or Benedict finds out that they have lied, what do you think will happen?

Posted 11th September by Selene Elias

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10

9-10-12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 Scene 1 and 2 Selene Elias

9/10 Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 scene 1 and 2

Summary: Hero and Beatrice talk about what the perfect man would be like. The belief that Don Pedro will propose to Hero is still the belief. At the dance no one can recognize each other and Don John lies to Claudio that his brother tricked him and will keep Hero to himself. Later he realized Don Pedro told the truth and got Hero for him and Don Pedro makes a plan to get Beatrice and Benedict together. Don John who is wicked wishes he could separate Claudio and Hero. His servant devises a plan to make Hero look like a whore, not a virgin, and unfaithful. Borachio will make love with his wife as she is dressed as Hero on her balcony so that way they will think it was actually Hero.

Quotation: "hear me call Margaret "Hero," hear Margaret term me "Claudio," and bring them to see this the very night before the intended wedding, for in the meantime I will so fashion the matter that Hero shall be absent, and there shall appear such seeming truth of Hero's disloyalty..."

Significance of Quotation: I feel like this is an important quote from these two scenes because it shows how malicious people can be like Borachio. His plan says that he will make Margaret ask as if she were Hero the day before the wedding so that she looks like a whore and hopefully she won’t get married.

Reflection: In these scenes, we never see the excitement of Hero that she will marry Claudio. Claudio is happy that Don Pedro helped him in this and he does seem to be anxious for the day. People in this book seem to be full of hatred and don't want to accept something how it is.  We see how Claudio gets easily taken away into believing something like when they lied to him that Don Pedro would keep Hero to himself. It was an instant reaction to believe them although he later found the truth. This means that Claudio is a character that will fall into any kind of trap. The relationship between Beatrice and Benedict does not go well. Benedict seems to find her company annoying and damaging because of all the hateful things she says. Beatrice’s attitude is to never marry and is serious. Don John seems to be malevolent and I know that during the Renaissance a woman’s virginity was an important thing especially to her family and if Don Johns plan continues the marriage could be set off.

Discussion question: What do you think is a motive that Don John would like to separate Hero and Claudio?

Posted 10th September by Selene Elias

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9-5-12 Much Ado About Nothing Act 1 Scene 1 Selene Elias

9/5 Much Ado about Nothing Act 1 scene 1

Summary: Leonato is preparing to welcome home soldiers returning from a battle. These are highly respected people and Beatrice who is Leonato's niece, insults and starts mocking one of Don Pedro’s friends who is Benedick. Benedict tells Beatrice that he has never loved a woman and never will, and Beatrice says that woman ought to rejoice. Later they find out they’ll be staying for a month and Claudio has fallen in love with Hero, who is Lenonato's daughter. Don Pedro likes the idea and makes a plan; a trick. He will disguise himself as Claudio and tell her about his love at the ball.

Quotation: "I know we shall have reveling tonight. I will assume thy part in some disguise And tell fair Hero I am Claudio And in her bosom I'll unclasp my h