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8.31.2003 "Never knew I could feel like this/like I've never seen the sky before/want to vanish inside your kiss/everday I love you more and more..."
I am so pathetically in love it is unreal. Life feels unreal. I'm so incredibly happy. I don't care what anyone else says, I wouldn't trade this feeling for all the gold in China. Is there a lot of gold in China? Ah well, you get the point. Now if only I could get some AP done @ 2:45am, life would be perfect... Searching For on 8/31/2003 02:51:00 AM.
8.29.2003 I love life and I love God. Everything is so wonderful. Searching For on 8/29/2003 05:36:00 PM.
Ben Folds Five Still Fighting It lyrics
Good morning, son. I am a bird Wearing a brown polyester shirt You want a coke? Maybe some fries? The roast beef combo's only $9. 95 It's okay, you don't have to pay I've got all the change Everybody knows It hurts to grow up And everybody does It's so weird to be back here Let me tell you what The years go on and We're still fighting it, we're still fighting it And you're so much like me I'm sorry Good morning, son In twenty years from now Maybe we'll both sit down and have a few beers And I can tell you 'bout today And how I picked you up and everything changed It was pain Sunny days and rain I knew you'd feel the same things Everybody knows It sucks to grow up And everybody does It's so weird to be back here. Let me tell you what The years go on and We're still fighting it, we're still fighting it You'll try and try and one day you'll fly Away from me Good morning, son I am a bird It was pain Sunny days and rain I knew you'd feel the same things Everybody knows Tt hurts to grow up And everybody does It's so weird to be back here. Let me tell you what The years go on and We're still fighting it, we're still fighting it Oh, we're still fighting it, we're still fighting it And you're so much like me I'm sorry Searching For on 8/29/2003 05:34:00 PM.
Ben Folds Five The Luckiest lyrics
I don't get many things right the first time In fact, I am told that a lot Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls Brought me here And where was I before the day That I first saw your lovely face? Now I see it everyday And I know That I am I am I am The luckiest What if I'd been born fifty years before you In a house on a street where you lived? Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike Would I know? And in a white sea of eyes I see one pair that I recognize And I know That I am I am I am The luckiest I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties And one day passed away in his sleep And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days And passed away I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong That I know That I am I am I am The luckiest Searching For on 8/29/2003 05:32:00 PM.
Well, I do very think I may be in love with the most persistant and sweetest guy in the world. He's gone to the wilderness for a few days and I miss him so, but he has separate emails for me so that I don't miss him too much. I do believe I love that boy, truly, honestly and completely. Only time will tell but he's been through it all with me, all my horribleness and all of my I don't want a relationship and absolutely all the crap I could I gave him. And he loves me still. Monday I do believe we're going to the fair, to make Huda happy and Carrie as he meets basically the team, lol. Then back to his place for some 4 wheeler riding to this beautiful place. He's so sweet to me, I think it's time to realize that at this point and time I can't live without him and it's time to own up. I am such a dork sometimes....Lana you must get your blog up and running!!! SOON. I love you Tim and I love you Lana. How would I get through life without you guys. Okay time for some songs I've fallen in love with to be on my blog...excuse me for posting the whole song, I'm vain like that. Oh and 10 Ways to Lose a Guy in 10 Days......my favorite chick flick ever.....Lord of the Rings Twin Towers, awesome! Searching For on 8/29/2003 05:24:00 PM.
8.26.2003 "Then act like you didn't see this. I can't even believe this.
I heard some state's trying to take a way the Pledge of Allegiance. You got a problem with God, or how the country was found. Well that's fine I don't think we need your ass around. So get your shit packed cause you ain't coming back. Tomorrow morning you'll be on the first flight to Iraq." -Take America Back lol...guess who? Searching For on 8/26/2003 08:15:00 PM.
Well it has been some time since I have posted. Haven't been in the mood really. When Lana doesn't post and I don't read it well...lol. Plus I try to avoid my computer because I have enough AP English to do without wasting time on the computer. But I do suppose I owe a least a bit of a blog. Life has been interesting. I broke down to Carrie just the other day with the unmentionable thing that happened to me. It helped a lot, like a ton. Each day it gets a little easier, I think about it a little less. Sometimes I dream have nightmares but...what's a girl to do. God will help me out of it, that I do know. I'm still rushing to finish AP, but I have gotten some stuff done. I'm going to take a shower and then work Hamlet journal for awhile. I know so exciting, but it's got to be done. I'm starting to feel like my Lana, lol. I love you dear. I've been really into Ben Folds Five and Counting Crows and my brother has been writing some new stuff. My birthday party is Sunday and my brother is coming home and I am so glad. I cannot remember the last time my brother was home for my birthday party. I just want to feel like the little sister again. I mean I know I'm going to be 18, but there are few people I love more than my brother. And I just love feeling like the little one. Even though he's engaged, he still loves me to death and I love spending time with him. I love Jenny to death too.....I'm wearing lilac in her wedding.
We've started our season and we've won all three games, which is exciting. I played a pretty game tonight, well I screwed up some things that are really easy, but other than that. Tommorrow I'm going to work my tail off on tips I get a block tommorrow.....which is NOT EXCITING. Lord of the Rings came out on video...I'm watching it tommorrow night when I have to lay flat. I'm feeding bunnies! ummmmmm not working the fair. Lana will like this part, I went school clothes shopping, I'm not done yet. I splurged on some Gap jeans, got some K-swiss backless tennis shoes (I have to wear flat comfy shoes...back), got a black sweater over a long white collared shirt and a red shirt my dad won't like. I got a red American Eagle sweater, a black belt finally, and oh this cute black tee and sweatshirt Gap combo.....I have more shopping to do, but so far so good....okay well I'm out.......800 people are calling. Searching For on 8/26/2003 08:15:00 PM.
8.24.2003 "You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward." --James Thurber
"Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything." --John Kenneth Galbraith "You only find complete unanimity in a cemetery." --Abel Aganbegyan Rise to the challenge: "When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it." --Margaret Chase Smith "For me it's the challenge - the challenge to try to beat myself and do better than I did in the past. I try to keep in mind not what I have accomplished but what I have to try to accomplish in the future." --Jackie Joyner Kersee "For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be a hundred or if I get to be a trillionaire." --Beah Richards Searching For on 8/24/2003 10:54:00 PM.
I apologize for my quick blog entreries....soon I will sit down and write a real one....and many real ones to follow....life has been very busy recently. But I promise....soon......tommorrow is my first 2 games......wish me luck! Searching For on 8/24/2003 10:53:00 PM.
8.23.2003 Today was a very very rough day......
Lana has moved in! As of yesterday! I love you darling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck Searching For on 8/23/2003 07:54:00 PM.
8.19.2003 so......tired Searching For on 8/19/2003 11:10:00 PM.
8.13.2003 lana needs her computer back..... Searching For on 8/13/2003 10:50:00 PM.
LALALALALa......lol I think I've gone crazy.....oh well! lol. Happiness is a finicky thing Searching For on 8/13/2003 10:48:00 PM.
Went shopping @ Meg's Homepage again today......lol. Lana I need Ben Folds! Good old dial up only let's me get half of brick! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr
*Everyone Has Goodness In Them, And Everyone Has Meaness In Them Too, But The Only Thing Worth Living For Is The Good* ~Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman), Where The Heart Is *Work Like You Don't Need The Money* *Love Like You've Never Been Hurt* *Dance Like Nobody's Watching* *Sing Like Nobody's Listening* *Live Like It's Heaven On Earth* ~ Anonymous God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh* ~ Voltaire *Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal* ~ Henry Ford *SONG OF THE MOMENT* *Humans have a knack for chosing precisely the things that are worst for them* ~ Albus Dumbledore *I can't remember the time or place Or what you were wearing It's unclear about how we met All I know it was the best conversation that I've ever had To this day I never found someone With eyes as wide as yours I've been looking up and down this coast Overlooking what I need the most Did you notice I was afraid I thought I'd run out of things to say Two more hours I took today merciless away And it starts all over again The sky will never look the same again Till you show me how it could be The sky will never look the same again Till you show me how it could be And everything else is irrelevent To the story so far A coincidence that you look like her from afar Is it true that you like to sleep alone Or is it fun to just tell everyone? Did you notice I was afraid? I thought I'd run out of things to say Two more hours I took today merciless away And it starts all over again The sky will never tlook the same again Till you show me how it could be The sky will never look the same again Till you show me how it could be And when the world turns over I'll keep my ears to the wall And when the world turns over I'll keep my feet straight on the ground Did you notice I was afraid? I thought I'd run out of things to say Two more hours I took today merciless away And it starts all over again The sky will never look the same again Till you show me how it could be The sky will never look the same again Till you show me how it could be* ~Newfound Glory, The Story So Far *To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure* ~ Albus Dumbledore *It is our choices that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities* ~ Albus Dumbeldore Searching For on 8/13/2003 10:45:00 PM.
AP ENGLISH IS HORRID Searching For on 8/13/2003 07:29:00 PM.
"Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals."
--Voltaire "You're only human, you're supposed to make mistakes." -Billy Joel "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." --Harriet Beecher Stowe The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration." --Kurt Vonnegut "If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent." --Isaac Newton "If you don't concentrate, you'll end up on your rear." --Tai Babilonia Searching For on 8/13/2003 07:20:00 PM.
8.12.2003 chickened out....well not completely, planning on girl talk day soon. Me, Carrie, The Olive Garden, my treat, oh and watching How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. I love Carrie. No decision about Nate, his head is still swimming as is mine. Searching For on 8/12/2003 12:13:00 AM.
8.11.2003 If I push Nate away one more time, he won't come back, I know this. What the hell am I going to do? Searching For on 8/11/2003 02:49:00 AM.
Can't eat, can't sleep, constant headache/migraine. Don't know where to turn. Want to turn to Carrie. Trying to get everything straight in my head. Knowing tommorrow will be a horrible day. Praying that Carrie will have a few free hours and will be willing to listen. I think I need some girl talk. I can't remember the last time I had girl talk. Sometimes I want to cry and I shake. Some would laugh, I laugh. How many times have I done this to Carrie. I sit here and hope and pray that she will understand but I feel oh so guilty for laying my troubles on her. Dear God give me the strength to talk to her. I think I need to let it out somewhere, but I do not know where. I think, I really think I'm close to a breakdown, that's got to be what it is. What the hell else would make you shake and not care about eating and just feel blah but the urge to talk to someone is so strong and sleeping is so hard. Well. Carrie tommorrow....lots of praying...everybody has these days I'm sure of it, just another one of those days. All will be solved soon, I know it. Searching For on 8/11/2003 02:49:00 AM.
8.10.2003 I hurt so badly in every possible way. I ache physically, emotionally, rnentally. Where do you run, when paradise is no longer paradise? What happens then? I wish I drank, I'd get so drunk right now... Searching For on 8/10/2003 09:10:00 PM.
8.09.2003 j Searching For on 8/09/2003 11:45:00 PM.
Ok I lied I definately do not love him, not even first level love, nope, nope. Bob wins, here ends officially the week. I never last more than a week. If they didn't start all that soap opera crap on me maybe I could take it, but as soon as the "you're the love of my life" shit starts I've had enough. I'm 17, if I were looking for the love of my life, I would have told you. I'm just looking for someone to fuck around with until I find the love of my life. I do not want the first person I "fall in love" with to be the person I marry. I find that, not fun and not practical. I do not want to be followed to college, do not ask, the answer is no. I will continue to have guy friends and I will continue to them that I love them. I tell my cat that I love her, do not ask that I reserve those words for you and for you alone, because the answer will be no. Perhaps it was the drugs I was on and the feeling sorry for myself trip. I am now back to the none of us have boyfriends on the volleyball team for a reason trip. We are dedicated girls, we told all of our guys they would have to wait. We would not be having time to spread out amongst them and our state championship and school. Sorry Charlie. I happen to like spending Friday nights at Meghan's in mixed company after football games. I like being not attached. I am not good at being attached. When I warn you that I could hurt you, I am not KIDDING. I do not last more than one week, Bob could prove it to you all, but no you always think you're going to be so much different. Well you are not, I am not ready for a relationship, I have too manyt things going for me to spend time on you. I am a busy girl, it's not that you are not a great guy, I just don't want you nor do I have time for you. Once again, I will hurt you, do not be deceived. Do not turn my life into a soap opera or talk to me or write to me in that way. Do not ever tell me I need to eat, I will go balastic on you. I love my boys and my girls, as horrible as they can be at times. I live for football games and basketball games and the after game, not for you. I live for our games and being valedictiorian. I have no time to console you after I blow up because you say something stupid. I will say that I need space, aka I want you out of my space...NOW. Is that so hard to understand? I think not. Well now that I have blown off my steam, I know he is going to hurt like hell and I wish I could scream I TOLD YOU SO, I TOLD YOU I ALWAYS DO THIS, WHAT MADE YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE SO DAMN SPECIAL? STOP THAT STUPID CRYING AND BEING UPSET, IT WAS ONLY A FUCKING WEEK, GET OVER IT AND LEAVE ME BE, NO I DO NOT WANT TO BE FRIENDS I WANT YOU OUT OF MY LIFE COMPLETELY. DO NOT CALL ME WHEN YOU ARE BORED IN 6 MONTHS, I WILL NOT WANT YOU ANYMORE THEN. DO NOT WRITE ME EMAILS EVERYDAY, THEY BORE THE HELL OUT OF ME. ARRRRRRRRG! ok that was me blowing off steam, here is a conversation I had blowing off more steam....
JohnnyR2961 [11:20 PM]: hey Leap of Faith 17 [11:20 PM]: hi JohnnyR2961 [11:20 PM]: whats up? Leap of Faith 17 [11:22 PM]: oh just blowing off some steam on my blog Leap of Faith 17 [11:22 PM]: you? JohnnyR2961 [11:23 PM]: blog? JohnnyR2961 [11:23 PM]: just talking Leap of Faith 17 [11:25 PM]: um my own website JohnnyR2961 [11:25 PM]: oh, ok Leap of Faith 17 [11:25 PM]: my signifcant other pissed me off and I never last more than week and SUPRISE today is the one week Leap of Faith 17 [11:25 PM]: I have proven it takes guys one week to turn into soap operas JohnnyR2961 [11:26 PM]: whoa, wait a second, NOT ALL GUYS Leap of Faith 17 [11:26 PM]: yep Leap of Faith 17 [11:26 PM]: ask bob Leap of Faith 17 [11:26 PM]: it's you're the love of my life I love you Leap of Faith 17 [11:27 PM]: darling I love you JohnnyR2961 [11:27 PM]: no way, you dont know that Leap of Faith 17 [11:27 PM]: blah blah blah blah JohnnyR2961 [11:27 PM]: who is bob? Leap of Faith 17 [11:27 PM]: if I were looking for hte love of my life at 17, that would be awful Leap of Faith 17 [11:27 PM]: lol Ritzler, he knows all the details of my relationships since about 5th grade I'd say JohnnyR2961 [11:27 PM]: yeah, you are 17, you dont need a bf Leap of Faith 17 [11:27 PM]: I never last more than a week and they always miss me off Leap of Faith 17 [11:28 PM]: piss JohnnyR2961 [11:28 PM]: lol, maybe you get pissed too easily, unless he did something really shitty Leap of Faith 17 [11:29 PM]: rule #1 Leap of Faith 17 [11:29 PM]: when I say I don't last more than a week, believe me Leap of Faith 17 [11:30 PM]: rule #2 when I mention you're starting to sound like soap opera, you are, which means you're starting to sound fake as hell and you now just want to fuck me JohnnyR2961 [11:30 PM]: ohhhhhhhh JohnnyR2961 [11:31 PM]: i gotcha Leap of Faith 17 [11:31 PM]: Rule #3 I repeat when I said I wouldn't last more than a week, I wasn't kidding, why did you suppose you would be some damn special? This is a reiteration of rule #1, but it is also the reason you should not cry b/c it has only been a fucking week and a week means shit JohnnyR2961 [11:31 PM]: you mean he was just spitting out words to get some pussy? Leap of Faith 17 [11:31 PM]: pretenidng you have no sex drive does not amuse me Leap of Faith 17 [11:31 PM]: according to him no Leap of Faith 17 [11:31 PM]: he told me I needed to eat and I flew off the handle on me Leap of Faith 17 [11:31 PM]: him Leap of Faith 17 [11:32 PM]: reaccessed my life and decided if none of the other girls on the team had boyfriends and we wanted to be state contenders, why complicate things JohnnyR2961 [11:32 PM]: he said that to you? Leap of Faith 17 [11:32 PM]: yes and I'm fucking sick as hell with this stupid side effects from the steriods Leap of Faith 17 [11:33 PM]: and then he says well I wouldn't want to visit you with a feeding tube and I was like fuck you JohnnyR2961 [11:33 PM]: well, this dude sounds like an ass Leap of Faith 17 [11:33 PM]: I mean I tell the kid I was messed up as a child and skipped most of third grade due to an eating disorder and he knows I have a scar from my "feeding tube" and he says that shit Leap of Faith 17 [11:33 PM]: I mean Leap of Faith 17 [11:33 PM]: arg Leap of Faith 17 [11:33 PM]: no, he's a nice guy Leap of Faith 17 [11:34 PM]: I just don't wnat to be within 30 miles of him for a really ong time Leap of Faith 17 [11:34 PM]: he said the wrong thing ast the wrong time JohnnyR2961 [11:34 PM]: are you serious about that stuff? JohnnyR2961 [11:34 PM]: the feeding tube and stuff? Leap of Faith 17 [11:35 PM]: everyone is always so fascinated Leap of Faith 17 [11:35 PM]: yes, I fucked myself up really really well So this is me, blowing off some serious steam. I hope I'm done with him for good, he's been hanging around too long. Sorry Nate buddy, it's definately not you, but I'm definately done this time. Searching For on 8/09/2003 11:42:00 PM.
8.08.2003 Loving my baby and laughing b/c he will never read my blog ever. lol Oh well it's enough that I love him. Perhaps no one shall ever believe me, but him, but that's alright. As for the reason for my love, the real reason, I may never tell a soul, for it would cause a lot of hell to some of the people I care most about. I should have known better I suppose I'm telling myself and yet I know that's a lie. Oh well, a girl's got to do what she does. I love him and he loves me and that's the most beautiful thing about it. Searching For on 8/08/2003 08:52:00 PM.
8.06.2003 my back kills but i may be able to play by next friday tghat is so wonderful! I absolutely love my darling btw...he's so wonderful. Lana may kill me but ah well. Good news about the baby!!!!!!!! so happy to hear she's all right and so is Teresa! Searching For on 8/06/2003 09:39:00 PM.
8.03.2003 I have to sleep alone tonight, shall I ever make it?
You know what's wonderful? Being able to tease your cousin to death and be in kahoots with her boyfriend about teasing her b/c she knows neither one of you would ever betray her.....lol now that's fun! Teasing my dear, I love you dearly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want to sleep alone! I will miss you!!! Searching For on 8/03/2003 10:45:00 PM.
This is a Claris & Lana classic....a fictious e-mail...now I love the boy...but he bores me...why are all the sweet guys boring? ok....most, most...
Dear Nate, I hate you. You are boring. You are illiterate and grammatically challenged. I wish that you would stop emailing me before you hit the spell check button. I am in Tennessee with my cousin who hates you, too. She has a real boyfriend named Tim. He may not know how to spell rather well; however, he knows how to use the grammar check button, or ask someone more intelligent how to properly punctuate sentences. Tim is college. He bought me dinner, and when I was cold, he took off his shirt and gave it to me. I think he loves me more than he loves my cousin. Therefore, I have decided to elope with him in Las Vegas next week. Sadly, I will not be returning to Ohio this fall. I have decided to relocate to Mexico, so that you will not be able to find me easily. Also, I do not want my cousin to come and kill me because I stole her boyfriend of three years that she wants to marry. I will tell her "Tough Luck." In fact, why don't you marry my cousin. No, wait. She would kill herself because you're so boring. So, what's up? It's hot in Tennessee, but I think it will be hotter in Mexico. However, there is all-one-can-eat Mexican food in Mexico. Are you bored yet? That is how I feel reading your emails each day. Do you realize that it is enough for one to wish immediate death on oneself? I don't think you do. So now, I'm going to write about my day in the manner in which you write about yours. hey today wuz well cuase it a good day. when i got up at 7 this morning i realised that i wuz hungry so i thought i would make me something to eat so looked for something to eat in the kitchen and all i found was oatmeal. made some oatmeal, ate some oatmeal, got dressed (but i couldn't decide whether i wanted to wear the purple pants or the striped blue pants cuase the striped blue pants are a little to big for me but i dont like purple so i couldnt decide which pants to wear. do you like purple or blue better. i like blue. i really like orange but i dont have any orange pants besides the volleyball pjs that our orange and black and pink but i figgered that i shouldnt ware pjs to school. lol. oh wait. im not going to school today because its summer. then i decided that since i am in tennessee i didnt bring any pants because its so hott. so i wore some mesh shorts. i picked out a springfield volleyball tshirt to wear because i like it the best. if you were here, i would have asked you which shirt you liked the best but i figgered that you dont know what the hell your talking about) Searching For on 8/03/2003 10:32:00 PM.
8.02.2003 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
By William Shakespeare 1. A close-reading of the play involves seeing the first act as a presupposition of the rest of the play’s events, twists, turns, ironies, etc. This includes characters and their developments as well. Apply a close-reading to Hamlet. 2. Explore Hamlet’s madness as feigned or real. Justify with specifics from the play. Hamlet’s madness is feigned because he figures that it will be more plausible to discover the truth to his father’s ghost, and furthermore, if the ghost is real, then Hamlet will be able to discover the cause of his father’s death without being suspected. In order to have this plot in mind, Hamlet obviously must be in control of his state of mind. Clearly, he experiences depression and rage of his father’s death… In Act 1, Scene 5, lines 191-192, Hamlet states to Horatio, “As I perchance hereafter think meet / To put an antic disposition on.” This passage unquestionably reveals Hamlet’s madness as feigned. Another example of Hamlet’s feigned madness may be found in Act I, Scene 5, lines 210-211, Hamlet states, “O cursed spite / That ever I was born to set it right!” In these lines Hamlet is vowing to avenge his father’s murder. 3. Examine the motives behind the actions of Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Fortinbras, Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, and the Ghost. 4. Is Hamlet a coward as he himself indicates? Justify with specifics. 5. Was Ophelia’s death a suicide or an accident? Justify with specifics. Be sure to include her burial and the church’s assessment. 6. Secrecy, spying, hiding, illusion, etc. Hold major sway over events in Hamlet. Explore with specifics. 7. Examine the role of the traveling players and their performances in Hamlet. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, the traveling players exhibit a parallel between the reality of Claudius’s evil murder of Hamlet’s father with the performance of the players. 8. Death plays a major part in Hamlet. It is constantly being discussed, referred to, plotted, and enacted. Scrutinize and discuss this facet of the play. 9. Hamlet remains an enigma to modern scholars. Why? Inspect his character, motivations, ambitions, obsessions, hang-ups, etc. Be sure to address the primary question here. 10. Does Hamlet have anything of value to impart to the modern reader? If so, what? If not, what prompts its continued study? 11. Explore shared ideas found in both Hamlet and Macbeth. 12. Identify the many epigrams derived from Hamlet. Examine their validity and popularity today. The Odyssey By Homer 1. The following is a listing of the various adventures/trials endured and experienced by Odysseus in his 20 year odyssey. Specify as many as possible through details about the ordeals. a. The Ciconians b. The Lotus-eaters c. The Land of the Cyclops d. The island of Aeolia (inhabited by Aeolus) e. Laestrygonia f. Circe g. The Land of the Dead (Hades) h. The Sirens i. Scylla and Charybdis j. The Island of the Sun k. The Island of Ogygia (Calypso) l. The Phaeacians of Scheria 2. Upon Odysseus’ return to Ithaca, he faces yet further travail. Again, specify. 3. Where does the main character derive his hope and aid throughout the story? AND WHY? 4. Where does Odysseus get his name and its significance? 5. The Telemachy is the opening of a story where the main character is absent. From this technique, one may gather what importance the main character has to those around him. His reputation may also be gleaned as well as t he impact of his impending return. Describe what is gathered from the telemachy in The Odyssey. 6. Miscellany: the olive tree, Poseidon’s motivation vs. Athena’s, Penelope’s role in the closing slaughter, blood-guilt in ancient Greece, the roles of the Gods, Odysseus vs. Menelaus, the role of Telemachus and Laertes, constant reminder of Agamemnon and Aegisthus, beggars, omens, etc. Wuthering Heights By Charlotte Bronte (first half) 1. Characterize Heathcliffe. Three traits with a specific example for each. 2. Do the Same with Catherine. 3. Reconcile their attraction drawing from the text for support. 4. The author or narrator of events suppositions Heathcliffe’s melancholy. What is this and do you agree? 5. After Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, who next vexed Heathcliffe? Explain. 6. Describe the changes in Catherine between her initial introduction to the reader and her re-introduction after her stay at Thrushcross Grange. 7. What caused the change? And how did she come to be lodged by the neighbors?! 8. Nellie states, “Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.” What was the context and how does it apply at t his point in the novel? 9. Describe the incident with Heathcliffe saving Hareton, Hindley’s son. 10. Heathcliffe hears, out of context, what appears to be a final dismissal of him by Catherine. What does he hear exactly and what was the content or full context of Catherine? 11. After the death of Catherine, what is Heathcliffe’s wish, rather demand? Wuthering Heights By Charlotte Bronte (second half) 1. In chapter 29, Heathcliffe details Catherine’s haunting of him for the last 18 years. Detail this haunting and be sure to identify its provocation, according to him. 2. Upon Edgar’s death, what seemingly evil deed was committed at the gravesite? 3. What is the breaking of the ice between Hareton and young Catherine? Why do they suddenly seem fixed on the same end? 4. Why does Heathcliffe not destroy the two houses as he long planned? 5. Detail Heathcliffe’s burial. 6. Detail Heathcliffe’s last days. 7. Who mourned Heathcliffe’s passing and why? 8. Identify reported hauntings of the moors at the novel’s close. Searching For on 8/02/2003 10:54:00 PM.
HAMLET BLOWS Searching For on 8/02/2003 10:31:00 PM.
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