Othello: Act. 1 Scene 3

Quote: " Thus do I ever make my fool my purse. For I mine own gained knowledge should profane If I would time expend with such a snipe But for my sport and profit" (1.3.374-377).


Significance: Through this quote we clearly see that Iago has nothing better to do than play with everyone's minds and wants to screw them over. He wanst to make everyone else's lives miserable, Othello and Roderigo in particular, just so he can gain things for himself in the end. He is not someone Othello or Roderigo should trust with anything.


Question: Will either Othello or Roderigo ever realize that he is using both of them or will this joke continue throughout the play?

ASP- Ch.13

Quote: "You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it's the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment." (199)

Significance: This quote is a a symbol for some things that happened in the past. This describes some of the choices that Gene made in the book that had these guidelines. When Gene "intentionally" made Finny fall of the tree, almost enlisting, and getting into fights that changed his outlook son things, are some of the things that seemed to be the right thing at the time for Gene, but in the end turned out to be things that he would regret for the rest of his life.


Question: Will Gene realize that without Finny, he will be a totally different person?

ASP- Ch.12

Quote: "I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family's strait-laced burial ground outside of Boston. I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case."

Significance: Through this passage we see that Gene has lost his separate peace. Finny, being his best friend, was a part of him and his right-hand-man. When Finny died, Gene lost a piece of himself that made him happy, courageous and determined. Finny was Gene's the light that brightened up his sky on a cloudy day.

Quote: Will Gene become better friends with Brinker now that he lost Finny?

ASP- Chapter 11

Quote: " I don't intend to implicate myself. I'm no fool, you know. I'm not going to tell you everything and then have it used against me later. You always did take me for a fool, didn't you? But I'm no fool any more. I know when I have information that might be dangerous. Why should I tell you! Just because it happens to suit you!"

Significance:Wow, we finally see Leper standing up for himself in the book. Instead of being quiet he isn't going to let himself be seen as a fool. Instead of basically telling the truth about what happened and getting Gene scared, he says that he "can't remember. Good thing for Gene or that would have been the end of him.

Question: Will Gene up going into the war?

ASP- Chapter 10

Quote: " So journeys through unknown parts of America became my chief war memory, and I think of the first of them as this nighttime trip to Leper's." (139)

Significance: Through this passage we see that when Gene went to go see Leper, he knew that it would be a war there. Talking about the war with Leper made Gene really realize that the war was something to be taken very seriously and that there are many sacrifices that he had to make.

Question: Will talking to Leper make Gene more interested int he war than he already is?

ASP-Ch. 9

Quote: " What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me. So I ceased to have any real sense of it." (123)

Significance: In this quote we see that Gene finds peace and happiness training for the Olympics with Finny. All of his preparation and talks with Finny make some of the real things in his life that are happening disappear. They start to make no sense and become some what unreal in his eyes.

Question: Could this lead to the foreshadowing of Gene or Finny actually enlisting?

ASP- Ch. 8

Quote:
" Finny's face set in determination, with the older look I had just detected in him. "No," he said."
"I don't believe any student had ever said "No" flatly to Mr. Ludsbury before. It flustered him uncontrollably." (121)

Significance: Through these quotes we clearly see that this is one of the first times that Finny has been deliberately rude to someone. It shows how Finny's kindness is only shown towards people who do not challenge his abilities/actions. Finny seems to be able to have an open mind about the war and cannot understand the concept of an enemy in both situations.

Question: Why is it so hard for Finny to accept the fact that the war and sports are something that not everyone understands?

Quote for Chapter 7

Quote: " Everything that had happened throughout the day faded like that false snowfall of the winter. Phineas was back."

Significance: Gene missed Phineas very much when he left the Devon School before winter session. When Gene saw Phineas in his room waiting to see him, Gene was overwhelmed with excitement and joy to see his best friend that he had wanted to see very much . Seeing him put the light back in his life.

Question: Is Phineas coming back to stay at the Devon School for good now?

Quote for Chapter 6

Quote: "...and I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas."

Significance: Since Gene and Phineas have been best friends for such a long time, Gene feels as though he has to live up to Phineas' expectations of him and play sports to fulfill what Phineas wanted of him.

Question: Could we call Gene obsessive towards Phineas?

Chapter 5

Quote: " My own voice sounded quiet and foreign. "I jounced the limb. I caused it." One more sentence. " I deliberately jounced the limb so you would fall off."" (70)

Significance: At the end of chapter 5, we find out something shocking about Finny's "accident". Gene shook the limb on purpose. After thinking that Gene was a quiet and caring person, we find out that he deliberately tried to seiosuly hurt Finny. His envy towards Finny is to strong that he probably thought the only way to be better than him was to defeat him in some way, which is by hurting him so he could not be the star athlete anymore.

Question: Was there seriously no other way to settle this. Did Gene really have to take it this far.?

ASP- Chapter 4

Quote: "If I was head of the class on Graduation Day and made a speech and won the Ne Plus Ultra Scholastic Achievement Citation, then we would both have come out on top, we would be even, that was all. We would be even...." (51)

Significance: In this quote, Gene really tells us that ever since he has been friends with Phineas, he has been better than him at many, if not all things. This is clear to Gene and he just wants the two of them to be equal so that he would feel just as important and popular as Phineas.

Question: Is there a main purpose for the other characters/friends such as Bobby,Chet and Elwin?

ASP quotes for Ch. 2 & 3

Chapter 2-

Quote: "It was hypnotism. I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn't help envying him that a little, which was perfectly normal. There was no harm in envying your best friend a little." (25)

This quote could pose a possible reason/foreshadowing as to why Gene and Phineas might have problems in their friendship. To much envy might lead to invading of space and privacy of the two best friends.

Is too much envy the real reason why Gene and Phineas have a problem in their friendship?


Chapter 3-

Quote: " Yes, he had practically saved my life. He had also practically lost it for me. I wouldn't have been on that damn limb except for him. I wouldn't have turned around, and so lost my balance, if he hadn't been there. I didn't need to feel any tremendous rush of gratitude toward Phineas." (33)

This quote shows a love-hate relationship that Gene feels towards Phineas. It's all because of him that he went to jump off the tree and almost hurt himself. On the other hand, it was because of Phineas that Gene got to take a chance in life and do something out of the norm.

Do we know how long Phineas and Gene have known each other/ have been friends?

ASP Ch.1 -quote significance and characterization

"So it was logical to hope that since the buildings and the Deans and the curriculum could achieve this, I could achieve, perhaps unknowingly already had achieved, this growth and harmony myself." (12)

This quote shows how the narrator had learned and had the experience already of walking through the school and getting the education that made him grow up to be someone that gained confidence and to be someone who was able to look back and see how much things have changed.

Question: Will the narrator (Gene) and Finny stay friends throughout the book?


Narrator:

• determined
• lonely
• sarcastic
• fearful
• mysterious

"I never backed away from anything in my life!" I cried, my indignation at this charge naturally stronger because it was so true.

Phineas:

• Athletic
• Loyal
• Daring
• Charming
• Courageous

"He began scrambling up the wooden pegs nailed to the side of the tree, his back muscles working like a panther's."

Antigone Essay

Julia Lombardo

English 10 Honors-Period B

10/29/08

Antigone Essay


Sexism is bias against one sex. Throughout “Antigone”, this theme is often used

to portray women as being less valuable than men. Antigone is shown as a very

outspoken, determined, courageous and assertive woman. Even though she fights for

what she believes in, many men think that she is trying to out do them. The men often

use “sexism” to make wise remarks about how women should just let the men take

care of everything.

“Let him sow his seed in other furrows.” (Creon, p.217) This is one of the first

times we see sexism used in “Antigone”. After Antigone buried her brother,

Polyneices, Creon thought that she did something that a woman should have never

done. He tries to make her feel guilty and says that her soon-to-be-husband, Haemon

can find another wife in place of her. Haemon was Antigone’s life, and for Creon to

say that he can find someone better than her broke her heart. She was solely trying to

give her brother a proper burial so that he could have rested with honor. It was

almost bold of her to give her brother the proper burial. Antigone as a leader is what

we see through her actions in “Antigone”. She tries to take charge of many situations

and has confidence that she can conquer any task she is faced with. Antigone was

fulfilling the traditional female role of grieving yet her burial of Polyneices is also

seen as a masculine assertion of independence.

“If yield we must, then let it be to men, and never have it said we were worsted by

a woman.” (Creon p. 221) Creon generally dislikes the fact that his niece, Antigone,

has the courage and strength to stand up to him in any given situation. “.. For this I

feel no twinges of regret. And if you judge me fool, perhaps it is because a fool is

judge.” (Antigone p. 211) There is also a sense of Antigone being selfish and

challenging Creon and his ways. She feels that the gods were calling her to bury

Polyneices, in turn, she was gaining the respect of the gods for her own sake.

Antigone's strong will is the last way she demonstrates characteristics of a feminist

during her time. “The dead of Hades know whose act It was. I do not take to those

who take to talk.” (Antigone p. 215)

Antigone is one of few women who openly rebelled against her set position in

life. Throughout the play, Antigone remains true to her qualifications by: admitting

her involvement in the crime, choosing to take her death into her own hands, and

refusing to allow her sister to take the blame. She defied the view of women in the

society she lived in. It wasn't her crime that repulsed the people, it was her gender.

In the Greek society, women had very limited freedom outside of their homes.

Even though men were more dominate at times, women took charge in the

household. Women mostly cooked, cleaned and bore children inside of their oikos, or

households. There were also rules women had to follow when outside of the house.

Women were always escorted by a man wherever they went outside. It was against

their beliefs to go outside alone if you were female.

The Greeks also saw an importance in the burial and bridal roles of women.

Marriage was every woman’s goal before they died. Unlike most women in her

society, Antigone died an unwed virgin, which was not common for women in her

time. The Greek society did not see women as being a very big part of their lives.

When it comes down to it, Antigone was probably the only women in Greek

society that broke the rules and did not care what other people thought because she

was fighting for her life and what she loved. The prevailing message to the Greek

audience about a woman’s role in society was: they were used to keep the household

running smoothly, to obey rules and follow the ways that would not cause a tragedy,

like that of Antigone’s.

“Don’t fear for me. Be anxious of yourself.” (Antigone p. 194)

quote ~10/23/08~

1. " Her heart was shattered and her hand drove keen the dagger. At the altar there she fell and darkness swamped her dropping eyes.." (250, Messenger)

2. Through this quote, the theme of light v.s darkness is revealed. After hearing the depressing news of her son, Haemon, who killed himself, Eurydice's world came crashing down.When she went to pray to the gods, her asking for guidance would not bring her son back but a loss of hope. The reason for her suffering was because of her husband,Creon's poor judgement about his son's bride-to-be..or was-to-be, Antigone. Her family was everything that she loved and losing her son brought the darkness into her once light-filled life.

3. Do we know what happens to Creon at the end of the book? Do they kill him or does he live with regret?

Significant quote

1. " But now that your ship is buffeted, I'm not ashamed to sail the voyage at your side" (Ismene p. 214)

2. Ismene is revealed as a very loyal and helpful person towards her sister, Antigone, through this passage. Antigone and Ismene were both brought to their uncle, Creon, to be questioned about their brother's burial. While Antigone confessed without excuses, Ismene also said that she took part in this act. Even though it is clear that Ismene had nothing to do with the burial of her brother, she still feels as though her sister should not take all of the blame and suffer alone. After hearing that supposedly both girls took part in the burial, Creon has them both taken away by the guards to be dealt with.

3. Why would Ismene sacrafice herself and say that she acted alongside her sister when she truly had nothing to do with it?