Vocab #9

Aficionado- a serious devotee of some particular genre, thing, person, etc.


Browbeat- to discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate


Commensurate- able to be measured by a common standard


Diaphanous- Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent


Emolument- Payment for an office or employment


Foray- an initial venture


Genre- a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry;


Homily- An inspirational saying or platitude


Immure- To confine within or as if within walls; imprison


Insouciant- carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted


Matrix- a substance, situation, or environment in which something has its origin, takes
form, or is enclosed


Obsequies- A funeral rite or ceremony


Panache- a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.


Persona- The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's  from the inner self


Philippic- a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective


Prurient- unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices


Sacrosanct- Regarded as sacred and inviolable


Systemic- Of or relating to systems or a system


Tendentious- having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.


Vicissitude- A change or variation

What I think about Act 3

Many of the characters are discussing hamlet "not talking" about his grief.

Lit Anal #3

1.

The exposition of the autobiography Loving Natalie by Beth Halloway is Beth (Natalie's mom) explained the events (Natalie's high school graduation and her personality) leading up to her fatal trip to Aruba with classmates where she got kidnapped and killed. The rising action is Beth dripping Natalie off and explaining the last time she ever saw Natalie. The climax if the story is when Beth finds out Natalie has not returned and she flies to Aruba to look for her. The falling action is when Beth explains the process that they went through to try and find her and how God helped her too. The exposition is now she explains that Natalie is gone forever although she hopes that one day she will get a call that says "we have found her".

2.

The theme of the novel is to never lose faith.

3. 

Authors tone is optimistic. 

Example #1

"My symbol of hope." Page 290

"And I have no regrets." Page 514

"Hope comes, then goes." Page 118

4.

1. Imagery - "tiki huts boarded by beautiful beaches." Page 114

2. Mood - "hope would dissolve as quickly as it appeared." Page 118

3. Setting - Aruba, Caribbean.

4. Protagonist - Beth Halloway.

5. Antagonist - Joran, kidnapper.

6. Dialogue - "this is it." Page 255.

7. Conflict - Beth Halloway is looking for her missing daughter Natalie.

8. Narrator - Beth Halloway.

9. Alliteration - "feel faint" page 368.

10. Hyperbole - "intense and dramatic encounter" page 245.

Dear Ophelia

In this situation you should date the prince because it is up to you not your brother and father.

Hamlet

#1

The play Hamlet is about Prince Hamlet's revenge on his Uncle Claudius for killing King Hamlet.

*Wikipedia.com

#2

Interpreting this play is so hard because it is written in old English with words that are not used anymore. Also it is broken into scenes that can make the story line confusing and there is lots of battles and dramas that could get confusing. 

Three other communities that are study Hamlet right now are:

Allan Hancock College PCPA

George Masson University

The Wooster Group

Green Eggs and Hamlet

What I know about Hamlet is that he is very very famous for his works of literature and he is from England (I think).

SO MY POINT WAS

Chaucer was original.