Target

It was a normal Sunday morning and I went to target for some shopping. As I was looking at the cute purple shirt I heard some rumors going around that we were all locked inside but I assumed it was just a rumor and I headed to the door. But I came to find out that it was all true we were stuck with no place to go, the employees said it was going to take four hours to fix.
I looked around and counted, there were 20 other people 5 employees, 8 guys, 6 women , and one questionable. We all looked around confused as what to do. So I just started to shop again. Until I heard a scream. I looked around and one of the women who was pregnant, was lying on the ground. I ran over to her " are you okay?" I asked. She was breathing hard and said
"my water broke!" I looked at her in shock, and screamed out to the others. They came running over
"are there any doctors?" I screamed. But everyone just glance back and forth and no one answered. There were no doctors. We didn't know what to do. We first ran and got a much of towels, and prepared for the worst. Then she started laughing pulled out a huge bouncy ball from her stomach, we all looked at her in anger.

Canto 7

                                      The Inferno

                                               CANTO 7

Summary:

         As Virgil and Dante make their way down to the fourth circle, they run into a demon named Plutus. Plutus shouts “Pape Satan, pape satan aleppa!”(A famous line in which no one is certain what it says). Virgil tells Plutus to quiet himself, and then Dante and Virgil continue into the fourth circle. They find that is circle is more sorrowful, and crowded with more people. Dante explains what he sees in the fourth circle. Here there was a circle with a large ditch around the whole thing, in which all of the people in the canto were in the ditch. There were two sides of the circle in which the people would walk pushing weights until the meet the half-circle mark and then turn around, over and over again, on each side of the circle. After seeing this Dante asks why these people were being punished. Virgil answered that these souls are here because during their lives they hoarded and wasted their money, such as clergymen, popes, and cardinals. Dante again wonders if there is anyone in there that he knows. Although Virgil informs him that they are all dark now and cannot be recognized. Virgil says that the people “were not prudent with the goods of fortune”. Dante then asks Virgil to explain what this means. Virgil goes on to say that Fortune takes orders from god to distribute the goods between the people and when men go against this or curse fortune they must be punished. Next the cross the circle to the other side to head to the fifth circle. On there way on the other side of the circle they run into the Styx swamp of sorrow. They saw people in the mud naked and striking each other and tearing each other apart with their teeth, there were also many more people under the mud whom they could not see. These people are the ones who were angry during their lifetime. They then come to the foot of a tower.

Sin/Sinners:

         Fourth Circle: The people that are in the fourth circle have committed the sin of hoarding and wasting their money during their lifetime. Virgil said that “ Everyone of them was so cross-eyed of mind in the first life, that no measure governed their spending… these were the clerics, who have no hairy covering to their, heads and popes and cardinals, in whom avarice does its worth” (page 115). This says that these people are mostly clergymen, popes, and cardinals.

         Styx swamp: The people who live here were because they were angry during their lifetime.

Punishment/Contrapasso

         Fourth Circle: The punishment of these people is that there is a ditch in the form of a circle, and the people walk pushing weights half way around the circle then turn around until they meet the other group from the other side, and they keep doing this over and over. Also these people are dark and not recognizable. Because of their bad giving and bad keeping, they had deprived them of the lovely world and got this punishment.

         Styx circle: the people in this muddy swamp were naked and striking each other and tearing each other apart with their teeth. The people are in the swamp Styx which mean sorrow and their sin is that they were angry during their lifetime.

Characters/People   

Plutus	Was a demon, also is the god of wealth in Greek mythology
Fortune	Although not a person fortune is referred to as a she. She takes her orders from god and transfers good between people and nations.

There are no people who Dante can recognize because the people are dark and unrecognizable as Virgil describes saying “ the undiscerning life that befouled them makes them dark now to all recognition” (page 115).

Places

Styx swamp	Sorrow, in Greek mythology it is the river that formed the boundary between earth and the underworld, and circles the underworld 9 times
Charybdis	From odyssey is a large whirlpool instead of a monster, and this is compared to the circle and the ditch the people were walking around

 

Canto 23

    CANTO 23

Summary:

            This canto begins with Virgil and Dante walking in the 5^th pouch. Dante says that the scuffle of the walk reminds him of the fable Aesop. The devils, with wings, continue to chase them. Dante is scared of these demons and tells Virgil that they need to hide. Virgil tells Dante that the right bank slopes they can go down the slope into the next pocket. The devils began to get closer to them and Virgil took Dante in his arms “like a mother” and takes them down the slope into the next pocket. The devils could no longer chase them because they have to remain in the designated pocket, and not travel between different ones. In the 6^th bolgia they fins painted people walking slowly and weeping. These people were wearing robes with hoods pulled low over their eyes (monks). Dante asks Virgil to keep his eyes out for someone he many know or is familiar with. Then one of the sinners recognizes Dante’s Tuscan speech and calls out to Virgil and Dante. Dante then sees two who are showing their faces, and watches as they slowly carry their burdens towards him. The two spoke to each other saying that this man (Dante) seems as if he is alive, and if he were dead then why was he so privileged to be exempt from the lead weight. The men then went on to talk to Dante and ask him whom he is. Dante then replies that he was raised beside the Arno River and is in his original body (still alive), he then asks them what their sin and punishments are. One of them replies that the orange robes are thick with heavy lead, which they have to walk around, he goes on to say that they were jolly friars from Bologna, and their names were Catalano and He Loderingo. The people in this level are the hypocrites. Dante then sees a man crucified with three stakes (like Jesus) to the ground where people walking step him on. This man was Caiaphas, who served as high priest under Pontius. Virgil then asks a friar the way to the 7^th pocket. The Friar answers tell him the way. Virgil then realizes that Malacoda had lied to him about the ridge. 

Sin/Sinners:            

            The sixth bolgia is where the hypocrites are, which are people who go against their stated beliefs or morals. “On the outside they are dazzling gilded, but within they are all of lead” (line 64).

Punishment/Contrapasso

            The punishments for these people whom “Were wearing robes with hoods pulled low over their eyes” (line 61) with heavy lead attached to them, and they must continue to walk around a small track. Although their walk is very slow due to the very heavy lead. They also have painted faces. These hypocrites must carry the burden of their sin (as lead). The robes are beautiful on the outside but full of lead in the inside this relate to their outward appearance was beautiful and what they wanted people to think of them and their inside shows their true colors that they are not the person they the put out to be.

Characters/People

Ø    Catalano and He Loderingo: They were called jolly friars, which was a scornful nickname for a religious order that had a reputation of corruption and self-interest. Both of these Italian men were appointed citizens of the Florence. They were appointed together to mediate the conflicts between Guelfs and Ghibellines. But they hypocritically formed the anti-Ghibelline violence that erupted in 1267, leading to the banishment of the Ghibelline families.

Ø    Caiaphas: The high priest and head of Sanherdrin (the supreme council of Jerusalem) who urged the crucifixion of Jesus, and is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus. He was a Jewish man.

Ø    Fredrick: “So heavy that the ones Frederick put on people might have been of straw” (line 65). Frederick is said to have punished people by wrapping then in lead and casting them into the furnace.

Important Information/Quotes

The Fable by Aesop	In this fable a frog offers to swim a mouse across a body of water, intending to actual drowned the mouse. The frog ties his leg to the mouse and when the frog tries to drown the mouse, a hawk comes and scopes them both up.
“Like a mother” (line 37) “Who takes her son and flees, caring more for him than for herself” (line 40) “Along on his breast like his son, not his companion” (line 49)	As Virgil takes Dante in his arms and slides into the next pocket, it is like Virgil is Dante’s mother, and Dante is his son. He holds Dante close and protects him from the devils.
“Down there we found a painted people” (line 58)	In these people lives their emotions on their face were not always their true emotions, and by painting them it shows their fraud.
“For into my view came one crucified to the earth with three stakes” (line 111)	Like Jesus Caiaphas was crucified, although with 3 stakes instead of nails.  One in each hand and one through both feet.

Act I Scene III Modern Hamlet Script

L: I am about to board the plane. Don’t forget to tweet me.

O: you think I am gonna forget?

L: just lemme tell ya’ somethin’. Hamlet doesn’t truly love you. He is just playing and using you.

O: Is that all you have to say?

L: Yeah that’s it. you just haven’t matured yet. He may say that he loves you but things change quickly when it comes to love. Don’t lose your v-card over this guy and DON’T ruin you reputation over nothing. You are smarter than that.

O: Yeah I guess. I will think about it. Just remember to take your own advice.

L: don’t worry about me. It is not your problem. I’ll be ok.

Polonius enters

P: good luck on your trip to france, but remember to keep your friends close, don’t borrow or lend money to anyone, and be weary of picking fights, but kick-a$$ when you do.  Also son, be true to yourself. Never lose track of perspective.

L: I got it.

P: Now hurry! Flight tracker says your plane is about to leave.

L: Alright Alright. Goodbye Ophelia and don’t forget what I told you.

O: Don’t worry I wont.

L: Ok bye.

Laertes exits

P: what did he talk to you about?

O: Its about Hamlet.

P: Yeah I heard he has been seeing you privately. And if that’s true I gotta tell you that you must not understand yourself enough. Whats going on between you two?

O: I think he has a thing for me.

P: And do you actually believe what he is saying?

O: I do not know what I should think?

P: Well just be careful. Don’t just meet at his first request. And Ophelia don’t trust anything that Hamlet says. He doesn’t always speak the truth. That’s why I don’t want you saying him anymore. Please don’t fight me on this one.

O: Okay dad

Act 1 Essay

            Hamlet finds himself in a terrible situation where his love for his father, King Hamlet, conflicts with the view of the people around him. I think that Hamlet goes along with all of the appearances and does not directly express his opposition towards Claudius and Gertrude’s behavior because he is a prince and a man who can’t be sad of complain about the King if Hamlet were to complain then there would become a split and people such as Claudius and Gertrude would become upset with him.

            You can tell this because Gertrude and Claudius are telling Hamlet to stop mourning, when Gertrude says “Cast thy knighted colour of”. By them telling him to stop then obviously they want him to man up and act more like a prince. Also they don’t take notice to his feeling. You can see this when he asks to go to school but they attack him saying that he must stay here. So he might also be afraid that they will not care about what he thinks or feels. 

Wyatt Essays

HOMEWORK PASS

Television Violence

            War, fighting, blood, and violence are all televised nationally in today’s society. This violence in television affects our society immensely. Television violence promotes and creates violence in the community. This violence affects all people but it tremendously puts pressure the younger generations. Children are shaped by what they see and hear and if they see violence on the TV than they will soon believe that violence in the real world is okay. In society today children’s innocence is being taken away from them at a very early age. Shows of violence on television promote kids to have violent lives themselves. Not only do television shows promote violence but the media does as well.

            Television shows such as wars, fighting, murders, and many more promote the idea to children that violence is accepted. Images from the screen influence children’s experiences in the real world. This is because kids copy behaviors from the television for example they mimic the actions of the  “Guidos” from The Jersey Shore and the violence from shows such as CSI. There has always been violent TV but it has not become widely popular until recently. Violence has recently become mainstream, where even family channels now have showings. “Many of the movies seen at home today wouldn't have been shown in theaters 10-20 years ago” (Anderson). Also violence has evolved to become more bloody and realistic than the past years due to advancing technology. In reaction to this increasing violence in television “Violent crimes have increased by more than 560 percent since 1960” (Anderson).

            “The average child watches 8,000 televised murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school” (Anderson). This amount of television violence impacts children’s lives massively. It is hard for young children to determine right from wrong and this is why the television violence has the largest impact on them. Children will eventually come to think that this violence is correct and they will then turn around and become violent themselves. The average child watches around four hours of television a day (AACAP). This large number is partially why kids are affected so much by what is shown on the TV. The Television is watch so frequently that it starts to become the child’s reality.                        

             The Media is a massive cause of the violence amongst the younger generations. The media promotes violence due to the fact that it sells. Today’s society is obsessed with hearing about the violence in the world, but in fact showing this violence only creates more aggression amongst the society. The news channel is all about murders, wars, robbery, and other violent acts. These real world acts watch by adolescents influence them to perform the act themselves. This influence starts at a very young age. “University of Illinois psychologist Leonard Eron studied children at age eight and then at eighteen. He found that television habits established at the age of eight influenced aggressive behavior through childhood and adolescent years” (Anderson). He then concluded “the effect of television violence on aggression is cumulative”.            

            Violence in television needs to come to an end. It is creating a more aggressive youth and in the long run going to hurt our society. The television and media needs to become more regulated to where less or no violence is broadcasted. If this is done than the violent acts in the society will lessen. It will also make our society and overall better place to live.

                                                

                                                          Works Cited

Anderson, Kerby. Violence in Society. N.p., 14 July 2002. Web. 29 Nov. 2011.             <http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/violence.html>.

Children and TV Violence. AACAP, 3 Nov. 2011. Web. 29 Nov. 2011.             <http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/children_and_tv_violence>.

Dante’s Use of Animals In The Inferno

                                     

            Animal allegories have been used in literature since the begging of time. These animals can be used in many different ways. Dante utilizes various animals in his famous work The Inferno. He compares and even shapes his sinners into the animals. These comparisons depict why theses sinners are in Hell. Dante uses the idea of contrapasso. Contrapasso is when the punishment resembles the sin its self. During their lifetime these sinners were irrational and did not think before they acted like a beast would. Due to this they are now compared to actual beasts in Hell. Dante portrays the sinners in Hell as animals rather than humans because their sins have made them “beast like”.

            Dante’s work has several allegories and one of the biggest is his use of animals. He uses the animals to portray the sinners in Hell. These sinners are in Hell because they sinned sometime during their life span. Some of the sinners included thieves, fraudulent, and barterers. Depending on their sin they are placed into a certain level of Hell. As Dante describes each level he uses harsh beast like animals to describe these sinners. Dante says in canto twenty-two that, “ at the edge of a ditch the bullfrogs sit with only their snouts showing, hiding their feet and thick bodies” (line 25). Although it may seem like it, Dante is not actually talking about bullfrogs sitting at the edge of the ditch he is in fact referring to the sinners. These sinners are those who exploited public office with corruption and bribery and they are now forced to boil in a pitch in Hell. Dante writes that these barterers are as bullfrogs because they are sitting in the bank of a pitch as a bullfrog would. Also Dante refers to these sinners as bullfrogs rather than humans, because they are no longer considered humans due to their horrible sins. These sinners are no longer considered humans in the eyes of Dante because once someone has sinned they are more as an animal than a human. Dante uses many harsh animals to describe the sinners as animals instead of humans such as boars, birds, dogs, horses, hawks, bulls, and many more.

            In canto twenty-seven Dante writes, “ While I was the form of bone and flesh that my mother gave me, my works were not those of a lion but a fox” (line 73).  This canto is the eighth pouch of the eighth circle of Hell. In this level the people are being punished for being fraudulent and contradictory during their lifetime. The sinners in this level are compared to foxes that are known as sneaky animals. An example of this can be seen in Dora the Explorer, the fox is the sneaky one who always steals everything from Dora. This is contrapasso because the sinners were sneaky in their lifetime and now they are considered as sneaky foxes in Hell.

            Dante even goes as far to actually turning some of the sinners into snakes themselves. In canto 25 Dante says “ From then on Snakes have been my Friends, because one of them wrapped itself around his neck” (line 4). These sinners, or thieves, were punished by snakes tightly wrapping around them. The sinners and snakes soon switched bodies causing humans to become snakes. This is contrapasso due to the fact that snakes are thieves in nature because they steal eggs and in the sinners lives they were thieves. The snakes can also be considered a biblical allusion. This is because a serpent told eve to steal the apple in Adam and Eve. This snake is what lead eve to commit the first sin of humans.

             Dante the author of The Inferno applied many interesting aspect to his story of Hell. One of the most notable would have to be his extensive use of animals. He utilizes these animals in very abstract ways. Dante uses harsh beast like animals to depict the sinners as beasts themselves due to their terrible sins. These added animals make The Inferno more in depth and exciting to read.