".... sunrise and sleep in your own bed tonight. a lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts that shes afeard of herself someimes."- foreshadowing that Faith knows that hes going off to do evil deeds. such as cheat on her. this also is foreshadowing her death.
"sayest thou so?" replied he of the serpent, smiling apart. "let us walk on, nevertheless, reasoning as we go; and if i convince thee not thou shalt turn back. we are but a little way in the forest yet." - the serpent is the symbol for temptation. here his companion is tempting him to go onward rather than to go back and be with faith. his companion representing the devil and evil.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Thoreau
"Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and i may say innocence, with Nature herself. I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks." Here Thoreau expresses his love for dawn and the morning. He loves the serenity of his cabin by the pond. Aurora being the greek/roman goddess of the dawn replenishes herself every morning. Thoureau later goes on to state that he mimics her by bathing in the pond each morning.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Emmerson Quotes
1. "To go into solituede, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society."- Here emmerson is stating that to truly become one with nature, or the natural way a person should act, which is as an idividual. A person needs to give up their material possesions as well as becoming an individual.
2. "The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inacessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence." - When one is truely an individual, the world is humbling.
3. "We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects. It is this which distinguishes the stick of timberof the wood-cutter, from the tree of the poet." -If a person takes nature, and uses it as a tool for some other purpose than nature, that piece of nature that they took, loses its magic.
4. "The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood." -A true individual can see the world as they wish, either in the eyes of a child, with an imagination, or the eyes of an adult.
2. "The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inacessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence." - When one is truely an individual, the world is humbling.
3. "We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects. It is this which distinguishes the stick of timberof the wood-cutter, from the tree of the poet." -If a person takes nature, and uses it as a tool for some other purpose than nature, that piece of nature that they took, loses its magic.
4. "The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood." -A true individual can see the world as they wish, either in the eyes of a child, with an imagination, or the eyes of an adult.
Monday, September 10, 2007
american lit expectations
What I expect to get out of American Lit this year:
I want to read some fun pieces of literature this year. Along with that I'd like to improve my essay writing, so that it won't be as much of a struggle to get them finished and up to par. Also I'd really like to strive in english overall.
I want to read some fun pieces of literature this year. Along with that I'd like to improve my essay writing, so that it won't be as much of a struggle to get them finished and up to par. Also I'd really like to strive in english overall.
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