What did I actually learn?

1. Morality Play - Morality plays are a type of allegory in which the protagonist is met by personifications of various moral attributes who try to prompt him to choose a Godly life over one of evil.
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The audiences impression of the chorus - Dr. Faustus.

I think that the audience is told to not have a set impression of Faustus after the chorus as, it firstly states 'To patient judgements'. This is therefore telling the audience to not ownly to not judge him, but also that he does have many negatives about him, for example selling his soal. However, two lines later the audience is meant to feel empathy for Faustus as it states 'Now is he born'. This gives the audience sudden empathy for the character because they see him grow up and develop as a character.
The chorus hints clear signs of Faustus being a typical gothic protagonist, as the chorus repeatedly highlights the fact that Faustus is intelligent. The last line finishes with 'in his study sits', this tells the reader that he is wealthy enough to have a study and also that he must be clever if he needs a study. Another factor which hints to the audience is his sense of pride 'Till swoln with cunning, of self-conceit', portrays Faustus proud side of himself.
To conclude, I think that this chorus gives mixed thoughts for the audience to gain an impression on, as they are told he has negatives about him but also told to not actually judge him yet. However, they are also given clear signs of Faustus being a typical gothic protagonist, therefore allows them to not actually have a set impression on the main character.

Why was there tension between Catholics and Protestants?

The Catholic church believes that it is the only true church on earth, and that all other Christian churches broke away from the Mother Church. They claim that if they are right then there is no need for the other churches.The Protestant churches came about because of the strict dogma of the Mother church and the demand of payment to have sins forgiven. The Protestants (Protesters) believed that only God could forgive sins through earnest repentance and by good works. One other fact is that the Mother church believed that only the clergy could read the Bible, so Bibles for the common people were banned.

Dr. Faustus

Before: I was interested to know what the play had to do with heaven and hell, however I didn't know anything about it.

During: While reading the script I found it hard to understand the language, as it was published in 1600. Also, I found it hard to see the gothic side to the play, this was probably because I couldn't really understand it.

After: I felt relieved to finish the play to be honest, however I am looking to studying this in class because it will be nice to understand what the play is about. Also, the character Wagner kept reminding me of the X Factor guy!

End of Act 1

Firstly Linda breaks down to Biff and Happy, and informs them that Willy has been attempting to kill himself through car crashes and a small length of rubber pipe attached to the heater. This shocks the audience and also brings a slight sence of sympathy for Willy as we beggin to understand that he obvioulsy doesnt enjoy his life anymore.

The audience also beggin to understand what has happened between Biff and Willy, asBiff says "I know he's a fake and he don't like anybody around who knows!".Willy then re-enters and Biff fights with him again over him being too harsh on Linda, as Willy is always ignoring Linda and treating her wrong, Biff obviously sees this and thus acts in a abusive way (fighting with Willy). Biff and Happy talk excitedly about starting a sporting business, and Biff is planning on going to see Bill Oliver to try and get some money together. This to me seems like the most clever thing to do to gain money, rather than fantase about a 'sporting business'. Willy then joins them at the thought of his sons doing well in business, he describes their idea as "Million dollar". Linda however has her doubts, saying "I'm just wondering if Oliver will remember him". This to me seems like she is trying o protect Willy from getting hurt as she knows how Bill Oliver will treat him.

Are Willy's self destructive actions caused by an attempt to act ethically?

Willy cases many self destructive actions, these are:-- Willy cheating on Linda, this makes Willy feel guilty everytime he sees Linda mending her stockings, due to the whole situation.
- Willy denies about his own selfs ability, by the sounds of it Willy should have an outdoor job for example gardening. However, Willy does not acknowledge this and constantly pts himself down as he cannot succeed in his real job.
- Willy constantly compares himself to others - especially to his elder brother Ben.
- Willy is also very hypocritical, as he wishes he had taken Ben's job offer 'What a mistake. He begged me to go.'However soon after that he doesnt take on Charely's job offer, 'What the hell are you offering me a job for?', this happens many times during the play.

Notes on Aristotle

Mimesis - Aristotle indicates that the medium of tragedy is drama, not narrative; tragedy “shows” rather than “tells.” According to Aristotle, tragedy is higher and more philosophical than history because history simply relates what has happened while tragedy dramatizes what may happen.
The incentive moment - The plot must be “a whole,” with a beginning, middle, and end. The beginning, called by modern critics the ''incentive moment'' which must start the cause-and-effect chain but not be dependent on anything outside the compass of the play.
The denouement - Aristotle calls the cause-and-effect chain leading from the incentive moment to the climax the “tying up”, in modern terminology the complication. He therefore terms the more rapid cause-and-effect chain from the climax to the resolution the “unravelling”, in modern terminology the dénouement.
The deus ex machina - The plot must be “complete,” having “unity of action.” By this Aristotle means that the plot must be structurally self-contained, with the incidents bound together by internal necessity, each action leading inevitably to the next with no outside intervention, no deus ex machina
Catastrophe - The plot may be either simple or complex, although complex is better. Simple plots have only a “change of fortune” (catastrophe).

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Cousin Kate.

Today's lesson, we read Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. We discussed many points on this poem, firstly we establsihed that the ''fallen lady'' was an innocent virgin who simply fell in love. However, the man she fell in love with played her and took her virginity, therefore her innocence. This lead to her becoming one of these ''fallen women''. After this event, the male left the ''fallen lady'' and became attached to Cousin Kate.

He grew feelings for Kate and proposed with a ring to. As this happened, the ''whore'' became jealous as she was still in love with this man and Cousin Kate wasn't, she was just in love with his money. However, she suddenly realised that she had something that Cousin Kate could never have, something that defeats Cousin Kate. This was a son. By the woman having this child it means that the child will inherrit all the land the man owns. Also by having a child this purifies the ''whore'' and makes them accepted in society.

Second lesson on interpretations

My lateset lesson on Goblin Market was discovering what others interpretations were on this poem. Other groups did; erotic, femenism, moral and redemption. I think the best interpretation of goblin market would be erotic as I think there are many examples that can back up this point.
Firstly, Rossetti uses subtle descriptons in this peom such as ''unpecked cherrys'' I think this represents Lauras virginity. However, Laura does loose this innocence when she sells part of her hair (''golden curl'') this symbolises prostitiution as Laura is selling herself to the Goblin men.
Another example of erotica in this poem is when Lizzie buys the addictive fruit for Laura, to help her get better. However when she does so, the goblins take advantage of Lizzie and force her to become addicted. ''Held her hands and squeezed their fruits'', this to me seems like a sexual harrasment as she is beaten up in persuasion to become addicted, just like her sister Laura.

Marxism in Goblin Market

I think that Marxism in this poem is reflected as feminism and eroticism. My reason for this is because Rossetti shows how the Victorian values of feminine sexuality are explored throughout the poem, also I think that Victorian upper class men were represented by the goblins, and how they used and exploited the sisters.

The goblins are almost business men like as they are nice at first but however after they get what they want they aren't bothered anymore, as if they are con artists and have conned her into tasting the fruits and making lauren addicted to the fruits and after this has happened they ''vanished into the distance''. To me, this shows that they didn't care about Lizzie afterwards, by writing 'vanished' I think it shows that the goblins tried to get away as quickly as possible.

Rossetti

Rossetti began writing down and dating her poems from 1842, mostly imitating her favoured poets. From 1847 she began experimenting with verse forms such as sonnets, hymns and ballads, drawing narratives from the bible, folk takes and the lives of the saints. Her early pieces often feature meditations on death and loss, in the Romantic tradition. She published her first poem, which appeared in the ‘’Athenaeum’’, when she was 18. Under the pen-name "Ellen Alleyne", she contributed to the literary magazine,” The Germ’’, published by the Pre-Raphaelites from January - April 1850 and edited by her brother William. This marked the beginning of her public career.

Her most famous collection, Goblin Market and Other Poems, appeared in 1862, when she was 31. It received widespread critical praise, establishing her as the main female poet of the time. The title poem is one of Rossetti's best known works. Although it is ostensibly about two sisters' misadventures with goblins, critics have interpreted the piece in a variety of ways: seeing it as an allegory about temptation and salvation; a commentary on Victorian gender roles and female agency; and a work about erotic desire and social redemption. Rossetti was a volunteer worker from 1859 to 1870 at the St. Mary Magdalene "house of charity" in Highgate, a refuge for former prostitutes and it is suggested Goblin Market may have been inspired by the "fallen women" she came to know.

Lesson on destination

Today's lesson was on destination. We were asked what we thought the destination of Pride and Prejudice is, I think that its for Mrs Bennit to marry all of her daughters off in rich families. I came up with this idea because in the first chapter, Jane Austen doesn't introduce the characters to the reader she only introduces the conversation. By putting emphasis on the conversation it tells the reader that this is very important, and since the conversation is between Mr and Mrs Bennit and how she wants her husband to meet a new man in town to see if he's marriageable for their daughters,i think this does hint something to us readers.

Also in the first sentence of the novel, Austen starts with ''It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife''. This sentence is separate from the rest of the page in structure, this shows how important this idea truly is to the novel and also, I think, conceals information and gives us a little hint on what's to come up in the novel.

The significance of a crumbled piece of paper.

Its obvious to the reader that there is something important about the piece of paper being on the floor, as the writer wouldn't of decided to invole this in the passage.

I think the writer would invole the paper to make the passage more tence and mysterious this makes the reader engage in the passage and wonder what is so significant about this single piece of paper that is placed on the floor. I think that by including a simple piece of paper its withholding information from the reader which shows that there is something important about to happen later on in the story.