Tuesday 3 January

Due today: Frederick Douglass essay. I can't take them late, as they need to be looked over by me (and maybe tidied up by you) before being given to Ms. Nicastro and then sent downtown by Friday. So please make sure I have these today. The worse case scenario is that you have it on your jump drive and need to print it out. If you have read this ahead, you can always send it to me, and I'll print it out. No essay today...equals a zero.

Moving on: we are refreshing the ideas of Romanticism through the use of images today. I'll pass out the quality list and we'll make some visual connections. Relax; this should be fun.
See copy of class handout below. If you are absent, you will need to bring in your thumb drive, so that I can give you the images. This is a class participation grade.
Important concepts to review / learn: awe, sublime, picturesque and transcendent, Trancendentalism- definitions on the handout.
HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY: We will begin working on the poem Thanatopsis in class tomorrow. (class handout, copy below) Please make sure you have read it through carefully. Underline any words that are unfamiliar. This is difficult material and will need to have mastered it. Note that for the ELA you will have a choice of using The Scarlet Letter, Thanatopsis, Hamlet and the short stories.
Homework for Tuesday 10 January: vocabulary 7 handout in class; copy below the poem

THANATOPSIS

by: William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)

TO him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty, and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy, that steals away
Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts
Of the last bitter hour come like a blight
Over thy spirit, and sad images
Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall,
And breathless darkness, and the narrow house,
Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart;--
Go forth, under the open sky, and list
To Nature's teachings, while from all around--
Earth and her waters, and the depths of air--
Comes a still voice--Yet a few days, and thee
The all-beholding sun shall see no more
In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground,
Where thy pale form was laid with many tears,
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist
Thy image. Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim
Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again,
And, lost each human trace, surrendering up
Thine individual being, shalt thou go
To mix for ever with the elements,
To be a brother to the insensible rock,
And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain
Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak
Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould.

So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged by his dungeon; but, sustain'd and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

Vocabulary 7 definitions

1. allay (verb)- to calm or pacify, set to rest, to lessen or relieve; alleviate; to moderate

2. bestial (adj)- beastlike; brutal, subhuman in intelligence and sensibility; depraved; loathsome

3. convivial (adj)- festive, sociable, having fun together, genial; fun-loving; jovial; merry

4. coterie (noun)- a circle of acquaintances, a close-knit, often exclusive group of people with a common interest.

5. counterpart (noun)- a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another, a complement; a match.

6. demur (verb) – to object or take exception to; to protest; (noun) an objection

7. effrontery (noun)- shameless boldness, impudence; gall; chutzpah; nerve, impertinence, cheek

8. embellish (verb)- to decorate, adorn, touch up, to improve by adding details, to ornament, garnish

9. ephemeral (adj)- lasting only a short time, short-lived; fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory

10. felicitous (adj) – appropriate, apt, well chosen, marked by well-being or good fortune

11. furtive (adj)- done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty, stolen, clandestine, covert, surreptitious

12. garish (adj) – glaring, tastelessly showy or over decorated in a vulgar or offensive way.

13. illusory (adj) – misleading, deceptive, lacking in or not based on reality, specious, spurious, fanciful

14. indigent (adj) – needy, impoverished; penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute

15. inordinate (adj)- far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

16. jettison (verb) – to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

17. misanthrope (noun) a person or hates, distrusts or despises mankind

18. pertinacious (adj)- very persistent, holding firmly to a course of action or set of beliefs; stubborn, dogged, determined

19. picayune (adj)- of little value or importance, paltry, measly, concerned with trifling matters

20. raiment- (noun)- clothing, garments, apparel, attire.
Vocabulary 7 exercise 1 Use the correct form.

1. The defense attorney was as ______________________________ as a bull-dog in his cross-examination of the witness.
2. The number of homeless and ____________________________ people has increased since the economy has taken a downturn.
3. The millionaire _______________________________ left all her money to an animal shelter and not a single penny to a human being.
4. I have to admit I was frightened of my ________________________________ on the team because she held the high-jump record.
5. Police state tactics provide a(n) __________________________ sense of security in an unjust society.
6. The politician made a speech in order to ________________________________ his constituents’ fears.
7. The storefront was painted in ____________________________ colors so that it would attract the attention of passersby.
8. The rank and file will ______________________________ if they are not consulted regularly by the union leadership.
9. The captain ordered the crew to _______________________ the ballast so the ship could move more quickly through the water.
10. A supervisor who fusses about every _______________________ fault of the workers will lower morale and productivity.
11. In beating the prisoner, the guards were guilty of a truly ______________________ act.
12. The girl was caught taking a _______________________________ glance at the test paper of the student sitting next to her.
13. Robert Browning and his _______________________________ had ideas about poetry that seemed revolutionary in their day.
14. After having been suspended for disrespectful behavior, the student had the _____________________ to talk back to the teacher again.
15. In view of the high prices for home heating oil, the mild winter was a ____________________________ turn of events.
16. Thanksgiving dinner at Grandmother’s house is always a(n) _____________________________ family gathering.
17. Only the greatest of writers and artists achieve anything other than ________________________ popularity.
18. The best storytellers _________________________ their tales in ways that help readers visualize the setting.
19. The press showered the popular actor with ____________________________ praise for what seemed an ordinary performance.
20. When the chorus in the Greek tragedy hears that the king has died, they tear their ________________________ in anguish.
Vocabulary 7, exercise 2 Use the correct form!

1. A busy administrator in today’s high-pressure business world just doesn’t have time to deal with such ____________________________ concerns as making coffee.
2. Recent developments in that part of the world have intensified rather than _________________________________ our fears of renewed conflict.
3. He is entitled to reasonable compensation for the damage to his car, but the demands he has made are totally __________________________________.
4. The “Old 400” was a very small and exclusive __________________________ of prominent families that dominated East Coast society for decades.
5. When Charles V retired to a Spanish monastery, he exchanged the costly ________________________ of a king for the simple habit of a monk.
6. The crew of the freighter ____________________________ most of its cargo in a desperate effort to keep the sinking ship afloat.
7. A good deal of sad experience has taught me that my youthful hopes of getting something for noting are entirely ____________________________.
8. Who wouldn’t have had fun among such a __________________________ group of people?
9. In the Victorian era, designers ____________________________ women’s dresses with all sorts of elaborate frills and flounces.
10. Since we all agreed that the proposal seemed to offer the best solution to our problem, it was accepted without _________________________.
11. The disastrous stock market crash of 1929 left many a wealthy speculator as _______________________ as the proverbial church mouse.
12. The _________________________ manner in which he sidled into the room and tried to avoid being noticed actually drew attention to his presence.
13. Though I don’t consider myself much of a diplomat, I think I handled that delicate situation in a particularly ____________________________manner.
14. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again” seems to be the motto of that _________________________________ woman.
15. Jonathan Swift so came to loathe human folly, vice and hypocrisy that he died a virtual ____________________________.
16. At the Casablanca Conference in 1943, President Roosevelt and his military aides met with their British ____________________________ to map military strategy for the Western Allies.
17. The man’s features suddenly contorted in a ________________________________ mask, more reminiscent of a hobgoblin than a human being.
18. The _________________________ movie palaces of an earlier era have given way to smaller theaters, decorated in a simpler, more austere style.
19. Many a now-forgotten “movie-great” has discovered to his or her chagrin that fame may indeed be as _______________________________ as a passing shower.
20. He had the __________________________________ to come into my own home to tell me what I should do to help him.
Vocabulary 7 exercise 3
Synonyms

1. the dogged researcher _____________________________________

2. donned fashionable attire ____________________________________

3. an influential set of friends _____________________________________

4. willingly abandoned their prejudices _____________________________________

5. their apt meeting _____________________________________

6. had the gall to demand an apology ____________________________________

7. prone to fanciful get-rich-quick ______________________________________

8. will surely relieve his anxiety _______________________________________

9. her complement a the rival company ______________________________________

10. condemned the militia’s depraved behavior _____________________________________

11. protested when asked to leave _____________________________________

12. a well-known people-hater ______________________________________

13. ornamented with high-sounding phrases _______________________________________

14. ignore those inconsequential objections ______________________________________

15. the fleeting nature of power ______________________________________

Antonyms

16. their forthright attempt to withdraw ______________________________________

17. moderate increases in profits ______________________________________

18. the wealthy inhabitants of the big cities _____________________________________

19. a very grim lunch meeting ______________________________________

20. understated taste in home furnishings ______________________________________
Vocabulary 7, exercise 4

1. The Presidency is the “toughest job in the world” because it makes such (bestial / inordinate) demands on a person’s time, energy and ingenuity.
2. The famous sleuth pursued his investigation with all the (pertinacity / conviviality) of a lion stalking its dinner.
3. “You mean you had the (effrontery / demur) to ask for a raise when everyone knows you’ve been goofing off lately?” I asked in amazement.
4. An emotion so fickle and (ephemeral / pertinacious) does not deserve to be categorized as “love.”
5. The kind of (garish/ picayune) theatrical makeup used by circus clowns is not suitable for an elegant fashion model.
6. Nothing we could say seemed to (demur / allay) her grief over the loss of her dog.
7. The proofreader didn’t notice any significant flaws in the writing, but he did find a few (ephemeral / picayune) defects in the typesetting.
8. To anyone as fond of horses as I am, the stable and the tack room provide as (indigent / convivial) an atmosphere as one could wish for.
9. If installment buying is not carefully controlled, the benefits that can accrue for it may prove wholly (illusory / inordinate).
10. I am flattered that you want me to chair the meeting, but I must (demur / embellish) on the grounds of my youth and inexperience).
11. I can always come up with the crushing rejoinder, the dazzling witticism or the (furtive / felicitous) phrase – about an hour after I need it.
12. When the facts of a matter speak so plainly for themselves, we shouldn’t seek to (jettison / embellish) them.
13. Somehow, it depresses me to think that with the approach of winter this magnificent old tree will surrender all its leafy (effrontery / raiment).
14. She has neither the starry-eyed optimism of the idealist nor the mordant cynicism of the (coterie / misanthrope.)
15. Through the Federal government does much to help the (indigent / illusory), private charities play no small part in their welfare.
16. Often the antonym of a given English word is not so much its opposite as its (embellishment / counterpart).
17. Every dynamic and successful society must be able to (jettison / allay) ideas and institutions that have outlived their usefulness.
18. As the rock star’s popularity began to skyrocket, what had been a small (coterie / raiment) of admirers became an unruly mob.
19. The atrocities committed by the (garish / bestial) commanders of such concentration camps as Auschwitz appalled the civilized world.
20. When I returned to the office earlier than expected, I caught the little snoop (felicitously / furtively) going through the papers on my desk.

Review of Romanticism and visual application.

1. Love of Nature
2. Idealization of Rural Living
3. Faith in Common People
4. Emphasis on Freedom and Individualism
5. Spontaneity, intuition, feeling, imagination, wonder
6. Passionate individual religiosity
7. Life after death
8. Organic view of the World
Terms to know well:
1. awe- noun: A feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder: "they gazed in awe at the small mountain of diamonds".
verb: Inspire with awe: "they were both awed by the vastness of the forest".
synonyms: fear - reverence - dread - fright – terror
2. picturesque- charming or quaint in appearance
3. sublime-adjective: Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe: "ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous".
Synonyms: adjective. lofty - grand - noble - exalted - elevated – stately
4. transcendental- adjective- Of or relating to a spiritual or nonphysical realm.
5. Transcendentalism- a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical
For each of the following Romantic images, write an aspect and or term that reflects the picture. Be prepared to explain your choice.

1. Goya Saturn Devouring His Children ______________________________


2. Fuseli Lady Macbeth ______________________________________________


3. Delecroix The Massacre at Chior _______________ _____________

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4. Constable Wivenhoe Park ___________________________________________

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5.Bingham Fur Traders on the Missouri _______________________________



6. Turner Steamboat Off Harbour’s Mouth ______________________________

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7. Turner The Fighting Temeraire ____________________________________

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8. Friedrich The Wanderer _________________________________________

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9. Friedrich A Tale from the Brother’s Grimm __________________________

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10. Runge Children ________________________________________________

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11. Friedrich The Polar Sea ___________________________________________

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12. Stubbs A Horse Frightened by a Lion _______________________________

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13. Gericault Mounted Officer of the Imperial Guard _______________________

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14. Goya The Third of May 1808 __________________________________

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15. Delacroix Liberty _____________________________________________

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16. Blake The Ancient of Days __________________________________

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17. Blake Beatrice Addressing Dante ___________________________________

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18. Delacroix The Death of Sardanapalus ________________________________

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19. Fuseli Nightmare _________________________________________________

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20. Fuseli Nightmare 2 ______________________________________________

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Pictures

Monday 19 December final Scarlet Letter Presentations

In class we are finishing up the presentations on this Romantic novel.

Tomorrow is the final assessment. If you have been reading, it's very easy.

Symbols you should know for the test: Divine Maternity, Tongue of Flame (reference to the Holy Ghost), the story of David and Bathsheba, the story of the beheading of St. John the Baptist (The biblical account portrays the beheading of Saint John the Baptist by Herod. According to the Synoptic Gospels, Herod had imprisoned John because he reproved Herod for divorcing his wife Herodias and unlawfully taking the wife of his brother. On Herod's birthday, Herodias' daughter Salome danced before the king and his guests. Her dancing pleased Herod so much that in his drunkenness he promised to give her anything she desired, up to half of his kingdom. When the daughter asked her mother what she should request, she was told to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Although Herod was appalled by the request, he reluctantly agreed and had John executed in the prison.), a ruff, stigmata, scaffold, Lord of Misrule, rack, the meteor within the story and self-flagellation or scorging.

Be prepared to give three instances that support the theme of alienation,

appearance versus reality

breaking society's rules

Friday 16 December Scarlet Letter finale

In class today: we'll continue with your presentations. This appears to be an excellent way of tying the book together. In reality, we'll not finish with everyone today'; so that'll happen on Monday, and we'll use Tuesday for the final assessment. You will most assuredly need to have read carefully. What the test will consist of is quotes where you'll identify the context and point out its relevancy in terms of a character, theme, plot device, point of view or setting.
Since there was some confusion over the questions that were posted for Thursday, you may turn them in on Friday. The novel is to have been read by Friday. Make sure you have done so.
Friday's questions; again you can turn in Thursday's for no penalty.
Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze
1. Why is Dimmesdale pleased that he and Hester will not be leaving until four days later?
2. Name two of the minister's eccentricities that he entertains on his way back to his home.
Chapter 21 New England Holiday
3. With whom does Chillingworth speak at the festivities?
Chapter 22 The Procession
4. Describe Dimmesdale's demeanor at the procession.
Chapter 23 The Revelation
5. Who does Dimmesdale ask for as he is dying?
6. What are the minister's last words?
Chapter 24 The Conclusion
7.What did the spectators see the minister's breast?
8. What happened to Chillingworth?
9, What happened to Hester?
10. What happened to Pearl?

Reading schedule
Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview
Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Wednesday 14 December chapter 17 The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Thursday 15 December: Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession
DUE Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Thursday 15 December

Here's the bonus you asked for: 40 points; identify the above image, who painted it and how it ties into our reading. Due Thursday before class :)

Reading schedule

Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place

Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview

Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister

Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient

Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester

Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk

Wednesday 14 December chapter 17 The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Reading for Thursday 15 December: Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession

Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Questions for chapters 14-19 for Thursday

Chapter 14 Hester and the Physician

1. Why has Chillingsworth not punished Hester, yet has tortured Dimmesdale.

Chapter 15 Hester and Pearl
2. Pearl had been playing by the shore,k while her
mother talked with Chillingsworth. What does she do with the eel grass she collected?
3. With what does Hester threaten Pearl, if the child does not stop asking about the scarlet letter?

Chapter 16 A Forest Walk

4. Where does Hester descide to meet Dimmesdale to convey the news?

5. What does Hester tell Pearl is the reason for the A?

Chapter 17 The Pastor and the Parishioner

6. Under what circumstances might have Dimmesdale found peace?

7.What news does Hester convey to Dimmesdale?

8.What does Hester suggest to Dimmesdale that should be done to escape Chillingsworth. (Be complete here; the information is spread out over a couple of pages)

Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine

9. What does Hester do with the A?

10. Describe the nymph child.

Chapter 19 The Child at the Brookside

11. Why would Pearl not come to her mother?

12. How does Pearl react when she hears the news?

Wednesday 14 December Scarlet Letter Presentations

BAD DECISIONS MAKE GOOD STORIES
Presentations today...that's all folks!

Tuesday 13 December

In class: continue working on your literary element project with your group. A well-written hard copy is due at the end of class.
Homework: only reading, see schedule. There will, however, be questions on Wednesday's blog for Thursday.

Reading schedule
Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview
Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
DUE Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Due Wednesday 14 December The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession
Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Monday 12 December

Turn in your bonus that was on Friday's blog.

In class: review through chapter 13- salient points as applied to literary elements
With your assigned group, you will use textual evidence to elucidate a literary element, which you will share with the class on Wednesday. The purpose of this project is so that everyone has detailed, pertinent information for the January ELA.
MONDAY -WEDNESDAY PROJECT: This is a copy of the class handout. Make sure you read this carefully. The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne With your assigned partners, you will complete one part of a literary element chart, using detailed textual evidence. These must be ready for presentation on Wednesday. If as a group, you do not feel you have completed this to your satisfaction, make sure you arrange to touch base outside of class with your partners. Get an e-mail.
Grading: 1. completion of the chart (writing / group grade); 2. oral presentation of material (project grade 50% group for organization; 50 % individual presentation);3. classmate grade (test, you will have a rubric to grade the contributions of your partners). We will start this on Monday and finish up by Tuesday. Since by Tuesday we will have finished through chapter 16, A Forest Walk, your material must cover all relevant information through this chapter. For example, the characters evolve, as the tension builds in the story; the tone changes and examples that support such themes as alienation, appearance versus reality and breaking society’s rules become more numerous. Keep in mind that, although we are segregating the literary elements, there is overlap. Imagery and allusions bring the characters to life, as does their dialogue; they also are inseparable from the plot. Remember too that details in the setting support the ideas of Romanticism, and the first person omniscient point of view of the narrator describes the outward countenance and actions of the characters, as well as the inner pleasures and torments.
For your assigned topic, you will create a thesis statement and support it with five supporting-detailed textual examples. You will then make an insightful analysis statement that ties into the larger ideas of Romanticism -maybe- (don’t cop out with simply they liked nature) or other universal ideas about the nature of man or mankind or the world or something historical, social, political- but relevant. You get the idea. ie. As a Puritan the character Roger Chillingsworth’s evil actions are not within his control. Now find 5 examples of his actions and how they move the plot along. (Remember, this is not anecdotal, but text based.) Finally, why are all these horrible things beyond his control? The Puritans believed in fate and predestination. Chillingsworth is arguably meant to be there to punish sin. Yet, as a Romantic novel, since all things of this world are of God’s making, there is no sin, rather man perverts and corrupts the creation.
Make sure I have these at the end of class on Tuesday, so that I can scan them in to be used for your presentations. That means you should take notes for your group.
Group 1: characterization- Hester Ty and Arianna
Group 2: tone / mood Erin and Meghan and Nah Tivah
Group 3: characterization – Pearl Ashley and Elijah and Amanda
Group 4- theme of alienation Briana and Raphael and Joe
Group 5- theme of appearance vs. reality Julie and Matt and Leon
Group 6- theme of breaking society’s rules Quinton and Mariah and Kerri
Group 7- point of view (how does this impact the readers’ perception of the characters, setting, and Puritan beliefs?)
Malikk, Kamicah and Zach
Group 8- setting (how does this impact the characters, plot? Taquan and Rosie and Sharon
Group 9- Dimmesdale Aaron and Linai and Dorothy
Group 10- Chillingsworth Landon and Hannah and Keith
Due questions chapters 11-13 at the start of class.
Reading schedule
Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview
Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The

Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
DUE Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Due Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Wednesday 14 December Chapter 17 The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of

Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England

Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession
Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Synopsis: Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Although Dimmesdale lacks the courage to confess his sin publicly and risk ruining his reputation as a man of God, he
suffers privately. In addition to his constant mental torment, he punishes himself physically with a bloody scourge, fasts
to the point of weakness, and keeps nightly vigils. On one of these vigil nights, seven years after Hester stood in solitary
shame upon the scaffold, Dimmesdale, thinking the rest of the town is asleep, stands on that same scaffold. However, Hester and Pearl pass the scaffold as they return home from watching at the deathbed of Governor Winthrop. Dimmesdale invites them to ascend the steps and the three stand together on the scaffold. Pearl asks him if they will stand together tomorrow, but Dimmesdale tells her it cannot be. Chillingworth sees the trio on the scaffold. Dimmesdale
appeals to Hester for support against the nameless horror he feels for Chillingworth. Hiding his hatred for Dimmesdale, Chillingworth approaches and leads the minister back home.Hester is shocked by the decay of Dimmesdale’s nerve and moral force. She infers Chillingworth to be the insidious cause of his weakened state. Realizing she has allowed this to happen by keeping Chillingworth’s identity a secret, Hester resolvesto talk to her former husband and try to rescue Dimmesdale from his evil influence.

Friday 9 December DEAR day

Bonus: 40 points...identify the above item and its function. Send or put on the desk before class on Monday.

In class today: DEAR (drop everything and read)

Reading schedule

Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place

Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview

Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister

Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient

DUE Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester

Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk

Wednesday 14 December The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side

Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession

Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Synopsis: Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
The story now turns to Roger Chillingworth. Following his secret interview with Hester in prison, Chillingworth becomes a respected member of the community and personal medical advisor to Arthur Dimmesdale, whose health is failing. Chillingworth uses his medical knowledge to treat the minister’s physical condition, but suspects some wound or trouble
in Dimmesdale’s soul is contributing to his declining health. Intent on discovering the truth about Arthur Dimmesdale, Chillingworth one day comes upon the minister in his sleep, pushes aside his shirt, and reads the secret of the minister’sheart—the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne’s partner in adultery and the father of little Pearl. Chillingworth acknowledges Dimmesdale as his enemy and thus makes him the unsuspecting victim of his malevolent revenge.

Questions for Monday's reading. These may be e-mailed or turned in at the start of class only. Make sure you are on task with your reading.

Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart
1. How does Reverend Dimmesdale feel about Chillingsworth? (use specific text)
2. How does the congregation view the popular Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale? (use specific text)
3. How did the minister punish himself?
Chapter 12. The Minister’s Vigil
4. What “vain show of expiation” does the minister perform?
5. Who joins the minister?
6. What does Pearl ask of the minister and how does he reply?
7. What appears in the sky and how does it appear?
Chapter 13
8. How and why had the public’s perception of Hester changed in seven years?
9. What does Hester Prynne resolve to do?

Thursday 8 December

Bonus 40 points- due Friday In chapter 7 The Govenor's Hall, there is a suit of armor "manufactured by a skillful armorer in London." Along with the steel headpiece and "a sword hanging beneath", there are four other parts that are "so hightly burnished as to glow with white radiance. Name there four pieces and identify what they protect on the body.


Vocabulary 6 is due tomorrow.
There are no questions due for tomorrow.


Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview
Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 TheGovernor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil,Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl,Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Wednesday 14 December The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession
Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Synopsis: Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Hester and Pearl take up residence in a small cottage at the edge of the village. Using her needlework skills, Hester supports herself and Pearl by sewing for the magistrates and wealthy villagers. She also sews for the poor as an act of charity. Although they live humbly, Hester’s one extravagance is the way she dresses Pearl. Hester fashions scarlet,elaborately embroidered dresses for Pearl. The townspeople generally shun Hester and her daughter.
Three years pass, and Hester learns the magistrates are considering taking Pearl away from her. Hester passionately implores Governor Bellingham to allow her to keep Pearl, who is her sole joy as well as a constant reminder of her sin.The Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale speaks in behalf of Hester, and Pearl is allowed to remain with her mother. As Hester and Pearl leave the Governor’s Mansion, Mistress Hibbins, the Governor’s sister, invites Hester to meet the Black Man in the forest. Hester happily declines the offer because she must take care of Pearl.

Synopsis: Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
The story now turns to Roger Chillingworth. Following his secret interview with Hester in prison, Chillingworth becomes a respected member of the community and personal medical advisor to Arthur Dimmesdale, whose health is failing. Chillingworth uses his medical knowledge to treat the minister’s physical condition, but suspects some wound or trouble
in Dimmesdale’s soul is contributing to his declining health. Intent on discovering the truth about Arthur Dimmesdale, Chillingworth one day comes upon the minister in his sleep, pushes aside his shirt, and reads the secret of the minister’s heart—the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne’s partner in adultery and the father of little Pearl. Chillingworth acknowledges Dimmesdale as his enemy and thus makes him the unsuspecting victim of his malevolent revenge.

Wednesday 7 December

Homework See Wednesday December 7 reading schedule;

Accompanying questions. Due at the beginning of class on Thursday or send along. I am not in class tomorrow, as I have historian's project. However, the questions must be turned in or mailed to me before class in order to get credit.

Chapter 5:

1. What does Hester become to general public in giving up her individuality?

2. Give two reasons why Hester does not leave the community. Use specific text.

Chapter 6

3. According to the text, what is the significance of Pearl's name?

4. Using examples from the text, describe Pearl's physical attributes and personality.

Chapter 7

5 For what two reasons has Hester come to the govenor's hall?

Chapter 8

6. How exactly does Pearl respond to Mr. Wilson's question as to who made her?
7. Who does Hester ask to speak for her in defense of her keeping the child?

8. Chillingsworth wishes to "analyze the child's nature" so as to discover the father, but Mr. Wilson thinks that "profane philosophy...and better to fast and pray upon it." According to him, what is the advantage of not knowing the father's identity?

Here is the reading schedule again

Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place

Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview

Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 TheGovernor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister

Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient

Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil,Chapter 13 Another View of Hester

Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl,Chapter 16 A Forest Walk

Wednesday 14 December The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side

Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession

Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Synopis: Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview

As Hester endures this public disgrace, Roger Chillingworth, an old man new to the village, asks members of the crowd about her and learns as much of her story as is commonly known. When he asks the identity of the child’s father, he discovers Hester has refused to divulge this information. From the balcony overlooking the scaffold, the young Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale also asks for this information and eloquently appeals to Hester to publicly name her partner in sin. She refuses.
Upon her return to prison, Hester is distraught, and Roger Chillingworth, a self-proclaimed physician, comes to calm her and the babe. Chillingworth, who is actually Hester’s husband, refuses to publicly acknowledge her and share in her shame. He makes Hester promise to keep his true identity secret and vows to discover and avenge himself on the man
who has wronged him.

Tuesday 6 December

NOTE THAT THE QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 1 AND 2 ARE ON MONDAY'S BLOG. I POSTED THESE QUESTIONS, WHICH ARE DUE WEDNESDAY FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO READ AHEAD.

Two concepts that are important to Romanticism: awe and sublime
AWE: A feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder
SUBLIME: the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement or imitation.

Here is the reading schedule.

Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place

Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview

Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 TheGovernor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister

Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient

Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil,Chapter 13 Another View of Hester

Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk

Wednesday 14 December The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side

Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England

Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession

Friday 16 December The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Homework: due Wednesday either at the beginning of class or send along before in an e-mail

1. What specifically does the "white man, clad in a strange disarray of civilized and savage costume" do to indicate to Hester that she should not acknowledge that she knows him?

2. Describe Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale using specific text.

3. How does Roger Chillingsworth calm the baby and Pearl in prison?

4. What is Chillingsworth response to Hester's not revealing the identity of her paramour?

Synopsis: Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
The story takes place in the Puritan village of Boston, Massachusetts, during the first half of the 17th Century. Several years before the novel begins, Hester Prynne came to the New World to await the arrival of her husband who had business to conclude in Europe. However, Hester’s husband was captured by Indians upon his arrival in New England and did not arrive in Boston as Hester expected. While living alone in Boston and believing her husband dead, Hester committed adultery and became pregnant. The village magistrates imprisoned her for this sin and decreed she must wear a scarlet “A”on the bodice of her dress for the rest of her life. While in prison, Hester, highly skilled in needlework, elaboratelyembroidered the scarlet letter with gold thread. Before her release from prison, Hester was forced to stand on the public scaffold where all the villagers could see her. As the story opens, Hester is leaving the prison to take her position on the scaffold. She wears the scarlet letter and carrieswith dignity her three-month-old daughter Pearl.

Monday 5 December Scarlet Letter introduction

In class today: collecting Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.
HOMEWORK :As you can see from the schedule below, you are responsible for for Chapters 1 and 2 tomorrow.
Pay particular attention to Hester's interior and exterior life. These questions are due at the beginning of class; you may also send them along before. the responses need not be extensive, but please use complete sentences. Nothing will be accepted late.
1. What do we know about the values of "the founders of a new colony [who] have invariable recognized it among their earlies practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemeter, and another portion as the site of a prison?"
2.Compare the attitude of the "God-fearing gentlemen", the "autumnal matron" and the "young wife, holding a child by the hand" towards Hester's punishment.
3. Describe the other countenance Hester saw as she stood on the scaffold.
4. Had Hester been a Papist she would have been an "image of Divine Maternity"? What is Hawthorned suggesting of the character in giving us this picture?
Words you need to know:
1. edifice n. building
2. ensue v. to take place afterward
3. feign v. to pretend
4. gesticulation n. expressive gesture
5. ignominy n. deep humiliation; disgrace
6. inauspicious adj. unfavorable
7. panoply n. full suit of armor; impressive array
8. tribunal- n. court or meeting at which a trial is carried out
Here is the reading schedule.
Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview
Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The
Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil,
Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl,
Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Wednesday 14 December The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,
Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,
Chapter 22 The Procession
Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion

Please familiarize yourself with Hawthorne's background, especially the Transendentalist movement.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of a long line of Puritan ancestors including John Hathorne, a presiding magistrate in the Salem witch trials. In order to distance himself from his family's shameful involvement in the witch trials, Hawthorne added the "w" to his last name during his early 20s. After his father, a ship captain, died of yellow fever at sea when Nathaniel was only four, his mother became overly protective and pushed him toward relatively isolated pursuits. Hawthorne's childhood left him overly shy and bookish, which molded his life as a writer. Hawthorne turned to writing after his graduation from Bowdoin College. His insufficient earnings as a writer forced Hawthorne to enter a career as a Boston Custom House measurer in 1839. After three years Hawthorne was dismissed from his job with the Salem Custom House, but by 1842, his writing finally gave Hawthorne a sufficient income to marry Sophia Peabody and move to The Manse in Concord, which was the center of the Transcendental movement. Hawthorne then devoted himself to his most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter. He zealously worked on the novel with a determination he had not known before. His intense suffering infused the novel with imaginative energy, leading him to describe it as a "hell-fired story." The Scarlet Letter was an immediate success that allowed Hawthorne to devote himself to his writing.

A reminder: who were the Pilgrims.
A religious group which migrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England in the early 1600s, the Puritans believed in a “pure” interpretation of the Bible which did not include some of the traditional practices of the Church of England. Although the Church did not officially control the State in Puritan settlements, religion and government were closely intertwined. The ministers counseled the magistrates in all affairs concerning the settlement and its citizens. The Puritans had strict rules against the theater, religious music, sensuous poetry, and frivolous dress.

Friday 2 December - test

Today is the final assessment on the introductory material on journalism. Grades close today.

Vocabulary 6 is being handed out. This is due next Friday, December 9. As we will be starting Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter on Monday, I strongly suggest you get this done over the weekend.

Vocabulary 6

1. abject (adjective) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved; wretched, utter

2. agnostic (noun)- one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj) without faith, skeptical; doubter

3. complicity (noun)- involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice; connivance, collusion

4. derelict (noun) – someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty; remiss, delinquent

5. diatribe (noun)- a bitter and prolonged verbal attack; harangue, tirade

6. effigy (noun)- a crude image of a despised person; likeness

7. equity (noun) – the state or quality of being just, fair or impartial; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or claim; justice, fairness, impartiality
8. inane (adj)- silly, empty of meaning or value; vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous

9. indictment (noun)- the act of accusing; a formal accusation; charge, accusation

10. indubitable (adj) – certain, not to be doubted or denied; unquestionable, indisputable

11. intermittent (adj)- stopping and beginning again; sporadic; fitful, spasmodic, random

12. moot (adj) – open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (verb) to bring up for discussion; debatable, questionable.

13. motif (noun) – the principle idea, feature, theme or element, a repeated or dominant figure in a design

14. neophyte (noun)- a new convert, beginner, novice; tenderfoot, tyro, rookie

15. perspicacity (noun)- keenness in observing and understanding; acuity, acumen, discernment

16. plenary (adj)- complete in all aspects or essentials, absolute, attended by all qualified members; unlimited, unrestricted.

17. surveillance (noun)- a watch kept over a person, careful, close and disciplined observation; scrutiny, monitoring

18. sylvan (adj)- pertaining to or characteristic of forests, wooded, woody; forested, arcadian

19. testy (adj)- easily irritated, characterized by impatience and exasperation; irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

20. travesty (noun)- a grotesque or grossly interior imitation, a disguise; (verb) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion; parody, caricature, farce


Vocabulary 6, exercise 1

1. Though some writers have emphasized Jefferson’s human weaknesses, his greatness is also a(n) ________________________ part of the historic record.
2. Since he neither affirms nor denies the existence of God, I’d classify him as a(an) _______________________ rather than an atheist.
3. During the emergency, the mayor assumed ______________________ authority and did whatever was needed to provide essential services.
4. It was such a(n) ___________________ remark that I couldn’t keep myself from laughing derisively when I heard it.
5. “Simple _______________________ demands that we distribute the tax burden as fairly as possible among the populace,” the Senator remarked.
6. How can you call that a(n) ________________________ question when it is quite a simple matter of right and wrong.
7. I would be ________________________ in my duty to you if I did not warn you against the bad effects of smoking cigarettes.
8. Since the accused was never really given a chance to defend himself, his so-called “trial’ was nothing but a(n) ____________________________ of justice.
9. The overthrown dictator was hanged in ______________________ before a vast throng in the town square.
10. Those who saw the young woman being assaulted and did nothing to help her were guilty of ______________________ in the crime.
11. At the slightest sound of thunder, my dog Rover dives under the bed in a state of ______________________ terror.
12. In her garland of leaves and acorns, the child looked very much like some ___________________ spirit from an Arthurian myth.
13. Throughout the period that the spy thought he had gone undetected, he was actually under __________________________________ by the CIA.
14. For years, we carried on a(n) _________________________________ correspondence, sometimes allowing months to pass before a letter was answered.
15. Every time we did something to anger him, he delivered an intemperate ______________________ lambasting our “hopeless irresponsibility.’
16. In Wagner’s operas, brief musical ________________________ associated with the characters and their actions recur again and again.
17. The fact that so many released prisoners returned to a life of crime is in itself a terrifying ______________________________ of our penal system.
18. How could a mere __________________________ in the teaching profession question the judgment of so experienced an educator?
19. I’d say that the phrase “having a short fuse” aptly describes my boss’s decidedly ____________________ personality.
20. The ___________________________ of her analysis not only clarified the nature of the problem but also suggested its most promising solution.

Vocabulary 6, exercise 2

1. The senator’s speech was more of a _________________________ than a reasoned address.
2. If you know a crime is going to be committed but do nothing to prevent it, you may be accused of ________________________.
3. In the American dream, those who work hard can escape lives of _____________________ poverty.
4. The Restoration dramatists ______________________________ the snobbery of the upper classes in their satirical comedies.
5. Once upon a time Hansel and Gretel walked down a ______________________ path, leaving only breadcrumbs in their wake.
6. Because of its importance, the case was presented at a ________________________ session of the Superior Court.
7. In comparison to an experienced wilderness hiker, he is a mere _______________________ in the woods.
8. Prompted by the considerations of _____________________ , the father decided to divide his estate equally among his children.
9. The Grand Jury delivered the __________________________ for murder after deliberating in secret for two weeks.
10. The pulled muscle in her back gave her __________________________ pains for about a week.
11. The collector admired the unusual Asian ________________________ that was woven into the fabric of the tapestry.
12. Her _____________________ tendencies made it difficult for her to subscribe to any set of religious beliefs.
13. The family complained about the unsightly collection of __________________________ cars in their neighbor’s driveway.
14. The night before the battle, the troops burned the despised enemy leader in ____________________________.
15. The lawyer’s _______________________ remarks during cross-examination probably affected her credibility with the jury.
16. The police kept the suspect under strict __________________________ after she was released due to lack of evidence.
17. The birdwatcher scans the surrounding trees and fields with the same _______________________ as a hawk looking for prey.
18. The class agreed that the question of whether Jefferson should have retaliated sooner against the Barbary Pirates was a _____________________ point.
19. You cannot argue with _______________________________ truths.
20. The politician made an _________________________ reply to the interviewer’s probing question.
Vocabulary 6, exercise 3

Synonyms
1. a crude likeness __________________________________

2. a familiar theme in her poetry ___________________________________

3. put under scrutiny ___________________________________

4. a mere parody of fair play ___________________________________

5. the forested slopes of the Rockies ____________________________________

6. announced the formal charge to the press ___________________________________

7. admired for his uncommon acuity ____________________________________

8. was given unlimited power to govern ____________________________________

9. indoctrinated the rookie ____________________________________

10. a doubter in every aspect ____________________________________

11. remiss in discharging her responsibilities ___________________________________

12. guilty of collusion ___________________________________

13. could not contain her own tirade ____________________________________

14. the vapid chatter of thoughtless critics ____________________________________

15. a debatable issue ____________________________________

Antonyms

16. the continuous flow of water _____________________________________

17. a history of injustice ______________________________________

18. the dubious strength of the foundation _____________________________________

19. calmed the even-tempered child ______________________________________

20. her lofty plea for understanding ______________________________________
Vocabulary 6, exercise 4

1. Today’s forecast calls for variable cloudiness with (abject, intermittent) periods of rain.
2. Only an (intermittent, abject) coward would stand idly by while a defenseless old woman was mugged in the street.
3. All of a sudden, a strange young man rushed onto the speaker’s platform and launched into a (travesty, diatribe) against “big government.”
4. After over 30 years in Congress, he retains the idealism of the (agnostic, neophyte) but has gained the practical wisdom of the veteran.
5. As he sat before the fire absentmindedly puffing on his pipe, Grandfather seemed the very epitome of (plenary, sylvan) contentment.
6. According to voodoo belief, one can get rid of an enemy by making a tiny (effigy, motif) of him and sticking it full of pins.
7. My studies have convinced me that the one dominant (motif, diatribe) in American history has been the expansion of democracy.
8. The picture shows the three Graces dancing in a forest clearing, while nymphs, satyrs and other (sylvan, indubitable) creatures cavort among the trees.
9. “I vetoed that idea when it was first (mooted, indicted) years ago,” the Governor said, “and I have never regretted my decision.”
10. The awkward pause in the conversation became even more painful when he interjected his (plenary, inane) attempts at humor.
11. His extraordinary ability to (moot, travesty) the works of popular writers is largely due to his keen eye for the ridiculous.
12. What qualities will he have to fall back on when his (indubitable, testy) charm and good looks begin to wear thin?
13. Though the book was written by an avowed (agnostic, derelict), it enjoyed a certain popularity with the faithful.
14. How can I be accused of (indictment, complicity) in that plot when I did not even know the conspirators?
15. Bag ladies and other homeless (neophytes, derelicts) roam our streets in increasing numbers.
16. Observers on the ground keep close (surveillance, equity) on air traffic at a busy airport by means of various electronic devices, such as radar.
17. Though I can sometimes be as (testy, derelict) as an irate wasp, I normally do not lose my temper very easily.
18. The historian had long been noted for the soundness of his scholarship and the (complicity, perspicacity) of his judgment.
19. His disgraceful behavior since he left college is in itself a(n) (indictment, surveillance) of the lax, overindulgent upbringing he received.
20. Since she is a fair-minded woman, I’m sure she will present both sides of the controversy with admirable (equity, effigy.

Thursday 1 December Minister's Veil / Oval Portrait

Bonus: 20 points. Name another individual known for his parables.

Test tomorrow on the introductory material for Romanticism and the four short stories and the two works from The Lyrical Ballards, Wordsworth's The Tables Turned and Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. See previous blogs this week for further details.

KNOW THIS: definition of a parable

A short story that tells a moral lesson of some kind. It has the following three characteristics:
1. It's a short story
2. It has a moral that is revealed at the end.
3. It uses realistic characters and settings (that is, it's not about tortoise and hares and other talking animals - those are fables).

some words that you should be familiar with from these two short stories:
1.gait-(noun)- walk

* 2.awe- (noun)-an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful. (This is very important in terms of Romanticism)
3. knell- (noun)-the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.

4. obstinancy- (noun)-unyielding or stubborn adherence to one's purpose, opinion, etc
5. shroud- (noun)-a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial


6. countenance -(noun)- face
7. austere-(noun)-severe or strict, ascetic


8. reveries- (noun) - dreams
On your test tomorrow you will be asked to tell how the following stanza from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an example of Romantic thought. It will count for 20 points. Be prepared.



O happy living things! no tongue


Their beauty might declare:


A spring of love gushed from my heart,


And I blessed them unaware:


Sure my kind saint took pity on me,


And I blessed them unaware.

Wednesday 30 November The Prairie

Bonus: 30 points- to be added into the disaster known as the Sleepy Hollow quiz:

Natty Bumppo's nickname was Hawkeye. What character in a long-running television show took this as his nickname? I had trouble posting this; so turn in the bonus on Thursday.

Looking ahead:
quiz tomorrow on Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Poe's The Oval Portrait.



TEST FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER on Wordsworth's The Table's Turned, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Feninmore Cooper's The Prairie, Poe's Oval Portrait and Hawthorne's Minister's Black Veil. Make sure you know authors and titles, significant characters, plot, setting and theme, and how these tie into Romanticism.
In class today: The Prairie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8zx_6TVJo&feature=fvsr
7:43

The set of five historical novels known as The Leatherstocking Tales is a complex and adventure-packed trip into the lush and unpredictable wilderness of 18th Century America. The thread which ties the five books together is the life story of a rugged and untamable hunter, Indian fighter and American scout for the British military. Each book of The Leatherstocking Tales showcases a different phase of the myriad struggles to settle and control this vast and resource-rich land.

The Deerslayer takes place on Otsego Lake, the current site of Cooperstown, New York. Set in 1743, long before James Fenimore Cooper's family established the first settlement at the southern end of the lake, the story brings the young hunter, Nathaniel Bumppo, and his Delaware brother, Chingachgook, to the lake to rescue Chingachgook's bride-to-be from a Iroquois war party. They enlist themselves in a bloody battle to protect a family of settlers from the Iroquois, and the resulting scenes are dramatic and suspenseful, as loves and scalps are won and lost.
The Last of The Mohicans is the universal favorite and best known of the series. Cooper builds the story around the historic massacre at Fort William Henry on the shores of Lake George. Natty Bumppo, now in his thirties and known by his Indian name of Hawkeye, joins forces with Chingachgook and Chingachgook's son Uncas to save the lives of the daughters of the fort's commanding officer. Numerous exciting and complicated canoe and trail chases take place over the lakes and through the mountains and forests of Upper York Colony. Full play is given to the treachery of Montcalm, General Webb and the Mingo warrior, Magua, as Cooper describes in heart-rending passages the disaster of the terrible massacre and its aftermath on the lives of both his fictional and historic characters.
The Pathfinder is devoted to a love story for Hawkeye. Cooper, fascinated with the use of ships to wage war on the Great Lakes, moves the scene of the action to Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. Again, treachery drives the story as an officer of a Scottish regiment sells his loyalty to the French and their Indian sympathizers. Cooper displays a penchant for mystery and intrigue as the characters struggle to identify the traitor and avoid the capture of their island stronghold.

By 1794, the Cooper family had established the settlement of Cooperstown at the southern tip of Otsego Lake. The Pioneers returns to the site of The Deerslayer to portray an era in which the world of the game-rich forests and free roaming hunters and Indian tribes has been supplanted by property rights, civil law and a market economy. Natty Bumppo, now known simply as "The Leatherstocking", is in his seventies. Although he is still a formidable marksman and is not beyond effecting a dramatic rescue of a heroine from the historic Mt. Vision forest fire, society no longer has a place for him or for the skills which made him famous. With a heavy helping of nostalgia, Cooper devotes the book to a fascinating description of the living circumstances and activities of the Americans who built the frontier towns and who made the world of the rootless longhunters obsolete.
The frontier moved inexorably westward, and in The Prairie, we find Hawkeye removed to the uncharted territory which would become Wyoming and the Dakotas. Having fled the relentless sound of axes hewing down his beloved forests in the east, the Leatherstocking is now in his eighties and has isolated himself in the land of the Pawnee, the Sioux and countless herds of buffalo. Still there is no respite from the relentlessly encroaching settlers, and he finds himself expending the last of his strength and skills in the defense of a group of outcast Kentuckians who are seeking land rights as far as possible from the law.

Culminating in a magnificently written death scene, The Prairie brings the old hunter full circle with images of his youth and reminiscences of the remarkable life which made him the prototype of the American Hero.
Quiz The Prairie by James Fennimore Cooper This culminating work in the five books of The Leatherstocking Tales exemplifies the formation of a unique American personality. There is a class handout, which is the same as the below material without a graphic organizer.
Use specific text from the story to fill in the following.
4. Examples that support The Prairie is a Romantic piece of literature.
Give quote and how it ties in
4. Examples that support The Prairie reflects the traditional Protestant views that America carried over from England
4. Examples that support The Prairie reflects the native peoples’ perspectives on spirituality.

Tuesday November 29 3rd floor lab microtheme

Tomorrow (Wednesday) there will be a content quiz on The Prairie excerpt. As Sleepy Hollow did not go well for most folks, it is strongly suggested that you read. And yup, there will be something similar on Thursday for The Oval Portrait and The Minister's Black Veil.

Introduction to Romanticism test on Friday 2 December. This will cover the following: all titles and authors, the four short stories (we'll review Legend and Prairie on Monday) and Portrait and Black Veil on Thursday); Lyrical Ballads poems Tables Turned by William Wordsworth and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Today we are in the third floor computer lab. We are writing what is referred to as a microtheme. Specifically, I am asking you to think back on the conflicts between the English and the Indians of the 17th century as expressed in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, Smith's Jamestown and Boyd's Dividing Line. What was established in your writings was that because the Atlantic seaboard was inhabited, there was no way of the two groups of people avoiding interaction. In your previous papers, many wrote about trade. Now briefly take a look at the spiritual relationship's between the two groups. As a reminder, the Pilgrims did not come to New England to convert anyone; they wished to set up their own utopia and the native people already occupied the land, so of course, it was natural for them to bring them their religious message, and at the same time "civilize" them. Keep in mind though that there was a strict hierarchy; the English would always be top dogs. Down in Jamestown, conversion was not a priority, but trade; still any civilizing effect the English could have on these "barbarians" was a good thing. Finally, in North Carolina, Boyd saw that intermarriage could be a positive, at least in terms of profits. Think inheritance.

OK back to the spiritual aspect. You are writing two paragraphs. In the first, reiterate what the English gave to the Indians in terms of a spiritual life? How did this impact the native peoples? Did the new religion somehow justify the English actions? Why did so many Indians embrace Christianity? How did they fit into the English version of the religion?

Now in the second paragraph, explore what the Indians gave to the English. Are there any aspects of Romanticism that perhaps could have found a fecund environment in the English sensibility that would eventually grow into what would become part of the the American identity.


For Thursday, make sure you have read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Poe's The Oval Portrait.
Below is a summary of the vocabulary for which you are responsible from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1. mariner (noun) - sailor
2. kin (noun)- family
3. loon (noun)- crazy person
4. kirk (noun)- church
5. hoary (adjective)- white (hoarfrost- Frozen dew that forms a white coating on asurface.)
6. albatross (noun)- large bird chiefly of the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere; a constant, worrisome burden; an obstacle to success.
7. vespers-(noun)- The sixth of the seven canonical hours; evensong. Just know that its a time that prayers were to be said
8. fathom- (noun / verb)- A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.83 meters), used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths; (verb) to penetrate to the meaning or nature of; comprehend.
9. to aver (verb)- to assert or justify or prove
10. gossamer (noun / adjective)- A soft sheer gauzy fabric; something delicate, light, or flimsy; (adj.); sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous.
11. sedge (noun)- grass like plants
12. sere (adjective)- very dry
13. keel (noun)- The principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached; ship. (to keel over-to collapse or fall over, as in a faint)
14. swound (noun / verb)- archaic way of swoon (faint); also note God’s wounds.
15. rood (noun)- cross
16. skiff (noun)- a flat bottom, shallow draft boat
17. to shrive (verb)- To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent).

Monday 28 November Sleepy Hollow / Prairie

Natty Bumppo combines "the soul of a poet with the nature of a redneck."



In class- review of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and James Fennimore Cooper's excerpt from The Prairie.

Introduction to Romanticism test on Friday 2 December. This will cover the following: all titles and authors, the four short stories (we'll review Legend and Prairie on Monday) and Portrait and Black Veil on Thursday); Lyrical Ballads poems Tables Turned by William Wordsworth and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.






On Tuesday we are in the second floor computer lab. We are writing what is referred to as a microtheme. Specifically, I am asking you to think back on the conflicts between the English and the Indians of the 17th century as expressed in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, Smith's Jamestown and Boyd's Dividing Line. What was established in your writings was that because the Atlantic seaboard was inhabited, there was no way of the two groups of people avoiding interaction. In your previous papers, many wrote about trade. Now briefly take a look at the spiritual relationship's between the two groups. As a reminder, the Pilgrims did not come to New England to convert anyone; they wished to set up their own utopia and the native people already occupied the land, so of course, it was natural for them to bring them their religious message, and at the same time "civilize" them. Keep in mind though that there was a strict hierarchy; the English would always be top dogs. Down in Jamestown, conversion was not a priority, but trade; still any civilizing effect the English could have on these "barbarians" was a good thing. Finally, in North Carolina, Boyd saw that intermarriage could be a positive, at least in terms of profits. Think inheritance.

OK back to the spiritual aspect. You are writing two paragraphs. In the first, reiterate what the English gave to the Indians in terms of a spiritual life? How did this impact the native peoples? Did the new religion somehow justify the English actions? Why did so many Indians embrace Christianity? How did they fit into the English version of the religion? Now in the second paragraph, explore what the Indians gave to the English. Are there any aspects of Romanticism that perhaps could have found a fecund environment in the English sensibility that would eventually grow into what would become part of the the American identity.

For Thursday, make sure you have read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Poe's The Oval Portrait.


Below is a summary of the vocabulary for which you are responsible from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge


1. mariner (noun) - sailor

2. kin (noun)- family

3. loon (noun)- crazy person

4. kirk (noun)- church

5. hoary (adjective)- white (hoarfrost- Frozen dew that forms a white coating on asurface.)

6. albatross (noun)- large bird chiefly of the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere; a constant, worrisome burden; an obstacle to success.

7. vespers-(noun)- The sixth of the seven canonical hours; evensong. Just know that its a time that prayers were to be said

8. fathom- (noun / verb)- A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.83 meters), used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths; (verb) to penetrate to the meaning or nature of; comprehend.

9. to aver (verb)- to assert or justify or prove

10. gossamer (noun / adjective)- A soft sheer gauzy fabric; something delicate, light, or flimsy; (adj.); sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous.

11. sedge (noun)- grass like plants

12. sere (adjective)- very dry


13. keel (noun)- The principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached; ship. (to keel over-to collapse or fall over, as in a faint)

14. swound (noun / verb)- archaic way of swoon (faint); also note God’s wounds.

15. rood (noun)- cross


16. skiff (noun)- a flat bottom, shallow draft boat

17. to shrive (verb)- To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent).