1. The first two stanzas explain that there is famine in the land, there is despair and people are sad and miserable.
2. People, poor people even more turn to Bishop Hatto, because he had a barn full of corn from last years' harvest, and there was a famine at the time, and people had little to eat.
3. Therefor Bishop Hatto agreed to let the poor people in to his barn. Though, right when the barn was full of people Hatto locked them all in. After he set the barn on fire laughed while saying:
'' I'faith 'tis an excellent bonfire!'' and '' And the country is greatly obliged to me, For ridding it in these times forlorn Of Rats that only consume the corn.''
4. The line; "But Bishop Hatto never slept again", this meant that this was his last night and that he is going to die. This is foreshadowing.
5. Foreshadowing could be used again that the rats are out to get him, also this is to make suspense which is used for making the story more interesting.
6. Bishop Hatto acted as he did, because he panicked as he knew the rats had eaten his face out of his picture and they had eaten all his corn, he was scared that they were going to kill him.
7. "...saw two eyes of flame" This sentence means that he looked and saw a pair of eyes that were were flaming with fear.
8. The poet included the cat being frightened of the rats, because usually the rat is scared of the cat, which shows contrast.
9. "To do the work for which they were sent" This means that through all the hardship to get up the tower they did thier job to kill and put judgment on Hatto.
11. The speed of the poem slows down and the mood becomes really sad and depresing.
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Saturday, 21 May 2016
lines for reading in class (Beowolf)
THUS seethed unceasing the son of Healfdene
with the woe of these days; not wisest men
assuaged his sorrow; too sore the anguish,
loathly and long, that lay on his folk,
most baneful of burdens and bales of the night. By Aylin
This heard in his home Hygelac’s thane,
great among Geats, of Grendel’s doings.
He was the mightiest man of valor
in that same day of this our life,
stalwart and stately. A stout wave-walker
he bade make ready. Yon battle-king, said he,
far o’er the swan-road he fain would seek,
the noble monarch who needed men!
The prince’s journey by prudent folk
was little blamed, though they loved him dear;
they whetted the hero, and hailed good omens.
And now the bold one from bands of Geats
comrades chose, the keenest of warriors
e’er he could find; with fourteen men
the sea-wood he sought, and, sailor proved,
led them on to the land’s confines.
Time had now flown; afloat was the ship,
boat under bluff. This means:
Grendel is the strongest now, I think,
beowolf will now go out on a journey,
he told this to Yon the king, they liked him
so he went on wooden thing called a ship.
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
The Odyssey Pharagraph
“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”
― Homer, The Odyssey
― Homer, The Odyssey
Odyssey was written about 9th century B.C by Homer the great Greek poet. It is probably one of the most influential poems in Western Literature. This story portrays 10 years of hardship of Odysseus' journey though the Peloponnesian sea. From the city of Troy to the safe land of the island of Ithaca. All those years he had fought against enormous Cyclopes, a humongous six headed serpent and land on an island full of cannibals. This story is an Epic because it is a relatively long story, it also has many conflicts. This story also has a main protagonist (Odysseus) and though there wasn't only one antagonist there were multiple antagonists. The hero/protagonist also goes on a long voyage, which is another main feature of Epic stories, the main story is the journey thought the Peloponnesian sea. Though Odysseus is one of the strongest fighters the world has ever seen, he had to fight against strong gods and monsters with slimier power. This paragraph describes and proves that the Odyssey is actually an Epic story/poem.
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
epics
Epics have; long stories with many conflicts,
the protaganist has powers beyond ordinary people,
the hero goses on a journy,
there is an element of supernatural,
antaginist are supernatural.
the protaganist has powers beyond ordinary people,
the hero goses on a journy,
there is an element of supernatural,
antaginist are supernatural.
Thursday, 5 May 2016
Advert scripts
My ads script;
Rational ad;
Introducing the all-new Samsung Galaxy,
Miraculously crafted,
From the strong corning gorilla glass 4 and metal,
A revolutionary, dual edge display,
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge,
Water and dust proof,
The smart edge to use at any time,
The next level of design, a sleek profile,
Clear view cover on the special case,
Next level charging, up to 4 hours of usage after 10 minutes
of charging,
Samsung pay, easy and secured mobile payment,
The next is here.Transference ad;
Would you like to be like Jay Z?
Or like David Beckham
All you need to have is this;
To be like them, because they have the new creative and futuristic
phone.
The Samsung Galaxy s7 edge.
Monday, 2 May 2016
Allianz Commercial Paragraphs
1. The contrast in the Allianz advertisement.
A global investment perspective shouldn’t be carved into an ivory tower.
There are many contrasts in the advertisement. Some of them help show the company’s global and local character. Having a western man bringing a technologically advanced tablet compared with some primitive rice paddies. The man is also wearing hiking boots while having a loose strapped bag on one of the man’s shoulders. Both of these show contrast, the advertisement is showing that the company is so global that even a modern man with a tablet will travel to get to the remote and primitive rice paddies to help the farmers invest globally. The hiking boots and loose bag scenario is showing that the man isn’t there to enjoy himself hiking in the mountains, but there to do business, though he doesn’t want to get his business shoes and clothes or bag dirty, ripped or destroyed, (excellent point!) while trying to get to the farmers. Repetition is another key people use to make good advertisements.
2. The repetition in the Allianz advertisement.
A global investment perspective, and, At Allianz global investors...
Repetition is almost everywhere in this ad, some are more difficult to spot than others. Some even might be so obvious that we don't realize. Perhaps like the rice paddies in the background repeating again and again, also the words; investors, global, invest and local are all repeated many times in the text. This is because if someone hears, sees or reads something many times it gets remembered. Then if it gets remembers then the person who remembered the idea can tell other people. Repetition has always been a really successful way of advertising an idea or an object.
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
It's a...
wwf (before its too late) emotion because we are killing trees so this is sad
michelin emotion because your family is relying itself on the tires
dove rationality because it gives reasons why dove is better
speed limit emotion and rationality because it is sad that a child could die, but there is also some factual numbers and sciences.
cocacola transference because the shows that because she likes and drinks cocacola, so people like that and whant to be like her.
michelin emotion because your family is relying itself on the tires
dove rationality because it gives reasons why dove is better
speed limit emotion and rationality because it is sad that a child could die, but there is also some factual numbers and sciences.
cocacola transference because the shows that because she likes and drinks cocacola, so people like that and whant to be like her.
My Advertisement
3 ads
short tv clip
poster
type: contrast{comparison}, emotion, transference, rationality
all commercials on the same thing
mobile phone, shoes, laptop, snak bar in school, whatch, smart board, backpack, glasses, school lunches, chocolate
rationality, compare/contrast, emotion, transference
combination
short tv clip
poster
type: contrast{comparison}, emotion, transference, rationality
all commercials on the same thing
mobile phone, shoes, laptop, snak bar in school, whatch, smart board, backpack, glasses, school lunches, chocolate
rationality, compare/contrast, emotion, transference
combination
Monday, 25 April 2016
Convince Me
This is the advert
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpK5OD8Tm0
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aF23XpBwU
No. 1 was rationality because it had scientific reasons as well just simple everyday uses/reasons, people could be amazed by the science and also understand the everyday reasons.
No. 2 was emotion because the other person who had a different phone couldn't pour champagne on it without it being destroyed he then became really sad, so could the person with a different type of phone that was being advertised.
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpK5OD8Tm0
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aF23XpBwU
No. 1 was rationality because it had scientific reasons as well just simple everyday uses/reasons, people could be amazed by the science and also understand the everyday reasons.
No. 2 was emotion because the other person who had a different phone couldn't pour champagne on it without it being destroyed he then became really sad, so could the person with a different type of phone that was being advertised.
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
My Story - The Moment
Jay’s Moment
Bob finally reached the top of the sole island hill that was somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, huffing and puffing. In spite of his tiredness, he noticed it instantly, the almighty, glimmering and magnificent sword loomed before him, firm in the smooth surfaced stone.
'Probably granite.' Bob thought...Nevertheless, he advanced towards it.
He tried to pull the sword out. It was his childhood dream, picturing himself sliding out the sword as if he was king Arthur. Surprisingly, as he gripped the great glittering golden sword, it wobbled in the stone, a mist began to rise from the expanding hole around the sword as Bob continued to pull. He yanked it harder and harder. He gave it one final tug and fell backwards in surprise. He was amazed to find himself holding the sword.
“This is the greatest moment of my life!” He found himself yelling to no one. Or so he thought.
Suddenly, from the mist that was now pouring out of the stone came a noise …… creeped and crawled three murderous robot ducks. The ducks struck towards Bob at a lightning speed with their super sharp and spiky beaks. Bob held up the sword to protect himself, swiping it from side to side. The ducks persisted, attacking him, biting his arms more and more ferociously and madly. Bob's arms were fire red and spurting blood, he was screaming in pain as high pitched as a girl. He almost looked like he was having a dance circling around and around the ducks. Bob realised that the ducks started to back off, so he decided to say something.
‘You pesky evil ducks!’ Bob screamed at the robots. ‘You will never defeat me!’
He hit one of the ducks in rage, its head came off, then in a few seconds it grew back, as did any body part of the robots. He continued to fight with great might, but so did the ducks, after a while they changed tactics they fired laser beams out of their eyes, only to realise that it wasn’t working. Bob held up the sword to deflect the incoming shots. Though the ducks weren’t that dumb, they decided to go back to biting Bob, which worked better for them. After half an hour of constant fighting, bleeding, screaming, brutality and utter madness, Bob finally gave up. He was really scared he thought he was dead and from the shock and horror. Not dead yet, but captured by the creatures, and his dream had become his worst nightmare...
Monday, 7 March 2016
My Story - Outline
Characters are: Bob, the robot ducks, Bob's friends; Patrick, Donald, Sylvia, mountaineering crew; Joe, Chris, Vicky
Setting is on an island in the middle of the pacific ocean that has a magnificent tall mountain in the middle. The mountain is famous for it's 500 year old sword cemented in a stone on it's highest peak. Many great climbers and strong folk have tried to pull the sword out, nobody has succeeded.
Genre: Suspense and 'realistic fiction'
Main Character / Protagonist: Bob, he is one of the best climbers in the world, he is tough and determined, he is currently in search of his friends, who mysteriously disappeared - he is now almost given up hope. He pulls out the sword because his favourite childhood story was the king Arthur tale and wanted to look cool by taking a picture of him pulling out the sword. He grows as faces many of his fears.
Plot: Bob travels to the island and climbs the mountain. He pulls out the sword and out pops 3 robot ducks, they capture him. Bob now has to complete three challenges to get away. First he is given a bow and arrow that he needs to use to shoot a real duck, then cook it, then feed it to the robots. Next, he has to carve a duck out of a big cube of ice, in just one minute. He completes his second task as well. Then finally, he has to climb up a slippery pole, take the 3 beautiful amulets displayed on top of the pole, bring those down and place it around the necks of the robot ducks. These instantly turn into his lost friends, he thought were dead.
Antagonist: My "antagonist(s)" are really the robot ducks. They captured Bob's friends, so they can take their power and make them into robot ducks and live in the stone. They can also make people do things for them almost like turning them into slaves. Their characteristics are mean, cruel and horrible, they can also be evil, destructive and hateful.
Motivation: My protagonist's motivation is to climb every tall mountain in the world and be the greatest mountaineer. He thought (rather selfishly) that as he is the greatest climber maybe he could pull the sword out, that was the other reason why he decided to climb this mountain.
Conflicts: are the 3 tasks that Bob has to do.
My Example of a story: The Sound of Thunder;
'Out of the mist, one hundred yards away, came Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"It," whispered Eckels. "It......
"Sh!"It came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker's claws close to its oily reptilian chest. Each lower leg was a piston, a thousand pounds of white bone, sunk in thick ropes of muscle, sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. Each thigh was a ton of meat, ivory, and steel mesh. And from the great breathing cage of the upper body those two delicate arms dangled out front, arms with hands which might pick up and examine men like toys, while the snake neck coiled. And the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone, lifted easily upon the sky. Its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers. Its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs, empty of all expression save hunger. It closed its mouth in a death grin. It ran, its pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, its taloned feet clawing damp earth, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight.'
- This story's style is similar to my story and style as it has a descriptive rising action and then a longer climax than other usual stories, it is mixed with resolution, the climax happens when the robots jump out of the stone and capture Bob. The resolution happens when the robots turn into his friends.
Setting is on an island in the middle of the pacific ocean that has a magnificent tall mountain in the middle. The mountain is famous for it's 500 year old sword cemented in a stone on it's highest peak. Many great climbers and strong folk have tried to pull the sword out, nobody has succeeded.
Genre: Suspense and 'realistic fiction'
Main Character / Protagonist: Bob, he is one of the best climbers in the world, he is tough and determined, he is currently in search of his friends, who mysteriously disappeared - he is now almost given up hope. He pulls out the sword because his favourite childhood story was the king Arthur tale and wanted to look cool by taking a picture of him pulling out the sword. He grows as faces many of his fears.
Plot: Bob travels to the island and climbs the mountain. He pulls out the sword and out pops 3 robot ducks, they capture him. Bob now has to complete three challenges to get away. First he is given a bow and arrow that he needs to use to shoot a real duck, then cook it, then feed it to the robots. Next, he has to carve a duck out of a big cube of ice, in just one minute. He completes his second task as well. Then finally, he has to climb up a slippery pole, take the 3 beautiful amulets displayed on top of the pole, bring those down and place it around the necks of the robot ducks. These instantly turn into his lost friends, he thought were dead.
Antagonist: My "antagonist(s)" are really the robot ducks. They captured Bob's friends, so they can take their power and make them into robot ducks and live in the stone. They can also make people do things for them almost like turning them into slaves. Their characteristics are mean, cruel and horrible, they can also be evil, destructive and hateful.
Motivation: My protagonist's motivation is to climb every tall mountain in the world and be the greatest mountaineer. He thought (rather selfishly) that as he is the greatest climber maybe he could pull the sword out, that was the other reason why he decided to climb this mountain.
Conflicts: are the 3 tasks that Bob has to do.
My Example of a story: The Sound of Thunder;
'Out of the mist, one hundred yards away, came Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"It," whispered Eckels. "It......
"Sh!"It came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker's claws close to its oily reptilian chest. Each lower leg was a piston, a thousand pounds of white bone, sunk in thick ropes of muscle, sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. Each thigh was a ton of meat, ivory, and steel mesh. And from the great breathing cage of the upper body those two delicate arms dangled out front, arms with hands which might pick up and examine men like toys, while the snake neck coiled. And the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone, lifted easily upon the sky. Its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers. Its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs, empty of all expression save hunger. It closed its mouth in a death grin. It ran, its pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, its taloned feet clawing damp earth, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight.'
- This story's style is similar to my story and style as it has a descriptive rising action and then a longer climax than other usual stories, it is mixed with resolution, the climax happens when the robots jump out of the stone and capture Bob. The resolution happens when the robots turn into his friends.
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Paragraphs Canterbury Tales
The Pardoner's Tale Paragraph
A morality tale is a fable and a folk tale mix. It has common happenings and settings like a folk tale, and a moral.The Pardoner's Tale is a morality tale because it has the proper structure and elements. There is a moral at the end of the story, 'if you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him!' Tom, Dick and Harry are archetypes of characters from their time. they are greedy trouble makers.They go looking for death and find him as they die. They go to though the woods and they find an old man and find out that the old man (catalyst) 'saw' death at an oak tree. When Tom, Dick and Harry get to the oak tree they find a three piles of gold. Then their greed makes them kill each other.In this tale Tom, Dick and harry prove that being greedy and evil is really bad and teaches us a good lesson about not being greedy and putting others before our selves. Therefore the Pardoner's Tale is a Morality Tale.
The Nun's Priest's Tale Paragraph
A Fable has talking animals and a moral at the end of the story. The Nun's Priest's tale is a fable because it has all the requirements of a fable. There are talking animals. 'Pull yourself together, you silly bird!' or 'Just listen to this.' There is also a moral to this story; 'flattery can get yourself into trouble' and 'you should keep your mouth shut when it should be.' Chaunticleer is the protagonist as she makes the fox look dumb and makes him go away. Chaunticleer has a terrible dream, it then comes true. A fox gets to her habitat and asks her to stretch her neck and sing, as her father was a great singer. She does that, but then Sir Russell Fox gets her by the neck and takes her away. She then tells the fox to shout at the angry following villagers. As he does this he lets Chaunticleer go and she flies up into a tree. In this tale Chaunticleer and Sir Russell Fox prove that flattery is a really bad thing and teaches us a good lesson about keeping our mouth shut. Therefore the Nun's Priest's Tale is a fable.
The Knight's Tale Paragraph
This is an explanation of the genre of the knight's tale. A chivalric romance story has knights in a courteous and loving way. The knight's tale is a chivalric romance because it has the proper structure and elements to be.
They are a 'parody' of the real life knights. They fight: 'I fall of my horse! I'm hurt! I die!' or they love: 'I'm in love with her too.' This story explains that love is better than the fight. They are also more romantic and civilised than in real life.
Two prisoners in Greece (Palamon and Arcite) are in love with a beautiful princess and always fight and quibble of who loves her (Emily) the most. one day they fight so much the king stops them by announcing a joust for the beautiful princess. They have the joust, Arcite wins, but then a thunder bolt kills him, the hand of Emily goes to Palamon.Palamon and Arcite prove, as they fight to the death for a princess, that they have all the requirements for being romantic and chivalric. Therefore this should conclude that the knight's tale is a chivalric romance.
The Wife of Bath Tale Paragraph
This is an explanation of the genre of the Wife of Bath tale. A Folk tale has common happenings and settings.
The wife of bath tale is a folk tale, because it has all the requirements of a folk tale.
A folk tale is a simple and common tale.
There are common people, and common happenings and show a realistic story and sometimes explain things about life in a simple, logical way, like; 'That's the marriage over, and now I think we should leave them alone together!' and 'Why is there never a priest around when you want one?'. Or this one: 'What women most desire is to have dominion and power over their husbands...'
Sir Codsbrain is a chivalric knight. Really interested in women, he finds a beautiful maiden and tries to pick her up, but she fights back. King Author and Queen Guinevere happen to walk past and stop Codsbrain, the queen sentences him to death. She gives him one chance though. He has to come back with the answer of what women most desire, in a month. He is on his journey back without the answer and he meets an old smelly ugly women and asks her what the answer is she tells him on one condition- he does what ever she asks him to do. He tells the answer to the queen but she finds out that he got it from the old woman. She asks what is the question, it is so that the ugly woman is to marry Codsbrain.In this tale we can read about some common people like Sir Codsbrain, Queen Guinevere and the Old Woman. Their story is a realistic explanation about lessons or happenings in life like the consequences of being mean (bad), searching for an answer and paying a price for your actions.Therefor we can conclude that the wife of bath tale is a folk tale.
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
The Pardoner's Tale Paragraph
This is an explanation of the genre of the Pardoner's Tale.
The Pardoner's tale is a morality tale.
This reminds us of a fable and folk tale, there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end of the story, there are common happenings with common people; 'Where was the leader of the gang?' and 'They eat and drink and start to gamble...' or 'if you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him!'
The Pardoner's Tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, as it has a moral. This tale has different versions as it is partly a folktale as they usually are passed mouth by mouth, so they get changed over the years of them spreading though countries or even continents. the moral at the end of this story is that 'if you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him!' this simply means that if you try to find 'him' (death with personification) that you will die. Morals make sure that this way a human reader can associate with the story. Morals at the end of stories make you think about your actions and what you do, but also teach you a lesson. They usually say if you do something, this will happen. Morality tales are a good balance between something that teaches you a lesson but shows real life circumstances instead of animals acting out humans.
In this tale Tom, Dick and harry prove that being greedy and evil is really bad and teaches us a good lesson about not being greedy and putting others before our selves. Therefore the Pardoner's Tale is a Morality Tale.
The Pardoner's tale is a morality tale.
This reminds us of a fable and folk tale, there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end of the story, there are common happenings with common people; 'Where was the leader of the gang?' and 'They eat and drink and start to gamble...' or 'if you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him!'
The Pardoner's Tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, as it has a moral. This tale has different versions as it is partly a folktale as they usually are passed mouth by mouth, so they get changed over the years of them spreading though countries or even continents. the moral at the end of this story is that 'if you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him!' this simply means that if you try to find 'him' (death with personification) that you will die. Morals make sure that this way a human reader can associate with the story. Morals at the end of stories make you think about your actions and what you do, but also teach you a lesson. They usually say if you do something, this will happen. Morality tales are a good balance between something that teaches you a lesson but shows real life circumstances instead of animals acting out humans.
In this tale Tom, Dick and harry prove that being greedy and evil is really bad and teaches us a good lesson about not being greedy and putting others before our selves. Therefore the Pardoner's Tale is a Morality Tale.
The Nun's Priest's Tale Paragraph
This is an explanation of the genre of the Nun's Priest's tale.
The Nun's Priest's tale is a fable.
There are characters who are talking animals in this tale: 'Pull yourself together, you silly bird!' or 'Just listen to this.' There is also a moral to this story; 'flattery can get yourself into trouble' and 'you should keep your mouth shut when it should be.'
Talking animals is one of the key points of fables. They have human like characteristics, because this way a human reader can associate with the story. The talking animals replace people and say or prove something through the story. This was, and still is a common way to tell someone to do or not to do something without really hurting their feelings or telling them straight to their faces. Also this way the author could express his/her thoughts about the world without naming any names and getting caught or arrested for doing so. Many great authors have used this technique in the past just like Aesop did. Fables are to show people and to make them realise that their actions and behaviour could lead to unfortunate endings.
In this tale Chaunticleer and Sir Russell Fox prove that flattery is a really bad thing and teaches us a good lesson about keeping our mouth shut. Therefore the Nun's Priest's Tale is a fable.
The Nun's Priest's tale is a fable.
There are characters who are talking animals in this tale: 'Pull yourself together, you silly bird!' or 'Just listen to this.' There is also a moral to this story; 'flattery can get yourself into trouble' and 'you should keep your mouth shut when it should be.'
Talking animals is one of the key points of fables. They have human like characteristics, because this way a human reader can associate with the story. The talking animals replace people and say or prove something through the story. This was, and still is a common way to tell someone to do or not to do something without really hurting their feelings or telling them straight to their faces. Also this way the author could express his/her thoughts about the world without naming any names and getting caught or arrested for doing so. Many great authors have used this technique in the past just like Aesop did. Fables are to show people and to make them realise that their actions and behaviour could lead to unfortunate endings.
In this tale Chaunticleer and Sir Russell Fox prove that flattery is a really bad thing and teaches us a good lesson about keeping our mouth shut. Therefore the Nun's Priest's Tale is a fable.
The Knight's Tale Paragraph
This is an explanation of the genre of the knight's tale.
The knight's tale is a chivalric romance.
There are adventures of knights in a more romantic and civilised way than they were in reality, also usually with a fight at the end of the story for the love of a girl like; 'I'm in love with her too...' and 'Now fight together till the fight is done!' or 'Just as you ask so shall I do!'
Chivalry and romance becomes a mix that nobody can forget as it all ads up to chivalric romance. These stories are set in the medieval times (12th century onwards), that doesn't necessarily mean that they were written in those days. Chivalric romances were written as a kind of "parody" of the real knights in the medieval times who were actually really really brutal. Romance was the only way they could make the brutal, bad, murderous knights of their time. Sometimes hey have a small moral hidden in the story- 'Who thinks the prize is worth more than the fight!' Chivalry could also be many things from saving a princess to having a joust for a beautifully maiden.
Palamon and Arcite prove, as they fight to the death for a princess, that they have all the requirements for being romantic and chivalric. Therefore this should conclude that the knight's tale is a chivalric romance.
The knight's tale is a chivalric romance.
There are adventures of knights in a more romantic and civilised way than they were in reality, also usually with a fight at the end of the story for the love of a girl like; 'I'm in love with her too...' and 'Now fight together till the fight is done!' or 'Just as you ask so shall I do!'
Chivalry and romance becomes a mix that nobody can forget as it all ads up to chivalric romance. These stories are set in the medieval times (12th century onwards), that doesn't necessarily mean that they were written in those days. Chivalric romances were written as a kind of "parody" of the real knights in the medieval times who were actually really really brutal. Romance was the only way they could make the brutal, bad, murderous knights of their time. Sometimes hey have a small moral hidden in the story- 'Who thinks the prize is worth more than the fight!' Chivalry could also be many things from saving a princess to having a joust for a beautifully maiden.
Palamon and Arcite prove, as they fight to the death for a princess, that they have all the requirements for being romantic and chivalric. Therefore this should conclude that the knight's tale is a chivalric romance.
Monday, 22 February 2016
The Wife of Bath Tale Paragraph
This is an explanation of the genre of the Wife of Bath tale.
The wife of bath tale is a folk tale.
There are common people, and common happenings and show a realistic story and sometimes explain things about life in a simple, logical way, like; 'That's the marriage over, and now I think we should leave them alone together!' and 'Why is there never a priest around when you want one?'. Or this one: 'What women most desire is to have dominion and power over their husbands...'
Common people and events are the key points of folk tales. Many of these stories originated among common people and passed on mouth by mouth over generations. In folk tales we can read about common folk, like peasants, maidens, husbands and wives, trades people, priests but also kings and queens. These tales simply express and/or explain things in life and nature through the story. These events can be simple as picking raspberries to marriages, farming and horrible executions. So the reader will get a logical and realistic message throughout the story. While there might be talking animals in some folk tales, there are no magical elements.
In this tale we can read about some common people like Sir Codsbrain, Queen Guinevere and the Old Woman. Their story is a realistic explanation about lessons or happenings in life like the consequences of being mean (bad), searching for an answer and paying a price for your actions.
Therefor we can conclude that the wife of bath tale is a folk tale.
The wife of bath tale is a folk tale.
There are common people, and common happenings and show a realistic story and sometimes explain things about life in a simple, logical way, like; 'That's the marriage over, and now I think we should leave them alone together!' and 'Why is there never a priest around when you want one?'. Or this one: 'What women most desire is to have dominion and power over their husbands...'
Common people and events are the key points of folk tales. Many of these stories originated among common people and passed on mouth by mouth over generations. In folk tales we can read about common folk, like peasants, maidens, husbands and wives, trades people, priests but also kings and queens. These tales simply express and/or explain things in life and nature through the story. These events can be simple as picking raspberries to marriages, farming and horrible executions. So the reader will get a logical and realistic message throughout the story. While there might be talking animals in some folk tales, there are no magical elements.
In this tale we can read about some common people like Sir Codsbrain, Queen Guinevere and the Old Woman. Their story is a realistic explanation about lessons or happenings in life like the consequences of being mean (bad), searching for an answer and paying a price for your actions.
Therefor we can conclude that the wife of bath tale is a folk tale.
Friday, 5 February 2016
Notes-characters
tom dick and harry are all archetypes
round has different character types.
flat character one character type.
round character
archetypes 2 or 3 character types.
foil is a character that makes different decisions than the antagonist
round has different character types.
flat character one character type.
round character
archetypes 2 or 3 character types.
foil is a character that makes different decisions than the antagonist
Monday, 1 February 2016
Canterbury Tales
Storyline
The Knight's Tale,
The characters: the Knight, Theseus, Emily, Palamon, Artice, Venus, Mars, Diana
The setting: Greece.
The disruption (catalyst): Palamon and Arcite see Emily.
The conflicts: the fights and arguments.
The climax: When Palamon and Arcite fight each other.
The outcome: Palamon wins Emily's hand.
The Pardoner's Tale,
The characters: Jocasta, Giovanni, Amelia, Michelangelo, Pardoner, Tom, Dick, Harry, the old man(Death)
The setting: England
The disruption (catalyst): Tom, Dick and Harry start looking for Death.
The conflicts: Tom, Dick and Harry all want the three bags of gold to their selves and fight each other.
The climax: Tom poisons the wine and when they all stab each other.
The outcome: They all die (If you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him.)
Characters
Palamon from the night's tale
Character traits: Brave, Smart and Cunning.
Example: I never wanted victory- only you.
Tom from The Pardoner's tale.
Character traits: He is greedy, evil and sorrowful.
Example: If only I could have all that gold for myself- what a happy lad I would be!
Genre
The Pardoner's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, except there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end.
The Nun's Priest's Tale
The Nun's Priest is a fable as there are talking animals, for example: Chaunticleer, Sir Russell fox etc.
There is also a moral at the end of the story.
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Wife of Bath's tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, except there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end.
The Knight's Tale
The Knight's tale is Chivalric romance, this shows the adventures of knights in a more romantic and civilised way than they were in reality.
Examples
The Pardoner's tale's genre is a morality tale; 'if you go looking for death- don't be surprised to find him!
The Nun's Priest's tale is a fable; 'Pull yourself together, you silly bird!'
The Wife of Bath is a folk tale; 'Once upon a time, the land of England was full of magic.'
The Night's tale is a Chivalric romance; 'We'll have a proper joust on Saturday! The winner can marry Emily!'
The Knight's Tale,
The characters: the Knight, Theseus, Emily, Palamon, Artice, Venus, Mars, Diana
The setting: Greece.
The disruption (catalyst): Palamon and Arcite see Emily.
The conflicts: the fights and arguments.
The climax: When Palamon and Arcite fight each other.
The outcome: Palamon wins Emily's hand.
The Pardoner's Tale,
The characters: Jocasta, Giovanni, Amelia, Michelangelo, Pardoner, Tom, Dick, Harry, the old man(Death)
The setting: England
The disruption (catalyst): Tom, Dick and Harry start looking for Death.
The conflicts: Tom, Dick and Harry all want the three bags of gold to their selves and fight each other.
The climax: Tom poisons the wine and when they all stab each other.
The outcome: They all die (If you go looking for Death- don't be surprised if you find him.)
Characters
Palamon from the night's tale
Character traits: Brave, Smart and Cunning.
Example: I never wanted victory- only you.
Tom from The Pardoner's tale.
Character traits: He is greedy, evil and sorrowful.
Example: If only I could have all that gold for myself- what a happy lad I would be!
Genre
The Pardoner's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, except there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end.
The Nun's Priest's Tale
The Nun's Priest is a fable as there are talking animals, for example: Chaunticleer, Sir Russell fox etc.
There is also a moral at the end of the story.
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Wife of Bath's tale is a morality tale, because it has similarities to a folk tale as it has common people, and common happenings, but it also reminds us of a fable, except there are no talking animals but there is still a moral at the end.
The Knight's Tale
The Knight's tale is Chivalric romance, this shows the adventures of knights in a more romantic and civilised way than they were in reality.
Examples
The Pardoner's tale's genre is a morality tale; 'if you go looking for death- don't be surprised to find him!
The Nun's Priest's tale is a fable; 'Pull yourself together, you silly bird!'
The Wife of Bath is a folk tale; 'Once upon a time, the land of England was full of magic.'
The Night's tale is a Chivalric romance; 'We'll have a proper joust on Saturday! The winner can marry Emily!'
Monday, 25 January 2016
The Pardoner's Tale
YouTube links to the pardoner's tale;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPkhuvI3Y8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h19FASnB1vo
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
no. 2
2.
How they are described
Gretl: Hard-working pg12 'Gretl the little barmaid, the landlords daughter, was hurrying to and fro with foaming mugs and steaming plates.'
Karl: Anxious pg12 'He's anxious about tomorrow.'
Fritz: Good writer pg15 'They all enjoyed ghost stories, and Fritz's in particular, for he was a talented storyteller.'
How they think
Gretl: Cleverly pg92 'because the one person who might wave been able to tell the them the truth'
Karl: Worried pg26 'Put poison in and I'll drink it then, muttered Karl.'
Fritz: Cowardly pg20 'He swallowed, and his eyes moved to the door.'
How they act
Gretl: Bravely pg83 'And they were darker, too; and there were bats that flitted through the air; and the wind groaned through the mouths of the mighty bells,'
Karl: Worried pg17 'Karl looked at him with a face full of savage bitterness.'
Fritz: Scared pg31 'And like someone who has seen the Devil, he ran out of the inn as fast as he could.'
How they change
Gretl: pg43 From a little bar maid to a hero, 'What a strange story that was going to be!'
Fritz: pg31 From a joking funny writer to a completely hysteric crippled person, 'And like someone who has seen the Devil, he ran out of the inn as fast as he could.'
Karl: pg81 From a worried pessimist to a dead and murdered man. 'and Karl stumbled away, trying to hum, to sing to whistle, and all he could do was cry and stammer and sob, and the knight came closer and closer.'
Their role in the story
Gretl's role in the story was the hero/ protagonist. 'She turned the key in he lock and begun to climb for the second time that night,'
Fritz's role in the story was the foil.
Karl: 'I can't!'
Gretl: 'You must.'
Karl: 'I couldn't!'
Gretl: 'You have to.'
Karl's role in the story was the archetype. 'I've failed, Fritz.'
What happens to them in the end
Gretl: Shares her heart with prince Florian, and becomes braver.
Fritz: Runs away like a coward to Berlin.
Karl: Is killed by a robot/figure made by Dr Kalmenius.
Fritz: Cowardly pg20 'He swallowed, and his eyes moved to the door.'
How they act
Gretl: Bravely pg83 'And they were darker, too; and there were bats that flitted through the air; and the wind groaned through the mouths of the mighty bells,'
Karl: Worried pg17 'Karl looked at him with a face full of savage bitterness.'
Fritz: Scared pg31 'And like someone who has seen the Devil, he ran out of the inn as fast as he could.'
How they change
Gretl: pg43 From a little bar maid to a hero, 'What a strange story that was going to be!'
Fritz: pg31 From a joking funny writer to a completely hysteric crippled person, 'And like someone who has seen the Devil, he ran out of the inn as fast as he could.'
Karl: pg81 From a worried pessimist to a dead and murdered man. 'and Karl stumbled away, trying to hum, to sing to whistle, and all he could do was cry and stammer and sob, and the knight came closer and closer.'
Their role in the story
Gretl's role in the story was the hero/ protagonist. 'She turned the key in he lock and begun to climb for the second time that night,'
Fritz's role in the story was the foil.
Karl: 'I can't!'
Gretl: 'You must.'
Karl: 'I couldn't!'
Gretl: 'You have to.'
Karl's role in the story was the archetype. 'I've failed, Fritz.'
What happens to them in the end
Gretl: Shares her heart with prince Florian, and becomes braver.
Fritz: Runs away like a coward to Berlin.
Karl: Is killed by a robot/figure made by Dr Kalmenius.
character
Man vs Man - is a story were the humans are fighting each other.
Man vs Society - is a story with someone trying to persuade or make a group do something
Man vs Self - is a story were a human is fighting his or her self
Man vs Environment- were man against animals or nature
Man vs Technology- against robots
Archetype is a character that is only one character.
Man vs Society - is a story with someone trying to persuade or make a group do something
Man vs Self - is a story were a human is fighting his or her self
Man vs Environment- were man against animals or nature
Man vs Technology- against robots
Archetype is a character that is only one character.
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Clock work answers
Answers
3.
The author means that Karl is lazy and it's a lot of hooey.
Also he thinks that Karl should pull his act together and not be so pessimistic.
4.
'As sound as a bell and as true as a clock'; 'as' is the simile.
'she felt her heart lift.' this is the metaphor part.
5.
'I mean, springs and cogwheels and gears' This is sight imagery and a list of clock parts.
"I haven't made a figure,' he muttered' The figure is the characterisation of something or someone, in this case the clock is being characterised. This is also a bit of sight imagery (the figure).
'I command you to make me a child of clockwork who will not die.' People are like clocks once the battery dies you die, also clocks are filled with allsorts of things like us humans.
'Can't you just wind him up?' This represents a simile winding someone up and winding a clock up.
'It's full of miscellaneous bits and pieces, and they're not even connected up properly: broken springs, wheels with cogs missing, rusty gears- worthless rubbish, all of it! I do hope Karl didn't make it; I thought better of him than that.' This is a list of the bad things in the figure.
3.
The author means that Karl is lazy and it's a lot of hooey.
Also he thinks that Karl should pull his act together and not be so pessimistic.
4.
'As sound as a bell and as true as a clock'; 'as' is the simile.
'she felt her heart lift.' this is the metaphor part.
5.
'I mean, springs and cogwheels and gears' This is sight imagery and a list of clock parts.
"I haven't made a figure,' he muttered' The figure is the characterisation of something or someone, in this case the clock is being characterised. This is also a bit of sight imagery (the figure).
'I command you to make me a child of clockwork who will not die.' People are like clocks once the battery dies you die, also clocks are filled with allsorts of things like us humans.
'Can't you just wind him up?' This represents a simile winding someone up and winding a clock up.
'It's full of miscellaneous bits and pieces, and they're not even connected up properly: broken springs, wheels with cogs missing, rusty gears- worthless rubbish, all of it! I do hope Karl didn't make it; I thought better of him than that.' This is a list of the bad things in the figure.
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