Pride and Prejudice (difficult Marriages)

"Elizabeth feels that there are disadvantages for children of a marriage like he father's"

This view can be proven based on the events in the book. Elizabeth's sister Jane, is frowned upon by her suitor's family, because of her mother's behavior.In this situation, Jane is veiwed as unfit to marry and made to, as it were'suffer' because she is the product of her father's choice to marry her mother.
This sinario is is a perfect example of Elizabeth's statement. Jane is not afforded the chance to marry a wealthy, young man, who loves her, because of her mother's lack of behavior.
Because of the way society was set up it was unaceptable to leave a marriage especially when children are involved. But I strongly belive that it is actually more honourable to leave a marriage with children involved, but only if the childs welfare is in jepordy if you do not.Decisons as such should always be made with the childs best interest at heart.In a case like Mr.Bennet's where his children where put at a disavantage because of his wife it wouldve been a very wise and hounorable thing to do but not in the era in wich the book was set.
It is also expected that the child of a marriage like Mr.Bennet's would also have a less than possitive reaction to there being put at a disadvantage because of reasons beyond their control.the said child may carry resentment for the parent who contributes to their disadvantage and rebel againt them causing the family dynamic to be hostile or somewhat no existent.

The Life of the Great William Shakespare

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, allegedly on April 23, 1564. Church records from Holy Trinity Church indicate that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564.William was born of John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed local heiress. William, according to the church register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household—three of whom died in childhood. John Shakespeare had a  run of success as a merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford, during William's early childhood. His fortunes declined, however, in the late 1570s

Although there is no acctual record of any childhood education it is believed that William attended a free Grammer school in stratford at the time but ther is also no knowledge of how long he would have spent in school. In addition to this, Williams knowledge of Latin and Classic Greek and the litteraray soundness of his work would suggest a stable educational foundation.

William Shakespare  got married to Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. William was 18 at the time, and Anne was 26, and pregnant. Their first daughter, Susanna, was born on May 26, 1583. The couple later had twins, Hamnet and Judith, born February 2, 1585 and christened at Holy Trinity. Hamnet died in childhood at the age of 11, on August 11, 1596.

It is estimated that Shakespeare arrived in London around 1588 and began to establish himself as an actor and playwright.


Elizabethan Era

The English Elizabethan Era is one of the most fascinating periods in the History of England. The Elizabethan Era is named after the greatest Queens of England - Queen Elizabeth I. The Elizabethan Era is not only famous for the Virgin Queen but also for the era itself - Great Explorers, such as Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh. The era of the very first Theatres in England ;William Shakespeare, The globe Theatre and Christopher Marlowe.The people of the era, the Famous Figures who featured in the history of this era such as the Queen's love Robert Dudley, the sinister Dr. John Dee, the intrigues of the spy-master Sir Francis Walsingham and the Queen's chief advisor Sir William Cecil (Lord Burghley). Religion, Politics, Executions, Crime and Punishment all played their part in the Elizabethan era.

Some of Shakespares Plays

1592 William Shakespeare's Henry VI Parts I, II and III
1594 William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus1594 William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors1594 William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew1594 William Shakespeare's Shakespeare'sTwo Gentlemen of Verona1594 William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost
1595 William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet1595 William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream1596 William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
1597 William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I and II
1598 William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing1598 William Shakespeare's Henry V
and many more up to the year 1612.

Shakespare is hailed as the greatest playwright of all time because his work has been translated into every major human language and is still read and performed worldwide

 

Literature Homework

29th of September 2010

Short Biography

Roger Mais

Roger Mais was born in Jamaica in 1905 .Mais lived in England from 1952 and returned to Jamaica in 1955, that same year he died of cancer. He was know for  depicting the lives of the underprivileged, in his novels. Mais was more than a novelist, he was a journalist, playwright, poet and artist.

Mais worked as a journalist for the 'Public Opinion' from 1939 to 1952. He wrote several plays, reviews, and short stories for the newspapers; 'Public Opinion',  'Focus' and the 'Jamaica Daily Gleaner', focusing his articles on social injustice and inequality.

Published in the 1940's, Mais' play, 'George William Gordon' was focused on the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865.In 1944, he wrote the anti-British satirical tirade, "Now We Know," criticizing British colonial rule. That peice resulted in his incarceration of sixth months in the Spanish Town Penitentiary.This period of imprisonment was instrumental in the development of his first novel, The Hills Were Joyful Together, a work focused on working-class life in the Kingston of the 1940s, wich was published in 1953. Brother Man was published in 1954, a sympathetic exploration of the emergent Rastafari movement. Black Lightning, published in 1955, centered on an artist living in the countryside. Mais died at the age of 50.

Review Disscussion

Annie Paul's review of the book Brotherman, Rasta Vibration gives Roger Mais props for succesfully documenting the way that rastfari's were treated in jamacia in the 1950's. They were not as socialy accepted and respected as they are today, they were shoned and dislikes as is evident in the novel.

Paul notes the writers use of his characters to bring forth the conflict of morality in the novel. The struggle between good and evil is literally potrayed by saints and devils as depicted by the characters.

Paul also notes how Mais uses one character to develope the other. as seen in the case with Papacita and Girlie

Paul commends Mais for his brave use of the Characters Papacita and Girlie to write about the fine edge between sexual pleasure and pain, esspecially at that consevative time in Jamaica , and calls their conversations "some of the best writing in the book"

Paul refers to Mais as gender sensitive, because of his equal use and potrayal of women and men.In the novel, they are both equally as nice or equally as evil. Both genders are key to the plot.

Paul does not hide he feelings towards the conversational dialouge and simply says "it stinks" . She refers to the dialouge as a distressing blend of Jamacian vernacular and African americanized Dialect that was self made based on the fact that he lacked representation of the Jamacian Creole and resorted to that of his own.

Rastafarians

Based on Wikipedia the free encyclopedia:

The Rastafari movement is a new religious movement that arose in the Christian society of Jamaica in the 1930s. Its members , who worship Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, former Emperor of  Etheopia from 1930–1936 and 1941–1974, as the 'Second Advent'. The movement is sometimes referred to as "Rastafarianism", but this term is considered derogatory and offensive by some Rastas, who dislike being labelled as an "ism".

Rastafari is not a highly organized religion; it is a movement and an ideology. Many Rastas say that it is not a "religion" at all, but a "Way of Life". Most Rastas do not claim any sect or denomination, and thus encourage one another to find faith and inspiration within themselves, although some do identify strongly with one of the "mansions of Rastafa" ; the three most prominent of these being the Nyahbinghi, the Bobo Ashanti and the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

The name Rastafari is taken from Ras Tafari, the pre-regnal  title of Haile Selassie I, composed of Amharic Ras (literally "Head," an Ethiopian title equivalent to Duke), and Haile Selassie's pre-regnal given name, Tafari. Rastafari are generally distinguished for asserting the doctrine that Haile Selassie I is another incarnation of the Christian God, called 'Jah'.They believe that 'Jah' or 'Jah Rastafari' is the second comming of Jesus Christ onto Earth.

The Rastafari movement encompasses themes such as the spiritual use of cannabis and the rejection of western society called 'Babylon. It proclaims Africa or 'Zion' as the original birthplace of mankind, and embraces various Afrocentric social and political aspirations such as the sociopolitical views and teachings of Jamaican publicist, organizer, and Black nationalist,Marcus Garvey who is often regarded as a prophet.

Lit homework September 22nd 2010

Terms of prose fiction

Novel : a book length narrative in fictional prose

Novella : an intermediate length narrative in fictional prose

Short story : a short length narrative in fictional prose

Elements of Prose Fiction

Narrative techniques : identifiable convention or structure used in literature or story telling

Point of veiw : the perspective of the narrator

Characterization : the means by which information about a character's personality is conveyed in a narrative

Setting : the time and place in which a story takes place

Theme : the main idea of a work deals with

Plot : all the events of a story rendered towards the theme

Style : the particular way in which a writer chooses to write

Literary Devices

Imagery : "word pictures" conjured up in the mind of the reader based on the writers discription

Symbol : words or phrases that represent something else based on assosiation

Irony : humor based on words used to convey the opposite of their meaning. When a literary work or a situation in a such ends in the least expected way(usually completely opposite to expected) it is also said to be ironic

Sataire : is the use of witty and sarcastic writing to redicule people and their behavior.

Allusion : is the indirect reference to a person, place, thing or literary work in history or in another literay work

Structural Devices

Stream of Conciousness : Spontaneous, live or recorded performances wether they be music, film or dramatic , intended to capture the raw experience of the person portrayed.

Interior monolouge : the presentation of a characters emotions in a direct and sometimes fragmented manner. It is as if the chracter is speaking to themself aloud .

Flashback : the recounting of a situation that took place before the story being told

Foreshadowing : clues that apear within a piece that allow the reader to predict what will happpen in the future. it is usually used to help predict something unpleasant .

Time frame : is the space of time over which a literary work takes place.

Motif : a reoccuring subject, theme or idea within a literay work

Juxtaposition : two literary works that contrast each other

Types of Fiction

Young Adult
Womens
Romance
Suspense Thriller
Horror
Science Fiction
Mystery
Western