Jane Eyre Chapter 7-9

Robby Treadwell

9/25/12

Chapter 7-9

Period 4

Summary: Jane's first month of school is spent without Mr. Brocklehurst there. Then Jane drops slate in front of him and he has her stand on a stool in front of the school and is called a liar and he has everyone not speak to her for the rest of the day. Jane goes up to Miss Temple and tells her she is innocent and Miss Temple writes a letter to Mr. Lloyd and Miss Temple tells the school she is innocent. Lastly, many people at the school get sick with typhus and Helen gets very ill and dies. Jane sneaks into Miss Temple's room to say her last words to her. Jane meets a new friend Mary Ann Wilson.

Quotation: Jane- "I got on to her crib and kissed her: her  forehead was cold, and her cheek both cold an thin, and so were her hand and wrist: but she smiled  as of old." Page. 81

Quotation Significance: This is a really sad a depressing part of the chapter to read. Just when Jane meets a new friend and is the only person smiling at her one day that person is taken away forever. Jane talks about how sick she is but how her smile is still the one she had when she was fine. 

Reflection: In these chapters I learned many things about different characters. I learned that Mr. Brocklehurst is a very mean person and does not care for how he treats teenage girls. I learned that Jane has a very strong personality. Her best friend dies and she is still able to be optimistic about the situation. I found out that Miss Temple is one of the kind hearted people in this book. Miss Temple cares for Jane and believes that she is innocent and wants to prove to the rest of the school that she is. It is sad to read about much of the school getting sick and some fatalities Jane is just lucky that she did not get sick. It is also good to read that she meets a new friend Mary Ann Wilson. Someone that can take the place of Helen but never be Helen. 

Discussion Question: How will Jane deal with losing a best friend throughout the rest of the book?

Jane Eyre Chapter 4-6

Robby Treadwell

9/25/12

Chapter 4-6

Period 4

Summary: In the beginning Jane meets the principle of the school Mr. Brocklehurst and Jane's aunt tells him that she lies a lot and doesn't believe in the psalms. Jane has her first day of school and meets a mean teacher named Miss Scatcherd, makes a new friend named Helen and finds out that the school is a charity school made for female orphans. In the last chapter the girls can't wash their clothes cause the water is frozen and Jane talks to Helen more and become closer friends.

Quotation: “I am glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to visit you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick. . . .”

Quotation Significance: In this quote you can tell that Jane is very mad at her aunt for what she told the principle that she tends to lie a lot. This just sets Jane up in a bad situation already with her teachers. It is unfair that Jane is treated this way.

Reflection: These chapters are a big stepping stone for Jane. She meets a new friend that she can talk to and another person that is on her side. I think that this will put Jane in a much better mood. It is sad when Jane finds out that it is a charity home for female orphans because that means that the people that put Jane there didn't cost them anything. I think that Miss Scatcherd is going to become another person that is mean to Jane and Jane is going to rebel against her and things are going to get ugly from there. Lastly, when Aunt Reed tells Mr. Brocklehurst that Jane lies a lot that just throws JAne under the bus right away and she does not deserve that. 

Discussion Question: How is Jane going to get along with other girls at the school besides Helen?

Jane Eyre Chapter 1-3

Robby Treadwell

9/24/12

Chapter 1-3

4th Period

Summary: The story starts out in November in a town called Gateshead. Jane is reading a book and then her and her cousin get in a fight and Jane gets in trouble and is put in the "red room" which where Uncle Reed died. The Reed family is pretty wealthy. Jane's parents died from typhus and when she is in the room she thinks that Uncle Reed's ghost is in there and he is trying to get revenge and Jane faints from fear. When she woke up she was in her bed and Mr. Lloyd was taking care of her.  

Quotation: "What a consternation of soul was mine that dreary afternoon! How all my brain was in tumult, and all my hear in insurrection! Yet in what darkness, what dense ignorance, was the mental battle fought! I could not answer the ceaseless inward question--why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of--I will not say how many years--I see it clearly." Pg 10

Quotation Significance: In this quote Jane is talking about how bad her day has gone and how she has fought off this horrible battle. Poor Jane is thrown under the boat for fighting back because she got a book thrown at her and she has had enough. Jane asks herself why me?

Reflection: These four three chapters were fairly difficult for me to read. The way it is written is quite hard for me to understand but I tried to pick out the key parts. Many parts to me in these three chapters were just parts that weren't necessary for understanding the book and had no value to them what so ever. Such as when Jane was talking about the book and the pictures each page described. I feel bad for Jane already in this book. I do not know how it would feel to be put in a room that my uncle died in but I know it would be scary and when you scream and no one listens to you that would make it even more scary to me. Jane is the one that the family targets it seems like. She got blamed for getting a book thrown at her and they said it was her fault. From what it seems Jane is going to have a rough time throughout this book at home and in school.

Discussion Question: Why is Jane targeted in the family and why does everyone treat her so poorly? 

Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Scene 3&4

Robby Treadwell

9/19/12

Act 5 Scene 3&4

Period 4

Summary: In the first scene Claudio and Don John go to Hero's tomb and say their last words and Claudio hangs up a scroll. In the last scene everyone assembles and Claudio asks Hero to marry him and she says yes and Benedick asks Beatrice to marry her and she says yes. At the end Don John is caught running away.

Quotation: Benedick- "I’ll tell thee what, Prince: a college of wit-crackers cannot

flout me out of my humor. Dost thou think I care for a satire

or an epigram? No. If a man will be beaten with brains, he

shall wear nothing handsome about him. In brief, since I do

purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that

the world can say against it, and therefore never flout at me

for what I have said against it. For man is a giddy thing, and

this is my conclusion.—For thy part, Claudio, I did think to

have beaten thee, but in that thou art like to be my kinsman,

live unbruised, and love my cousin."

Quotation Significance: In this quote it shows how much Benedick has changed throughout the story. At first he saw marriage as a horrible thing and said he would never get married. Now, he is a married man that is in love. This shows it is a coming of age play. 

Reflection: I was very happy with the ending of this play. All the way up to this point Othello and Much Ado About Nothing are very similar plays, but at the end of this one Shakespeare puts a whole different ending. I like how Claudio can't see Hero when he says he will marry her. This just shows how much he really cares for her and wants to be with her. It is also very funny how Benedick asks Beatrice if she loves him and vis versa and they say no, because they found out the tricks that were played on them. Benedick could be classified as a hypocrite for saying how he will never get married and then he does at the end of the pay, but really he just matures and realizes it will only do him good.

Discussion Question: What will happen to Don John?

Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Scene 1&2

Robby Treadwell

9/18/12

Act 5 Scene 1&2

Period 4

Summary: In the first scene Leonato and Antonia, say they will duel Claudio and Don John for killing someone that they love. At the end Dogberry and the watchmen bring Borachio and Conrade, and Borachio confesses that he made up the lies about Hero cheating on Claudio. In the last scene Benedick and Beatrice talk about their love and Ursula comes in and tells them that Hero is innocent and it is all Don John's fault.

Quotation: Borachio-

"Sweet Prince, let me go no farther to mine answer. Do you hear me, and let this count kill me. I have deceived even your very eyes. What your wisdoms could not discover, these shallow fools have brought to light, who in the night overheard me confessing to this man how Don John your brother incensed me to slander the Lady Hero, how you were brought into the orchard and saw me court Margaret in Hero’s garments, how you disgraced her when you should marry her. My villainy they have upon record, which I had rather seal with my death than repeat over to my shame. The lady is dead upon mine and my master’s false accusation. And, briefly, I desire nothing but the reward of a villain."

Quotation Significance: In this quote Borachio confesses that he is guilty for the death of Hero. He says he doesn't want to wait for the trial he wants to die now because he made up the lies about seeing Hero cheat on Claudio.

Reflection: This scene is one of the few that are different from Othello. Although it is different the foundation of the scene is similar. In Othello Desdemona is killed before she is proven innocent and in Much Ado About Nothing they decide to keep Hero alive and not tell anyone so if she is innocent she can live the rest of her life. I think the Shakespeare is trying to prove in this one that men are not alway right and that women should get to have a say for what they are being accused for. I also like that Leonato and Antonio are being so protective of Hero even though they know she is dead which she really is not. They are willing to fight Claudio and Don John. This shows the character they have and they love her daughter and niece.

Discussion Question: What is Shakespeare trying to get across by making two almost identical plays but with different ways of trying to solve problems?

Much Ado About Nothing Act 4 Scene 1&2

Robby  Treadwell

9/17/12

Act 4 Scene 1&2

4th Period

Summary: In the first scene at the wedding Claudio does not marry Hero because he thinks she has been talking to other guys at night time. The Friar and Leonato create a plan to conclude that this isn't true and at the end Benedick and Beatrice confess their love for eachother. In the last scene Borachio and Conrad are taken to 'court.' There they are accused of talking to Hero by Dogberry but the watchmen say Don John is a villain.

Quotation: Sweet Prince, you learn me noble thankfulness.—

There, Leonato, take her back again.

Give not this rotten orange to your friend.

She’s but the sign and semblance of her honor.

Behold how like a maid she blushes here!

Oh, what authority and show of truth

Can cunning sin cover itself withal!

Comes not that blood as modest evidence

To witness simple virtue? Would you not swear,

All you that see her, that she were a maid

By these exterior shows? But she is none.

She knows the heat of a luxurious bed.

Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty.

Quotation Significance: In this quote Claudio is talking about what trash Hero is and how he thinks of her. It is significant because before he was in love with her so much now he calls her a whore because she is not a virgin.

Reflection: These two scenes take two big steps from the play. Claudio's whole thoughts of Hero are destroyed in this scene. Before this Claudio was so in love with Hero until he found out that someone was going to talk to her at her window every night. Poor Hero is accused of this and she has no say to whether or not this is true because it doesn't matter to Claudio. Also at the end it is nice that Beatrice and Benedick confess their love for eachother. Beatrice doesn't believe him fully yet and neither would I after all the things he said about never falling in love. These two scenes tell a lot about how the play can take a big turn with just a small action.

Discussion Question: What will happen to Claudio and his feelings while Hero is hiding? Will he find out the truth?

Act 3 Scene 2&3

Robby Treadwell

9/12/12

Act 3 Scene 2&3

4th Period

Summary: In the first scene Claudio talks to Don Pedro about how in love Benedick is with Beatrice. At first Don Pedro doesn't agree with Claudio but as they keep talking he later agrees. At the end of the first scene, Don John tells Claudio that Beatrice is unfaithful and they are going to watch her at midnight that night to see if she is with another guy. In the second scene Sir Dogberry sends watchmen out to watch over the town over the night.

Quotation: Don John- "The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. I could

say she were worse. Think you of a worse title, and I will fit

her to it. Wonder not till further warrant. Go but with me

tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even

the night before her wedding day. If you love her then,

tomorrow wed her. But it would better fit your honor to

change your mind."

Quotation Significance: In this quote Don John describes Hero as a terrible person. He is just describing her as this because he wants Claudio to think that so he can have Hero for himself.

Reflection: Don John is very much like Iago in this story. Don John says that Hero is going to be seen sleeping with another guy this night. I think that Don John is going to put a different girl that looks like Hero in the bed with another guy. He is doing this all because of jealousy. Don John wants Hero for himself. Sir Dogberry sends out the watchmen because he does not want anything going wrong the night before the wedding. This is a big note of foreshadowing. He would not have sent out those watchmen if he didn't know something bad was going to happen that night. I think something is going to happen that night an the wedding is going to become a disaster.

Discussion Question: Why is Don John describing Hero as such a terrible person?

Act 2 Scene 3 Act 3 Scene 1

Robby Treadwell

9/11/12

DePalatis 4th 

Act 2 Scene 3 Act 3 Scene 1

Summary: In the first scene Claudio, Don Pedro, and Leonato play a trick on Benedick while he is hiding from them. They talk about how madly in love Beatrice is with him and they know he is hiding and that he is hearing this. Benedick actually believes them as well. In the second scene almost the exact same thing happens but this time it is Hero and Ursula that try and make Beatrice fall in love with Benedick.

Quotation: Benedick- "This can be no trick. The conference was

sadly borne; they have the truth of this from Hero; they

seem to pity the lady. It seems her affections have their full

bent. Love me? Why, it must be requited! I hear how I am

censured. They sy I will bear myself proudly if I perceive

the love come from her. They say, too, that she will rather

die than give any sign of affection. I did never think to

marry. I must not seem proud. Happy are they that hear

their detractions and can put them to mending. They say

the lady is fair; ’tis a truth, I can bear them witness. And

virtuous; ’tis so, I cannot reprove it. ..."

Quotation Significance: In this quote Benedick shows that he actually believes Claudio, Don Pedro, and Leonato. He has bough into their trick and thinks that Beatrice is madly in love with him. 

Reflection: These two scenes show very much evilness. The way they trick Beatrice and Benedick is very clever but also very rude. They plan their evil ways almost perfectly. Now, Benedick is going to start being nice to Beatrice and Beatrice isn't going to know why and vis versa. Beatrice is going to fall in love with Benedick because she thinks that he loves her as well. The way Benedick hides like Othello, and how Claudio and Don Pedro talk, much like Iago and Roderigo are very similar. This book is starting to look more like Othello more and more as I keep reading. 

Discussion Question: Is Benedick going to fall in love or is he going to stick to his plan of never falling in love with a girl unless she is perfect?

Act 2 Scene 1 and 2

Robby Treadwell

Period 4

Act 2 Scene 1&2

9/10/12

Summary: In these two scenes Don Pedro convinces Hero to marry Claudio. Claudio plans a wedding which is in a week and its going to be on the next monday. In the last scene Borachio and Don John plan a way to have them stop the wedding.

Quotation: Thus answer I in the name of Benedick,

But hear these ill news with the ears of Claudio.

'Tis certain so, the Prince woos for himself.

Friendship is constant in all other things

Save in the office and affairs of love.

Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues.

Let every eye nogetiate for itself

And trust no agent, for beauty is a witch

Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.

This is an accident of hourly proof,

Which I mistrusted not. Farewell, therefore, Hero.

Quotation Significance: Before this quote Claudio tells Don John that he is Benedick because he has a mask on and can't see. Claudio finds out that the prince as well wants Hero. This is significant because I think that the prince is going to cause problems with Claudio because they both want Hero.

Reflection: These two scenes make me thing about Othello a lot. They seem very similar now that I know Borachio is much like Iago. Borachio is going to work with Don John much like Roderigo and Iago to stop the wedding because they are both jealous. I think that Claudio is going to get blamed for something he did not do just like Cassio. It is sad to read about this because they are both two very good guys that get blamed for nothing because they are in love. Its interesting to read about two books that are written by the same author with same beginnings.

Discussion Question: Why would Shakespeare write two books that are very similar in plots?

Much Ado About Nothing Act 1 Scene 1

Robby Treadwell

Act 1 Scene 1

Period 4

9/6/12

Summary: Don Pedro's army from Aragon arrives in Messina. They are welcomed by Messina's governor Leonato. Benedick who is a soldier in Don Pedro's army gets in a fight with Leonatos's niece Beatrice. They fight because Benedick says he will never fall in love in Beatrice highly disagrees. Lastly, Claudio a young lord from Florence falls in love with Leonato's daughter Hero.

Quotation: Why, i' faith, methinks she’s too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise, and too little for a great praise. Only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome, and being no other but as she is, I do not like her.

Quotation Significance:  In this quote it shows Benedick's true personality. He is a very picky, cocky, and self centered person. 

Reflection: In the ten pages I read there was a lot of information jammed into it. Me met many characters. Leonato is a very nice and welcoming person. When the Don Pedro army arrives in Messina he invites them to stay for visit. He plans a good dinner for them and shows them around. I think that Benedick is going to cause very many issues in this book. His attitude and self centeredness is going to get him into many issues, much like Iago from Othello. I also think that the Claudio and Hero thing thats going on is going to turn out like Cassio, Othello, Desdemona.

Question: What will Hero do when she finds out Claudio is in love with her?