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1. Compare and contrast Don Quixote with either King Arthur or Sundiata. How are the two figures you have chosen alike? How are they different? Be sure to use specific examples from the stories you have read to illustrate your points. Answer: One trait that all heroes have in common is that they are exceptional individual. Don Quixote saw things differently than everyone else, he believe in the chivalry code and wanted to live by it. When Don decided to become a knight, his knowledge of chivalric tales dictates his behavior, and his hyperactive imagination took care of the rest.
He understood what it takes to be a hero and was excided to become a knight. King Arthur was exactly what Don Quixote wanted to be Arthur he was honest, willingness, and swears to stand on the side of justice. Don Quixote being a knight certain not only that he is doing that right thing, but also because he follows the chivalric code, that he is doing the heroic thing. He devotes himself to a cause that exists only in him mind. “It so possessed his mind that the whole fabric of invention and fancy he read of seemed true (page 23).”
This episode suggests that blind devotion and selflessness without purpose are the behaviors of the insane. While his mind was in his own world he did try to live code of chivalric one example is when he talked to woman at the inn “Your ladyship need not fly or fear any rudeness, for it is no part of the order of knighthood (page 28).” King Arthur was living the life of an hero, he had a sword, is birth is unusual and he is favored but a supernatural force because he is able to remove the sword from the stone easily while no one else could he “pulled it out easily (page 5).” His willingness to help Sir Kay by getting a sword for his show how selfless he is “I cam home for my brother’s sword, I found no one there to give it to me. “I did not want my brother Sir Kay to be without a sword (Page 5).”
King Arthur after crowned king, he “ordered the lands to be given again to those that owned them (page 7).” Both King Arthur and Don Quixote went on advantages they were both willing to help. Like King Arthur, Don Quixote devotes himself to a better good cause even though it was in his head. (15 points) Score 2.
Why is devotion such an important concept in the love poetry that you have read this semester? How do the poets whose work you have read this semester address the idea of devotion in their poems? Focus on at least two works and explain the ways in which the writers use figurative language and imagery to show the devotion of a poem’s speaker to his or her beloved. Be sure to cite specific textual examples in your response. Answer: They both used figurative language and imagery to show the devotion of a poem’s speaker to his beloved. In “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns he showed devotion in is poem by expressing love his beloved. “O my Luve’s like a red, red rose, (line 1).”
By comparing his beloved to a newly blossomed rose, he is suggesting that like the flower, she is beautiful, fresh, and delicate. “The rocks melt wi’ the sun (line 10).” This stresses the speaker’s willingness to sustain his feelings because it will obviously be a long time before the sun melts ever rock on earth. The image also links the speaker’s love with heat, which suggests his feelings of passion. The speaker has repeatedly depicted his feelings as incredibly strong and lasting. The poem highlights the depth of his love for his beloved and the greatness of devotion to her throughout the poem. “While the sands o’ life shall run (line 12).”
The sand slipping from the top to the bottom of the hourglass suggests the passage of time, and the speaker says that he will care about his beloved until time itself runs out. With “She walks in beauty” by Lord Byron he showed his love by using figurative language. Lord Byron used attributes a similar special beauty to the women to the starlight’s in the night skis. “And all that’s best of dark and bright (line 3).” The beauty of the night and the beauty of starlight seem to combine for a stunning effect in this woman’s appearance. “One shade the more, one ray the less (line 7).”
The slightest increase in darkness, the decrease in light would diminish the speaker’s perception of the woman’s grace and elegance. “A heart whose love is innocent (Line18).” Her mind is at peace, and her heart is full of guiltless, unspoiled love. The poem reflects the woman’s gentle ways in the same way that her face reflects that delicate starlight that touches it. (15 points) Score
3. Both Eveline in “Eveline” and Jerry in “Through the Tunnel” face challenges and turning points in their lives. How are their responses alike and how are they different? What is a possible theme of each story? As you plan your answer, be sure to include the challenge each character faces, the turning point in each of their lives, and a possible theme of each story. Answer: Both Eveline and Jerry faced challenges but they acted very differently in there responses. In “Eveline” the man character Eveline had a very important decision to make on rather to leave a fellow named Frank or stay home and live a life duty.
Eveline struggles with her decision and on page 132, for example “She admits how hard her life is but then thinks that it is not a “wholly undesirable life.” As she thinks about leaving, she is glad to leave her job and even rights farewell letter to her father and brother. Then she thinks of a promise she made to her dying mother, she then doubt her decision. Not wanting to end up like her mother, she goes on with the plan to leave. “She must escape! (Page 134)” As her and Frank goes on to the boat she realizes she can not go with Frank and is left clinging to the bars at the station. “She gripped with both hands at the iron railing (page 135).”
Frank disappears into the crowd, calling back to her, but all she could do is stare back passively. At Eveline turning point her life and in the story she does nothing. Where in “Through the Tunnel” the mean character is Jerry and is challenge in his growth in becoming a young-adult. Jerry is ready of a new part in his life. When Jerry contradicts himself on page 174, he tells his mother that he does not want go somewhere else and then turns around and asks to “have a look at those rocks down there.” Jerry and his mother head to the beach for their holiday. Jerry wants to explore wild, rocky bay rather than go to the calm, sandy beach with his mother. When he went through the rocky bay he saw older boys swimming through an underwater tunnel. He then became determine to swim through the tunnel but must train himself to do so. He then faces setbacks when his body reacts badly to the training.
Then his mother informed him that he only has a few more days at the beach. “His mother said casually one morning, the must go home (page 180).” Jerry fearful that he will have to give up on his challenge, he also fears for his life to swim though the tunnel. Jerry was able to go through the tunnel and at the end tells his mother that he can hold his breath for a long time and then remains quietly with her. “It was no longer of the least importance to go the bay (page 183).”Jerry finished his challenge, even thought there was trouble.
In Jerry’s turning point he decides to attempt to swim through the tunnel and even though he had set backs, he was able to complete his challenge. Unlike Eveline, Jerry was able to face his challenge and conquer it where Eveline could take the fear and stayed in what was familiar to her, she wasn’t able to conquer her challenge. They both had a turning point that deices what will happen in their live next.
