Tuesday, January 15 critical lens intro reviews

Tuesday, January 22: midterm- 12:15. make sure to bring pens and pencils.
Due today: passive to active sentence exercise
Due Friday, January 18: vocabulary 7...please remember that this is the last day to turn this assignment in.
In class today: analyzing your critical lens essays. See below.
Homework due tomorrow: quotation usage review. handout in class / copy below

Quotation practice: indirect, direct and titles within quotations. (tricky!)

1. Did you see that new movie asked my friend

2.  When she saw his new Mercedes, she exclaimed What a beautiful car

3.  I just finished reading Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery

4.  Did Jack really say It's not my responsibility

5.  The  composer asked if the orchestra would play this Thursday

6.  I'm going to the newsstand he said for a copy of the newspaper

7.  You're out of your mind exclaimed Tony, slamming the door

8.  The professor asked When was the treaty signed

9.  The mayor promised that the project would be completed in two months

10. The Wasteland is a poem by T.S. Eliot

11.  Paul asked Did you read Keat's poem Endymion

12.  Do you remember Joe asking Is anybody here she asked

13.  Shall I read aloud Milton's poem On His Blindness she asked

14.  Weren't my exact words We all heard Harry yell Help

15.  I enjoyed the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock said Harold

16.  What did Joe mean Mary asked when he exclaimed She's gone

17.  Do you think that The Star Spangled Banner is hard to sing he asked

18.  The conductor said I want you to sing Schubert's Ave Maria

19.  I asked Did Professor Bruin say These papers are due in one week

20.  We all heard Alfred say Bill asked Who is the new president of the organization

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Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote that “to the untrue man, the whole universe is false.” In other words, this means that the world will be untrue to someone who is untrue to themselves. This quote is easy to agree with because the plot and characterization of the novel The Scarlet Letter both provide evidence to support this quote. The characterization of Reverend Dimmesdale shows how Dimmesdale lies to himself about how guilty he feels about cheating with Hester, which ultimately kills him. And the plot of the story revolves around how Dimmesdale does not reveal that he is in fact Hester’s paramour and how he starts to lose his will to live.

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Criticism is the act of judgment or personal opinion on any aspect or person in a society. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter states that “It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.” (p. 159). The excerpt from Hawthorne’s romantic novel means that people who obey the rules and are most calm and collective in society are often ones to judge and speculate others. These ideas are expressed through characterization and tone; certain people in society obey the rules and attain tranquility expressing characterization; tone is often associated with judgment being that the speculation might convey a positive or negative critic.

3) Love and hate, two completely different, strong and deeply rooted emotions, but are they really that different? According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, "It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom." meaning that because each emotion has such a deep root in our minds, if lost we can almost not function, it is worth examination as to whether or not these things really are different. Both cause you to be inter-dependent on another and they both take a long time to develop, time you must spend constantly thinking about the other person. Why you do or do not like someone, how much you want to see them or don't want to and so much more goes in to hating/loving someone. At it's roots, these things both hate and love are completely connected and perhaps are themselves intertwined, perhaps they thrive off of each other as a lover and lover or hater and hater do. This is most reflected through the characterization of Chillingworth and his relationship with Hester, and through Dimmesdale's characterization. 4)

There are things not discernable within society. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, “It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.” This means that it’s remarkable that somebody who thinks very differently from the norm often blend into the crowd by social expectancies. Therefore not everything is revealed at it’s exterior grasp. There are things that are imbedded in secrecy within the general public in fear of exposure. This relates to the character Dimmesdale within the novel. He’s a highly respected minister of the public, who has committed adultery in secret. If he reveals his secret, it might greatly hinder him to help people’s lives. There are also things that aren’t discernable from even a logical standpoint. According to The Scarlet Letter, “When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When, however it forms its judgement, as it usually does, on the intuitions of its great and warm heart, the conclusions thus attained are often profound and so unerring, as to possess the character of truths supernaturally revealed.” This means that when an unexpecting crowd of eyes attempts to see, it’s susceptible to be deceived. When it forms its speculation by the standards of humanity, the conclusion is so eccentric that it possesses the character of something unexplainable by logic. When somebody sees something so incredibly outlandish, they eschew themselves towards the supernatural. If they cannot find an easy explanation, they create one themselves that satisfies their mind. Within The Scarlet Letter, a meteor struck from the sky creating what appeared to be a letter A. The uninstructed public couldn’t find a logical explanation describing its coincidence, thus they create a supernatural meaning relating to a symbol or a sign of what’s to come.

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Don’t judge a book by it’s cover; that saying can greatly describe the quote that Nathanial Hawthorne used.  When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When, however it forms its judgment, as it usually does, on the intuitions of its great and warm heart, the conclusions thus attained are often profound and so unerring, as to possess the character of truths supernaturally revealed. This quote means that when people just use their eyes to judge something or someone they can get the wrong idea, but when actually go deep in their self and not just their eyes, they find the real truth and its shocking. The two literary element setting and characterization intertwined with the idea of judgement because the novel in all have a sense of judgement and blame connected to it.

6) Today in society it's okay to be different. In fact people try to set trends and influence a generation or the whole world. Nathaniel Hawthorne said in his Romantic Novel "It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society." (pg. 159) Nathaniel Hawthorne is saying ; the same people who try to stand out, be independent and criticize others who just follow the lead of others, are the ones who in the end are the biggest followers. A literary element that goes perfectly with this quote is Irony. It's ironic that such an independent person is in all actuality a conformer.

7) In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the opinions of each character are hidden in society and everything in the story has its own place. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, "It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society." In other words, people are perfectly content with following, without question, although they may believe differently." This is best expressed through plot and setting among the guilty minister and the common people.

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According to Hawthorne “in nature, however, there is a provisions, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endure by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.” In the other word that wrongness or sin that a person commits they will not know how bad the guilt will dwell on them. But only until the guilt starts to die off. For example Dimmesdale; He committed sin by while committing it he didn’t feel the great torture that it will bring him. Afterwards he started to feel guilty and whipped himself for feeling bad about it. Also this quote can be tied to Hester and the people around her. At the first the people put shame upon her while she was on the scaffold. But, as many years went the way people looked upon her began to change.

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Some people go around in life trusting no one and living on their own because they feel that it is the best way to avoid getting hurt. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne he states, “Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.” In this statement Hawthorne basically states that if we trust no one in our lives because we’re afraid of facing our enemies then we will never know who our enemies really are. This quote is easy to agree with in many ways.

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  In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Romantic novel, The Scarlet Letter  he states, “It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.” This means that people are perfectly fine to follow others, without questioning out loud, though they may believe different. This quote is best articulated through characterization and tone. In the novel Dimmesdale the minister committed the sin of adultery. By him revealing the secret he risks being judged where the tone is associated.

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        In the Romantic novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne the religious point of view, which is in a Puritan manner, has an effect on everything that goes on within the novel. According to Hawthorne the narrator states “Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.” (p. 128).  In other words not having anyone close to him, he couldn’t differentiate the antagonist, when it came down to it. This idea is best expressed through characterization and plot involving some of the characters of the novel.

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In the Romantic novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne the religious point of view, which is in a Puritan manner, has an effect on everything that goes on within the novel. According to Hawthorne the narrator states “Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.” (p. 128).  In other words not having anyone close to him, he couldn’t differentiate the antagonist, when it came down to it. This idea is best expressed through characterization and plot involving some of the characters of the novel.
 

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Hawthorne seems to point out that guilt is what truly governs us and our behavior. “In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it”. In other words; this seems to be stating that guilt is a good thing contrary to popular belief. He stresses that we do not feel the impact of what we do until it's too late, because our motives and actions distract us. Guilt is what teaches us and ideally stop us from committing a sinful deed more than once. The setting of the set up of this bold take on 'guilt' on society is what renders the true hard impact of this quote. This was a time when the idea of a utopia was not an inane or doltish thought; so to committ an evil act was ginormous. 

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Nathaniel Hawthorne says “to the untrue man, the whole universe is false.” This means that people who lie will always be suspicious of others doing the same as them. I agree with this quote. For example in The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale was an untrue man and so he was very paranoid that others were up to as much sin as him. It could also apply to Chillingworth he was cheated on by Hester and because she was untrue he was always suspicious of everyone being as untrue as her. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses irony as a literary element, this quote is ironic because the man is really the only one being untrue, and his paranoia causes him to assume people are as bad as he is.

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In the Romantic novel The Scarlett Letter , Nathanial Hawthorne stated “To the untrue man, the whole universe is false.” This means, to a man who lies to himself and others, nothing is true. This idea is expressed through characterization and tone. The tone of this statement, is very negative. An untrue man is a liar, and it is something everyone has come across, and it is very easy to relate to, and something people do not like. This man the quote describes, is not a portrayed as a good man. By calling him untrue, it automatically portrays him as the antagonist.       

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According to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, “In our nature however, there is a provision alike marvelous and merciful, that the suffer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.” Nathaniel Hawthorne meant that a person doesn’t realize how much they’ve been through until all of their problems are over. This quote is best expressed through imagery and mood. The quote helps readers imagine themselves going through a similar phase. The quote changes the reader’s mood and makes them think for a second.

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, sin plays a big role of the characters. The novel states, “In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but by chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.” This meaning that a sinner would never know how serious the sin done is right after it’s done, but from the emotional distress from it in the long run. These words are reflected through characterization in the novel. Arthur Dimmesdale embodies this idea. His ignominy doesn’t really hit him until he gets sick. He has nightmares and harms himself physically.