Journal 12

1. “Young Goodman Brown” is an allegory (symbolic narrative). What do the following represent?

Young Goodman Brown – He represents innocence. He follows a path from innocence to innocence.

Faith – She represents believe and faith.

The Elderly Traveller/Fellow-Traveller – He represents evil, the devil and temptation.

Goody Cloyse – She represents corruption.

The Ceremony – It represents a religious symbol. It represents the converts into the church.

The Pink Ribbon – This represents Goodman Brown losing his faith.

Young Goodman Brown’s Journey – This represents the change of life.

2. Identify the following for “Young Goodman Brown”:

Theme Message of Theme Element Used to Establish

The theme is sin and the message is that everybody is a sinner. In the story, Young Goodman Brown is tempted with sin through the whole journey. He also meets many people he knows that are also not what they seem.

In addition, provide three direct quotes from the story that address your theme.

``Too far! too far!'' exclaimed the goodman, unconsciously resuming his walk. ``My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians since the days of the martyrs; and shall I be the first of the name of Brown that ever took this path and kept''

“I helped your grandfather, the constable, when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem; and it was I that brought your father a pitch-

pine knot, kindled at my own hearth, to set fire to an Indian village, in King Philip's war. They were my good friends, both; and many a pleasant walk have we had along this path, and returned merrily after midnight. I would fain be friends with you for their sake.''

``Wickedness or not,'' said the traveller with the twisted staff, ``I have a very general acquaintance here in New England. The deacons of many a church have drunk the communion wine with me; the selectmen of divers towns make me their chairman; and a majority of the Great and General Court are firm supporters of my interest. The governor and I, too -- But these are state secrets.''

Journal 11

“Where I Lived and What I Lived For” (232)

A man built a small house in the woods alone. He is showing that you are more intouch with life when your just living the the essentials and not over comforted. When you are in society you become to busy with comforts, your job and family. You become more focused on just the neseceities when you are in nature.

Quote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

“Sounds” (234)

How he spends his days. He just sat there and observed nature and listened to the birds. He let everything pass through him in nature.

Quote: “Instead of singing like the birds, I smiled at my good fortune.”

“Brute Neighbors” (235)

This passage exaggerates between red and blcck ants. There is a battle between the red and black ants. The ants are fighting ovcer territory, which is wood chips. He compares them to soldiers fighting over land. This relates to human and how thye fight for dominance and power.

Quote: “They struggle half an hour longer under the tumbler, and when I looked again the black soldiers had severed the heads of his foes from their bodies…”

“The Pond in Winter” (237)

We see some nature in ourselves. The pund water was frozen and he cuts a hole in the ice to get water. The fish under the ice were still living we just could not see it. Even though you see dirt or ice, look beneath the surface and discover what good is actually there. Everything around us is beautiful

Quote: “Heavan is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

“Spring” (238)

This is about winter changing into spring. Winter is a harsh, cold, long season. While spring is calm, warm and beautiful. It’s the renewel of each year.

Quote:

“The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim.”

Journal 10

Othello’s final words summarize his insight at the end of the play. Othello had begun as a very high respectable figure. Yet he dies a murderer and an outsider. He expresses his sadness and embarrassment about himself. However, he wants everyone to speak of him as a inspirational person and a leader. His last speech emphasizes his tragedy.

Journal 9

Free Will is where we make our own choices and no outside forces affect on what we do. For example, when Othello married his wife Desdemona, he on his own free will decided to marry her without anyone’s advice or influence. Determinism is where someone decides or influences you to do something. For example, when Othello murdered his wife, he did it based on the information given to him by Iago. He was tricked and then decided to murder her.

Journal 8- Emerson’s Aphorisms

4. We boil at different degrees.

Emerson is saying that everyone hgets upset at different things. Everyone can only handle so much trouble and problems then they will explode. A lot of people have short tempers. So, you need to be careful in what you say because you could cross the wrong person.

5. To be great is to be misunderstood.

If you be yourself and don’t conform to society and the majority of the people you will be misunderstood. If you only do what others do, you're not being who you are supposed to be. You're being who others have determined you should be. The minority of people, who do not change for other people are considered different.

13. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Emerson is saying that all life is a big experiment and you can make mistakes or succeed. The more things you try and succeed or fail in the better it will make you. It will make you gain knowledge and wisdom in many things. It will also make you learn from your mistakes so you do not repeat them. Try as many things as possible.

Journal 7

1. Compare/contrast the different views of nature that are being presented in the poems. Refer to the list of classical and romantic characteristics and provide specific examples from the poems to support your analysis.

The waterfowl is migrating for the winter alone and wandering but not lost. He knows where he is going even though he has never been there before. It is calm and there is harmony. There ss a sunset which is more represent closings. The Raven is dark and mysterious. It shows emotion, personal and subjective comparisons. The Raven has darkness and its midnight which represents evil. Both poems are about birds. To a Waterfowl is not individual however The Raven is directed to a special bird to one bird not a number of them.