"The Flea"
This poem to me is about two people who feel that they are married because the share the flea. The flea has taken blood from both of them Towards the end the narrator talks about getting weaker. I believe its possible that they can be dogs, because when I think of fleas I picture dogs right away.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
3/28/11
Poetry
My poetry exprience so far is fairly slim. We had poetry about every year in junior high through high school, but I do not remember much from it. We would always do old, boring poems that no one would care or pay attention to. I know we learned about some terms. I remember iamic petamater was went over, but I do not remember the definition. Personally, I do not enjoy poetry. Most of the time I do not know what they are talking about, or I do not get the symbolism that they are using. I have no perference on poets. I do like the idea of reading song lyrics though.
My personal definition of poetry is: something that is meaningful and powerful. They have a rythmn to them.
My poetry exprience so far is fairly slim. We had poetry about every year in junior high through high school, but I do not remember much from it. We would always do old, boring poems that no one would care or pay attention to. I know we learned about some terms. I remember iamic petamater was went over, but I do not remember the definition. Personally, I do not enjoy poetry. Most of the time I do not know what they are talking about, or I do not get the symbolism that they are using. I have no perference on poets. I do like the idea of reading song lyrics though.
My personal definition of poetry is: something that is meaningful and powerful. They have a rythmn to them.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
3/25/11
Scenes 11-end
One of the things that stands out to me is the scene with the horse-courser. I think its weird that Faustus is using his magic for pretty much nothing. If I had magic, I would be using it for something other than making a horse so when a mad takes it through water it dissolves.
In Scene 13, I find it strange with Faustus says " hell calls for right, and with a roaring voice says 'Faustus! come! thine hour is [almost] come!" To me this means that hell is calling for Faustus to come, and I don't know if he is listening or not.
In the last scene, Faustus is not wanting to give away his soul anymore, maybe he should have thought it through more before he signed the contract so he could have got out of it. I'm not exaclty for sure if at the end the devils take him, but I think they did.
My paper I am going to write about the contract, the same as my gist, and talk about how Faustus just jumps right into it and how he can not repent because of it. The only problem I have right now is that I am not for sure of where to get my scholarly sources.
One of the things that stands out to me is the scene with the horse-courser. I think its weird that Faustus is using his magic for pretty much nothing. If I had magic, I would be using it for something other than making a horse so when a mad takes it through water it dissolves.
In Scene 13, I find it strange with Faustus says " hell calls for right, and with a roaring voice says 'Faustus! come! thine hour is [almost] come!" To me this means that hell is calling for Faustus to come, and I don't know if he is listening or not.
In the last scene, Faustus is not wanting to give away his soul anymore, maybe he should have thought it through more before he signed the contract so he could have got out of it. I'm not exaclty for sure if at the end the devils take him, but I think they did.
My paper I am going to write about the contract, the same as my gist, and talk about how Faustus just jumps right into it and how he can not repent because of it. The only problem I have right now is that I am not for sure of where to get my scholarly sources.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
3/22/11
Scene 6
Faustus meets the seven deadly sins, and after meeting them he that it feeds his soul. I do not get how he can say this since he sold his soul. So he does not have a soul to feed.
Scene 7
Faustus and Mephistophilis go to Rome and then in comes the Pope. I am a bit confused on if Faustus is invisible or if it is just dark enought that the Pope can not see them. Faustus ends up stealing meat and wine from the Pope. The Pope does a cross 3 times then Faustus hits him. The Friars sing "May the Lord curse him."
Scene 8
Comic Scene
Scene 9
Another Comic Scene
Scene 10
Faustus has a conversation with the Emperor. The Emperor commands Faustus to bring Alexander and his paramour before him. I feel as if there was more that went on in the scene but not for sure.
Faustus meets the seven deadly sins, and after meeting them he that it feeds his soul. I do not get how he can say this since he sold his soul. So he does not have a soul to feed.
Scene 7
Faustus and Mephistophilis go to Rome and then in comes the Pope. I am a bit confused on if Faustus is invisible or if it is just dark enought that the Pope can not see them. Faustus ends up stealing meat and wine from the Pope. The Pope does a cross 3 times then Faustus hits him. The Friars sing "May the Lord curse him."
Scene 8
Comic Scene
Scene 9
Another Comic Scene
Scene 10
Faustus has a conversation with the Emperor. The Emperor commands Faustus to bring Alexander and his paramour before him. I feel as if there was more that went on in the scene but not for sure.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
3/21/11
Scene V
All I got out of scene 5 was that Faustus signed a contract with his own blood. I'm not sure what it was for. Also towards the end I understood them talking about a wife for Faustus but Meph ends up bringing back a devil. That was all I picked up from the scene.
All I got out of scene 5 was that Faustus signed a contract with his own blood. I'm not sure what it was for. Also towards the end I understood them talking about a wife for Faustus but Meph ends up bringing back a devil. That was all I picked up from the scene.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
3/18/11
Dr. Faustus
I believe that the last part that we read in class is just Faustus, Valdes, and Cornelius talking about the black magic. They might be talking about taking over the world. In a way I can see them talking about that.
Overall, I really don't know what the last part is about. I do not like or know how to read these stories and always have problems understanding them.
I believe that the last part that we read in class is just Faustus, Valdes, and Cornelius talking about the black magic. They might be talking about taking over the world. In a way I can see them talking about that.
Overall, I really don't know what the last part is about. I do not like or know how to read these stories and always have problems understanding them.
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