1) How is the power of imagination a powerful theme in the story
Imagination is a powerful theme because it is what drive the characters to keep going day after day. If it weren't for the books they found, Luo and the narrator would have broken down to the Communist brainwashing long before. The imaginative influence the book has on them lets them continue to carry water on the mountain and give them the audacity to challenge the headman's authority. with out the power of imagination the narrator would have never been able to truly develop his story telling abilities. Also the power of imagination has a strong influence on the tailors clothing,such as after hearing "The Count of Monte Cristo" he begins to make sailor tops for all the villagers. The influence of imagination on the tailors clothes helps transform the world that the narrator and Luo are put into from "tortuous paths" to a place where "you could almost smell the briny Mediterranean air." All of the change in the novel was because of the power of imagination
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Othello Test
The tradgic vision of Othello is affected by many other cahracters. While Othello is the one making all of the desicions, the choses he makes are affected by all the others around him. Because Othello'd decisions are affected by the characters around him, the tradgic vision of the play is shaped, not by Othello, but by the other characters.
Desdemona's loving and caring personality causes her to accedently drive Othello to rage. Desdemona is too concerned about the well being of her old friend Casio to realize Othello's suspicions. Her truely loving nature makes the end result of the play even more tradgic. Through out the play Desdemona did all the right things, but it was her good deeds that caused Othello to kill her, making her death even more tradgic. Desdemona is a truely tradgic figure.
Rodrigo's blind love causes him to make poor dicisions which help lead to the tradgic ending of the play. Roderigo's overwellming love for Desdemona made him the perfect veichle for Iago's distructive plan. While he ment no harm, his pasonite love combined with the ill-advice he recived from Iago causes him to be the catalyst for the plays tragic vision. Roderigo's blinding love distroys the onething he loved so much.
The good intintions of the cahracters only increased Othello's rage and brought a tradgic end. The fact that the tradgic ending of Othello was caused by the goog intintions of the other charachters makes the ending far more tradgic.
Desdemona's loving and caring personality causes her to accedently drive Othello to rage. Desdemona is too concerned about the well being of her old friend Casio to realize Othello's suspicions. Her truely loving nature makes the end result of the play even more tradgic. Through out the play Desdemona did all the right things, but it was her good deeds that caused Othello to kill her, making her death even more tradgic. Desdemona is a truely tradgic figure.
Rodrigo's blind love causes him to make poor dicisions which help lead to the tradgic ending of the play. Roderigo's overwellming love for Desdemona made him the perfect veichle for Iago's distructive plan. While he ment no harm, his pasonite love combined with the ill-advice he recived from Iago causes him to be the catalyst for the plays tragic vision. Roderigo's blinding love distroys the onething he loved so much.
The good intintions of the cahracters only increased Othello's rage and brought a tradgic end. The fact that the tradgic ending of Othello was caused by the goog intintions of the other charachters makes the ending far more tradgic.
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