HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY YEAR 2

1. Yes, I have been betrayed numerous of times but this one stood out exceptionally. As the custom for Jamaican on someone birthday is to 'flour' that particular person who is celebrating his or her birthday. Attending primary school, I would not tell anyone the date of my birthday. However, I was getting older now and in grade six and started to mingle with friends, hence I had a personal friend by this time. I told A the exact day that I was born and told her not to mention it to anyone and I mean no one because I knew the consequences. She promise me not to tell anyone. In other words, it was our little secret.
          On the day of my birthday, I went to school shine and nice as ever with my hair platted neatly. To my surprise when school was over as I stepped outside the classroom white flour began to dash all over me. They did not stop until my entire body was white. Eventually, I realize that it was not our little secret because she most definitely betrayed me and trust me getting 'flour' on your birthday is not a nice thing. It is very embarrassing. I was terrified. The good thing was I did nothing but let each day pass while remember the awful betrayal until the though disappear.

2.Once in my life I felt betrayed and misunderstood the situation. For instance, when I was a particular year old my mom migrate to a foreign country. I was left with my dad and I felt hopeless and betrayed that my mom went away from me. Eventually, I misunderstood the situation because she only left me to better life for us. Also, now I am with her and I live to know that life as turned out better for me. As for me, I found Jesus in my life where my mother went away from me.

3. As for me, the only Shakespeare's book that I have studied is MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. In this particular book, as a reader, I have deeply recognize that the characters resort violet, tricky and evilness. In MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING the villain that portrays or resort these attributes is Don John. He plotted with his servant Barchio to trick Claudio that Hero was cheating on him with another man, precisely before their wedding day. Eventually, everything went how they had planned it that Claudio was able to disgrace Hero, his bride to be at their wedding. Also, evilness could be compared to tricky as for this book.
        Violet or war was portrays within the book. it was illustrated in the beginning of the book where Pedro and his followers came from war.

4. The book THE WINTER'S TALE by William Shakespeare was written was written and originally published in 1623. It was first place in the category of comedies but was later trasformed in the category of romance. This book was noted by critics to be fill with intense psychological drama as well as happy endings. Hence, W. W. Lawrence consider this work for Shakespeare as a problem play.

This is a picture to illustrate one of the scence in the play.

Act 2: scene 3:scene 3: This is showing that Antigonus swears his loyalty to Leontes, in an attempt to save Leontes' young daughter's life.

5. Elizabeth theatre is a general term covering the plays written and performed publicly in England during the reign between 1558-1603 of Queen Elizabeth 1. Elizabeth theatre came into full bloom during the late sixteen century.During the reign of Elizabeth 1, English drama was introduced and developed into a sophisticated and very popular art form. Preceding the reign of Elizabeth 1, it was customary that theatre companies explored the country, performing plays where there was an audience.

England's First Playhouse, known as The Theatre, was built by the actor, James Burbage in Shoreditch London. In that time, actors were looked down upon by the more affluent persons of society , but  were accepted and supported by the commoners of society.

The Theatre was closed down in 1597 and was dismantled by Richard Burbage and  his men in the late 1598. Eventually, it was rebuilt and renamed the Globe, this was accomplished in a period of six months. It was speculated that the Globe was round or octagonal and could draw audiences as large as 2500 to 3000 viewers. At the time, there were no elaborate technology, such as sets or lighting and thus, performances had to be held in the broad daylight.

  THE GLOBE

6. The theatre of Absurd is a theatrical style originating in France in the late 1940's. It relies heavily on existential philosophy, and is a category for plays of absurdest fiction, written by a number of playwrights from the late 1940s, as well as the theatre which has evolved from their work.



7.Williams Shakespeare who was an author, poet and playwright. He was born in Avon, April 1654 by the parents of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He was the third child of eight children and also the eldest son of his parents. Biographers agree that Williams Shakespeare probably was educated at the King's New School in Stratford. They also posits that it was a free school chartered in 1533 and it was about a quarter mile from his home.

          During his youth years, rather his late teen, Williams Shakespeare at the age of eighteen married Anne Hathaway who was twenty-six at the time. After six months later the couple beared their first child Susanna. After which, they produce twins, son Hathaway and daughter Judith. However, the family lost Hamnet at age eleven.

         Furthermore, there are several places that Shakespeare has written. These include England and France. Also, Shakespeare is known as the greatest play writer. One, is that he wrote many plays and poems. Also, the fact that his own reflections on the act of writing began to infuse each other.

8. Shakespeare wrote many books that were comedy. They are:

All's You That Ends Well (1604-05)
As You Like It (1599)
The Comedy of Errors (1594-95)
Love's Labour's Lost (1590)
Measure of Measure (1603-04)
The Merchant of Venice (1598-99)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1596-98)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1597)
Much Ado About Nothing (1590-96)
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1607-08)
The Taming of the Shrew (1590-94)
The Tempest (1610-11)
Twelfth Night (1601-02)
The Two Gentlemen for Verona (1590-91)
The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634)
The Winter's Tale (1623)

Likewise, Shakespeare also wrote tragedy. These includes:
Titus Ardnnicus (1583-93)
Romeo and Juliet (1952)
Juluis Caesar (1599)
Hamlet (1599-1601)
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
Otheilo (1603)
Timon of Athens (1623)
King Lear (1603-06)
Macbeth (1603-07)
Antony and Cleopatra (1603-07)
Coriolanus (1605-08)
Cymbeline (1611)

DIFFICULT MARRIAGES

QUESTION: Elizabeth feels that their are disadvantages for marriage like her father.
1. What is the disadvantage Elizabeth is talking about?
2. How are children affected by difficult marriages?
3. Is is accept today to stay in a marriage because of the children?

               Elizabeth feels that their are disadvantages for marriage like her father. Marriages is the legal recognized relationship, established by a religious or civil ceremony, between two people who intended to live together as sexual and domestic partners. This essay will concentrates on difficult marriages. Most likely to focus on question such as what is the disadvantage Elizabeth is talking about? How are children afected by difficult marriages? Is it accepted today to stay in a mariage because of the children?

               To begin, the disadvantage that Elizabeth is talking about is that her father marriage was kind of a wreck since  both her parents marriage was planned and the fact that her father tolerate her mother.

                Another serious point about difficult in marriage is that it affects children. One, it can cause high school drop out because of constant conflict between parents in the home. Also, children may be abused by their parents because parents may turn their problems on the children. Therefore, they are suffered tremendendously.

               Children living in difficult marriage can develop lack of focus especially in school where they can obtain low grades.
               
               Further,difficult marriage can affect children in negative way. Due to the constant vexation of parents especially if the father is the head of the home that parent may cause the child to starve. Also, that child or those children can become very violent and a great amount of anger can develop within that child as well as revengefulness which can be dangerous to each and everyone of us in the society.

               Well, it is partially accepted today that persons stay in marriages because of the children. They are fearful of hurting the children. Eventually, it can abused them emotionally as well as the parents. Parents alway look and think for the best of their children so therefore they will sacrifice thier marriage for the children.
            
              On the other hand, some parents are torture from inside out and left with no choice so we can see that it is not all marriages stay together because  of children. For example, in a marriage where on spouse is cheated can cause seperation depending on the spouse's decision.

To conclude, it is rather hard to encountered difficult marriages. In the essay it is clear that it can cause both emotion and physical dificulties on children. Indeed it is not good for our society. This is what cause future criminal and not single parent family alone.  
             

ESSAY QUESTION

Many different characters in the play are persuaded to do things they would not do for their own accord. Thus, this is so in the book entitled 'Much Ado About Nothing' when Benedick was persuaded to Beatrice, Beatrice was peruaded to love Benedick, Maraget was persuaded to sleep with Barachio, Do John set a plan for Claudio and Benedick was force to revenge Claudio. This essay will also focus on ways how persuasion affect the course of the plot.

Benedick thought that he and Beatrice had no connection whatsoever and he would never lok upon Beatrice has his wife. To his surprise, his own colleges Claudio, Dom Pedro and Lenato peruaded him secretly of how  Beatrice wishes to be with him. they even chose to talk about it when they knew that he was in the position of hearing. They made up lies of how constantly, about at least twenty times for the night she talked about him and even wrote letter but he must not know how flattered she is about him.

Similarly, Beatrice was persuaded by Hero, Ursla and Maraget of how in love Benedick was with her while pretending that they were gossiping about her. The women were so convincing and wanted ther plan to go through smoothly they suggested that she should not have one hint of a bit of knowledge about his love for her. Of course, the way in which Beatrice reacted shocked the readers because no thought that  she could get so intimiated by love especially when she posist that her ideal man must come from heaven.

Another situation in which a character was persuaded is when Barachio got Maraget to sleep with him. He had her to pretented to be Hero while they were having sexual intercourse at Hero's bedroom window. One may say that she was not persuaded and it was her own idea to make love with Barachio. While this may be partially true, it still have its effect when we look at the importance of honor. She defiled her self to a man that  she was not married to and he did not respest her since he had the intention but when through with the plan. Unlike, a woman, a man could defend his honor and that of his family by fighting in abattle or duel while a man may fight for the honor of the woman so that she could restore her honor.

Further,  Don John persuaded Claudio in such a dottish way. He made him believe that the womean that he was about to be married to is cheating on him with another man before the night of their wedding. Indeed, he was terrified on the morning of the wedding, more precisely at the alter that he denied of wanting to married her because she was unclean and a deciever.

Due to the situation between Claudio and Hero Beatrice tried to persuaded Benedick to revenge Claudio because of what he had done to Hero. She knew that Hero was innocent. Eventually, Benedick accepted the deal but he did not do anything since Hero was proven innocent.

Consequently, persuasion affected the course of the plot since Benedick and Beatrice got married despite thier hatred for each other. The plan with Maraget stemmed to every other situation which led to the plot. For example, Claudio and Hero because it drawn them closer together and indeed they were married. It also help Claudio to trust Hero and their relationship can be stronger.

In conclusion, Shakespeare used many of his characters to faced persuasion that they would do on their own accord. It was seen among Claudio and Hero, Benedick and Beatrice, Barachio and Don John and Maraget.  As a reader, we can further stated that  their persausion enhance the play to bring joy and happines in the cahracters family and personal lifes. 

ESSAY

Essay Question: Betrayal is a theme introduced at the very beginning of the play. The constant stream of betrayal affect the out come of the plot and the characters.

      Betrayal is a theme introduced at the very beginning of the play entitled 'Much Ado About Nothing.' This constant stream of betrayal affect the out come of the plot as well as the characters in the play. These characters can be consider as Claudio, Hero, Beatrice, Benedick and Leonato.

        Eventually, this constant stream of betrayal affect the out come of the plot as well as some characters. As for Claudio, he was betrayed by Don John and his servant, Barcahio. Don John, was a villian and most precisely the prince brother, Don Pedro. He was always  seen to do wrong. He even blame himself for being who he is. He was thinking that is brother was going to married hero, so he made up a plot to frame him, but unluckily it caught Claudio. Claudio was shock when he saw Hero, who was rather Margaret, having sexual intercourse at her window.He was furious but rather kept it a secret to embarrass his soon to be bride, Hero. Also, as a reader we can say that she betray his trust. 

        Similarly, Hero was also betrayed by Claudio and his father Leonato. She was betrayed by Claudio when he shame her at the alter on the day of their wedding. He wrongfully accused her of sleeping with Barachio at her window. He claim that he would not married her. This affected both of them positively and negatively. Negatively, it affect them because Claudio lost the lady that he wishes to married and Hero lost her humor as a woman of the society. Positively, at the end in spite of the obstacles, it brought them closer and it even show that Hero was indeed honorable and that he can trust her in the future.

        In terms of her father, he betrayed her daughter by not trusting all when they were so close as a father and child. He total saw her as impure and that she brought great amount of embarrassment on him as a man who is honorable in the society. He even when to the extend of denying her daughter.

        Likewise, Hero betrayed her father of be accuse as being impure by making love with another man. A  father that cherish his child would never want to hear that his child is a victim of impurity. Even though, we can say that he should know his daughter so well still do change the fact that thing do not happen. We can not blame him to whether to believe if she was pure or not. It could be true.

        Another betrayal is to plot the love of Benedick and Beatrice without their knowledge. They betrayed them by knowing that they hated each other. Beatrice was in shock because in her whole life she knew that Benedick and her were like cats and dogs always trying bit at each other. they could not even see eye for an eye much less for Benedick to love her.

        As for Benedick, he was rather amazed himself to know that Beatrice could really say something out of her mouth as love, especially for him. He even confess that they did not have any connection at all.

        Consequently, both of them were betrayed but this betrayal was different because it joined them together and led to as far as marriage. 
         In conclusion, William Shakespeare in the play 'Much Ado About Nothing' deals with the theme of betrayal in the beginning of the play that affected the plot. We have notice that these betrayal change lives both positively or negatively. Indeed, it was a betrayal as reader that we enjoy because thing changes for the better and so the best.
          

HUMOR ABOUT DOGBERRY IN 'MUCH ADO ABOU NOTHING'

In the play 'Much Ado About Nothing' humor played a major role. This can be said about Dogberry and his Constables.

Firstly, Dogberry in his malapropism and constant misuse of words which often contradicts his actual meanings can be identify as a humor in the play. For example, when Dogberry speaks he uses contradictory terms such as "only get the learned writer to set down our 'excommunication' and meet me at the jail." Dogberry, rather than using the word 'examination' he uses  'excommunication.'

Another humorous illustration when Dogberry uses contradict words was when he stated that "and his wits are not so 'blunt.' The word blunt is suggested to the readers as 'sharp.' As a reader, we can testify to the fact that when someone says something rather than what is meant can be humorous at times especially when  their body language protray it.

Secondly, Dogberry and his constables dottish behaviours contributed to the humor in the play. One of which is when they hop around on their imaginery horses. This is what readers want in humorous plays for characters to do things and make us wonder if they are idiots or something else.

Thirdly, Dogberry and his Contables over exaggerated facial expressions give us as a hint as readers that this play is indeed humorous. these men usually uses facial expression to prove a point. For example, when they were in court charging Brachio of his act against Claudio and Hero.

Even there names suggest that the play is humorous. They have names such as Dogberry and Verges. noway in this world someone could name dog. it is rather ridiculous.

In conclusion, one can say that the play have several humors. Hence, this is without a doubt. Therefore, there are evidence in the play which is shown within the above paragraph.