Working with shakespeare concordance

Kelsey, Stephanie, Matt C
1.We have located thematic strands such as: “drunk”, “drink”, “drinking”, “drowned”, “tears”, “sea”, and“can” as in a drinking cup.

2.Because heavy drinking occurs throughout the play, such themes appear repeatedly. However, the words “drink”, “drunk”, and “drinking” appear whenever, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, The Fool, and Maria are in scenes. In context, the words are describing their unhealthy obsession with alcohol and their party lifestyle. Act II sc iii, in particular, contains a lot of these words, since this is where Malovio enters and scolds them for their late night drunken antics. The word “sea” appears towards the beginning in Acts I-Acts 3. The fool references the sea in Act 2 sc IV (pg 71) saying “I would have men of such constancy put to sea”, meaning that men are fickle and wander like the ocean’s currents. The word “drowned” appears mostly towards the beginning with Sebastian saying literary that he believes Viola has drowned in the shipwreck. In Act 1 sc V, the Fool states that a drunk man and a drowned man or the same person depending upon the number of drinks( pg 33 line 130).

3.Shakespeare uses this device to demonstrate that drinking is a form of escapism. When intoxicated one does not have control over what they do similar to how one can get carried by the sea. Overconsumption leads to ‘drowning’ meaning personal misery and complete loss of control.

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Sonnet 119- for group

What potions have I drunk of siren tears,
Distilled from limbecks foul as hell within-
Applying fears to hopes, and hopes to fears,
Still losing when I saw myself to win!
What wretched errors hath my heart committed,
Whilst it hath thought itself so blessed never!
How have mine eyes out of their spheres been fitted
In the distraction of this madding fever!
O benefit of ill, now I find true
That better is by evil still made better;
And ruined love when it is built anew
Grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater.
So I return rebuked to my content,
And gain by ills thrice more than I have spent.

Three quotes from class

Viola: I am the man (II.ii.25)

Throughout the play Viola is masquerading as a man named Cesario and everyone believes her disguise. In context of the full quote, Viola is confused as to why Olivia returned a ring that she never gave to Olivia to begin with. Viola then realizes with mush surprsie,that Olivia must have fallen in love with Cesario. She states “I am the man” meaning she in the person that Olivia now loves. Viola feels pity for Olivia, upset that she has fallen in love with an illusion.

Malvolio: ...and yet to crush it a little, it would bow to me...(II.v.143-145)

When Malvolio is reading the message he finds the letters MOAI appear. These letters are in Malvolio’s name but together they do not spell it.By condensing his name, “crush it a little” Malvoilo fits himself into MOAI. Then, “it would bow to [him]” meaning the letters would spell his name. This represents his desperation for Olivia to love him back.

Viola: Then think you right. I am not what I am.
Olivia: I would you were as I would have you be. (III.i.148-9)

Olivia is confessing her love to Cesario (Viola) who cannot accept it, since she is a woman herself. Viola is trying to convince Olivia to no longer love her. “I am not what I am” is Viola’s subtle way of stating she is in a disguise. Olivia responds “I would you were as I would have you be”, meaning she wishes Viola was what she wants in a man. This is another ironic exchange in the play. Viola is trying to reject Olivia’s love without ruining her disguise.

shakespeare concordance

Clearly a lot of drinking occurs in Twelfth Night thanks to Sir Toby and Sir Andrew. Using the concordance I've found a fair amount of references to 'drunk' 'drink' and 'drinking' so far.

Act 1, Scene 3
MARIA They that add, moreover, he's drunk nightly in your company.
Act 1, Scene 5
OLIVIA By mine honour, half drunk. What is he at the gate, cousin?

Act 5, Scene 1

SIR TOBY BELCH Confine! I'll confine myself no finer than I am:
these clothes are good enough to drink in; and so be
these boots too: an they be not, let them hang
themselves in their own straps.
MARIA That quaffing and drinking will undo you: I heard
my lady talk of it yesterday; and of a foolish
knight that you brought in one night here to be her wooer.

SIR TOBY BELCH With drinking healths to my niece: I'll drink to
her as long as there is a passage in my throat and
drink in Illyria: he's a coward and a coystrill
that will not drink to my niece till his brains turn
o' the toe like a parish-top. What, wench!
Castiliano vulgo! for here comes Sir Andrew Agueface.

Sport royal

Saying that her scheme is sport royal means that Maria is making a game out of embarrassing Malvolio. She may also be saying that it will be easy to make a fool out of him. The phrase sport royal also reminded me of hunting. To Maria, Malovio is her prey and she is the hunter.

Inkshedding

It is clear that In Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night Sebastian and Viola have a strong bond as siblings. When Sebastian is introduced in the play he praises her. “But though I could not with such estimable wonder overfar believe that, yet thus far I will boldly publish her: she bore a mind that envy could not but call fair”(pg 51 Act 2 sc i). Sebastian feels that Viola has a beautiful mind. By ‘publishing’ this, he is letting be known that he truly supports her.
In essence, Sebastian is bragging about Viola’s inner beatify to Antonio. Sebastian maybe boasting about his sister since he also thinks Viola is drowned in the shipwreck, “from the breach of the sea was my sister drowned” (Pg 49 21-22). Because Sebastian believes that she is dead, he is honoring her memory by praising her.

Paper 1 reflection

I found that writing paper one was harder than I thought it would be. At first I thought the iPod was such a trivial part of American society that it reflected little about our cultural values. However, as I began to write and brainstorm I realized how much the iPod changed our society. It’s rare to go into public without seeing at least one person with the white headphones in. The iPod is virtually everywhere.
I personally do not use my iPod very often. I only use when I’m on a long plane ride or on vacation. Since I hardly use it, I never understood why so many Americans rely on the iPod, until I wrote the small object large subject essay. Essentially, the iPod allows us to have private moments in public. It allows us to put up a social wall where we can be along in a crowded room. As a nation we also want to be entertained constantly. So whenever the latest technology is released into market, we instantly take it for granted and incorporate it into our daily lives.

Twelfth Night questions

1.Where was Viola going before she was shipwrecked?
2.What is the significance of the title “Twelfth Night”?
3.Does Orsino know that Sir Andrew is also interested in Olivia?
4.Why does Orsino trust Ceasrio (Viola) so much, even though they have only known each other for 3 days?
5.Does the Fool have any hidden motives?
6.Does the play have a main antagonist?

Michelle Nijhuis-To Take Wildness in Hand

A tree species called Torreya taxifolia, is said to “inspire more pity than awe” as a result of its unattractive appearance (Nijhuis 182). However, this unsightly tree has received a lot of attention, due to the fact that is it the latest victim of global climate change. Rising temperatures and drought, threaten the already fragile Floridian species which is also infected by disease. In order to save the species, many scientists want to transplant it into cooler northern climates, a process known as “assisted migration” (Nijhuis 183). This plan also has its share of critic. Many are concerned that Torreya taxifolia will become an invasive species in its new habitat, simply put the “unknowns are staggering” (Nijhuis 187). There is also the question of whether assisted migration may be “used to justify new habitat destruction” for species that already exist in areas (Nijhuis 190).
This dilemma is another issue that has manifested from the large problem of global warming. Nijhuis brings our attention to the Torreya taxifolia to demonstrate how damaged the environment is as a result of global warming. Furthermore, the story also illustrated how conservation efforts are becoming so drastic that some advocate translating entire species. Nijhuis assumes that by bringing this issue to light, Americans will react and become active participants in conservation efforts.

4 questions- Sue Halpern’s Virtual Iraq

1.What data does Sue Halpern draw on?
-Halpern uses statistical information such as: “multiple tours inadequate time at home between -deployment increases rates of combat stress by 50%” (118).
-Halpern uses the personal experience she had with Vitrual Iraq.
-Uses information from Alfred Rizzo, inventor of Virtual Iraq- “Of the five subjects who had completed treatment, four no longer met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD” (125).
-Uses information from Karen Pearlman a psychologist who uses Virtual Iraq-“so far eight of the nine patients she has treated no longer meet the criteria for PTSD” (127).

2.Active Verbs
“Decompress from combat” (117)
“Hook you up to a machine to play around like a video game. (120)
“Insurgents just pop up” (124).
“Slipped on the display and the headphones”(126).
“Car burst into flames” (126).
3.Figuration
“Patrolled the streets like police.” (117)
“Psychological wounds”(118)
“Ground pounders” (118)
“Drowning pool of painful memories” (119)
“Just sniffing around the internet” (122).
“We applied for money and we got nuked”(122)
“You’d never do what I just did-you’d never flood them.” (127)
4. Portable Wisdom
“Because numbing and avoidance are symptoms of PTSD, you’re asking the person to do in treatment the very thing their mind is avoiding doing” (120).
“Virtual reality can nudge an imagination that is at once overactive and repressed.”(120)

Sue Halpern’s “Virtual Iraq”-Abstract

Many of America’s troops return home from war with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This debilitating condition makes returning to everyday life difficult, as they are still affected by the horrors of war. Author Sue Halpern documents the case of “Travis Boyd” a marine with PTSD who participated in “Virtual Iraq”. As one may assume, Virtual Iraq is computer simulation of what soldiers experience overseas. It is hoped that by reliving the traumatic event they will “disconnect the memory from the reactions to the memory” (Halpern 119). By detaching the reaction from the memory they can return to a more stable life (Halpern 119).
‘Virtual Iraq’ was created using a modified version of the video game “Full Spectrum Warrior” (Halpern 122). However, it extends beyond a simple visual recreation of war. Sue Halpern tested Virtual Iraq and noted that the experience is also focused on appealing to “aural, tactile, [and] olfactory” senses. The other sense used so that “the immersion in the environment is nearly absolute”, and therefore more realistic (Halpren123). For example, patients sit in a chair over a “bass shaker” so the patient feels they are in a Humvee that is under attack (Halpren 126).
At the end of his treatment “Travis Boyd” noticed significant improvements in coping with his PTSD. He stated that “he was able to sleep without medication” and no longer blamed himself for the dead of his team leader (Halpren 128).
The use of virtual reality to treat those with PTSD is a groundbreaking treatment. As “Travis Boyd” asserted, the soldiers that are serving in Iraq are part of the “video-game generation” (Halpren 118). Due to the familiarity with virtual reality the treatment brings a degree of comfort. With graphics and technology only improving, it is possible that virtual reality treatment will become more affective in aiding those with PTSD.