May Novel:
Love's Labour's Lost
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Exposition:
The play begins with the King of Navarre and his three lords, Berowne, Longaville and Dumaine. They vow, in pursuit of bettering themselves as men, to take an oath of scholarship. This means they will isolate themselves from all but their positions as elected officials and both fast and remain celibate. Before they leave to begin their solitude Don Armdao, a Spanish noble, reports to the King that he saw commoner Costard flirting with wench Jaquenette. The King gives assigns punishment to Costard and takes his leave.
Inciting Action:
We learn that Don Armado got Costard punished because he actually loves Jaquenette! He did this to remove Costard from his attempts to woo her. Ironically, Armado writes a letter to Jaquenette expressing his love and asks Costard to deliver it. Talk about adding insult to injury! Costard takes the letter and is to deliver it later. The Princess of France arrives.
Rising Action:
The Princess and her consort have come on a diplomatic mission to deal with the king. Though they are currently under oath to avoid women, they go to meet them in the Princess' temporary lodgings. They negotiate. In secret, it is discovered that the King and his lords have fallen for the Princess and her consort (respectively). Berowne writes a letter to Rosaline (one of the consort) expressing his love, which he gives to Costard to deliver. Hopefully he won't mix it up with the other letter from Armado!
Climax:
Except he does! Costard gives the letter intended for Rosaline to Jaquenette (accidentally). Through spying and accidental discoveries, the lords and King discover one another's feelings for the women. They unite and decide to cast aside their oath and pursue the women. They, together, depart to confront the women.
Denoument:
The men arrive at the women's temporary lodgings and present themselves. The women, to test whether the men's feelings are actually love or merely infatuation, present themselves as one another. The trick fails to follow through, as a messenger arrives and informs the Princess that her father has just passed away. While in the process of departing, the women scold the men for breaking their oaths and make a promise: should the men manage to maintain their oaths for a year, they would return and court them. The story ends as they leave.
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Diction: As in typical Shakespearean works, the structure was elegant and fanciful. It was written romantically to complement that it was, in fact, a romance.
Tone: misguided adoration.
Syntax: The words were very usual (for Shakespeare): complex and flouncy.
Theme: Attempts at avoiding love, and finding it unavoidable.
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Analyses-
Team Pants: www.freewebs.com/teampants
Hello, for the final time, Team Pants! Your website is very nice (I don't think I've ever had anything negative to say about your site). Why does the top say this is the worst website in existence? It most certainly is NOT!! Anywho, you analyzed Breaking Dawn. Very nice! Though I would never read the Twilight series, I might just read your summaries instead! Very well done.
AP Lit: www.freewebs.com/aplit
Heya Brad and Apple! I am so sad this is the last time I will ever see Apple with Jessica Simpson! =) Oh well. You analyzed Great Expectations. Well done! It's been a few years since I read it, and this was a nice refresher. The only thing I don't like is that your analyses are in the format of attachment, but I suppose it is too late to worry about that. All the same, good work!
AP Lunch: www.freewebs.com/cocobananas
Josh Browne! Howdy doodle! So sad that this is your last analysis! You did The Jungle. Honestly, I've never heard of it (nor read it). But your analysis has nice in-depth detail that shows a clear understanding of the material. the only issue I have is that some of the words (mainly on 'tone') were cut-off the side of the page. Just a minor detail. Otherwise superb!
Nameless: www.nameless09.synthasite.com
Nameless! (not something you call someone very often). I was scanning your critiques and I found one of me. Since when does me has grammEr errors?! How darest thou? I suppose I'll forgive you since this is the last time I'll see your page. Well guys, Julius Caesar, eh? Easily one of my favorite Shakespearean works. The material is good, it's just too tiny to handle. But there is a lot there! Full marks!
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April Novel:
The Color of Magic
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Exposition:
It is learned early on, that the world of the story is actually a disc. This disc rests on the backs of four elephants, who then stand on the great turtle A'Tuin. It is a world where heroes are common, magic has a color, the number 8 is forbidden, and otherwise strange happennings are the norm. Welcome to the Discworld.
In the corrupted twin-city of Ankh-Morpork, a strange visitor arrives. He has a trunk full of gold, and a book. It is learned that the trunk is alive and walks/defends by itself, and the book tells the holder what to say. Being wealthy, the tourist's arrival doesn't go unnoticed. He checks into the nearest inn, and there he meets Rincewind the false wizard. Rincewind was a dropout from the Wizard's college, known as Unseen University. He knows only one spell, and it is a secret. Anyway, Rincewind is assigned by the High Priest of Ankh-Morpork to give the tourist safe passage, as it turns out he is an envoy from the Agaetean Empire. The tourist's name, we learn, is Twoflower.
Inciting Action:
The unwelcomed attention garnered by the Luggage gets Twoflower kidnapped. In a brawl between the Thief's Guild, Assassin's Guild, and Merchant's Guild, Twoflower manages to escape the city with Rincewind, but much of the city catches fire and burns. It turns out Twoflower is looking for adventure, and happens to be a magnet for it. Rincewind has notoriously bad luck.
Rising Action:
Anyway, as they travel they eventually are separated. Rincewind is captured by Dryads and Twoflower unknowingly wanders into the den of the Soul Render. The would-be wizard manages to escape and regroup with his companion. But they are soon lost in the huge temple. They encounter the famed barbarian Hrun. With his help, they encounter and defeat Bel'Shammolth (aka the Soul Render). Hrun agrees to accompany the two as a hired sword.
Climax:
Further along their journey, our trio encounters the Wyrmbog. This is the great inverted mountain, home to dragons and Riders. All three are taken prisoner. Twoflower and Rincewind manage to escape on Twoflower's dragon (it turns out dragons are imaginary and can only be summoned within the range of the Wyrmbog). Hrun, on the other hand, stays to become Lord by defeating Lio!rt and Liartes (the two princes to the throne) and marrying Liessa (the sister).
Denoument:
After numerous silly mishaps (such as the entrance into a parallel universe where Rincewind accidentally prevents a terrorist from bombing a plane, and the encounter of slavers, and the Edge of the Disc itself!) Rincewind and Twoflower actually are LAUNCHED off the edge of the Disc! The novel ends with Twoflower, the Luggage, and Rincewind descending at a rapid pace towards Great A'Tuin himself. What a cliff-hanger!
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Diction: Pratchet's use of language proves clever, intellectual, and easy to follow.
Tone: Foreboding and fruition.
Syntax: Being a fictional fantasy world, Pratchet uses his free reign to invent many new and exciting words. Otherwise the words used are simple, yet not basic.
Theme: Rincewind and Twoflower's journey is riddled with nonstop misfortune and bad luck.
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Analyses-
Team Pants: www.freewebs.com/teampants
Hello team Pants, how're you? As per usual, I greatly appreciate your website: it's neat, orderly, and overall well-done (not like steaks, however). One point, though, is about your Pyramid: the background is a little distracting and messy. Perhaps in this case simplicity is best? Just a thought. Keep up the work, team!
AP Lit: www.freewebs.com/aplit
Bradley, I am so sorry about Brisingr! I didn't know you were planning on reading it, or I would have warned you. =( Oh well. Good site, guys. The several tabs/dividers/whatever on the left are a little disorganized, but that's no biggie. You knowledge of Wuthering Heights in impressive, and it wel written. Nice!
AP Lunch: www.freewebs.com/cocobananas
Such a huge amount of information! You clearly know your novel! And it is done early too! Kudos to you, Josh. I just noticed your disclaimer on the main page, mentioning the "lack of choclate bananas" on your site. Very funny! One thing, your theme seems to be cut-ff slightly, just a minor issue. Super duper!
Nameless: www.nameless09.synthasite.com
Hey guys, I just realized I have never critiqued you before! So, here I come!! Death of a Salesman, eh? Definitely a classic! I've never read it, unfortunately. But, luckily for me, I don't have to! You have written an equivalent to the SparkNotes of the novel. Good work! Just make sure to keep the text a readable color. :o)
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