1) Celestina is not at all good hearted. We see this when dealing with Areusa and her illness early on in this section. Instead of actually trying to help her she in deed feels her up so to speak and Areusa must tell her the pain is higher up. Celestina we see does not only care for men, but enjoys the feeling of women too. Sex is her life and she does not differentiate between genders. She is not a nice woman at all, and has no morals when it comes to boundaries.
2) The chain for Celestina represents a job well done and her most high of presents thus far. She has complete power over Calisto and his two servants now understand that they have very little say in what he does. One even comments that she does not deserve the chain. Chains in general represent holding someone back, or physically stopping them from doing something. Much like Calisto's love is stopping him from performing day to day as he should
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Celestina one
1) I believe that the garden can symbolize growth and a sort of purity at the moment. The garden may even have a biblical reference, like the garden of Eden. The growth may be of the two lovers later on in the book. Calisto talks of unlawful love and how he feels about her, she in turn throws him away saying no one shall speak to her in that manner. I feel that we can not see her words as genuine and that she may in fact be flattered by the entire episode.
2) Calisto has fallen sick becuase of the spell Melibea has put him under with his beauty. When he returns home he is so distraught by the torture she has put him through that he tells his servent Sempronio he is ill. I feel that the whole conversation is over exaggerated and played out. He loves a woman he has just met, and even remarks that he is not a Christian but a "Melibean", that he infact loves and worships her and that he "believes in Melibea". They discuss woman in general and Sempronio has a bleak outlook on them while Calisto sees them as marvelous creatures, and finally that Melibea is "beyond compare my better". He is not uses his head and over reacts to his infatuationt.
2) Calisto has fallen sick becuase of the spell Melibea has put him under with his beauty. When he returns home he is so distraught by the torture she has put him through that he tells his servent Sempronio he is ill. I feel that the whole conversation is over exaggerated and played out. He loves a woman he has just met, and even remarks that he is not a Christian but a "Melibean", that he infact loves and worships her and that he "believes in Melibea". They discuss woman in general and Sempronio has a bleak outlook on them while Calisto sees them as marvelous creatures, and finally that Melibea is "beyond compare my better". He is not uses his head and over reacts to his infatuationt.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Dec 4
9.2- The pants are symbolic of the hippocracy that the church has been turned into throughout the stories. The head nun is no better than any person on the street, committing one of the worst sins known to the religion and then scolding another for the exact same reason. The sin in fact is irrelevant, and the Abbess merely scolds to save face, she does not feel that the sin is true, and therefore the sin becomes little more than a side note.
9.3- I feel that his friends are completely at fault. Although Calandrino was stingy and not as smart as them, he should not be unjustly duped as he was. His friends not only stole his money but they also made him so upset at his wife that she was almost beaten. She was also embarrassed by her husband when he told his friends she preferred to be on top. The wife's role is slightly different from other stories. Although she is told she will be beaten, she does have control in bed which is a rarity in these stories.
9.3- I feel that his friends are completely at fault. Although Calandrino was stingy and not as smart as them, he should not be unjustly duped as he was. His friends not only stole his money but they also made him so upset at his wife that she was almost beaten. She was also embarrassed by her husband when he told his friends she preferred to be on top. The wife's role is slightly different from other stories. Although she is told she will be beaten, she does have control in bed which is a rarity in these stories.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Dec 4
7.3- How do we see the woman's role as the negative in the story?
- The woman is committing adultery as we have seen a thousand times in The Decameron. However the deceit falls much deeper in the fact that she lies to her husband. The sin of the cloth is down played in that the wife is not caught because she lies about the son having worms, and in fact the brother helped to exorcise him.
7.4- How do we again see the woman played is the villain in the situation?
- The wife tricks her husband by pretending to throw herself down the well. This is a a reasonable thing to do when the husband drunkenly locks her out of the house. However the fault falls upon her when she gets back into the house and uses lies to yell to the neighbors. We see her as evil when she makes him out to be more unreasonable than he is.
- The woman is committing adultery as we have seen a thousand times in The Decameron. However the deceit falls much deeper in the fact that she lies to her husband. The sin of the cloth is down played in that the wife is not caught because she lies about the son having worms, and in fact the brother helped to exorcise him.
7.4- How do we again see the woman played is the villain in the situation?
- The wife tricks her husband by pretending to throw herself down the well. This is a a reasonable thing to do when the husband drunkenly locks her out of the house. However the fault falls upon her when she gets back into the house and uses lies to yell to the neighbors. We see her as evil when she makes him out to be more unreasonable than he is.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Dec 3
5.8- We see the father of long ago fight for his son's freedom, how do you read the love a parent always has for his child?
- The son did commit a crime in every sense for he believed he was a slave and his lover saw him as a slave. They both decided afterwards to lie about their great sin and therefore deserved the death sentence. However we see the father recognize his son as a noble man and free him of his sins by proving it. The son also gets his wife and child and they live happily ever after with the love from the father. I read this as no matter how bad a child screws up, a parent is always there to fight the battle as best they can, this theme is as strong today as it was then.
6.7- A woman's role is presented much as a Male's would be in this text, explain.
- This woman of adultery is the most cunning person we have read about thus far. She does not abide by any of the rules that affect her and the women of that time and she does as she pleases. Her role seems to be one of a male character in that in front of a court of law she breaks down the unjust law and gets them to change it. This type of women's liberation is still a very strong idea in our society today, but one of the few we have read about thus far.
- The son did commit a crime in every sense for he believed he was a slave and his lover saw him as a slave. They both decided afterwards to lie about their great sin and therefore deserved the death sentence. However we see the father recognize his son as a noble man and free him of his sins by proving it. The son also gets his wife and child and they live happily ever after with the love from the father. I read this as no matter how bad a child screws up, a parent is always there to fight the battle as best they can, this theme is as strong today as it was then.
6.7- A woman's role is presented much as a Male's would be in this text, explain.
- This woman of adultery is the most cunning person we have read about thus far. She does not abide by any of the rules that affect her and the women of that time and she does as she pleases. Her role seems to be one of a male character in that in front of a court of law she breaks down the unjust law and gets them to change it. This type of women's liberation is still a very strong idea in our society today, but one of the few we have read about thus far.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Dec 3
3.3- The woman uses the friar as a middle man in a deceitful way. She urges him to stop the man from ever speaking to her or seeing her. This of course is what the friar would like to hear because he is a holy man and does not condone multiple partners. She uses props such as the purse to woo her man and the friar is never the wiser. He is a holy man, the first of which we have seen from the clergy.
3.6- First of all, the jealousy is the largest factor that he plays upon to get her into the sheets with him. He lies to her and uses other people to get what he wishes. In fact, if she was not jealous he would never get her into the baths, and therefore never get her into bed. The way he uses dishonor is awful. It is not fair for him to make her deceive everyone she knows because he has basically raped her. The only resolution is that she falls to passion as well.
4.3- I feel that love finally has the last laugh. In each of our story cheating and lying has worked well for the characters. This is somewhat of redemption in that the deceit of love has finally killed two of the six involved. The only remorse felt is for the two killed, for they had nothing to do with the murders, in fact they were the only two pure of any issue in the story.
3.6- First of all, the jealousy is the largest factor that he plays upon to get her into the sheets with him. He lies to her and uses other people to get what he wishes. In fact, if she was not jealous he would never get her into the baths, and therefore never get her into bed. The way he uses dishonor is awful. It is not fair for him to make her deceive everyone she knows because he has basically raped her. The only resolution is that she falls to passion as well.
4.3- I feel that love finally has the last laugh. In each of our story cheating and lying has worked well for the characters. This is somewhat of redemption in that the deceit of love has finally killed two of the six involved. The only remorse felt is for the two killed, for they had nothing to do with the murders, in fact they were the only two pure of any issue in the story.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
the decameron-2
2.5- Andreuccio is easily persuaded in the text, his arrogant behavior leads him into his first trap while his faith in others leads him to his second. By the third event he is more cunning and at the very least holds a profit for himself. The repetition is evident in that each time he is tricked by the words of others, however he gains knowledge and figures out that he is capable of trickery himself. For example on his final trial he steals the ring for himself, and although locked in the tomb he is a very rich man. I feel that the text is teaching us to learn from our mistakes, and to protect ourselves from being tricked by always being on our guard.
2.6- I feel that the text does not reveal a whole lot more than we as humans already know about our race. The love and affection a mother has for her children does not wither as her mind and body does. She protects her son after a certain death occurs when he is caught sleeping with the kings daughter. Although the mother is found on the island she never loses faith in her sons and in the end the king shows mercy as well as smarts for his own wealth and everybody lives happily ever after.
3.1- The muteness shown by the man is of an extremely shallower basis. He is a smart man that knows he can easily trick the so-called cunning nuns by pretending he can neither speak nor hear anything they do or say. In this way he gets many young women to denounce their vows and make love to him each and every night. The difference his is a falsehood that the man creates, he is neither deaf nor dumb and in this way does not use his lack of speech as the woman does. He is completely confident in his plan and does not see the muteness as a handicap
2.6- I feel that the text does not reveal a whole lot more than we as humans already know about our race. The love and affection a mother has for her children does not wither as her mind and body does. She protects her son after a certain death occurs when he is caught sleeping with the kings daughter. Although the mother is found on the island she never loses faith in her sons and in the end the king shows mercy as well as smarts for his own wealth and everybody lives happily ever after.
3.1- The muteness shown by the man is of an extremely shallower basis. He is a smart man that knows he can easily trick the so-called cunning nuns by pretending he can neither speak nor hear anything they do or say. In this way he gets many young women to denounce their vows and make love to him each and every night. The difference his is a falsehood that the man creates, he is neither deaf nor dumb and in this way does not use his lack of speech as the woman does. He is completely confident in his plan and does not see the muteness as a handicap
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The Decameron
1.1-"I have committed so many offenses against god during my lifetime, committing one more against him now will make no difference"; This quote seems to me some of the worst logic I have read in any of our texts thus far. The lord is one to forgive in most cases, repentence and prayer are part of the daily lives of millions. However, a feeling of total damnation is easily interpreted here in that he has done so much wrong he can do no good.
1.3-"each believes itself to be the true heir, to posses the true Law, and to follow the true commandments, but whoever is right, just as in the case of the rings, is still undecided"; again a religious quote came to my attention because the metaphor reaches much further than the three rings. I feel that the quote has a lot of weight in a battle that has been present since the beginning of time. Many follow the Law of the lord to the "t", but which one is correct? Of the most drastic consequence, some may be following what they believe to be true and in turn only hurting themselves for the after life. As humans we will never know what the right answer is.
1.4-"The Abbot, thinking that the monk did not know he had been observed by him, was happy at this turn of events, and since this offered him the opportunity to get more firsthand information on the sin committed by the monk, he gladly took the monks key and gave him permission to leave."; The trickery behind each of these stories does not falter at the doorstep of the followers of God. Each person shows corruption in one way or another, and although the Abbot did not know the depth of his deception he is minutes away from committing the same crime that the monk previously had. We see as the reader that no man has his morale's completely straightened out.
1.3-"each believes itself to be the true heir, to posses the true Law, and to follow the true commandments, but whoever is right, just as in the case of the rings, is still undecided"; again a religious quote came to my attention because the metaphor reaches much further than the three rings. I feel that the quote has a lot of weight in a battle that has been present since the beginning of time. Many follow the Law of the lord to the "t", but which one is correct? Of the most drastic consequence, some may be following what they believe to be true and in turn only hurting themselves for the after life. As humans we will never know what the right answer is.
1.4-"The Abbot, thinking that the monk did not know he had been observed by him, was happy at this turn of events, and since this offered him the opportunity to get more firsthand information on the sin committed by the monk, he gladly took the monks key and gave him permission to leave."; The trickery behind each of these stories does not falter at the doorstep of the followers of God. Each person shows corruption in one way or another, and although the Abbot did not know the depth of his deception he is minutes away from committing the same crime that the monk previously had. We see as the reader that no man has his morale's completely straightened out.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Film
2) Yes the lack of love potion does change the whole idea of Tristan and Isolde. In the film their love is portrayed as true love as apposed to the love in the text which is only brought on by the love potion. Although it does not justify their love it does give more credit to them as betrayers of the king. What they do in the film is more cruel in that they could control their love, save the kingdom, and pay their loyalties to King Mark. The film portrays Tristan and Isolde as the bad guys, in the text God and the author are on their side.
5) The barons are portrayed as better people in the film. In the text they are conniving men who worked only for their own gain. In the film they do seem to be working in favor of the king. Although the plot to catch Tristan in the act is somewhat slimy, I feel that the director shed a kind light on them. In this case, the author did not have a say in who the actual evil men were, and the barons are better men striving to hold the structure of the alliance.
5) The barons are portrayed as better people in the film. In the text they are conniving men who worked only for their own gain. In the film they do seem to be working in favor of the king. Although the plot to catch Tristan in the act is somewhat slimy, I feel that the director shed a kind light on them. In this case, the author did not have a say in who the actual evil men were, and the barons are better men striving to hold the structure of the alliance.
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