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January 16, 2014
Agenda - 1/16/2014 Collect late work (with pass)…today’s the last day!
(Tomorrow is the last day for presenting your speech…after school tomorrow it is a zero!)
Discuss/Collect “The Masque of the Red Death” worksheet
Midterm Study Guide Orson Welles – “The Shadow” Gothic Literature – Emulation Project
The Gothic Spook Hour ○ Groups
Satire Notes
Read “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” HOMEWORK: Work on Emulation Project – Due 1/31!
“The Masque of the Red Death”
3. Compare life outside the palace with the life of the people Prospero brought inside.
Outside Inside
Reality Fantasy
Death; Destruction Life
Sorrow Happiness
Health Disease/Sickness
Despair Hope
Wealth Poverty
Going from East to West:
Blue Purple Green Orange
White Violet Black
What’s the difference between “purple” and “violet”?
Purple Violet
WHAT DOES EACH ROOM COLOR SYMBOLIZE?
First, think about the order of the rooms… Why do they progress from East to West?
• The sun RISES in the EAST… • Then SETS in the WEST…
1) BLUE Birth/Infancy
A baby is completely dependent on others…
(Sky turns blue in the morning)
2) PURPLE
Blue + Red Toddler/Childhood
(Bumps & Bruises as you begin school
& leave the protection of home?)
3) GREEN
Adolescence/Puberty – the child becomes a teenager
(Plants bloom in the spring)
4) ORANGE
Middle age/Adulthood
(Summer turns into autumn)
5) WHITE
Old age/White hair Purity/peace
(The winter of life)
6) VIOLET
Elderly stage The twilight of one’s years
(It appears more bluish-white than purple… As if it’s fading and approaching the end of
life.)
7) BLACK
Death
“Seven Ages of Man” ~ William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier. Full of strange oaths, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide, For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again towards the childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Orson Welles – “The Shadow”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UTEiKuQC5U
Emulation Assignment – The Gothic Spook Hour Overview: Emulation is used to show that you understand
the convention used in literature and can manipulate writing for an effect
Due Friday, January 31
Groups Group 1
Jonathan Nicole Marcus Sarah
Group 2 Hannah Renee Matthew Derek Maddie
Group 3 Carlos Vina Regina Haley Shelby
Group 4 Connor Anthony Minh Jose Keila
Gothic Literature – Emulation Assignment – The Gothic Spook Hour We've read some Gothic stories and looked at
some of the ways it has evolved into the world of the spooky and spine tingling stories of today. Now it's your turn to demonstrate what you've learned about how to scare and spook an audience.
For this assignment, in groups of 4-5, you will be creating your own radio show. You will write a story and adapt it for radio, creating a script that you will turn in, along with your performance (live or via video/audio recording) of your spooky tale. Make sure that you include all of the Gothic story elements that we've been discussing.
Gothic Literature Examples
Use your notes on Gothic literature to mark for different elements
Annotate for detail, imagery, setting, gothic elements of setting in your hard copy that you turn in.
Satire blends humor with criticism for the
purpose of instruction or the improvement of humanity
Through humor, expose the folly of man and bring about change (improvement)
The necessary ingredients Humor
Criticism, either general criticism of
humanity or human nature or specific criticism of an individual or group.
Some kind of moral voice: simply
mocking or criticism is not “satire.”
The Satiric Manner Irony
Either good natured criticism or bitterly
cynical denunciation
Always opposed to pretense, affectation, and hypocrisy
Some tools of the satirist Direct satire
Understatement/overstatement Hyperbole Irony
Indirect Satire
Parody Caricature Exaggeration/Diminutization Utopianism Dystopianism
Parody = a work of literature that mimics another work of literature,
usually as a way of criticizing it. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Austin Powers Scary Movie/Epic Movie Gulliver’s Travels Don Quixote
Caricature = An exaggerated portrayal of the weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an individual or group.
Caricatures of the presidential candidates by Saturday Night Live cast members in ‘03 year actually changed the way that the candidates performed in public.
Exaggeration = The portrayal of something trivial or unimportant as very important, usually to emphasize its triviality. Diminutization = the portrayal of something perceived as important as something trivial/unimportant to show its unimportance. ** “Zoolander” and the “fashion world” ** Weird Al’s “Amish Paradise” ** “A Modest Proposal” (Johnathan Swift)
Utopianism = A criticism of the status quo through comparison with a superior kind of society that highlights the weaknesses of one’s own. Dystopianism = A criticism of certain aspects of society through comparison to an inferior society that adopts some of these aspects. - George Orwell’s 1984 - Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World - Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 * Both Dystopianism and Utopianism use contrast to make point.
YOLO: Adult Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4bBSDP6KoM&list=TLI5nNSZvBA041cTtCkC20OnW89O7GlCK2
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment (pg. 501)
Allegory and Symbolism
- Remember The Crucible was an allegory for McCarthyism? “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” is also considered an allegory… but of what?
- “Dr. H’s Exp.” utilizes symbolism. Certain objects contain greater meaning than just themselves. Look out for the symbols and possible meanings!
Symbols
The Mirror: the truth; what people don’t want to see and what haunts them: past failures.
The Youth Water: Desire and Deception. The Rose: acceptance of wisdom and
old age. Sort of a symbol for Dr. H himself; how he’s accepted his hard earned wisdom and age.
Four Guests - Symbols Mr. Medbourne: Greed
Colonel Killigrew: Gluttony
Mr. Gascoigne: Pride/Power
Widow Wycherly: Vanity All lost something important: wealth,
health, power, and beauty.
Dr. Heidegger
- Dr. H is different from all his guests in that he is so aware of human limitations.
- He is haunted by the memory of his deceased patients: sees this as his failure.
- His guests do not see their past failures; they are tricked by the liquor and by their own self-deceptions. They never learned.
Reason for the Experiment? - Each of the guests represented a
human error. He wanted to know if they ever learned from their mistakes.
- By them seeking out more of the “youth water,” by claiming a pilgrimage to Florida, they prove they have not learned.
- Youth can be a sort of “delirium” and if given a second chance, people do not learn.
Why is it Dark?
- Hawthorne is exploring typical human errors. He concludes that if given a second chance most people will repeat their errors and do not learn from them.
- The only redeeming character is Dr. H, who has matured with his older age.
- Dr. H = 1 (minority of people) - Guests = 4 (majority of people)
Theme?
Themes can be tricky to figure out, but one way to find out is to ask yourself what the character learned.
(Dr. H learns that) People will resort to their old ways if given a second chance. Only a minority of people learn from their mistakes.