Thursday, February 24, 2011

Apartheid in Master Harold and the Boys

Apartheid is a clear way of segregating whites and colored people. In Master Harold and the Boys we see an example of Apartheid in the last part when Sam reminds Hally of the kite flying they did when he was younger. Sam made the kite for Hally and took him up on a bench on a hill to watch it fly he was not able to sit with Hally because the bench was "Whites only" meaning people of color where not allowed to sit in them. I also believe that Harold demanding Sam call him Master Harold is an example of apartheid because he was attempting to degrade him because he was black.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Master Harold and the Boyz

In Master Harold and the Boys I noticed that Master Harold, Sam and Willies relationship was almost lie a friendship even though Sam and Willie were employed by Harold's mom. They were sitting remembering the old "good" times. I also noticed that every time Harold was in a bad mood he would get aggravated and take it out on the boys. Harold decided he would do a homework assignment on a dance competition Sam and Willie participate in, but after receiving a phone call from his mother stating that his father who is a drunk and very sick would be returning home after he told her to do her best to keep him there he became extremely upset crumbling the paper and throwing it at Sam. I feel the way Harold treats the boys is not fair because it is not persistent. I feel if he is going to treat them as employees he should strictly do that. He should also realize that it is not there fault when bad things happen to him.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Did Gertrude participate in the murder of the her husband?

I think Gertrude might have had something to do with the murder of her late husband because the Ghost revealed to Hamlet that his brother who is know king poisoned him, he asked Hamlet doesn't seek revenge against his mother because she will be haunted by her guilt and punished after death. This passage can be found in Act 1 Scene 5 page 163 line 32.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Hamlet

I believe Hamlet is crazy. I have come to this conclusion because the events that have occurred have obviously taken a toll on his life most especially his chain of thought and reactions. After seeing his mother marry his uncle he finds out that his uncle killed his father to take the throne and marry his mother. He also becomes depressive enough to consider suicide as an option to ending his "problems". He becomes obsessed with the idea of avenging his fathers death almost forgetting and giving up everything going on in his life.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Trifles

In "Trifle" by Susan Glaspell I realize that the women are very similar. They all seem to be housewives and enjoy it. Minnie on the other hand gives me the impression was trapped by everything because she was not happy while she was doing it. The two women believe Minnie must have been extremely bothered by something to committ such a crime. Mrs. Hale seems remorseful because she did not notice anything wrong with Minnie. I think Mrs. Hale is a round and dynamic character because she is looking for things to cheer up or occupy Minnie's mind. She also seems to be a little guilty for not having noticed what was going on between Minnie and her husband. Mrs. Peters seems to be a static dynamic character because her demenour does not change she is on the laws side and doesn't real switch. Minnie is a dynamic, round character because we learn that she was un happy with her life style and she did something drastic to change it.