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.