Amanda

ADH Notes

Drama

Has to have audience

Performance

Script include stage directions (character’s actions, setting, scenery-props

Conversations

Lack of a narrator

Divided into acts/ scenes-changes can be indicated (time/setting)

Connotation of Doll’s House

Negative: confined, passive, emotionless

Positive: innocence, playing house (mimicking structure and behavior in society)

NOT A FEMINIST PLAY- but a social commentary, as realistic as it can be

Victorian time women will not leave like Nora did

Critiquing middle age family and their marriages- what every problem they have, they have to conceal it

Every one in the house is a doll- have to play by the roles

Nora is letting others raising her child (maid, nurse)- foreshadows her leave

Helmer appears to be strong but is vulnerable inside- impulsive

HELMER

Classic Victorian man

Dominate the family/ power

Helmer needs Nora more to show her superiority

Judgmental

RANK

Pessimictic, cynical

Victim of society

Have feelings for Nora

ABC Socratic Seminar Reflection

Socratic Seminar Notes:

Purpose of merging three stories
- identity
Chin-Kee not a real person
- Escape the Asian identity “stay quite”
- Relationship between Chinese and American
- Reminding Danny to be himself, not concerning about others opinions, confrontation
- Stereotype-sitcom
The purpose of herbalist wife’s purpose in the story
- Advising Jin Wang
- The opposite of Monkey King- implicitly revealing Jin Wang’s true identity
- Symbolism- the cause of transforming identity p29
- Angle, devil???
- Guiding Jin Wang
- Foreshadowing
Events that causes transformation
- Betrayal (Weichen)
- Speaking English to Weichen
- More subconscious when around westerners
Graphic feature
- Monkey king: vivd color-characteristic
- Jing Wang- plain, realistic
- Danny- cartoonish, sitcom
Role of baby Jesus
- Identity clashing-merging two identities is possible
- Juxtaposition of two western and western myth
- The author’s experience
Role of Weichen
- juxtaposition
- Transformation-identity?

Reflection:

The socratic seminar on ABC is the second one in this semester, and compare to the first one one Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, we explored more topics

A Doll’s House-Nora characterization

Nora Character Traits

Information	Married young women Have three children
First impression	Playful Spendthrift Naïve child Cares about appearance and money Heavily dependent on family life Lacks knowledge of the real world Not seen as a proper adult by her husband because she is a woman
Character development	Conceals secret Not as innocent as seems to be Disobedience
Relationship with other characters	Torvald Helmer	Husband Feeling superior to Nora
	Dr. Rank	Best friend Secretly loves Nora
	Christine Linde	Old friend Took Krogstad’s job at the bank
	Nils Krogstad	Nora borrowed money from him

Grade 12 Semester 1 Reflection

Last semester we finished with the focus on the IO. Over the term, my ability to compare literature and non-literature works improved because of multiple practice IOs. I was able to identify global issues and link my analysis to the issue. For my final IO, I did something different than what I would normally do. I jumped out of the circle of stereotype and identity and explored people’s responsibility to be empathetic in society.

In this semester, I was able to share my thoughts freely in the classroom as I become more confident in the English classroom. I was also able to reach out to the teacher when I need help.

Evaluating CAD Collection with Evidence and Analysis

Task 1:

For each of the poems, find one word or expression which either describes the poem or how it makes you feel. Add these six words to the table below.

Havisham

Anne Hathaway

Salome

Penelope

Delilah

Medusa

Task 1

Hatred

Different perspective of love

Loveless relationships

Emotional independence

Ambiguity

Jealousy

Task 2

Disturbing

Shocking

different

Different

Romantic

Brutal

violent

Pitiful

empathy

Confusion

Different

Romantic

violent

Reality

overwhelming

Task 3:

Find a quotation from the poem which provokes this response and complete the table below in your jotter/notes.

Poem	Evaluation	Quotation	Link between quotation and the evaluation
Havisham	male corpse and slow honeymoon – contrast	Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.	By using contrast between the word “honeymoon”, which is supposedly a very sweet and pleasant time for couples, and “ male corpse” which is commonly associated with death, Duffy highlights the persona’s hatred towards the groom.
Anne Hathaway	“spinning world of forests, castles, torchlight, cliff-tops, seas” – positively connotated -metaphor	The bed we loved in was a spinning world of forests, castles, torchlight, cliff-tops, seas where he would dive for pearls.	By using suggesting that the bed they loved was a “spinning world of forests, castles, torchlight, cliff-tops, seas”, Duffy utilizes metaphors to highlight the happiness of their marriage
Penelope	Contrast of behavior Development of emotional independence	when I heard a far-too-late familiar tread outside the door. I licked my scarlet thread and aimed it surely at the middle of the needle’s eye once more.	By contrasting her current behavior of continuing with her work after hearing her husband return with her previous behavior of looking along the road, Duffy suggests the development of emotional independence of the persona.
Delilah	Ambiguity in action and words	Then with deliberate, passionate hands I cut every lock of his hair.	By exposing the contrast between the actions of the persona and the adjectives “deliberate” and “passionate”, Duffy suggests the ambiguity of the persona
Medusa	Filthy snakes	A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my mind, which turned the hairs on my head to filthy snakes as though my thoughts hissed and spat on my scalp.	By utilizing similes, of comparing snakes with thoughts, Duffy highlighted how jealousy may influence actions and thoughts
Salome	“bitch” “head on a platter”	And there, like I said – and ain’t life a bitch- was his head on a platter	By using a calm and colloquial tone, Duffy highlights how the relationship lacks commitment and love.

Comparing CAD Collection Narrative Technique Task with Evidence and Analysis

On the table below:

Identify the perspective(s) used in each poem by quoting evidence of its usage in the correct column.
Identify who narrates the poem.
Under ‘Narrator’s characterization summary’ identify the features of the narrator’s character. Provide evidence.

	Narrative perspective evidence	Narrative perspective evidence	Narrative perspective evidence	Identify the narrator	Narrator characterization summary
Havisham	I haven’t wished him dead	I stink and remember	I stabbed at a wedding cake	Miss Havisham	Hatred, resentful Beloved sweetheart bastard. Not a day since then I haven’t wished him dead
Anne Hathaway	My lover’s words were shooting stars	Some nights I dreamed he’d written me		Anne Hathaway	Romantic, wistful, longing My living laughing love – I hold him in the casket of my widow’s head as he held me upon that next best bed.
Salome	Which I kissed	I knew I’d feel better	I was from a night on the batter	Salome	Loveless, violent woke up with a head on the pillow beside me – whose? – what did it matter? Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted; the reddish beard several shades lighter; with very deep lines around the eyes, from pain, I’d guess, maybe laughter;
Penelope	At first, I looked along the road	I sorted cloth and scissors, needle, thread	I sewed a girl	Penelope	Isolated, Emotionally independent I wore a widow’s face, kept my head down, did my work by day, at night unpicked it.
Delilah	I can rip out the roar	There’s nothing I fear	I have to be strong	Delilah	Ambiguous love Then with deliberate, passionate hands I cut every lock of his hair.
Medusa	My bride’s breath	It’s you I love	I glanced at a buzzing bee	Medusa	Overwhelmed, jealous Be terrified. It’s you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you’ll go, betray me, stray from home.

Comparing CAD Collection Tone Task with Evidence and Analysis

Tone task:

Identify the predominate tone in each poem
Find evidence to support this identification
Identify the technique(s) used to create the tone of the poem and analyze its impact

POEM	TONE	EVIDENCE	TECHNIQUE/IMPACT
Havisham	Hatred, dark	Beloved sweetheart bastard. Not a day since then I haven’t wished him dead	Using words such as “bastard” and “dead”, Duffy paints a dark image in the reader’s mind. This essentially displays the hatred of the persona.
Anne Hathaway	Romantic	Romance and drama played by touch, by scent, by taste.	Duffy utilizes senses to paint a vivid picture of the couple’s romance.
Penelope	Colloquial and calm	At first, I looked along the road hoping to see him saunter home	Duffy utilizes phrases such as “at first” to highlight the colloquial tone of the persona. This exposes her development of emotional independence.
Delilah	Ambiguity	Then with deliberate, passionate hands I cut every lock of his hair. but I cannot be gentle, or loving, or tender.	Duffy utilizes contrast between the line “deliberate, passionate” and the line “I cannot be gentle, loving, or tender” to establish the ambiguity of the persona’s feelings.
Medusa	Dark	which turned the hairs on my head to filthy snakes as though my thoughts	Duffy utilizes metaphors to create a dark and gloomy tone throughout the poem which essentially shapes the characterization of the persona.
Salome	Dark humorous	Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted; the reddish beard several shades lighter; with very deep lines around the eyes, from pain, I’d guess, maybe laughter;	Duffy utilizes humor to express the disinterest and lack of commitment of the persona in relationships.

Once you have finished, group the poems by similarities in tone.

Dark, hatred: Salome, Medusa, Havisham

Love, Relationships: Penelope, Anne Hathaway

Ambiguous: Delilah

Comparing Theme in CAD Collection with Evidence

Identify which texts share each theme
Find a quotation from the text to support this

THEME	TEXT(s)	EVIDENCE
Identity	Havisham, Penelope, Salome	Havisham: “her, myself, who did this” Penelope: “I wore a widow’s face, kept my head down,” Salome: “and there, like I said – and ain’t life a bitch – was his head on a platter.”
Isolation	Penelope	Penelope: “At first, I looked along the road hoping to see him saunter home”
Transition
Giving voice to those who do not have one	Penelope	Penelope: “I tried it. I was picking out the smile of a woman at the centre of this world, self-contained, absorbed, content, most certainly not waiting,”
Love	Delilah, Penelope, Anne Hathaway	Delilah: “So when I felt him soften and sleep, when he started, as usual, to snore” Penelope: “ and lost myself completely in a wild embroidery of love, lust, lessons learnt; then watched him sail away into the loose gold stitching of the sun.” Anne Hathaway: “My lover’s words were shooting stars which fell to earth as kisses on these lips;”
Hypocrisy
Reality	Delilah, Havisham	Delilah: “That’s the how and the why and the where.” Havisham: “trembling if I open the wardrobe; the slewed mirror”
Suffering	Delilah, Havisham, Medusa	Delilah: “I can rip out the roar from the throat of a tiger, or gargle with fire.” Havisham: “I stink and remember. Whole days in bed cawing Nooooo at the wall;” Medusa: I stared in the mirror. Love gone bad
Relationships	Delilah, Havisham, Penelope, Salome, Medusa, Anne Hathaway	Delilah: “Then with deliberate, passionate hands” Havisham: “ Love’s hate behind a white veil;” Penelope: “ and lost myself completely in a wild embroidery of love, lust, lessons learnt; then watched him sail away into the loose gold stitching of the sun.” Salome: woke up with a head on the pillow beside me – whose? – what did it matter? Medusa: “Be terrified. It’s you I love,” Anne Hathaway: Romance and drama played by touch, by scent, by taste.
Loss	Havisham, Penelope, Anne Hathaway	Havisham: “Don’t think it’s only the heart that b-b-b-breaks.” Penelope: “ and lost myself completely in a wild embroidery of love, lust, lessons learnt; then watched him sail away into the loose gold stitching of the sun.” Anne Hathaway: “My living laughing love – I hold him in the casket of my widow’s head as he held me upon that next best bed.”
Heartbreak	Havisham	Havisham: “ Love’s hate behind a white veil;”
Writing about writing	Delilah, Havisham, Penelope, Salome, Medusa	Delilah: The bible Havisham: The great expectations Penelope: Homer’s Odyssey Salome: The bible Medusa: Greek mythology
Introducing new perspectives	Delilah, Penelope, Salome Anne Hathaway	Delilah: “And before I fetched and sharpened my scissors— snipping first at the black and biblical air— I fastened the chain to the door.” Penelope:” I wore a widow’s face, kept my head down, did my work by day, at night unpicked it. I knew which hour of the dark the moon” Salome: I’d done it before (and doubtless I’ll do it again, sooner or later) Anne Hathaway: “In the other bed, the best, our guests dozed on”
Jealousy	Medusa	Medusa:” A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my mind,”
Hatred	Havisham, Salome, Medusa	Havisham: “Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon” Salome:” Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted; the reddish beard several shades lighter; with very deep lines around the eyes, from pain, I’d guess, maybe laughter;” Medusa:” A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my mind,”

Comparing CAD Collection

Theme task: Think about the six poems and add three more themes to the table below.

Identity	Love	Relationships	Introducing different perspectives	Hatred
Isolation	Hypocrisy	Loss	Jealousy
Transition	Reality	Heartbreak	Criticize conventional ideas
Giving voice to those who do not have one	Suffering	Writing about writing	ideologies

Analyzing CAD Collection

For each poem, identify the techniques the poet uses. (while annotating) The table below is designed to help with technique allocation. You can use this to compare and contrast the techniques used in the poems. (For example, which features do all the poems possess?)

Havisham	Anne Hathaway	Salome	Penelope	Delilah	Medusa
Allusion	Allusion	Allusion	Allusion	Allusion
Theme	Theme	Theme	Theme	Theme	Theme
Sound techniques Onomatopoeia	Sound technique Alliteration Sibilance Assonance	Consonance Rhetorical Questions Irony Rhyme Scheme	Rhyming Enjambement Consonance Alliteration	Imagery Appeal to senses Repetition enjambement	Appeal to senses Metaphor Imagery Internal rhyme Anaphora
Form: Dramatic monologue	Form: Sonnet	Form: Dramatic monologue	Form: Dramatic monologue	Form: Couplet ending	Form: Free verse Sextet
		Imagery	Imagery