The Clod and The Pebble by William Blake

The clod and the pebble by William Blake

1. What do the clod and the pebble symbolize?
2. Identify 2 literary devices and how do they enhance the poem?
3. Are you clod or pebble? Why?


1. Clod defined love as selfless and pebble is selfish.

2. Personifications: the clod and the pebble which are represented as possessing and expressing human emotions.
Symbolism:  inherent in the concepts of heaven and hell draws on pre-existing imagery of spiritual places of peace and joy, and evil and suffering, respectively.

3. I will be the clod. I am person who loves to see others happy even though I know it will break my heart. Even the clod has been repeatedly ‘trodden with cattle’s feet’; it remains forgiving, flexible and transformable as it accepts this situation as its purpose with a sense of innocence. I am such that kind which is a forgiving person. I don’t like to keep it until it will fester to a big problem. Let bygone be bygone. Until now, I am still contact with my ex even he underhanded me before. Revenge is not the best way to settle any dispute. Forgive and forget. So live your life happily

Reference: Three Gold Bees, The Clod and The Pebble by William Blake, retrieved from September, 3, 2012 from http://threegoldbees.com/otherarticlea/16-clodandpebble

by: Siti Noor Amira

The Open Window

1.         Search for the Open Window by Saki on the internet. Read this short story thoroughly.
         Based on the short story:

a.       Identify 3 literary devices in the short story and their significant.

b.      Where is the climax in the short story? How is this achieved?

c.       Describe the setting of the short story?

d.      What is the lesson that you can learn in this short story?

e.      In the short story, does Vera show hospitality to Framton Nuttel? If Vera were Malaysian, would she have in like manner?

f.        If you were Nuttel, would you trust every word Vera said? Why? 

Short Story : The Open Window by Saki 

Refer to this link for the story :)

The Open Window

a)  Identify 3 literary devices in the short story and their significant.

   1. Foreshadowing: shows the nature of Framton Nuttel.

   2. Symbolism: the open window. It symbolise the hope of Mrs Sappleton for her husband and her brothers to come home.

   3. Irony : Nuttel went there to find cure for him but in the end, he could not get the cure and got worse.

   4. Hyperbole: “whirl of apology”

b) Where is the climax in the short story? How is this achieved?

      The climax of the story is when Mrs. Sappleton said, “I hope you don’t mind the open window,” to Framton. Mrs. Sappleton statement makes Framton thinks that Vera’s story is true which is not. 

c)   Describe the setting of the short story?

     

     The setting of this short story is in Mrs Sappleton’s house. Mr Nuttel and Vera sit in front of the open window. “You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October

      afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn. Vera tells the story of the open window according to her imagination because she really good at making things up. 

d) What is the lesson that you can learn in this short story?

     The first lesson that I learn in this story is don’t bluntly trust on someone. For example, Framton trusted Vera even though they just met. As a result of trusting Vera, Framton is being tricked by her with her mischievous story.

      Other than that, we should respect others in anyway especially to those who are older than us. In this story, Framton shows some disrespect towards Mrs. Sappleton by dashed off from her house without saying anything towards her.

      Besides that, we should speak the truth to others so that they wouldn’t get the wrong idea. For example, Vera tricks Framton by telling him untruthful story about Mrs. Sappleton’s family.  By trusting Vera’s story, Framton has been mistaken as rude when he dash off from Mrs. Sappleton house and doesn’t greet Mr. Sappleton.


e)     In the short story, does Vera show hospitality to Framton Nuttel? If Vera were Malaysian, would she have in like manner?

      In the short story, Vera did show hospitality to Framton Nuttel when she asked a question after a long silence moment. In my thought, Vera would like to break the silence situation with the imagination story that she makes up. It shows that Vera gave a good treat to Nuttel. If Vera were Malaysian, I think Vera would not have in like manner because every Malaysian were taught to respect others.

f)  If you were Nuttel, would you trust every word Vera said? Why? 

      It depends on the person. If I were Nuttel, I will not totally trust every word Vera said. It is because, she is just 15-year-old girl. As an adult, we can think about the story whether it is logic or not logic. So, we have to think carefully before we trust to someone. Do not easily trust them.

Character Profiling (Regan)

ACT 2

Name	Traits		remarks
	From the play	Modified script
Regan	A second daughter of King Lear Evidence:  What says our second daughter……	A daughter of Mr. Lear Evidence:  Dad, I’m just like Goneril….	-princess in shakespeare’s play but a daughter of  a successful businessman in modified script.
	The language used is more polite Evidence: I pray you, sir, take patience: I have hope. You less know how to value her desert than she to scant her duty.	The language used is rude Evidence:  And now, you don’t have any right to complaint anymore! So, just shut up and just ask for her apologize. Go back to Goneril’s house	The language that used in  Shakespeare’s play is difficult to understand because Shakespeare used the Modern English. However, the modification script used the modern contemporary English that much easier to understand
	BY: ROSIAH BINTI OMAR

Cordelia's profiling

by :: Ateeq Medina Bt.Mohd Maliki

Name	Traits		Remarks
	Original	Modified
Cordelia	Honest Loving Obedient		Speaks the truth when her father asked her the question without considering the wealth that she did not receive. Loves her father unconditionally when she still accepted and forgave her father after what he did to her. She married the man that her father asked to although her father has banished her.

Character Profiling.

CHARACTER PROFILING

ACT 2

NAME	TRAITS		REMARKS
	FROM THE PLAY	MODIFIED
Goneril	She doesn’t keep her words.		In Act 1, Goneril doesn’t protest when Mr. Lear want to bring his 20 bodyguard live together at Goneril’s house. In Act 2, Goneril doesn’t allow Mr. Lear to bring all of his bodyguard. She said, “Listen, old man. I’ve told you that I have many maids. They can attend you in whatever you want. So there is no use to have all the men! They are not important. I have the bodyguard to ensure your safety. Can’t you understand?” to Mr. Lear.
	Pretender.		In Act 1, she said, “Dad, I love you more than words can say. I don’t care if I am blind, if I am in jail, if I am a beggar. I love you as much as life itself, and as much as status, health, beauty, or honor. I love you more than any answer to the question “How much?” In Act 2, she said to Mr. Lear, “So what? Is he that important that you need to defend him? He deserves it after all.” It shows that Goneril only pretend being tender towards Mr. Lear because of the company’s share.

MY ROLES IN THE PLAY.

In this play, I act as Goneril in Act 2. As an actress in this play, I imagine on how I’m going to act out my part. Next, I have to revise my lines and memorize it. Moreover, I need to pronounce my words clearly so that the audience will understand my words. Other than that, I have to improve my voice projection for the drama since we will not be given any microphone on that day. Therefore, I will give my best in collaborate with the others so that we can perform the drama clearly.

Moreover, for this play, I assigned as Sound Engineer. The sound engineer works under the designer, and must take the sound design and ensure that it can be created in a given space. This involves selecting equipment to reproduce the various sound elements required, installing and testing it, and usually running the actual show. In addition, I have to plans and provide the sound effects in the play in order to evokes the mood and the atmosphere since it reinforces the action, performers’ voices and the production style and the action.

BY: SITI AMIRA SALLEHUDIN

Character Profiling for Goneril in Act 1 (King Lear) and my role in this drama

 Character Profiling for Goneril 

Name	Traits		Remarks
Goneril	Original	Modified
	1)Eldest daughter of King Lear Evidence : Goneril, Our eldest-born, speak first.	1)Eldest daughter of Mr. Lear Evidence: Goneril, my oldest daughter, you speak first.	In court
	2) A rude daughter Evidence : She banished her father	2)A rude daughter Evidence: She banished her father.	At Goneril’s house
	3)A demand woman Evidence: She said the knights have been loud and destructive in her castle.	3) A demand woman Evidence: She said the bodyguards have been wilder each day.	At Goneril’s house
	4) She gets land, from this line to that one—dense forests, fertile fields, rivers rich with fish, wide meadows and crown and all the privileges that kingship brings from his father.	4) She gets Sabah, Perlis, Kedah, Terengganu, Kelantan, Pahang and Penang from his father.	In court
	5) A princess that wearing a princess's dress.	5) A woman who is up-to-date to the fashions.	The whole play

Role

In this drama, my role is as makeup artist. I take this role because I’m quite interested doing this role than others. Besides, I do prefer this as I love to makeup as well to myself. Makeup artist has considered as a person that apply makeup to the visible parts of the actors such as hand and face. This makeup is very important as it will help to make the face’s expression of the actors look clearly during the dramatization. Pursuing this further, as a makeup artist, there are some things I should to know. For instance, makeup artist has to consider the needs of the story in every scene: the age and race of the character, as well as standard continuity issues. Thus, I will do my best during this dramatization until it will succeed. 

Reference:

http://www.pbs.org/hollywoodpresents/theoldsettler/prodroles/pr_makeup.html

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Siti Noor Amira

READING & REACTING (FROM GREEN BOOK)

Question 7

Mama disagrees with Mrs. Carter about her brother’s book because she thinks that the book is melodramatic. Moreover, when Mrs. Carter told Mrs. Whitney about the heroine from the book; Zelma killed herself because she is a Negro even though she is almost white, Mrs. Whitney furious about it since her friend’s daughter and her cousin whose have white skin didn’t kill themselves even though they are Negro. This disagreement shows that Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Whitney are stubborn with each other opinion since Mrs. Carter agreed with her brother’s review that even though you are almost-white Negro with the determination but once you are a Negro, you will be a Negro as Mrs. Whitney still disagreeing with the claimed because the author is not even a Negro and he will not understand their lifestyle. 

                                                 By: SITI AMIRA SALLEHUDIN