Characterization:
Mrs.Mallard: Mrs.Mallard is pratogonist. She simply described as "young, with a fair calm face whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength." Mrs.Mallard had loves her husband "sometimes". As ponders a life without him, she realizes that her husband dominated her and after her husband's death, she opens herself to the life. At the story's climax, she whispers "Free! Body and soul free!" These words explain that Mrs.Mallard would live free, her husband would not interfere with her life. She thinks that she is free.
Joesphine: She was Mrs.Mallard's sister. She sympathized with Mrs.Mallard. Because Mrs.Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, she was afraid of saying "Your husband died." Joesphine told her unwillingly and in broken sentences.
Analysis: Kate Chopin titled this piece "Story of an Hour" because the short story tells of this particular hour of Mrs.Mallard's life, the only hour of her life in freedom. The doctors conclude that Mrs.Mallard has died of heart disease "of say that kills." This diagnosis is correct, but in this instance of dramatic irony, the other characters believe she has died because she is so overjoyed that her husband is alive, while the reader knows that she has died of disappointment. Her death indicates that she could never be free, even she died. Even if her
husband had died, she would have been subjected to male domination of the time so even if she died, her soul could never truly be free.
The window itself can be seen to take on a different perspective in the story. This window means realm, free of constraints, where there is a new life, but Mrs.Mallard died and she could never be free.
Kate Chopin uses many literary elements in the short story. Some are personification, imagery and similes. Personification is stated in the line that follows "She was young, with a fair,calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strenghth." It is understand that her life was very depressing and boring because of her husband. "The delicious breath of rain. In the street below a peddler was crying his wores. The notes of a
distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly., and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." Imagery is depicted in these sentences. By using imagery, the author can help the reader see and feel the environment the character is in. "She carried herself unwittingly like a foddess of Victory." The author uses simile to describe how calm and happy she is now.
An example of metaphor is contained in the sentence. Mrs.Mallard lit up when she realized she was free at last. Here her feeling of joy is compared with the effect a light has when it is turned on. An example of simile is contained in the sentence. Mrs.Mallard's eyes shone like polished gemo when she realized. She was free at last. The comparison between her eyes and shining jewels is clearly asserted.
In conclusion, the message of short story is that freedom is a prize possesion in Mrs.Mallard life and now she feels that at last she has lives his life happily and free.
In this story, the epiphany is that everybody know that Mrs.Mallard died because of joy but she died because of disappointment because she was not happy when she saw her husband in front of her.
The setting: The setting of "Story of an Hour" is a middle class in the USA in the late 1800s and the story revolves around Mrs.Mallard's room is mostly where the story is set.
Point of view: The point of view of the story is limited omniscience. The story is told in third person, but we only get to know the thoughts and feelings of Mrs.Mallard, so the story is keen purely from her point of view.
Round Character: Mrs.Mallard is round character because we can learn her thoughts and feelings. She assumes that her husband dies and she thinks she will be free. But then everything changes and her life also changes. At the and of the story, Mrs.Mallard dies.
The Irony: Joesphine says Mrs.Mallard "You will make yourself ill." Josephine thinks that she is very upset because Mrs.Mallard dies, but Mrs.Mallard is not upset vice versa she is very happy because of being free.
31 Ekim 2007 Çarşamba
The Legacy by Virginia Woolf
Analysis: The story is told int the third person.
Ironies:
1. Gilbert Clondon thinks that Angela is trustworthy, she says everything about her life and Gilbert says that "She had been the soul of candour." But she has got a secret, she deceives her husband and he does not know until he reads the legacy.
2. In the legacy, Angela writes that she is proud of being his wife and she describes how handsome Gilbert is although she thinks so, she deceives Gilbert.
Conflicts:
Angela's internal conflicts:
1. Angela is in conflict with herself. She has an affair with B.M., she loves him even she commits suicide after his death, but she does not divorce Gilbert. Although she loves B.M., she goes on living with Gilbert. She can't decide what she will do.
2. Angela is in conflict with herself. Although she can't be enough courge to divorce Gilbert, she commits suicide for the sake of B.M.
Angela's external conflict: Angela is in conflict with environment. Although she wants to divorce Gilbert, she can't divorce. Maybe she thinks that after people comment about her. At the same time Gilbert is a famous politician that's why she does not reveal her secret. If everybody learns her secrets they condemn her.
Characterization:
Angela: Angela is pratogonist and round character. She is having an affair because she was not happy with her husband. Her husband , Gilbert Clandon is so busy that he does not spend time with Angela. Angela's marriage is unhappy. She has an affair with B.M., they are lover and theyare happy. Angela can talk to him and they can spend time together. At the end of the story, B.M. commits suicide because Angela does not divorce her husband. After B.M. commits suicide.
Gilbert Clandon: Gilbert Clandon is pratogonist and round character. He is too busy with his own life. Angela describes that Gilbert is handsome and how proud she is to be his wife. Thus, Gilbert thinks that he is a very distinguished-looking man but he is a self-centered man, unable to focus his attention an anyone but himself. He thinks that her wife is unintelligent for conversation. When he read in her diary about her discussions wiht B.M. and thinks to himself "To discuss and understand something is very difficult for her" But then he learns his wife deceives him. He is probably upset out of pride, that his wife has an affair, rather than at the fact that his wife lills himself because he does not pay attention to her and their marriage. he is upset because when somebody learns that his wife deceives him, bad things happen.
Sissy Miller: Sissy Miller is Gilbert Clondon's secretary and is sister of B.M. She does not know her brother and Angela are lover. After she reads the diary, she learns that they are lover.
Ironies:
1. Gilbert Clondon thinks that Angela is trustworthy, she says everything about her life and Gilbert says that "She had been the soul of candour." But she has got a secret, she deceives her husband and he does not know until he reads the legacy.
2. In the legacy, Angela writes that she is proud of being his wife and she describes how handsome Gilbert is although she thinks so, she deceives Gilbert.
Conflicts:
Angela's internal conflicts:
1. Angela is in conflict with herself. She has an affair with B.M., she loves him even she commits suicide after his death, but she does not divorce Gilbert. Although she loves B.M., she goes on living with Gilbert. She can't decide what she will do.
2. Angela is in conflict with herself. Although she can't be enough courge to divorce Gilbert, she commits suicide for the sake of B.M.
Angela's external conflict: Angela is in conflict with environment. Although she wants to divorce Gilbert, she can't divorce. Maybe she thinks that after people comment about her. At the same time Gilbert is a famous politician that's why she does not reveal her secret. If everybody learns her secrets they condemn her.
Characterization:
Angela: Angela is pratogonist and round character. She is having an affair because she was not happy with her husband. Her husband , Gilbert Clandon is so busy that he does not spend time with Angela. Angela's marriage is unhappy. She has an affair with B.M., they are lover and theyare happy. Angela can talk to him and they can spend time together. At the end of the story, B.M. commits suicide because Angela does not divorce her husband. After B.M. commits suicide.
Gilbert Clandon: Gilbert Clandon is pratogonist and round character. He is too busy with his own life. Angela describes that Gilbert is handsome and how proud she is to be his wife. Thus, Gilbert thinks that he is a very distinguished-looking man but he is a self-centered man, unable to focus his attention an anyone but himself. He thinks that her wife is unintelligent for conversation. When he read in her diary about her discussions wiht B.M. and thinks to himself "To discuss and understand something is very difficult for her" But then he learns his wife deceives him. He is probably upset out of pride, that his wife has an affair, rather than at the fact that his wife lills himself because he does not pay attention to her and their marriage. he is upset because when somebody learns that his wife deceives him, bad things happen.
Sissy Miller: Sissy Miller is Gilbert Clondon's secretary and is sister of B.M. She does not know her brother and Angela are lover. After she reads the diary, she learns that they are lover.
30 Ekim 2007 Salı
Snow by Ann Beattie
Point of view: Snow is told by the first person narrator.
Characterization: The woman is unnamed narrator ans she is pratogonist. She is optimistic although her lover isn't. She is round character because there are changes in her life, for example she brakes up her lover, her friend, Allen dies.
The setting: In this story, the time is winter, everywhere is covered with snow and the place is a country house.
The metaphors:Seconds nad symbols are left to sum things up, the black shroud. Thw words "Black Shroud" were a metaphor because the shroud looks like something which was black.
The similies:
1. Our first week in the house was spent scraping, finding some of the house's secrets, like wallpaper underneath wallpaper. The simile is that the wallpaper searches the secrets of house like the author.
2. The day of the big snow, when you had to shovel the walk and could not find your cap and asked me how to wind a towel so that it would stay on your head, you in the white towel turban like a crazy king of snow. The woman compares her lover's white towel turban with a crazy king of snow. She thinks that resembles a crazy king of snow.
Characterization: The woman is unnamed narrator ans she is pratogonist. She is optimistic although her lover isn't. She is round character because there are changes in her life, for example she brakes up her lover, her friend, Allen dies.
The setting: In this story, the time is winter, everywhere is covered with snow and the place is a country house.
The metaphors:Seconds nad symbols are left to sum things up, the black shroud. Thw words "Black Shroud" were a metaphor because the shroud looks like something which was black.
The similies:
1. Our first week in the house was spent scraping, finding some of the house's secrets, like wallpaper underneath wallpaper. The simile is that the wallpaper searches the secrets of house like the author.
2. The day of the big snow, when you had to shovel the walk and could not find your cap and asked me how to wind a towel so that it would stay on your head, you in the white towel turban like a crazy king of snow. The woman compares her lover's white towel turban with a crazy king of snow. She thinks that resembles a crazy king of snow.
A Short Digest of a Along Novel by Budd Schulberg
Point of View: The story is narrated by third person.
Characterazation:
Mr.Steevers: Mr.Steevers is protogonist character. He loves her daughter and he thinks that she is virgin, pure, undeceived. He wants to protect his daughter from the intruders. We understant that while he and his daughter are playing, he implies that he always protects his daughter.
The little doughter: The little doughter is protogonist character. She is only three years old. She is virgin, undeceived. She is not aware of the bad life and she has never bad life experience. So she thinks that everybody is trustworthy like her father. She is also round character. There is a change in her life. She realizes that everything in life does not go on smoothly after Billy's arrival. She learns that everybody in her life is not trustworthy as her father. So she draws a lesson from the life.
Ironies:
1. Billy says "Jump and I'll catch you" and the little daughter trust him and jumps. But Billy deceives her and does not cath her and the girl falls.
2. Her father always protects her daughter. He talks to her softly and advices her something about life. He warns her without reprimanding. But at the end, after the downfall of her he talks to harshly.
Conflicts:
External Conflict The father and the little daughter are in conflict with environment. They are happy in their lifes but when the outsider takes part in their life, this happiness disappears.
The Settings: Tihs story takes in their house and it was in the afternoon.
Characterazation:
Mr.Steevers: Mr.Steevers is protogonist character. He loves her daughter and he thinks that she is virgin, pure, undeceived. He wants to protect his daughter from the intruders. We understant that while he and his daughter are playing, he implies that he always protects his daughter.
The little doughter: The little doughter is protogonist character. She is only three years old. She is virgin, undeceived. She is not aware of the bad life and she has never bad life experience. So she thinks that everybody is trustworthy like her father. She is also round character. There is a change in her life. She realizes that everything in life does not go on smoothly after Billy's arrival. She learns that everybody in her life is not trustworthy as her father. So she draws a lesson from the life.
Ironies:
1. Billy says "Jump and I'll catch you" and the little daughter trust him and jumps. But Billy deceives her and does not cath her and the girl falls.
2. Her father always protects her daughter. He talks to her softly and advices her something about life. He warns her without reprimanding. But at the end, after the downfall of her he talks to harshly.
Conflicts:
External Conflict The father and the little daughter are in conflict with environment. They are happy in their lifes but when the outsider takes part in their life, this happiness disappears.
The Settings: Tihs story takes in their house and it was in the afternoon.
Short Stories
Bu hafta sonuna kadar vakit buldukça aşağıdaki hikayeleri girmeye çalışacağım.
- The story of an hour
- Snow
- The Kugelmass Episode
- Mother
- My Oedipus Complex
- The story of an hour
- Snow
- The Kugelmass Episode
- Mother
- My Oedipus Complex
29 Ekim 2007 Pazartesi
Can-Can by Arturo Vivante
Point of view: The story is narrated by third person because "he and she said" are written in the story. It is limited omniscience because we can learn the inner thoughts of major characters.
The setting:The places are the house and cafe. The events take place in the afternoon.
Ironies:
1. "you are glad to berid of mei aren't you?" This sentence is said by the man to his wife. There is irony because the woman doesn't want her husband to go although she doesn't show her feeling. The man doesn't know that his wife is upset because of his departure.
2. When Sarah comes the man thinks something and Sarah asks "what are you thinking about?" He answers "I am thinking of somebody doing the can-can." Firstly Sarah is upset because she assumes that he thinks his wife.But after his answer, Sarah relieves because she does not understand that he thinks his wife and she says " for a moment I was afraid you were thinking of your wife"
Internal conflict:The man is in conflict with himself.Although they have married for along time,after his wife's dance, he realizes that his wife is beautiful. Although he goes to meet Sarah, he doesn't want to come her, because his inner thoughts are complicated.
Characters: The man is pratogonist because we can learn his thoughts and feelings
The setting:The places are the house and cafe. The events take place in the afternoon.
Ironies:
1. "you are glad to berid of mei aren't you?" This sentence is said by the man to his wife. There is irony because the woman doesn't want her husband to go although she doesn't show her feeling. The man doesn't know that his wife is upset because of his departure.
2. When Sarah comes the man thinks something and Sarah asks "what are you thinking about?" He answers "I am thinking of somebody doing the can-can." Firstly Sarah is upset because she assumes that he thinks his wife.But after his answer, Sarah relieves because she does not understand that he thinks his wife and she says " for a moment I was afraid you were thinking of your wife"
Internal conflict:The man is in conflict with himself.Although they have married for along time,after his wife's dance, he realizes that his wife is beautiful. Although he goes to meet Sarah, he doesn't want to come her, because his inner thoughts are complicated.
Characters: The man is pratogonist because we can learn his thoughts and feelings
26 Ekim 2007 Cuma
THE DAYS
When Anglo-Saxons came at England they had pagan beliefs and then they became Christian. But before Christianity they worshiped ancient Germanic gods. They were Tiu, god of war and the sky; Woden, chief of the gods; and Fia, Woden's wife and goddess of the home. After being Christian, Anglo-saxons abandoned these gods, but their names survive in English words: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Origins of the other days:
Monday -> the day of Moon
Thursday -> the day of god Tunor and Thunor
Saturday -> the day of the Roman god Saturn
Sunday -> the day of the Sun
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Anglo Saksonlar İngiltere'ye geldiklerinde putperestlerdi sonradan hristiyan oldular. Hristiyanlıktan önce eski Alman tanrılarına tapıyorlardı. Bu tanrılar; savaş ve gök tanrısı olan Tiu, tanrıların lideri Woden, Woden'in karısı ve evin kraliçesi Fia'dır. Hristiyanlıktan sonra Anglo Saksonlar bu tanrıları terk ettiler ama İngizce kelimelerde hala isimleri yaşıyor: Salı(Tiu), Çarşamba(Woden), Cuma(Fia).
Diğer günlerin kökeni:
Pazartesi -> Ay'ın günü
Perşembe -> Tunor ya da Thunor tanrısının günü
Cumartesi -> Romalıların tanrısı Saturn'ün günü
Pazar -> Güneş günü
Monday -> the day of Moon
Thursday -> the day of god Tunor and Thunor
Saturday -> the day of the Roman god Saturn
Sunday -> the day of the Sun
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Anglo Saksonlar İngiltere'ye geldiklerinde putperestlerdi sonradan hristiyan oldular. Hristiyanlıktan önce eski Alman tanrılarına tapıyorlardı. Bu tanrılar; savaş ve gök tanrısı olan Tiu, tanrıların lideri Woden, Woden'in karısı ve evin kraliçesi Fia'dır. Hristiyanlıktan sonra Anglo Saksonlar bu tanrıları terk ettiler ama İngizce kelimelerde hala isimleri yaşıyor: Salı(Tiu), Çarşamba(Woden), Cuma(Fia).
Diğer günlerin kökeni:
Pazartesi -> Ay'ın günü
Perşembe -> Tunor ya da Thunor tanrısının günü
Cumartesi -> Romalıların tanrısı Saturn'ün günü
Pazar -> Güneş günü
THE LAND OF ANGLES
When Anglo-Saxons came at England at first time, they brought their own language. They almost destroyed native Britons' language and replaced the native "Celtic" language with their own "Germanic" tongue. They changed many place names. They even changed name of England. The name "England" comes from the Germanic language and means "Land of the Angles" and it is known England today.
Anglo Saksonlar İngiltereye ilk geldiklerinde kendi dillerini de getirdiler. Britonların dilini(Celtic) nerdeyse yok ettikleri gibi onların dilini kendi dilleriyle(Germanic) değiştirdiler. Birçok yerin isimlerini değiştirdiler. Hatta İngiltere ismini de... "İngiltere" ismi Almanca'dan gelir ve anlamı "Anglonların yurdu" ve bugün İngiltere olarak bilinmektedir.
Anglo Saksonlar İngiltereye ilk geldiklerinde kendi dillerini de getirdiler. Britonların dilini(Celtic) nerdeyse yok ettikleri gibi onların dilini kendi dilleriyle(Germanic) değiştirdiler. Birçok yerin isimlerini değiştirdiler. Hatta İngiltere ismini de... "İngiltere" ismi Almanca'dan gelir ve anlamı "Anglonların yurdu" ve bugün İngiltere olarak bilinmektedir.
23 Ekim 2007 Salı
MINA URGAN'IN KİTABI ÜZERİNE
Mina Urgan İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi'nden emekli olmuş ve İngiliz Edebiyatıyla ilgili çok güzel çalışmaları var. Şu anda onun İngiliz ve dünya edebiyatında çok önemli yeri olan Virgini Woolf üzerine yazdığı kitabı okuyorum. Bu kitap bir inceleme ve sayesinde Woolf'un hayatını, neden kadınlara ilgi duyduğunu ve feminist olduğunu ögrendim. Aynı zamanda eserlerini anladım ve hayatındaki bazı şeyler neredeyse tüm eserlerine yansımış hatta ölümü bile... Mina Urgan'ın bu kitabını İngiliz Edebiyatında okuyan ya da edebiyatıyla ilgilenen herkese tavsiye ediyorum ve şunu da belirtmeliyim yazarın üslubu çok akıcı. Dün akşam şu cümleleri okuyunca çok etkilendim ve paylaşmak istedim sizinle ve kitap hakkında yazma kararını da o an verdim aslında " Alone, I often fall into nothingness. I must push my foot stealthily lest I should fall of the edge of the world into nothingness." "Yalnızken, sık sık boşluğa düşüyorum. Dünyanın kenarından boşluğa düşmemek için ayağımı sinsice ileriye sürmeliyim."
Urgan yazarın "The Waves" (Dalgalar) adlı kitabından bahsederken bir karakterin intiharı hakkında bilgi veriyor ve Virginia Woolf intihar şeklini 10 yıl önce bu karakterle söylemiş aslında herkese. Karakterin sadece intihar ettiği biliniyor; fakat nasıl intihar ettiğine değinilmiyor yalnız şu sözler bir ip ucu sayılabilir: "I ride rough seas and shall sink with no one to save me." "Fırtınalı denizlerde gidiyorum ve kimse beni kurtaramadan batacağım." Yazarın 10 yıl önceki şu yazısı boğularak ölümü seçeceğini gösteriyor belki de:"The sea will drum in my ears. The white petals will be darkened with sea water. They will float for a moment and then sink. Rolling me over, the waves will shoulder me under. Everything falls in a tremendous shower, dissolving me." "Deniz davul çalacak kulaklarımda. Beyaz çiçek petalleri deniz suyuyla kararacak. bir süre yüzecekler, sonra batacaklar. Üstümde yuvarlanan dalgalar, omuz vurup beni altlarına alacak. Her şey müthiş bir sağanağa dönüşüp beni eritecek." Ve 10 yıl sonra Virginia Woolf yeni bir sinir krizinden kaçmak için kocasına bir mektup bırakarak evlerinin yanindaki "Ouse" adlı nehire yürüyerek ölümü seçiyor.
Urgan yazarın "The Waves" (Dalgalar) adlı kitabından bahsederken bir karakterin intiharı hakkında bilgi veriyor ve Virginia Woolf intihar şeklini 10 yıl önce bu karakterle söylemiş aslında herkese. Karakterin sadece intihar ettiği biliniyor; fakat nasıl intihar ettiğine değinilmiyor yalnız şu sözler bir ip ucu sayılabilir: "I ride rough seas and shall sink with no one to save me." "Fırtınalı denizlerde gidiyorum ve kimse beni kurtaramadan batacağım." Yazarın 10 yıl önceki şu yazısı boğularak ölümü seçeceğini gösteriyor belki de:"The sea will drum in my ears. The white petals will be darkened with sea water. They will float for a moment and then sink. Rolling me over, the waves will shoulder me under. Everything falls in a tremendous shower, dissolving me." "Deniz davul çalacak kulaklarımda. Beyaz çiçek petalleri deniz suyuyla kararacak. bir süre yüzecekler, sonra batacaklar. Üstümde yuvarlanan dalgalar, omuz vurup beni altlarına alacak. Her şey müthiş bir sağanağa dönüşüp beni eritecek." Ve 10 yıl sonra Virginia Woolf yeni bir sinir krizinden kaçmak için kocasına bir mektup bırakarak evlerinin yanindaki "Ouse" adlı nehire yürüyerek ölümü seçiyor.
21 Ekim 2007 Pazar
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert FROST
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
19 Ekim 2007 Cuma
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