Monday, September 30, 2013

Argument Writing Practice, Cont.

1.  Journal-

Analysis, Cont., with explication:

"I have of late--but
wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all
custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily
with my disposition that this goodly frame, the
earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most
excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave
o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted
with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to
me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason!
how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how
express and admirable! in action how like an angel!
in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the
world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me,
what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not
me: no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling
you seem to say so."




Though he describes the sky as a “majestical roof” covered with “gold fire,” Hamlet explains that, really, it is no more than a “foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.”  This means that Hamlet is displeased with the world.  This can be concluded because……
 
2.  Hunger and Essays... Brainstorming.    Return to class with a question that you can research for an argument essay.
 
3.  Read "Web of Risks" on page 432.  Answer 1-4 "reading closely," and 1-4 "examining structure."
 
 
 

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