41 Matching Annotations
  1. Dec 2019
    1. “But you,” he replied, “have a daughter, a young little child, who was laid        15 In your lap to be pure; so I leave you: the angels would make me afraid.”

      Would something bad be happening that her daughter could not witness?

    2. although you should please me and stay.”

      this shows a glimpse of manipulation

    3. while both sate under the yew, And her eyes were alive in their depth, as the kraken beneath the sea-blue.  

      They were originally enjoying each other's company.

    4. —a vice, I have heard, which is common to beasts and some men.

      breasts are often a soft spot for men. they show weakness when it comes to them

    5. “A moment,—I pray your attention!—I have a poor word in my head I must utter, though womanly custom would set it down better unsaid.

      I think she might be trying to use her femininely wiles to manipulate her husband's friend.

    6. Maude

      this could possibly be related to Alfred Tennyson's poem, "Maude"

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud,_and_Other_Poems

    7. adapted too much

      could this mean the idea of a woman is changing in the world?

    8. day-star

      Is this the sun?

    9. Why, sir, I am pure, and a wife.

      If this is related to having a Cavalier Servante, then she would considered a pure wife because it was extremely regular for the women to have those.

    10. Her eyes blazed upon him—“And you! You bring us your vices so near That we smell them! you think in our presence a thought ’t would defame us to hear!

      She is trying to show the hypocrisy between the treatment and defamation of men and women.

  2. Nov 2019
    1. vice

      bad behavior-- immoral

    2. “Why, now, you no longer are fair! Why, now, you no longer are fatal, but ugly and hateful, I swear.”

      Her lack of morality is turning him of and revolting him.

    3. You smell a rose through a fence: If two should smell it, what matter?

      Her idea: cheating is ok-- it's sharing

    4. the sunstroke ’s fatal at times.

      Is he saying that she's basically out of luck, and her pleas will not work on him?

    5. I value your husband, Lord Walter,

      possibly the opposite of a cavaliere servente --> maybe a cuckold-- adultery

    6. “Oh, that,” she said, “is no reason! Such knots are quickly undone,        5 And too much beauty, I reckon, is nothing but too much sun.”

      She is trying to put herself down to keep him there with her.

    7. “because you are far too fair, And able to strangle my soul in a mesh of your gold-colored hair.”

      The man is using her looks as a reason that she will force him to fall in love-- reminds me of a Siren or Vixen.

    8. “Because I fear you,”

      I can sense intimidation of a strong woman.

    9. kraken

      a mythological beast from the sea-- very common in pirate based literature or sea-based readings.

    10. And her eyes were alive in their depth

      She was happy where she was at the moment. She didn't want anything to change or him to leave.

    11. yew

      coniferous trees or shrubs-- sitting up the trees

    12. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

      Browning was a Victorian Romanticist poet.

      https://poets.org/poet/elizabeth-barrett-browning

    13. sate

      satisfaction (satisfy an appetite)

  3. Oct 2019
    1. Tower of Babel

      why people of the world speak different languages

    2. Her reputation for wisdom is without peer and without question.

      relates back to the Native American "Spider Woman"

  4. Feb 2019
    1. Listen to your students

      Listen to suggestions!

    2. Langston Hughes

      poetry

    3. Lorraine Hansberry

      raisin in the sun

    4. MarjaneSatrapi

      Persepolis

    5. Know that some will absolutely connect

      just because you don't like something-- it doesn't mean you cannot talk about it

    6. Enthusiasm

      Mrs. Vatero-- Greensburg Salem High School

    7. post its

      active reading

    8. Need to be taught how to interpret & create questions that help with comprehension
      • plot regurgitation is easiest
      • digging deeper is the key
      • tell me why not what
    9. Two voices

      Reflection on their own reading!

    10. critical eye

      validation! Make sure they understand that you might not agree, but you appreciate

    11. Set a clear purpose for reading

      set the expectation right away EX: giving examples -- focus them with something specific

    12. Teach the readerrather than the reading

      teach to the reader-- help them understand with more relevant or easier terms

    13. struggling readers

      Honors level student does not mean they are a strong reader

    14. +

      Students do not want to be embarrassed!

    15. Where do we place blame?

      21st century skills-- not allowing people to enhance their reading