Iago Quoties

"In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Off capped to him; and, by the faith of man, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place" (7).

"I hate the Moor. My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason. Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him"(53).

"Put money in thy purse...Fill thy purse with money" (53)

"But, sir, be you ruled by me. Watch you tonight. For the command, I'll lay 't upon you"(77).

"(Desdemona) Now, I do love her too, Not out of absolute lust but partly led to diet my revenge for that I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leaped into my seat" (79).

"Nothing can or shallcontent my soul till I am evened with him, wife for wife, at least into a jealousy so strong" (79)

"Make the Moor thank me, love me and reward me for making him egregoriously an ass" (80)

"If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he hath drunk tonight already, He'll be as full of quarel and offense as my young mistress' dog"(85).

"If consequence do but approve my dream, my boat sails freely both with wind and stream"(85).

"How am I then a villain to counsel Cassio to this parallel course directly to his good? Divinity of Hell! When devils with the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows, as I do now" (105).

"I'll pour this pestilence into his ear: that she repeals him for her body's lust; and by how much she strives to do him good, she shall undo her credit with the Moor. So I will turn her virtue into pitch, and out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them all" (105).

Dante Canto 5

Favorite Quote - "There Minos sits, grinning, grotesque, and hale. He examines each lost soul as it arrives and delivers his verdict with his coiling tail"(207).

Overview-In this canto the narrator comes across Minos. Minos listens to your tale and judges to what circle of hell one will be banished to. Very much like the angel Saint Peter who waits at the gates of heaven when you die. He decides whether you are allowed in or not. The narrator has some trouble getting in but Virgil helps him out. Once inside they meet up with Cleopatra, Paris and others and we hear their stories of how they were sent to hell. The narrator asks Francesca if he can hear her tale and feels great pity for her once she tells him it.

Figurative language-
"the voice of the damned rose in a bestial moan" (207)
"Now the choir of anguish, like a wound"(207)
"roaring on the naked dark like seas wracked by a war of winds"(207)
"As mating doves that love calls to their nest glide through the air with motionless raised wings"(209)
"Francesca, what you suffer here melts me to tears of pity and pain"(209)
"I fell, like a corpse might fall, to the dead floor of hell"(210)


I really found the character of Minos (see image) although I thought he was some type of demon and not a what looks like a human with a snake's tail. The first two times I read the canto I was really confused and had no idea what was going on, the third time it became clear. I do not understand why the protagonist felt so much pity for Francesca, maybe I missed the reason she was in hell because I don't know what it is. Anyways, if she is in hell there must be a reason, why all the pity? From this canto one can see that Dante's hell is nothing like that of No Exit's. This is more the stereotypical hell one would see in Christianity however with some Greek mythology thrown in. Personally, both seem terrible and I don't know which one I'd prefer to be in. Most likely the Inferno's just because the stress of being with two counterparts of myself would be too much to handle.

Existentialism

Quotes from the text:
"I feel so queer. Don't you ever get taken that way? When I can't see myself I begin to wonder if I really and truly exist. I pat myself just to make sure, but it doesn't help much." (19)
This is an example of Existence--> Essence. Estelle must realize that she is in Hell, that she exists.

"Dead! Dead! Dead!Knives, poison, ropes-all useless. It has happened already, do you understand? Once and for all. So here we are, forever" (46)
Inez announces to Garcin and Estelle that they are in Hell. This is the act of free, self creation for Inez.

"one always dies too soon-or too late. And yet tone's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for summing up. You are-your life, and nothing else."(43).
This shows that there is no outside force controlling your life. That you are your life.

About moi

Hola clase me llamo miguel y tengo diez y siete anos. Hi class my name is Mike and I am seventeen years old. I enjoy sports, mostly observing them though, and watching movies. Currently i'm working at Town Hall filming the School Comittee Meetings, Selectmen Meetings and Planning Board Meetings. It's a really boring job but hey it brings in good dough.

Something interesting about me is that all three years i've been in highschool i've had english first block of second semester.

I'd like to shoutout my Humanities Class
Kasey- BEEn together since 8th grade intergrated arts woot!
Katie- Should have been 5th grade student counsil rep
Evan- Used to live on my street and left me, why Evan why?
Heather- Don't get together with Austin again please
Mur- Do you mind if I call you Mur?
Macheras- Did you go to west el?
Craig- I might see you today at DQ if your working
Oksana- English 10 - good times
Lucifer- Come back to us!
The Gigster- Best Humanities Class Evahhh

My Cloudy View of Hell

Raised as a Catholic by my mother I have always followed the Catholic view of Hell. Although now as I grow older it is much easier to question the Catholic viewpoint. I believe that yes, there is a hell that one could possibly be banished to if they do not live a "good" life. However a "good" life is very relative. The Catholic viewpoint is very strict. One must repent all sin and not commit any of the mortal sins. i.e. Suicide, Murder ect. Personally, I don't believe that this is true. I do believe that Murder and Suicide will most likely land you in Hell but if one is mentally sick or the situation provides them with no other choice (self defense, war) then you will not be sentenced to an eternity in Hell.

As to what hell actually is I believe it is also completley dependent on the person. I believe that a person's hell is whatever causes them the most pain. Whether it be physical, mental, emotional it does not matter.

I believe that life is a gift. If you dont purposely try to screw it up, you will be fine.