Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act Three Scene One.

Scene:
MACBETH  

To be thus is nothing;
 But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo
Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature
Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares;
And, to that dauntless temper of his mind,

He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour
To act in safety. There is none but he
Whose being I do fear: and, under him,
My Genius is rebuked; as, it is said,
Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters
When first they put the name of king upon me,
And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like
They hail'd him father to a line of kings:
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my gripe,
Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so,
For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd;
Put rancours in the vessel of my peace
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!
Rather than so, come fate into the list,

And champion me to th' utterance. 

Translation: 

To be King is nothing,

if I am not safe has the king. My fears of Banquo 

are deep, and his noble nature 

is my fear of him. He takes many risks, 

and his fearless mind is always working. 

He has a wisdom that guides him bravely

and safely. There is no one

I fear more then Banquo. And with him

my Guardian Angel is scared, as it is said 

Mark Antony's angel was with Caesar. Banquo disapproved of the Witches

when they first called me King, 

but begged them to tell him his own future. Then, prophet-like, 

they hailed him Father to a line of kings.

On my head they placed an empty crown, 

and put a scepter in my hand, 

that will be snatched away by a descent not of mine,

no son of mine succeeding. If this is true, 

for Banquo's sake I have tortured my mind, 

for his son's I have murdered the gracious Duncan.

I have ruined my own peace

only for them, and my everlasting soul 

I have given to the Devil

to make them king, the son's of Banquo King. 

Rather then watch this happen, I challenge fate to battle

and fight to the death.    

Macbeth Translation, Act One Scene Six.

Scene:

DUNCAN
This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.

BANQUO
This guest of summer,
The temple-haunting martlet does approve,
By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath
Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze,
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird
Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle:
Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed,
The air is delicate.

DUNCAN
See, see our honoured hostess.
The love that follows us sometime is our trouble,
Which still we thank as love. Herein I teach you
How you shall bid God 'ild us for your pains,
And thank us for your trouble.

LADY MACBETH
All our service
In every point twice done and then done double
Were poor and single business to contend
Against those honours deep and broad wherewith
Your majesty loads our house: for those of old,
And the late dignities heap'd up to them,
We rest your hermits.

DUNCAN
Where's the thane of Cawdor?
We coursed him at the heels, and had a purpose
To be his purveyor: but he rides well;
And his great love, sharp as his spur, hath holp him
To his home before us. Fair and noble hostess,
We are your guest to-night.

LADY MACBETH
Your servants ever
Have theirs, themselves and what is theirs, in compt,
To make their audit at your highness' pleasure,
Still to return your own.

DUNCAN
Give me your hand;
Conduct me to mine host: we love him highly,
And shall continue our graces towards him.
By your leave, hostess.

Translation:
DUNCAN
This castle is in a nice place. The air
is sweet and appeals itself
to our senses.

BANQUO
The summer bird,
builds his nest here approving
that the air
smells good here. There is no place
these birds have not
built their nests on
to breed and sleep. I've noticed
the air is nice to.

DUNCAN
Look, here comes Lady Macbeth.
Sometimes the love we get is inconvenient,
which still I take as love. I'm trying to teach
you to thank the trouble i'm causing you,
because it is an act of love.

LADY MACBETH
All that is being done for you,
even if twice done and then doubled,
are small in comparison
to the honors you have given us.

DUNCAN
Where is Macbeth?
We followed closely behind him
in hopes to get here before him. But he rides well,
and is great love, which is as sharp as a spur, helped
him to beat us here. Lady Macbeth,
we are your guests tonight.

LADY MACBETH
We are your servants,
our house, myself, and everything else is at your disposal,
we keep it in your trust and
our glad to return it to you.

DUNCAN
Give me your hand.
Show me to Macbeth. We love him
and will continue our conversation with him.
When your ready, Lady Macbeth.

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act 1 Scene 7.

Scene:

MACBETH
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly: if the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases
We still have judgment here; that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredience of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips. He's here in double trust;
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against his murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off;
And pity, like a naked new-born babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,
Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur the
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th'other.

Translation:
MACBETH
If it was done when it is done, then it would
be best to get it done quickly. If the assassination
could act as a net and catch all the consequences, and catch
with it the king's success: then the murder
might be the be-all and the end-all in this situation,
I would gladly risk my soul
and after life to do so. But in this lifetime
their is still punishments here; by doing violent crimes we are
teaching other people to do the same, and the violence of our
students will be the plague to us teachers. Justice, being equal to
all, forces our poisoned cups to our own lips instead of others
lips. Duncan is here in double trust;
First, I am his kinsman and his subject,
so I should be loyal to protect him. Second,
I am his host who should shut the door to whoever may try to
murder him, not hold the knife myself. Besides, the King
has been a humble leader, so free of troubles,
that his virtues will speak for him
like angel's playing trumpets against
the evil act of his murder.
And pity, like a newborn baby,
riding the wind with a winged angel on a horse
through the air to tell everyone of horrible news.
People with cry a flood of tears that will drown the
wind. I cannot urge myself to action, but the only
thing motivating me is ambition, which makes people overlap
themselves to destruction.

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act Two Scene One.

Scene:
BANQUO
How goes the night, boy?

FLEANCE
The moon is down; I have not heard the clock.

BANQUO
And she goes down at twelve.

FLEANCE
I take't, 'tis later, sir.

BANQUO
Hold, take my sword. There's husbandry in heaven;
Their candles are all out. Take thee that too.
A heavy summons lies like lead upon me,
And yet I would not sleep: merciful powers,
Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature
Gives way to in repose! Give me my sword.
Who's there?

MACBETH
A friend.

BANQUO
What, sir, not yet at rest? The king's a-bed:
He hath been in unusual pleasure, and
Sent forth great largess to your offices.
This diamond he greets your wife withal,
By the name of most kind hostess; and shut up
In measureless content.

MACBETH
Being unprepared
Our will became the servant to defect
Which else should free have wrought.

BANQUO
All's well.
I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters:
To you they have show'd some truth.

MACBETH
I think not of them:
Yet, when we can entreat an hour to serve,
We would spend it in some words upon that business,
If you would grant the time.

BANQUO
At your kind'st leisure.

MACBETH
If you shall cleave to my consent, when 'tis,
It shall make honour for you.

BANQUO
So I lose none
In seeking to augment it, but still keep
My bosom franchised and allegiance clear,
I shall be counsell'd.

MACBETH
Good repose the while!

BANQUO
Thanks, sir: the like to you! 30

MACBETH
Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready,
She strike upon the bell. Get thee to bed.
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.

Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable   
As this which now I draw.
Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going;
And such an instrument I was to use.
Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses,
Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still,
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,
Which was not so before. There's no such thing:
It is the bloody business which informs
Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one halfworld
Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse  
The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates
Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,
Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,
Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace.
With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design
Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth,
Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear
Thy very stones prate of my whereabout,
And take the present horror from the time,
Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives:   
Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.
  
I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.  
Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

Translation:
BANQUO
How is the night, son?

FLEANCE
The moon is set, and I have not heard the clock ring.

BANQUO
And the moon sets at twelve.

FLEANCE
I think it is later, sir.

BANQUO
Here, take my sword, the heavens are being reluctant
with their light. Take this to.
I'm tired and am feeling heavy,
but can't sleep. Merciful powers,
stop my nightmares that
keep me from sleeping. Give me my sword.
Who's there?

MACBETH
A friend.

BANQUO
Your not sleeping yet Sir? The Kings sleeping
he has been in a unusually good mood today, and
has given your household many gifts.
This diamond is a gift from your Majesty
to your wife for her never-ending hospitality.

MACBETH
Being unprepared for his visit
we were not able to entertain him
as well as we would have hoped to.

BANQUO
All is well.
to you they given you some truth.

MACBETH
I do not think of them.
But when you have an hour to spare
we can talk about them,
if you would like.

BANQUO
Whenever is best.

MACBETH
If you continue to follow me loyally, when it is
time you will be rewarded.

BANQUO
As long as I can do so without losing anything
and still keep and keeping a clear conscience
I will be your loyal servant.  

MACBETH
Sleep well.

BANQUO
Thanks sir, the same to you.

MACBETH
Go tell your mistress to ring the bell when
my drink is ready. Get to bed now.
Is this a dagger that I see in front of me,  
pointing at my hand? Come, let me hold you.  
I don't have you, yet I still see you.  
Is it possible, fatal vision, to touch  
you as well as see you? Or are you but  
a dagger my mind created, a non-existent  
image from my fevered brain?  
I see you yet, you look as real as a  
dagger I can pull out now.  
You are leading me to the place I was already going,  
and the same instrument I was going to use.  
My eyes must not be working, or they are 
the only part of my body that is working. I see you still,  
and the blood on your blade which  
was not there before. There is no blade here.  
It is the murder that is making my eyes  
see these things? Now half the world is  
asleep, and being deceived by evil nightmares. 
Witches celebrate offerings to Hecate,  
and old man murder, roused by the howls of his wolf.  
Who howls to announce his watch, then with his stealthy pace  
like Tarquin, as quiet as a ghost. Hard ground,  
don't hear my footsteps, or the direction of them. For fear  
that the stone ground will echo where I am,  
and take the stillness from the moment,  
something that is so suitable for what I am about to do.  
While I talk, the King lives.  
The more I talk the less courage I have.  

I am going, and it is as good has done. The bell is inviting me.  
Do not hear it ring Duncan, for it is a  
summons or you to heaven or hell.  

Here is a link to an awesome Macbeth soliloquy for this scene. Enjoy! 

Lady Macbeth Soliloquy, Act One Scene Five

Scene:
LADY MACBETH
The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman’s breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry “Hold, hold!”

Translation:

LADY MACBETH
The messenger is out of breath
he has told me of Duncan's soon arrival
in my castle. Come, you spirits
that help evil thoughts, take away my weakness and make me strong
and fill me from the head to my toes
with cruel evil. Thicken my blood
and stop my blood flow so I will feel no remorse,
so no human compassion
can stop my evil plan, or stop me
from succeeding. Come to my female breast's,
and turn my milk into acid, you murdering demons,
wherever you are hiding,
and wait on evil. Come, thick night,
and cover us in the darkest smoke of hell,
so that my sharp knife cannot see the wound it makes,
so heaven cannot peep through the blanket of darkness
and cry " Stop, Stop!"

Macbeth Soliloquy Translation, Act 1 Scene Three

Scene: 

MACBETH

(aside)  Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.

(aside) This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,  

Why hath it given me earnest of success,
 Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor.
 If good, why do I yield to that suggestion
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,
Against the use of nature? Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man
That function is smothered in surmise,
And nothing is but what is not.

MACBETH
(aside) If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me 

  Without my stir.

MACBETH
(aside)      Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Translation:

MACBETH

(aside) The two of the truths the Witches told me have come true,

these acts will end in me becoming King.  

(aside) This supernatural temptation  

cannot be a bad thing, and cannot be a good thing.If it is a bad thing,   

why am I promise of honest success   

that has ended up being true? I am the Thane of Cawdor now.

If this is a good thing, why am I thinking about murdering the King. 

A image so awful that it makes my hair stand on end 

And my heart pound inside my ribs?

   The dangers that are actually threatening me  

are less horrible things then what I am imagining  

My thought, is only fantasy so far,  

the thought shakes my knowledge of who I am  

The thought is smothered in truthful assumptions,  

and nothing is important except what is not true.

MACBETH 

(aside) If fate wants me to be king then fate will crown me without me 

having to do a thing.

MACBETH 

(aside) What is going to come, 

will come no matter what happens.     

Rich for a Day

What could a individual do with a billion dollars? The vast majority of people would become greedy and waste it on senseless items like clothing, drugs, expensive cars, multiple houses, or traveling. I mean that is all very well to splurge if you are someone who has never been to well off, and would like a little time off, but much of the population would start at that and then keep going until all of the money was gone. They would have nothing to show this vast amount of money because it would all have been spent on ..... Another portion of the population would pay there bills and put the rest in the bank to collect interest and keep the income growing. Some would invest it in the stock market, or other "money making" schemes to enlarge their profits. Me, well I would invest in schooling. It's not a revolutionary idea by any means, but it is a much needed tool for my future. There are very few jobs you can get now that pay well, and do not require college or university. It may be a typical expense that many would spend thousands of dollars one, but I feel that it is something that is a necessity in life.

Ross's Cabin, Setting Paragraph

Imagine a cabin past it's prime, once painted green in its day but now is faded and peeling. It is shielded by an old tin roof, that when it starts to rain all you hear is the loud pitter patter of the sky speaking to it's old friend, the cabin. This sanctuary of mine has a single door, that as century's worth of rips and tears in the screen. Every time you pull it open you hear a loud squeak as it groans in pain yet again, and a loud slam as it closes in annoyance of having to be disturbed. The old windows always enjoy when we come to stay, so they can be opened yet again and breath in the new yet familiar scents of the forest around it. One half of this cabins space is taken up by two large ancient bunk beds that usually have to endure the weight of several ill witted children laughing and screaming about anything and everything the entire night.The other half of the room is accompanied by a single worn out sink, a tired cook stove, and a tough looking table. If you stop and listen closely, you can hear the chipmunks playing under the old wooden deck. Day or night, we always have a fire roaring and something cooking on it, several people sitting around it with a cold drink in their hands, and several freshly caught fish hanging from the tree to dry. When you walk out of the cabin and look straight out, you have a gorgeous view of a private lake. When you walk down the short path to the water, you must slowly walk so you can avoid tripping on one of the several large roots jutting out of the ground due to erosion. When you get down to the water you step onto a very large rock that acts as our dock, there is a rock that in submerged in the water that we use as our diving board. It is here on these rocks that we spend the most time, laughing, fishing, swimming, and drinking.

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, Character Arc

 In the beginning, we feel the father starts his transformational arc as a selfish man. He spends all of his time on the boat, or in his bedroom escaping from reality. He selfishly ignores his wife, and any conflict that arises with the daughters, i.e he doesn't help his wife parent their children. In the whole story he is listening to his radio, smokes one to many cigarette and reads mounds of books. 


One August afternoon, the Father was asked by his daughters to take some tourist for a ride on the boat. The Father agreed and did so with a kinda unseen happiness. He was happy to have the company of the tourist because it was another means of escape, but with some social interactions.  He proceeded to go up to the tourists cabin afterwards, and have a few to many drinks. When he was good and drunk he started to sing for them, this being very symbolic part to the story because this is an escape we do not see until this point, it is the start of his transformational arc.

   The biggest step the Father takes in his transformational arc is when he gets ill, because he starts realizing that he needs his son, something that he has never needed. He never actually says that he wants his son to work on the boat with him, but the son soon realizes that his Dad needs him and that he can put his life on pause until he can get back to it. This is such a huge step for the Father because he never truly acknowledged his son has a good aspect of his life, so the fact that he finally has a relationship forming with his son is very important.

The end product of the Fathers transformational is when him and his son have worked together for many fishing seasons, and the son finally connects all of the fathers decisions and actions, you get that final step of the Fathers transformational arc. You completely understand every decision that was made, and every feeling that he had. He always had the dream of being something bigger then a fisherman, but because he was the only son he had an obligation to work with his Father on his boat, and then follow the same path. He lived all his life for obligation, instead of his dreams and happiness. So when all these dots get connected the final step is taken. The Father is now a honorable character, compared to the selfish one you see in the rest of the story.  

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, Questions

2.a) Prove that although the narrator loves his father, he does not idealize him or his way of life. Explain how the narrator's relationship to his father reflects the central conflict in his life.

Answer: The central conflict that the character faces is that he is the only son in the family and is obligated to provide for the family when the only other male, his father, gets ill and cannot care for them.

The relationship between the narrator and his father is very vague up until the point where the father becomes dependent on his son to help him provide for the family. They don't really interact much when the boy is younger, but when he grows older, along with the father, they start to communicate more because the boy now understands why is father acted the way he did in earlier years.

These two reflect upon each other because the son although loves his family he doesn't really feel a great connection with his hometown or memories he created with his parents. So because he does not feel connected with his surrounding he doesn't feel a yearning to stay and help his father.

3a) In literature, a boat is often a symbol for the journey through life. How, in this story, has the symbolism of the boat been transformed?

Answer: The symbolism of a boat has been transformed in this story because it has been reversed, the boat now represents the fathers obligation to the family. He is stuck with his life because of the people in it that rely on him as a provider. When he married his wife, and she got pregnant for the first time he realized that he was forever stuck with his life, due to the life choices he made along the way. No matter how unhappy his life made him he would always have the same obligations every day.

The Boat by Alistair MacLeod, Six Elements Report

     The story is written in the sons point of view, this being a great point of view due to the fact that you will get a great first- hand experience of the fathers interactions and feelings with other people. The son describes the father's relationship with his wife, other children, and himself. You get to the knowledge of all the decisions that he makes in his life, good and bad. You get to know about all the fights, arguments, and disagreements that go on in the house. The son gives you a very detailed view of the Father in a way that no one else could because he was closest to him. Even if the they were not close to each other during the son's younger years, you get a more in depth reasoning behind the Father, and all the answers to why he made the choices he did.     

     The father has very few looks in this story, majority of the time it being his fisherman/work outfit. The first description that you get of the father is the son describing his earliest memories with his father. He describes him as a view of gigantic rubber boots, as he lifts his son up and presses him up against his stubbly cheeks, taking in a big smell of salt in the process. The next look the son describes is of the scene on the boat when him and his father are working together. They both are wearing heavy sweaters, awkward runner slickers, and heavy woolen mitts that have been soaked and froze into huge ice chunks. The last way the father looks is when he is found washed up and wedged in between two large boulders. His hands and feet looked like shredded ribbons, his boots had been washed away at sea, his skin soft and tearing in every spot due to the salt water, his eyes were missing, but a great white beard still grew on his bloated purple face. All of these descriptions give you a clear image of what the father would look like. All three of these sections are very important to the story due to the fact that without this you would not have an idea of what the father would look like, and then it would be a completely different story because of it. 

     The father interacts very little to what you would image a father would with his family, but he also doesn't interact with other people much either. The first interaction the father has with his son is of them going out on the boat together for the first time, the story explains the father holding the boy up on his shoulders the entire time, and humming a little song. This is one of the only real memories the boy has with his father, because the father is unhappy with his life, meaning he tries to escape from his family as much has possible. A very important interaction the father has is when he gets drunk with the tourists and starts singing. This scene really is symbolic to the father's regret to having the life he does, he used other means besides his radio and books to escape form the sad life believes he has. Something you don't see up until this point. The next important interaction the father has is when he gets sick and his son agrees to work with him on the boat until his final day. This is a crucial scene because if the son had not agreed to it, the father probably would have passed away much sooner due to lack of company. The last very important interaction the father has is his last day on the boat, it was suppose to be his last day of the fishing season, but instead is his last day ever. He ends up falling off the boat, and since he cannot swim he drowns and washes up days later. This is a very important part because it is the last time anyone ever sees the father alive, he is now forever happy because he doesn't have any more obligations to anyone but himself. It was his final escape from the life he never wanted. 

     Probably the hardest decision the son has to make is when the father says to him, "I am not telling you to do anything, only asking.". The son had to decide what is more important, his dreams of school, or his obligation to his family. The son chooses the same path the father did, but in a way that he can still end up happy. He dropped out of school to work on the boat with his father until the day he passes, so that he can still live the dreams he has always wanted but keep with the obligation to his Father. The very meaningful words that were said to the son was when he decided to work on the boat. He went into his Father's bedroom where he was reading his book and smoking a cigarette, and told him that he has decided to fish the seas with him until his final day. The Father then replied to him, "I hope you will remember what you've said.", this piece of dialogue being very important in understanding his way of thinking. The Father up till this point is still very selfish in his decisions, but he acknowledged the fact that although his son was not following in his footsteps he still accepted the obligations he had to undertake. Most likely the most evocative dialogue in this story is when one day the Mother tells her son, "You have given added years to his life.". This is so evocative because it really gives you the feeling of what the story is really trying to tell you. The story is trying to tell you that although the father is portrayed as a bad father, he really did fight to give his son good memories with him. For a few short years he gave all he had to his son so that he would understand why he acted the way he all those years, and you also find out just how similar the two are to each other. So in a sense the son also went to school and became a professor, in a way for his Father also.         

     When the story explains about the Father's actions after work, i.e him coming home from and going straight to his bedroom to lay down and read, it really is reflecting how the Father feels about is life. I believe that the he really is showing the reader that he does not take pride, or enjoyment from his family or his work. Another aspect I believe really reflects the Father's feeling towards his life, is when the story informs you about him not approving of his children playing at the wharf with other children. It tells me that he wants his children to have a similar life he does, even though he doesn't like his. My predication is that as a child he was always working with his own father on their boat, and feels that because he never got the chance to have friends, neither should his kids. I think one of the most important lines in this story is, "he had said that he had always wanted to go to university.". This line is so significant because this is the key idea of the story, in other words he never wanted the life of a fisherman but in fact a completely different path for himself. It is so important because this is the only time its actually says in the entire story he never wanted to be a fisherman. A very powerful section in the story is when the son finally realizes that his father was a failure as a husband and father because he was forced into his life. The Father was also a only son so he had to take over for his Dad and had to throw away his dreams forever, also throwing away his happiness and passion. This part is so powerful because it ties together the main idea of the story, and makes you feel empathy towards the Father. 

      All of these six elements are trying to explain to you the Father and the history behind him so that you feel empathetic towards him. The reason this is something the author wants to stand out is because its a complex aspect. It's complex in the sense that it as so many other parts to it, like the father's past, the wife, the son being so similar to his father,the bedroom, and his death. It's not something that you would get out of the story unless you stopped and analysed all of these elements. I mean sure, I scratched the surface of the idea on my first read, but I never really understood the whole concept until I looked at each separate factor. So in that way it is complex. But i is also a universal idea or feeling in the way that everyone gets stuck in doing many things they never wanted to do. This is why it is such a good story for anyone to read, regardless of if you understand the fishing career. You will always understand the universal idea of obligations.  

The Stone Girl at Sanchi by Gary Snyder, Poetry Analyses

Power Words: 

 - Black Bowl

    - These two words are a example of imagery to describe using evocative language a night sky. This is a fantastic example because a black bowl is an object you don't often see used in writing or poetry as a symbol of the sky. 

- Lasts Forever

 - This term is referring to the characters allusion of his affection for a Girl who left him, or is out of his reach. We feel this was a large contribution to the poem's main theme. 

-Wobbling Speck 

 -These two words are evocative language that are used as symbolism to explain how are planet earth is compared to other parts of the universe. It is very small, and unimportant planet compared to all the other planets, stars, and comets in the universe that we live in.

-Weathered

 - We believe this is symbolism that represents a forgotten, unwanted feeling, it is a comparison of a unremembered sanctuary to the feeling of not being wanted.

-Hollow

 - Is an evocative word describing the feeling of emptiness, and loneliness, it is a continuation of the thought for the power word, wobbling speck.

Archetypes

 1. Divorced 

 2. He was married for the second time to a american poet named Joanne Kyger, and she divorced him after a trip to India. They were only married for five years.

 3. " two flesh persons changing": we believe that this is a reference to the poets own life, i.e his divorce

Title: 

- " For a Stone Girl at Sanchi"

    - we think that the title is referring to a memory that he had with his ex wife at the Buddhist temple in India o their trip, it is a memory forever frozen in time because she is now gone forever

Twins Plot Questions

1. How does Eric Wright provide his readers with clues to the outcome of this story?
 - The writer provides clues to the outcome by having his main character be a detective. So the story is about him supposedly planning out his novel's storyline, you then discover that it's not a story at all but his plan to murder his wife. So when he explains the book plot he provides clues to the outcome.

3. Explain how the term can be applied to the opening of this story and evaluate the author's choice in employing this technique.
 - The term in medias res, in the middle of things, can be used to explain the opening of the story because the writer opens with the line, " His wife often criticized his plots for being to complicated, but this one worked.". That line is also found in the story after the husband explains his plan on killing his wife, in the middle of the story. I think the author's technique when using this concept was well used because it gave you on insight on the rest of the story without you really realizing it, it helped you understand why the character acts the way he does.

4. Describe the difference in narrative style between the two parts of the story. Determine why the author chose each style and the effectiveness.
 - The two narrative styles in this story are a dialogue style, and a informative style. The difference between the two in present tense and is direct words that the two characters say to one another. Compared to the informative style which is written in past tense, and is just describing what happens after the walking scene. I believe the author chose each style because the dialogue style explains in great detail what the couple are like, and gives a great set up for a plot twist. The informative style gave a fantastic ending to the story by explaining the end results without dragging it on to long.

How does the writer use our expectations to surprise us with the twist? Does it work? Why or why not?
 -  The writer uses our expectations to surprise us with the twist by having the main character explain the plot of the story he is writing, then surprise us with the knowledge that the plot he just explained is really his plan to kill his wife. The author then put a twist on it again by having the wife know the husband's plan and she killed her husband. It works because it is not something you expect, you can predict the husband will try and kill his wife but you didn't expect the wife to reverse roles with the husband.

The Leap Characterization of the Mother

How is the mother characterized? 
The mother is characterized by the clear description the story gives, things describing like her viewpoint, interactions, appearance, dialogue, and thoughts and feelings.

Viewpoint:
- the mother's viewpoint is told by the daughter throughout the whole story
Interactions:
- " She walks slowly through her house... lightly touching her way along walls..."
- "... as we flew out the window, towards earth, me in her lap.."
Appearance: 
- a circus trapeze artist
- a hospital gown
- bridal dress
- a black dress
- undergarments 
Dialogue 
- " My mother once said that i'd be amazed at how much one person can do within the act of falling."
Thoughts and Feelings 
- confident
- happy
- brave
- comfortable
-love
- courage 

How does the writer make us "see" the mother?  
The writer makes us see the mother in a selfless, and sacrificing way. This story tells of three points in time when the narrator, the daughter, owes her existence to her mother. One being birth, and the other two being courageous, selfless acts. A large reason I believe the mother is a sacrificing person is because of the decisions she made during the house fire. She optionally chose to climb a tree to get inside the bedroom window, knowing that the only exit was in flames. I believe this was an excellent way to show her selflessness and how sacrificing she is for her family.

What is the perspective of the narrator? How does that perspective tell us about the Mother?
 The narrator's perspective is the daughter, I know this because the very first words in the story are My mother. This perspective gives us a clear, first-hand experience of the mother. Experiences like the rescue from the house fire, it is a clear first-hand experience.

How is she described, list some of the more effective words or terms? 
The mother is described in a very graceful, elegant way. The writer uses sentences like; ... lightly touching her way along walls and running her hands over knickknacks..., She has never upset an object or as much as brushed a magazine onto the floor, and I didn't see her leap through the air, only heard the sudden thump and looked out my window. She was hanging by the backs of her heels from the new gutter we had put in that year, and she was smiling. All of these are very good descriptive sentences to explain the Mother.

Make a connection- what do you see in this story that resonates you?
The aspect of the story that resonates me is the daughters characteristic of gratefulness. The entire story is about the daughter describing these experiences of life threatening danger and her telling about how she is grateful for her mother's actions during these events. I believe that resonates me because I recognize good things people do for me and I do feel genuinely grateful. Regardless of how well I tell people of this gratitude, it's always there.