Exam Prep Questions and Answers

Compare each novel's different aspects that make the main characters (Victor and Macbeth) a tragic hero. 

A tragic hero is a character that fills a high position, has a good moral system, and has problems relatable to the audience. The key element to a tragic hero is that their downfall is a result of free choice, and/or a character flaw. The hero will have a moment of discovery but it will be to late to change their outcome, and they will die a brutal death. Macbeth starts out at the high position of Thane of Glames, has an understanding the nature of society, and has the relatable problem of ambition. Due to his choice to listen to his wife and give into his over-confidence, Macbeth a great tragedy and kills the King. Hr realizes his mistake in his actions, but after those actions have carried him to far. He is caught by Malcolm and will be executed. Victor Frankenstein starts out as a only child in a rich merchant family, has a good sense of right and wrong, and has the relatable problem of arrogant pride. Due to his choice on how to deal with his Mother's death Victor becomes obsessed with beating death, It is only after he has created the monster and caused several deaths that he realizes his mistakes, but by this point it is to late and all his loved ones are gone. Victor dies after a long exhausting chase for the monster, but not in peace because the monster still lives.

In Frankenstein, who would be the puppet master? What is their ultimate goal?

In Frankenstein, the puppet master is Victor Frankenstein. This is because Victor controlled the outcome in the story. He dictated what his family knew, just as the puppet master does with the human race. Victor creates the monster us to abandon it, controlling how the monster would view society, human kind, and the world itself. When Justine was accused of the murder Victor was the one who controlled the outcome of her life, when the monster wanted a mate Victor controlled the fate of if he was to get one, when the monster threatened to destroy his happiness it was Victor who made the decision to marry Elizabeth her and cause her death. No matter what tragedy occurred Victor always made a choice that caused it. His ultimate goal as the puppet master was to have power over the monster, which he had as soon as he abandoned it.

Who do you believe controls Macbeth's decisions? Give proof. 

 

I believe that Macbeth controls his own decisions. Lady Macbeth used manipulation and threats to attempt to sway his decisions, well the Witch's used the supernatural and spells to sway him. But at the end of it all Macbeth had complete control in his desicions he made, you see proof of his decision making process in Act one, Scene three. Macbeth admits his desire to be King and but believes it would be wrong to harm him; showing he thought through his decision before giving it any action. There is also several other scenes he stops to think to himself about what he should do, and if its the right thing to do, for example dinner at his home. Those scenes proving to the audience that he had control over his choices, no individual can be forced to do something they truly don't wanna do. If Macbeth honestly did not want to commit the murder he would have just refused his wife and thought nothing more of it.       

Compare Victor and Macbeth in a chart, who made worse decisions? Why do you think this?

Victor Frankenstein: 

- Abandons his family to attend school 

- Lets obsession overtake his life

- Creates a monster and then abandons him 

- Lets Justine be executed for the murder of William, despite his knowledge that the monster did it

- Refuses to tell his loved ones about the creation out of his selfish need to look good

- Watches his entire family die one by one and does nothing about it

- Does not  make the monster a mate and leaves him forever alone

Macbeth:

-Betrays his morals for power

-Murders his cousin to take his position as King

-Turns to evil

-Murders his best friend in attempt to cover up his tracks

-Overtakes Scotland

-Does nothing to stop his wife from committing suicide

-Lies to his entire country out of greed for power

Comparing the two characters Victor Frankenstein makes the worse decisions. I say this because Macbeth made his decisions out of insanity and ambition, well Victor made his out of pure selfishness. Macbeth caused the deaths of his cousin, best friend, wife, and Macduff's entire family. As Victor caused the deaths of wife, father, brother, best friend, and family friend, leaving him alone in the world. Due to the fact that Victor's decisions were pure selfishness, compared to insanity makes him the worse individual.     

What kinds of archetypes are demonstrated in this poem? Explain. 

 

In this poem the main archetype is a grieving mother. The poem shows many pieces of evidence to support this archetype, the title for example.Childless Woman is clear reference to a mother who loses the child, my interpretation is a miscarriage. The poem's content supports this idea with lines such as "uttering nothing but blood", and "Discharges itself from the tree with nowhere to go.". They are referring to the tragic event of losing a child, and the graphic scene that comes with it.   

Frankenstein Questions

1. Briefly summarize what we learn about Victor’s family and background. Remember, we are trying to see how things from his childhood would affect him to build the man he becomes. 

In chapter one and two we learn several things about Victor's family and background. We learn that he was born and raised in Switzerland into a family of merchants. His Father marries late has he is a very career minded person, and ends up betrothing his friends daughter. His life long friend Beaufort loses all his riches and is forced to live in poverty, due to this poverty he gets very depressed and eventually passes away from his grief. When this happens his Father feels obligated out of duty to take his daughter Caroline into his care, and ends up marrying her. After Victor is born, and they take a family trip to see the Italian countryside. Due to being an only child for so long he becomes spoiled. During there trip they find a beautiful blonde girl that has been orphaned by her family, and Caroline decides to bring home and make her the daughter they never had and Victor's future wife. Victor and Elizabeth become the best of friends, along with their schoolmate Henry Clerval. Victor finds a novel written by Cornelius Agrippa, this begins his love for natural sciences. It did not take him long to branch out to other natural scientists such as Paracelsus and Alberta Magnas.

2. We see some immediate evidence of this old concept that people ARE their looks, or rather, that their looks are their personalities. Look for this in these chapters and evaluate.

The immediate evidence we see that people are there looks when Caroline discovers Elizabeth on the Italian countryside. Elizabeth is seen as an angel in a sense, because of her fragile features, blond hair and white comp-lactation. If you follow the mind set that people are their looks, then Elizabeth is pure.     

3. Compare the personalities and essential nature of each of the three young friends - Victor, Henri Clerval and Elizabeth. A chart would be handy for this.

Elizabeth Beaufort and Henry Clerval were kind loving people. they were loyal to their friends even in the worst situations. For example, Justine accused of murder, and Victors insanity after making the monster. Victors unlike these two. He is greedy and self centered. He let Justine be accused of murder when he knew it was his creation. Also, he expected his creature to be more than he is. He abandoned it because he wasn't good enough.   

4. Do some research and give me a brief outline of the three thinkers whom Victor studied in his youth: Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus.

Cornelius Agrippa (1486- c.1535) was a philosopher and scientist with a deep interest with magic, astrology and other supernatural aspects. He was a critic of the church system and argued for a return to the old and new testaments as the basis of christian teachings. Paracelsus (1490-1451) was a renowned physician in the first century. Due to his studies in medicine he contributed a large amount of understanding and treatment of disease. He had a great interest in alchemy and was thought to be a fake who relied on magic and superstition as much as he did science. Albertus Magnus (c.1205- c.1278) was a very versatile scholar whose work ranged from philosophy and theology to psychology and natural science. He had a strong opinion that experimental science and christian faith were able to co-exist together without conflict. He was excused of using sorcery and magic instead of theology.   

5. Describe Victor’s interest in these thinkers and consider why they appealed to him.

Victor's main interest in these thinkers was that they all were thought to use supernatural powers such as magic in their work. Magic is something that is not understood and goes against the natural way of life, defying God. Due to Victor's obsession to defeat, which goes against the natural way of life, he is appealed to this supernatural possibility of anything.      

Lady Macbeth Character Sketch

   In the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth is portrayed as an arrogant, self-indulged wife. In act one, scene five Lady Macbeth is first introduced to the audience, you see her reading a letter from her husband that had been sent to her. Macbeth informs his wife of the witch’s prophecy and the new title of Thane of Cawdor. Upon hearing the news she gets immediately thrilled by the idea of being royalty and thrilled by the idea of being in becoming so. Due to her arrogance she believes that she could kill the king and not get caught. This scene clearly shows the degree of her arrogance and the starting point in her character arc.

   You see Lady Macbeth’s character begin to take another step in act five, scene one when her sleepwalking begins. During her sleepwalking episodes she confess’s to the murder and constantly scrubs her hands in attempt to wash away the murder. This is showing her arrogant attitude is giving way, and she is being brought back to reality that is life.

    Lady Macbeth’s transformation is complete in act five, scene five when she is completely brought back to reality and her illusions of strength have crumbled. She finally understands the consequences of going against nature and cannot handle it. Macbeth hears a woman’s scream, the is Lady Macbeth ending her life.

Macbeth Questions, Part Two

4. a) What appears to be motivating Macbeth the most? Figure it out and show some evidence from the play.

There are three main motivating factors, they are; young ambition, need to prove his manhood, and greed. The one that motivates Macbeth the most in the play is his need to prove his manhood. He always wrestles with decisions when it comes times to make them,  he has doubts about his strength and abilities. When Macbeth starts to doubt himself Lady Macbeth is there to take advantage of the moment and manipulate him into doing what she wants, instead of him making decisions he wants. You see this time nd time again in this play, for example Act Three Scene Four. When Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost and starts having a freak, Lady Macbeth says;
"Oh, these flaws and starts, Impostors to true fear, would well become A woman’s story at a winter’s fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself!".

b) Make a list of reversals or paradoxes from Acts 1 and 2 that show how "fair is foul, and fouls is fair". 

- In Act One, Scene Two the nobleman Ross informs King Duncan that the trusted the thane of Cawdor, is a traitor who conspired with Norway during the rebellion. The fair thane of Cawdor is foul.

- In Act One, Scene Three after the witches tell Macbeth and Banquo's future, Banquo says the lines;
BANQUO 
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,

Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s

 In deepest consequence

   -This example is a paradox because telling the truth is a act of good not evil, so it a reversal to have evil be the one telling the                                

     truth.

- The witch's appearance, this is a reversal because they are woman that look like man. 

- Another reversal is Lady Macbeth's male strength and Macbeth's female weakness; i.e being commanded by male. 

- The largest paradox you see is the entire plot the play is based on, the fact that Macbeth's motifs are to kill Duncan and become King in his place is an act that goes against all ways of life during that time period.   

Macbeth Essay Outline Two

Area of Discussion One: Lady Macbeth's guilt and incompatibility is the driving evidence of her weakness's. 

 

- Act Two, Scene Two, Page 81-89
     - Lady Macbeth is paranoid due to fear and guilt of what they are doing (i.e Duncan's murder)
     - She talks about alcohol being the source of her courage, meaning that she is cowardly and afraid

     - Lady Macbeth says the line: "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done ’t.". 

        - this showing another large sign of weakness from her because it shows she has a heart, just like a typical woman

     - when Macbeth is starting to freak out about the murder, Lady Macbeth just keeps telling him not to think about it or they will start going crazy 

     -Lady Macbeth tells her husband that it is simple to wash away the act of murder, simply just wash the blood off you. Ironic because she never is able to get the vision of blood out of her mind. This line is sort of a mirror of her fears, Lady Macbeth's fear that she will never be able to wash away the trauma or regret after killing the King. i.e She has a guilty conscience.  

- Act Two, Scene Three, Page 97 

     - Lady Macbeth can't stand to be near the dead body, possibly a act or her actually feeling towards the murder  

- Act Three, Scene Two, Page 115
     - Lady Macbeth says;
"Naught’s had, all’s spent,
Where our desire is got without content.
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."
     - Meaning If you get what you want and you’re still not happy, you’ve spent everything and gained nothing. Its better to be the person who gets murdered than to be the killer and be tormented with anxiety.
     - This indicating Lady Macbeth's fears and true feelings about the murder; she is tormented by the murder and can't stand what she has done

 - Lady Macbeth keeps telling her husband over and over again to stop thinking about the murder, because it cannot be changed now. This reflecting her fears about the murder, and that she cannot stop thinking about it just has Macbeth can't. She is the first indicator that she is starting to crack.  

- Act Three, Scene Four, Page 125-133
     - Lady Macbeth starts to panic and crack under the pressure of keeping the secret when her husband sees Banquo's ghost

    

- Act Five, Scene One, Page 177-181
     - Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking is a large piece of evidence that she is to weak and fragile to handle the murder of Duncan 
     - She talks about Macbeth being scared, but is mirrored as she is the one that is truly scared  

- Act Five, Scene Five, Page 193
     - Macbeth hears a woman crying, it is Lady Macbeth jumping off the roof killing herself
     - This signifying that in the end Lady Macbeth was always a weal, fragile woman no matter how many dark forces she called upon or how many times she attempted to fight it    

Area of Discussion Two: Lady Macbeth uses alternative means besides force to get what she wants, means that are considered a weak alternative.

- Act One, Scene Five, Page 63 and 65
     - Lady Macbeth calls upon evil to help her become stronger to commit the murder, making her look weak because she cannot look to herself to commit it alone.  

- Act One, Scene Seven, Page 73 and 75
     - Lady Macbeth tricks her husband into changing his opinion on the King's murder by threatening his manhood, and calling him a woman. Something a fragile Woman would do because they could not achieve this by force or threats like a man would do.

- Act Two, Scene Two, Page 81-89

     - After Lady Macbeth sees that Macbeth has forgotten to leave the daggers, and he is to traumatized to take them back she calls him a weak, scared child to try and manipulate him into being stronger

- Act Three, Scene Four, Page 125-133

       - Lady Macbeth threatens his manhood again in hopes to snap Macbeth back to reality 

Macbeth Essay, Outline One.

Topic: Lady Macbeth is a weak, fragile woman.    

References:

- Act One, Scene Five, Page 63 and 65

   - Lady Macbeth calls upon evil to help her become stronger to commit the murder, making her look weak because she cannot look to herself to commit it alone.

- Act One, Scene Seven, Page 73 and 75

   - Lady Macbeth tricks her husband into changing his opinion on the King's murder by threatening his manhood, and calling him a woman. Something a fragile Woman would do because they could not achieve this by force or threats like a man would do.

- Act Two, Scene Two, Page 81-89

   - Lady Macbeth is paranoid due to fear and guilt of what they are doing (i.e Duncan's murder)

   - She talks about alcohol being the source of her courage, meaning that she is cowardly and afraid

   - Lady Macbeth says the line: "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done ’t.". 

        - this showing another large sign of weakness from her because it shows she has a heart, just like a typical woman

   - when Macbeth is starting to freak out about the murder, Lady Macbeth just keeps telling him not to think about it or they will start going crazy 

   - After Lady Macbeth sees that Macbeth has forgotten to leave the daggers, and he is to traumatized to take them back she calls him a weak, scared child

   -Lady Macbeth tells her husband that it is simple to wash away the act of murder, simply just wash the blood off you. Ironic because she never is able to get the vision of blood out of her mind. This line is sort of a mirror of her fears, Lady Macbeth's fear that she will never be able to wash away the trauma or regret after killing the King.   

- Act Two, Scene Three, Page 97 

   - Lady Macbeth can't stand to be near the dead body, possibly a act or her actually feeling towards the murder

- Act Three, Scene Two, Page 115

   - Lady Macbeth says;

"Naught’s had, all’s spent,

Where our desire is got without content.

'Tis safer to be that which we destroy

Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."

   - Meaning If you get what you want and you’re still not happy, you’ve spent everything and gained nothing. It’s better to be the person who gets murdered than to be the killer and be tormented with anxiety.

   - This indicating Lady Macbeth's fears and true feelings about the murder; she is tormented by the murder and can't stand what she has done

   - Lady Macbeth keeps telling her husband over and over again to stop thinking about the murder, because it cannot be changed now. This reflecting her fears about the murder, and that she cannot stop thinking about it just has Macbeth can't. She is starting to crack.  

- Act Three, Scene Four, Page 125-133

   - Lady Macbeth starts to panic and crack under the pressure of keeping the secret when her husband sees Banquo's ghost

   - Lady Macbeth threatens his manhood again in hopes to snap Macbeth back to reality

- Act Five, Scene One, Page 177-181

   - Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking is a large piece of evidence that she is to weak and fragile to handle the murder of Duncan 

   - She talks about Macbeth being scared, but is mirrored as she is the one that is truly scared 

- Act Five, Scene Five, Page 193

   - Macbeth hears a woman crying, it is Lady Macbeth jumping off the roof killing herself

   - This signifying that in the end Lady Macbeth was always a weal, fragile woman no matter how many dark forces she called upon or how many times she attempted to fight it 

Thesis: Lady Macbeth is a weak, fragile woman because no matter how many times she attempted to be strong, in the end she could not handle the realization of murder and committed suicide.  

Macbeth Questions, Part One.

3. a) In Act 2, how does Macbeth attempt to gain Banquo's support? How does Banquo respond? 

Macbeth first attempts to gain Banquo's support by using a form of flattery, he under-minds his success of the King's visit so Banquo thinks that he is a modest person. Making it look like Macbeth is not the greedy, over-ambitious person he really is. He then makes Banquo think that he is not interested in the witches, making it look like he does not believe the witch's visions, so therefor does not want to be King. It puts him in a good spot when he says this, but Banquo does not wholly believe this sceme he is  trying to pull off. He some what suspects that Macbeth has something up his sleeve. Banquo's beliefs are confirmed when Macbeth says, "If you shall cleave to my consent, when t'is, It shall make honour for you.". He then one hundred percent knows that Macbeth is up to something and replies with this, "So I lose none in seeking to augment it, but still keep my bosom franchised and alliance clear, I shall be counsell'd.", meaning that as long as he can keep a clear conscience he will do what Macbeth wants. He is in a way telling Macbeth that he will not do anything against the King or his nobles to make him King.         

b) Compare how Lady Macbeth and Macbeth react to the King's murder. Why are they so different in their response? 

Macbeth pretends to be clueless and completely surprised when Macduff walks into the room and sees Duncan murdered. He then proceeds to overplay the divested role of a family member, good friend, and subject. Lady Macbeth acts horrified at the deed but not at the fact that the king is dead, but acts disgusted by the fact that it happened under her roof. Woman in that time period were fragile and dainty, so in our minds majority of the Woman would break down and cry no matter who was killed, not put the concern of her house over those who were killed. The responses were so different because in order to pull it off Macbeth had to act angry and shocked about it due to the fact that he is a male, and Lady Macbeth had to act sad about it even though she did not act that way at all. 

c) In Act 1, Duncan is established as King. What kind of King is he, based upon how he interacts with his thanes? Be specific and give references where possible.

In act one, scene two, after the battle is over Duncan talks with a Captain and then Ross. Ross tells the King that the Thane of Cawdor is a traitor and that Macbeth beat the rebels for him, the King then proceeds to quickly decide that the Thane of Cawdor will die and that his title will go to the loyal Macbeth. You can clearly see in this scene that Duncan is the type of King that rewards loyal subjects generously, but punishes rebels harshly, making him a good King in this sense.

In act one, scene four Duncan says the line, "There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust.", showing that he is not as naive has you would think he is. He then starts talking with Macbeth and tells him that the title Thane of Cawdor is not large enough to pay for the great deeds he has done, i.e defeating the rebels. He praises him highly and then announces that his son Malcolm will be his successor, making Macbeth angry at Duncan and sort of confused about the witch's conversation with him. Duncan does not sense Macbeth's frustration when he asks to leave right away making him look naive despite his previous line. So this scene kind of contradicts itself.     

    

In act one, scene six Duncan arrives at Macbeth's castle for his royal visit, the scene first opens with Duncan approaching the castle with Banquo. The King says how pleasant the castle is, and then proceeds to the castle yard to meet Lady Macbeth. She puts on her poker face and greets him kindly. Duncan makes himself look even more naive because he does not note Lady Macbeth's overly happy facade and overly grateful attitude towards him. But this scene also shows that he gets along with his royal thanes well and that he has a very friendly personality.

So there for, Duncan is a good, harsh, naive, friendly King.         

d) After reading his letter, how does Lady Macbeth describe her husband? Why do you think she describes him this way? 

Lady Macbeth describes her husband as weak, kind, and womanly. After reading the letter Lady Macbeth says " and shalt be what thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it.". This meaning, You shall be what you were promised. Yet I fear that your nature is to full of the milk of human kindness to take the quickest opportunity. You want to be great, you do not lack the ambition but lack the evil abilities to complete the act. Lady Macbeth is calling her husband good and naive in a way, she thinks that he is naive in the sense that Macbeth believes he can become King, without being a direct heir and without doing something evil to get it. She describes him this way because she wants to be the one to get this power they want. Lady Macbeth desires to be a strong and willful like a man, instead of weak and defenseless like nature typically expects her to be like. So if she is the one to think up a plot to steal the throne and she is the one to take charge in this situation then her and Macbeth would switch roles, in the sense that she is the one making decisions and he is the one who is just doing what he is told.  

Poetry Assignment, Poet Biography, Seigfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon grew up in the 1900's during the years before World War 1 in a small town in England. His family was wealthy, and he was raised in mansion called Wierleigh. His Father was Jewish, and his Mother Anglo-catholic. His Father`s family were wealthy merchants and  his Father was disinherited for marrying a non-Jew. His Mother belonged to the family who sculpted some of the best known statues in London, making her a well-known, wealthy, public figure. He did not have a large family considering the time period, Siegfried was the second born of the three sons. Even though they had three children together his parents still got divorced when the kids were a young age, Siegfried only being four. When he was nine, his Father died at the young age of 34 due to tuberculosis. Because of the fact that his family is wealthy Siegfried was well educated and had a love for cricket. He even played professionally for a short  time, playing cricket was only for the rich and famous during that time period and was considered a luxury.

Because of his patriotism Siegfried joined the army around the age of 25. He was in service when world war one was declared in 1914, but due to a previous injury he was out of action so could not go and fight right away. It was during this time that Sassoon's brother Hamo was killed during the Gallipoli Campaign, and based on the fact that Siegfried was unable to help on the war front he took his death very hard. In May 1915 Sassoon was put into the 3rd battalion as a second lieutenant, and later in the month of November was sent to France to join the 1st battalion. During his time in France he met Robert Graves who was a fellow poet. They became close friends, and Graves influences Sassoon's work largely. His work went from soft and romantic to hard topics about death, the war, and trench warfare. When Siegfried was serving on the Western Front due to his leadership of his unit and single handedly taking an enemy trench he was awarded a military cross; he was later unsuccessfully nominated for a Victoria Cross. Even though Sassoon was a highly ranked army officer he took a stand in 1917 about the conduct of war, a large influence on this decision the death of his friend David Thomas. It took him several years to deal with all the grief from the death. When Siegfried was able to return to action after being ill, he refused. He wrote and sent a letter to his Commanding Officer titled Finished with War: A Soldier's Declaration, it was seen as a act of treason. Sassoon was then declared unfit for service and diagnosed with "Shell Shock". During his treatment in the hospital he adopted his male physician as a kind if Father figure, the physician helped him through his shell shock and other issues. So when passed in 1922 it just added to the amount of grief Sassoon had. Siegfried met Wilfred Owen, another poet. Owen's would became more renowned for his work then Siegfried ever would, due to the large amount of help he gave him. Owen's was like a brother or best-friend to Sassoon, so when they both returned to service in 1918 in France and Wilfred was killed Siegfried added that the pile of grief he had. Soon after this event Sassoon was given the rank of lieutenant, and returned to the war front. In July 1918 Sassoon was shot in the head by friendly fire and was forced to spend the rest of the war in Britain, by this point he had been promoted to Capitan.

 

Not long after the war ended Sassoon became the Editor and Chief of the Daily Herald (1919), making him an important figure in the community. Siegfried on to do a lecture tour in Europe, Britain, and the US, widening his perspectives. He started to express his homo-sexuality a little more openly, and would have some affairs during his tour with some well-known artistic males. Sometime after 1923 three of his closest friends passed away, seriously affecting any steps he took towards being happy. During his time in America, Sassoon dabbled in writing novels, and in 1928 he anonymously published his first book. This book would go on to win a award for fiction writing. Siegfried wrote several other greatly loved novels during his life time as well. Sassoon, trying to find fulfillment, had many love affairs with males, one who stays his life long friend. Despite Siegfried's homo-sexuality, in 1933 he married Hester Gatty. They would go on to have one child together, something Sassoon had long wanted. His son would go on to have great success, becoming a author, linguist, and scientist. Sassoon had a great love for his son, and even with that got a divorce a few years following the second world war. In 1951 Siegfried became the Commander of the Order if the British Empire due to past influences. Near the end of his life Siegfried converted to a Roman Catholicism Faith, and it became a regular routine of his to visit the nuns at his monastery. Around this time he became very interested the supernatural, and even joined a organization dedicated to paranormal investigation and research. A week before Sassoon would turn 81 he died of stomach cancer.                   

Poetry Assignment, Poem, A Soldier's Plea

I'm trapped. 

Help me someone. 

I just want my family. 

Someone take me home. 

Home to Canada. 

I hope they are proud of me. 

All I ever wanted was to make my country proud. 

My parents proud. 

They're almost here.  

God be kind. 

Make this quick and painless. 

Make sure my children grow up strong. 

Take are of them all. 

Help my wife forgive me. 

God help us all. 

Poetry Assignment, Concrete Poem, War Service

Pride,

Respect,

Honor,

 Loyalty,

Patriotism,

Passion,  

Commitment,

Wholeness.

We serve to save our young from this hell on earth that we call war.      

We serve to bring great amounts of honor, respect, and pride to our families.

We serve for our country and the physically unable who cannot fight back. 

When we die we do the opposite of all the things we want to achieve. 

When we die we feel remorse, guilt, fear, and torture,

knowing we will never be coming home to our deserving families

Guilt, 

Remorse,

Apologetic,

 Heartbroken,

Torture,

Concern,

Uncertainty,

Fear, 

Pain, 

Difficulty,
Hardship,                                         

Struggle, 

Shame, 

Grief,

Dishonored.