Thursday, November 30, 2017

Donovan Harris

11-40-17

period 3

After reading Frankenstein there were multiple twists and turns throughout the story. Victor with with his curiousity led to the creation of his monster. However the monster was always treated with disrespect, which in turn led to the monster killing people. His actions can't be justified, however it was his upbringing that led to him becoming the way he is. And throughout the story the monster lacked any emotion or empathy, but after the death of Victor at the end of the story the monster showed actual emotion.

Sunday, November 26, 2017

All journal entries

All journal entries



9-12-17
Goneril and Regan tells their father of their professions of love. However these two tells him what he wants to hear. With Cordelia she tells him what he needs to hear. King Lear couldn't understand this so as a result he disowned his own daughter and sent her away. Kent had tried to talk sense into King Lear, but he was too stubborn and therefore banished Kent.

9-15-17
In ACT 2 of King Lear; King Lear had grown even more stubborn. He wanted to keep his 100 knights but his daughters tells him that he could online keep half. As a result of this King Lear becomes furious. The main reason for this is because although he gave up most of his power in his subconscious he feels as though he has all the power.

9-28
I think I've done very well on this essay. Although I ran out of Time, I was still able to include the majority of my reasonings. And if there is anything I need to work on it'll have to be time management.

10-5-17
My favorite tale in my opinion was definitely the Pardoner's tale. I was able to relate to the tale. And it had different types of irony used in the tale.

10-11-17
The main character would respond to himself. From this it appears that he tells this story to himself. From the Text it can be inferred that he's middle aged and was facing a midlife crisis. He would argue with himself whether he would die alone and whether he had any courage. It's well known for guys when it comes to relationships they are worried whether or not they'll be rejected. Not to mention the speaker had a misunderstanding.

10-17-17
After analyzing Psalm 23 it can be inferred that it teaches an important lesson throughout. The way I feel is that at the end of the day you will receive good virtue as long as your faithful

10-18-17
From reading the prodigal I'm able to relate to it. The son had wasted all his father's money, and as a result he felt great shame. But to the son's surprise his father wasn't angry at all. As for the other son he began to feel jealousy.

10-20-17
In Psalm 91 it talked about trials and tribulations. It also mentioned how people would take things in vain. It also mentions how it tests other people's faith.

10-23-17
Both of these poems use repetition. They both use metaphors to explain their meaning. In addition both poems use personification. And both these poems were done by the same person.

10-24-17
Infant joy and infant sorrow were similar due to the main theme dealing with infants. They both talked about how the infants were brought into this world. Not to mention they were both born without names. And the way I see it, both poems describes what happens in birth.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Journal entry for act 2 of Macbeth

Act 2 of Macbeth.                               Donovan Harris

In act 2 Macbeth is contemplating where or not killing the king would be a good idea. In addition he's still trying to comprehend what the three witches had told him. Later on lady Macbeth had drugged the drinks so when king Duncan was killed the guards would be under suspicion. During act 2 the king was killed. Macbeth made a reference to Neptune's ocean, thus showing that he needs to wash away the blood. Near the end of act 2 MacDuff tells everyone to see what he's seen. And at the end of act 2 there were already suspicions About who committed the murder.

Journal entry for act 1 of Macbeth

             Act 1 of Macbeth.               Donovan Harris


In act 1 of Macbeth there were three witches where they said at the end of scene 1, "Fair is foul and foul is fair". This implies the overall theme for act 1. Later on in act 1 the three witches appears before Macbeth and Banquo. When they arrive the three witches starts talking about how Macbeth would be king. later on act 1 Macbeth decides the best way to become king would be to kill the current king. And lady Macbeth decides to help Macbeth for her own purposes.