Great Expectations Skit

Some ideas I have for the skit are as follows...

1. The part where Mrs. Havisham catches herself on fire and Pip uses his greatcoat to smother the fire and ends up burning his hands.

2. At the beginning where Pip first meets his convict and he tips Pip upside down and eats the bread in his pocket.

3. The scene (that is only described in the book) where Molly kills the person she was jealous of and gets the scratches on her wrists.

Which one is your favorite?

A Question about Biddy

Pip and Biddy are talking to each other in the very end of this week's reading...

"Biddy," said I, "I made a remark respecting my coming down here often, to see Joe, which you received with a marked silence..." "Are you quite sure, then, that you WILL come to see him often?" (ch 35, 306)

I don't understand at all why all of a sudden Biddy was extremely mean and condescending to Pip. I get that he says that he'll visit Joe often, and he doesn't, so Biddy doesn't believe him, but why is she just so mean? That is what I want to know, because the two used to be extremely close.

Great Expectations Photo

The picture that I chose for chapters 17-22 is a waterfall, and it symbolizes two things. One, it shows how Pip just lets his emotions pour out on Biddy, like water pouring over a cliff. He doesn't stop for anything, and lets Biddy know all his feelings, and in the same way the waterfall doesn't stop falling. (until it hits the water below). Another thing the waterfall symbolizes is Miss Havisham's life. She starts off really well, being an heiress with a ton of money and about to be married, but then she just falls and falls... eventually she just hit the water below and became stagnant, having the clocks stopped and nothing in the house changing.

Great Expectations Quote

Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

This quote takes place the night after Pip goes to Miss Havisham's house. He was refering to this day and how he was forever changed. This day has altered him in several ways. First, he decided that he does not want to be Joe's apprentice. He wants to be a gentleman, so that he can impress Estella. He has also became embarrassed of his home. Pip describes it as grimy, plain, and doesn't want Estella to see him in this 'lowly' state. He ended his fantasies of the door being a 'magical portal', and other similar sayings that represent immaturity. Pip's character has been changed drastically starting from this day. He was young and foolish, and has dreamed of being Joe's apprentice. He was also having childlike fantasies, but this all started to end after this date. He was becoming a 'young man', and realized that he doesn't have to follow what others have planned for him, like being Joe's apprentice. He wants to be a gentleman, so that he can impress Estella.

One day that has forever changed my life was during the last week of 6th grade. Mr. Allison, my band teacher, asked me if I'd like to try an instrument called the bassoon. I said I would like to, even though I had no idea what that was. I took the instrument home over the summer, and in 7th grade Mr. Allison had me playing in the 8th grade band. Ever since that, I have loved playing, and have been able to go to All-States, be in paid orchestras, and play in solo competitions. This has affected my character because I can relate a lot of the parts of practicing my instrument to my life. Tricky notes and fingerings are just like problems you have to deal with, and you work them out untill they are perfect. Sometimes we practice the easy parts in life or music too often, and we need to work on what we can't do, so when the time comes to perform, you are completely ready.

p.s. I have a concert with the Capital Philharmonic Orchestra, and we will be performing several pieces such as the Star Wars Suite and The Planets. The concert is at the Evergreen Christian Church, and it starts at 6:30 (pm). Here is a link:

http://capitalphil.com/

Please come! It will be an awesome concert!

This is actually the graded part.

Topic sentence: Jack and Gwendolyn have a very cautious and formal relationship with each other, and Wilde is using this as an example of most Victorian Era relationships.

Transition/point #1:
an example of this.../formality, politeness
CD: "You're quite perfect, Miss Fairfax!" -Jack, p 38

CM1: very formal, talk using high diction
CM2: polite to each other, very complementary

Transition/point #2:
this shows how.../cautiousness, unsure about their love towards each other
CD: ""Do you really love me, Gwendolyn?" -Jack, p 39

CM1: slightly unsure about whether they really love each other

CM2: this makes them very cautious, at to not offend anyone

Transition/point #3:

Wilde's point by showing this is.../satire, demonstrative of all Victorian relationships

CD: "I mean we must be married at once; there is no time to be lost." -Jack, p 42

CM1: suddenly they become wanting to be married the moment they are sure of each others' love

CM2: Wilde uses satire and saying that all relationships were like that during the Victorian Era

Concluding sentence/Transition to next paragraph:

Jack's unknown brother, Algernon, is in a much different type of relationship with Jack's ward, and Wilde again uses satire in their relationship.

So there it is, and Josh, you can start off your paragraph based on my conclusion, or tell me what is wrong with it, and either of you can give suggestions. please!

heres my part

Jack and Gwendolyn have a very cautious and formal relationship with each other, and Wilde is using this as an example of most Victorian Era relationships. One detail about their formality towards each other is when Jack says, “You are quite perfect, Miss Fairfax.” (p 38) This shows how they talk using higher diction to each other. It also shows their politeness and constant complementing towards each other, and how they never downgrade one another. The reason for their behaving in this manner is because they are not fully sure if they really love each other, and Jack says, “Do you really love me, Gwendolyn?” (p 39) This goes to prove how they are slightly unsure of whether or not they love each other. For this reason, their relationship is very cautious and formal, that way they will not offend one another. Wilde’s point in having this relationship in the play is to show satirically how most Victorian Era relationships are this way. Jack says, “I mean we must be married at once; there is no time to be lost!” (p 42) Wilde uses this to show that once they are sure about their love towards one another, it is like instantaneous marriage. People in Victorian Era relationships behaved this way, and that is what the author suggests. Jack’s unknown brother, Algernon, is in a relationship much different from his own, and again Wilde uses satire on their relationship.

so there it is josh and laura. comment! and tell me of any mistakes cause its taken off all our points for every mistake!

and also i will bring the intro and my part printed so don't worry about that.

Ernest essay thesis/intro paragraph

Here it is....

In the play The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde, the author mockingly connects three male to female relationships by their thoughts, speech, and actions towards each other to develop their characters, moral values, and to express his thoughts towards Victorian Era marriage and relationships. Whether it be love at first sight, cautious relationships, or a hidden attraction, Wilde clearly shows a deeper understanding of human nature. The relationship between Jack and Gwendolyn is an example of a cautious attraction, while Algernon and Cecily were love at first sight. Reverend Chauseble and Miss Prism, though, are in a more hidden attraction, so they are not as flamboyant as Jack and Gwendolyn are towards each other.