Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet was born in 1612(in the colonial period)in England, but later moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America in 1630. Even though women didn't go to school her, father tutored her eight hours a day and because of his status(a steward for the Earl of Lincoln), she was as able to get unlimited access to the library. She first became inspired to write through authors' writings of different books. In 1628, she married Simon Bradstreet, her father's assistant. When they started their hard new life in Salem, they lived in harsh living conditions(sickness and death) with eight children( this inspired most or many of her writings. Her writing was frowned upon simple because she was a women and went against the common ideas of women. She didn't like that women couldn't contribute much to society and were made inferior to men. Her husband and religious experiences were also inspirations of her work. She died in 1672.

Christopher Columbus is credited for being the first person ever to explore the Americas. His travel encouraged others to travel to the Americas which later help shape today’s culture and society. However, just because he is praised for his contributions to society does not mean it has always been like that, especially during his time. In fact, it shows that he was underappreciated and not honored for his discoveries that helped open new industries or business for the European countries. His tarnished reputation came about when his settlers were killed by the Taino Natives, which led to some political arrests. By reading his letters, anyone would know exactly how he feels about his number one accusers, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

In his letter, the tone and diction is much more intense and aggressive than his friendly letter he wrote to his friend, who supported his voyages. He states, “The other most important matter, which calls aloud for redress” (par.1, pg.3, Christopher Columbus). The phrase, “calls aloud for redress not only him calling for the Crowns’ attention he is also displaying his anger toward them for not treating him honorably and respectable. He feels as though are embarrassing him in front of the whole country and more importantly, his family. All he wanted to from Spain was to get the respect and recognition for serving his country and leading them to prosperity.

He also uses pathos to make his audience (the King and Queen) feel the grief he feels at an old age. He has been accused and put on trial in serving his country even though they are his accusers. He states, “I came to serve at the age of twenty-eight years and now I have not a single hair on my body that is not gray, and my body is infirm, and whatever remained to me from those years of service has been and taken away from me and sold, and from the my brothers, down to my very coat, without my being heard or seen, to my great dishonor (pg.3). He makes you feel sorry for all the pain and suffering he had to endure to help Spain. He told them how he and his brothers were captured by the natives and was mistreated by them. For him it makes him believe that they had took him for granted and do not care for everything he has done to benefit their future. Who could blame Columbus for asking the king to grant him permission to move to Rome?

In conclusion, if the Spanish thrown would have gave Columbus much more credit and honor than what he has received, imagine how much of a powerful nation they would have become with all the new crops and land they would have received. He would have been credited for help build their society and cultures.

Diction

Diction

Other than the color, what comes to mind when think of lipstick color?
When I first heard the phrase, "lipsticked girl", I thought about a prissy girl who likes to wear make-up or change her appearance to make herself look beautiful.

How will it change the meaning and feeling of the line if instead of the "lipstick girl" it was "the girl with the lipstick on"?

If the phrase was changed to "the girl with the lipstick on", it would be a plain description of the girl in question and make the audience bored with the author's writing.

Write a simile comparing a tree to a domestic animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as a adjective (like lipsticked).

The Coast Rewood is like a towered basketball player.

Romanticism, Gothicism, Realism

Info about Romanticism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism

Info about Gothicism: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/romantic/topic_2/welcome.htm

Info about Realism: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/realism.htm

Response to Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet has a many writings for which she is famous for and many of her inspirations came from her things she lived with or went through in her life. She was inspired by religious experiences, lack of women rights, living conditions, and even her husband. He, her husband, was always away from home on long trips because he was the assistant to her father who was a steward of Earl of Lincoln. In the poem, “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, she expresses her endless love for him (her husband) through her word choice and style of writing. This allows her to show her husband how she feels from a creative style of writing.

The first thing you notice about her style of writing is that it is of the old English and written in a way of Shakespeare. This style gives a certain effect on the love poem making it filled with more passion than a poem written regularly or in terms used in standard English( of that time). It might make the poem less colorful and fuller in meaning and expressing one’s self in a martial relationship. To represent the longing and waiting for her husband to come home from the long travels, she uses old words the same she uses the writing style, as a ways of communicating more effectively and as for her husband more romantically.

The word choice that she used showed more of a reflection of her even though she wrote this on the thought her dear beloved husband.She uses words like “thee” and “ye” when she is talking about or comparing the love she has for her husband. It also reminds you have someone of great status or is greatly respect by someone. It is also, as if someone has earned a special title or of importance. It probably symbolized the importance of the relationship more than anything else between them. For example, she says, “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold”. She uses these old terms to make a comparison of her love for her husband, somewhat like a metaphor. She seems as if she would give a lot to be with the love of her life and willing to sacrifice anything that she probably doesn’t have already or never have( like wealth). It is amazing to see a woman of her time write something so meaningful to her husband.

The poem seems like it will always be the classic love poem, always full of meaning and profound love.

The Gettysburg Address

1. His views on slavery.
2. This sentence makes you remember you purpose and why and who you are doing it for.
3. Both the Declaration and Lincoln's speech are written in a formal manner.
4. His purposes seems to be a way of spreading unity among the people instead some type of speech that tries to persuaded people to view or choose different things that involves society.

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