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@amelianavarro I don’t believe that Rochester’s love excuses his past mistakes. Truth should be a foundation for relationships and the fact that Rochester did not reveal his past to Jane resulted in the broken relationship between him and Jane.
@dmcluckey I think Rochester is justified in hiding Bertha because he is protecting her from the inhuman treatment of insane asylums.
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“Come to my side, Jane, and let us explain and understand one another” (Chapter 23).
Rochester exhibits qualities of reasoning and attempts to understand Jane.
Why is Rochester so intent upon understanding Jane?@kl1214 Had Jane not met Helen Burns, she would not have learned about the merciful side of God from Helen’s perspective.
@kadenheadington I think Jane does take people’s advice to heart, but only to a certain extent. She mainly listens to advice from her friends, and will dismiss anything other than their words.
These female characters act as foil characters to Jane. Their own characteristics either highlight Jane’s opposing or similar characteristics. For example, Helen’s Burns’ attitude towards God as merciful and forgiving greatly contrasts Jane’s view of God as vengeful and smiting. As for Eliza and Georgianna Reed, being spoiled brats highlights Jane’s difficulty with living an impoverished lifestyle. As readers, we think more about the female characters more than the male antagonists because the author herself is a woman, Charlotte Bronte, who constantly introduces more female characters throughout the novel rather than male. Because the novel is written from a female perspective, the readers are more easily able to connect with and apply Jane’s story to their own lives.
In what ways can Charlotte Bronte’s feminist views be seen throughout the novel?@taylornicholas13 I think that mythology’s views and ideas are detail oriented so human beings are provided with a somewhat believable explaination in hopes to explain the otherwise unexplainable.
@amelianavarro There is always a brighter side to everything. In the sense of Greek mythology, the brighter side of chaos and darkness is life and love.
I chose ++ ++Myths present guidelines for living.
Almost all tales of Greek mythology have aspects that human beings can relate to. The tales of Greek mythology consist of stories about love, hardship, bravery, persistence, or courage. When humans read about these stories and how these almighty gods conquered their hardships, it offers an example to humans as to how their every day issues should be handled and which favorable attributes should be expressed. Humans view the lives of these gods as guidelines as to how their own lives should be lived. Why do human beings feel the need to base their own lives off of another’s, let alone the lives of “almighty” gods?
@angelicacastenada @taylornicholas13 I agree with you completely. Had Arthur never met Merlyn, he would not have learned the lessons that shaped his viewpoints on being a successful king, and may have never realized that war is an ugly, destructive thing, fought over imaginary boundaries, ruining lives.
@sarahjwilcox I think that Arthur would still have had regrets regardless of how he came to the throne. His regrets were more related to the events that unfolded during his reign as king.
The quote from “The Goshawk” exemplifies the entire novel of “A Once and Future King”, and pertains to Lancelot and Arthur’s situations perfectly. As children, both Arthur and Lancelot wanted to have fun. Arthur was going to be a squire and Lancelot a great jouster, lifestyles more closely related to having fun; but, instead, Arthur was destined to be king and Lancelot “the greatest knight in all the land”, roles that would plunge the two into lives full of war and bloodshed, lives they did not want. If Arthur and Lancelot were to “shoot rabbits”, or have fun, that would have been a waste of their fighting potential and talents. Due to circumstances and the people around them, they were bombarded and forced “to fly to arms, and shoot the people” when they would rather “shoot rabbits”. Would it have been more beneficial for Arthur and Lancelot to live their lives “shooting rabbits” or “shooting people”?
@davidanthony01 I think the one mistake Lancelot wishes he could take back was when he had let his guard down and was tricked by Elaine. Even though Lancelot said he had come to love Elaine, he never kept his promise to come back to her and stay with her, leading me to believe that he had never started to love Elaine at all.
@hallegj Personally, I don’t think that the love affair between Lancelot and Guenever will end. Despite bipolar feelings from both parties, Lancelot and Guenever both maintained soft spots in their hearts for each other, revealing a deep connection and love for one another.
Throughout book 3, Lancelot struggled with his identity. As a young boy, Lancelot strived to be holy and to be the greatest knight in all the land. He spent his childhood days with his uncle, training for his knighthood. At first, Lancelot found himself to be in love with King Arthur, but later, he grew to fall in love with Guenever, King Arthur’s beloved wife. This forbidden love caused Lancelot to go on a series of quests, all contributing to his self-discovery. After saving many damsels in distress and fellow knights, Lancelot fulfilled his identity of being the greatest knight in all the land and a ‘holy’ man. Unfortunately, after lowering his guard, Lancelot is tricked by Elaine, a damsel he had previously saved, and finds himself no longer ‘pure’, leading him to pursue a love affair with Guenever. His identity begins to fall to pieces. In an attempt to regain a proper identity, Lancelot embarks on a quest for the Holy Grail, resulting in his decision to be a man of God. However, due to his weakness with Guenever and Elaine, his identity of being a man of God is held back from him. Similar to Lancelot’s situation, it can be difficult to find our own identities in modern society. It can be difficult to avoid temptations, and more often than not, we fall into them hindering our abilities to discover our ‘true’ selves. Would Lancelot have been able to pursue his identity had he not fallen in love with Guenever and been tricked by Elaine?
@ashleyfabella @kl1214 I agree with you on the fact that there can never be to much humor in White’s novel. Without humor, the story would be so dark with all the adultery, murder, betrayal, etc.
@taylornicholas13 Without the use of humor in the story, White would not have been able to portray the story as well as he did. Humor is used to lighten this dark tale of King Arthur’s downfall , helping the reader understand and progress in reading the story.
T. H. White uses humor throughout his novel to make an otherwise dark tale, lighter. In previous centuries, the tale of King Arthur was told with great reverence and importance, but, by adding humor, White makes his novel versatile. His humorous novel provides an easier and more interesting means of understanding the tragic downfall of King Arthur. White uses humor in book 1 when describing Merlyn, regarded as a wise being, as a short-tempered old man saying, “drat the whole thing! You would think that after all these years of study you could do better for yourself than a by-our-lady well with a by-our-lady bucket, whatever the by-our-lady cost” (White 28). Merlyn’s amusing personality is shone through his odd expression of frustration. Another example is in chapter 9 of book 2, White writes in an extremely humorous manner of Sir Palomides and Sir Grummore constructing a costume of the Questing Beast to cheer up King Pellinore. While the two are constructing the costume, they argue back and forth, like children, about how the costume should look. The humor that White used in the story allowed me to grasp the story of King Arthur more easily because it was interesting. Humor only has a place in classic literature is it is used for the betterment of the story. Why did White decide to incorporate humor in the telling of the classic tale of King Arthur?
@davidanthony01 I think Arthur may have been unhappy that no one mentioned Morgause as being his half-sister, but he was more unsettled at the unrest caused by their son, Mordred.
@kl1214 The Orkney brothers have had numerous disagreements throughout the novel leading me to believe that Kay and Arthur display a stronger bond.
