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@amelianavarro Mr. Rochester’s love for Jane does not excuse what he has done in the past. I understand why he did not tell Jane about Bertha, but u think he should have told her anyway. This causes Jane and Rochester to drift away from each other.
@alexharakas I think Rochester could be a villain and a savior at the same time, like Darth Vader. He could seem like he is doing something wrong, but actually, the person is making the right choice.
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“‘That is my wife,’ said he. ‘Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know—such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours!'”
Do you think that Rochester did the right thing by hiding Bertha?@kadenheadington I think Jane takes some people’s advice, it depends on who it is. Jane would listen to Helen’s advice, but not anybody like Mr. Brockelhurst.
@sarahjwilcox I think the people would still like it, because it is a interesting story. The people would still be amazed and still want to read it.
There are many girls that compare or are a foil character to Jane, but one that stands out the most is Helen. Helen made Jane notice that women are important than they are made out to be. Helen is everything that Jane is not, religious, and even nicer than Jane is. As the readers, we know more about the female characters because its different than the usual male character. Our perspective of male and female perspective shapes our view of Jane’s world by how it is a different type of story by how back then, it was different for a girl to be a main character. Which group of people back then would have read this book?
@talornicholas13 I think mythology’s views and ideas are detail oriented because it has many gods, so it has to be detailed enough for people to believe in the stories.
@kadenheadington yes, I think myths can be strong enough to change people’s lifestyle’s by how people would make contributions to gods to please them.
I chose ++ Myths explain the unexplained. They reveal our fate after death, and the reasons for crises or miracles, and other puzzles — and yet they retain and even encourage an aura of mystery. Myths also satisfy our need to understand the natural world; for example, they might state that a drought is caused by an angry deity. This purpose of mythology was especially important before the advent of modern science, which offered the Big Bang theory to replace creation myths, and it gave us the theory of evolution to supplant myths regarding the genesis of humanity. And yet, science creates its own mythology.
For those who believe in Mythology, it explains the unexplainable. For example, if there is an earthquake or drought, they can just blame it on angry gods. Also, if there is any confusing things where the educated people do not get the reason of anything, they can just put it in the “gods caused this” section, of the unexplained. It is also an explanation to where the afterlife is. So, that is why people back then believed in mythology, to explain the unexplainable. some of the gods seem believable, but which gods see the most believable?@dchin I think book 4 had a serious tone because Lancelot and Guenever’s affair became more public than in any of the other books. Also because as Mordred got older, the darkness in him only grew making him wanting to control the land, through force.
@taylornicholas13 Merlyn taught Arthur many life lessons in their adventures. This led to Arthur making the correct decisions for many obstacles. So yes, Arthur’s life would be very different without Merlyn.
This quote from The Goshawk has a similar theme in The Once and Future King. For example, before Arthur pulled the sword out of the stone, he was going to be Kay’s squire. Arthur was satisfied with being Kay’s squire, but England needed him to be king. When Arthur was young, he and Kay went on all of these adventures, but when they grew up, there was no time for foolishness. War takes a toll on a person.
What type of person would Arthur have been, if he had never met Merlyn?@sarahjwilcox Yes, I think Guenever did have an influence in Lancelot’s self-discovery, by how Lancelot shuts Guenever out of his life, he becomes the knight he was meant to be.
@kadenheadington I think it was Elaine’s suicide that made Lancelot find his identity, not pushing away Guenever.
Lancelot thought of himself as a “holy boy” when he was younger. Lancelot brought himself up, and became Athur’s right hand man and best friend. Then one day, he fell in love with Guenever. Feeling like he betrayed Arthur, he distanced himself from Guenever. once he stopped seeing Guenever, Lancelot found out his true self. Did Lancelot, thinking he was “holy”, make him a better knight?
@kadenheadington I do not think its disrespectful, because there is a difference between mocking humor and literary humor. T.H. White is not using humor in a mocking way, but is instead using it to make a point and or further the plot.
@serrato1 The most comical character, I think, is King Pellinore. Everybody thinks his quest, finding the questing beast, is a fools errand. But, the King finds the beast, and finishes his mission.
T.H. White uses humor because humor has a place in literature by how it adds comical relief to the sometimes intense story line. From Book 1, when Wart meets King Pellinore in the forest, he seems like a very intense person, but when you talk to the King, he seems very quirky and weird. Sometimes comic relief levitates tension in a story. Besides relieving tension, what can humor be used for?
@loganoviatt Since they grew up together, I think that they will stay the same throughout the story, one might have an outburst here and there, but they will always be brothers.
