Use the handout distributed in class (or find it at http://www.folger.edu/documents/ArieltheOccas.pdf) to determine how your character is percieved and written in the play.
Instructions
1. Find all the passages from your character in the book up to Act IV.
2. Use the handout that says "Close Reading" to figure out who your charcter is by what he says and does (words and actions). Fill in the handout with lines and citations. This is called direct characterization.
3. Go to shakespeare.clusty.com. This site has a concordance that groups together all the uses of each word in a piece of literature. Put your character name in the word section. Select The Tempest from the works drop down. Press search.
4. With reference to the whole text now, you should cross check every hit with your book. Who is speaking about your character? What is being said about your character? Which words are used to describe your character? Record these observations on the other side of the handout. These are examples of indirect characterization.
5. As a group on the blog, compare and discuss your notes. How do the direct and indirect characterizations differ? How would you choose to perform your character, based on the results of this project?
1. Complete handouts using your book and the concordance online.
2. Blog your results about your character. Blog Questions: How are indirect and direct characterization different? How would you perform your character?
3. Respond to other blog postings.
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ReplyDelete¿Hola Amigo Como Estas?
ReplyDeleteHola everyone. Hope everyone enjoys their week off from HSTAT, but it's time to get to buisness.
ReplyDeleteCALIBAN
The guy thinks that he is more then what he really is. He thinks that he is a powerful man that can do what he wants. Just because his mother was Sycorax a powerful woman, he doesnt have any power. He is not part of the King Henry family that passed down powers through generations. He is a normal man that is actually a servant. I think he begins to realize he has no power when Triculo, Stephano and him talk about their plan to kill Prospero. Out of the three, Stephano will take over Prosperos power as Caliban will remain a servant. This man Caliban is a no one and he thinks of himself more then that. Its okay to have goals, but reach them first
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Remember to use evidence to support your ideas!!!
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of questions for the handout.
ReplyDelete1) For what the character says, do we have to write every single line they say? or can it be the important lines they say?
2) For the actions, do we have to write specific lines of actions or what the action was or both?
Thank you to anyone who responds and hope that you are having a nice break! =]
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ReplyDelete1) You have to write the important lines that show what kind of person your caracter is.
2) I wrote the lines and the actions. It doesn't hurt to be more specific. The more you have the better it is. It will be easier when you perform.
Hey I have a question on the handout, in the side on online research, when it says "what a character does" do i write about what my character does or the character that is talking about him ?
ReplyDelete-If anyone responds thanks :)
Ms. Karvunis, for the concordance are we allowed to use Act 5? When I searched Stephano, only 11 results showed up, but most of them up to Act 4, didn't have much information on what the other characters said.
ReplyDeleteWhy hasn't anyone been posting?
ReplyDeleteKristal has a good point. I can't do my second post since I'm the only one that posted.
ReplyDeleteHey People,
ReplyDeleteCaliban
Caliban, I think, doesnt believe in himself nor respect himself. When Trinculo called him "A howling monster"(87 line 185, Caliban doesnt respond or try to talk back and defend himself. Caliban doesnt respect himself either because when he was told to "kiss the book"(85 line148) by Stephano Caliban obeyed. He also believes that Stephano would make a better master than Prospero only because of the liquor he was given. It wasnt fair for Stephano to take advantage of the two drunks anyway. If Caliban cleaned up his act and had some common sense, I think that he would have a place in society and not be named "monster" by people who are at his level in the social system.
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Um, I dont really get the whole indirect and direct thing. Can someone please explain!! Oh and maybe give me an example or two with Caliban. Thanks person who answers this =]
I know Kevin, it makes me wonder if I'm doing something wrong. Its very odd people have barely post.
ReplyDeleteKristal - You aren't doing anything wrong. People will start to post now that the break is about to end.
ReplyDeleteHadeel - While you search through the passages, up to Act IV, you have to find out who is Caliban with things he says or does. This is called direct characterization.
This is the quote that i used: "As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed with raven's feather from unwholesome fen drop on you both. A southwest blow on you and blister you all o'er" (Act 1, Sc. 2 Line 385-389). This example shows that Caliban is a monster for wanting such to occur on Prospero.
Then you must search "Caliban" on shakespeare.clusty.com.(Don't copy the last period, it sends you to another link.)On that site, you have to use quotes that people have stated about Caliban. This is called indirect characterization.
This is the example that i used:"That profit us. What, ho! slave! Caliban!" (Act 1 Sc. 2, Line 369). That quote, stated by Prospero, shows that Caliban is described as a slave.
I hope you got a better understanding of the whole direct and indirect thing.
yea people like me Kristal, honestly wanted to do my homework last weekend but i got caught up with things. Im doing my homework now and im still procrasinating.
ReplyDeleteHey this is kind of late but I realized that I'm a bit confused on how your supposed to fill the sheet out, is someone could help me that would be great!
ReplyDeleteUmmm...I have some questions about the worksheet.
ReplyDelete1) Do we need to fill in all the boxes on the worksheet? I don't think I found enough for all the boxes.
What do we put in [What others say about the character...]? Do we find lines from the book and put it in there? But then won't it be indirect characterization which goes on the other side of the worksheet?