Act III Scene i Quote

Viola- Then think you right. I am not what I am.
Olivia- I would you were as I would have you be. (III.i.148-9)

In this quote, Viola is asked what she thinks of Olivia. When she gives her a critical answer to the question, Olivia begins to lash out at Viola, telling her exactly what Viola told her. This interaction ends with Olivia professing her love for Cesario, even though Viola won’t return those feelings. This quote is the start of a confession by Olivia. It’s a huge part of the play because it’s the first time she professes her love for Viola, but Viola doesn’t care. Olivia pleads with Cesario to try to fall in love with her, but Viola won’t have any of it at the time because she is still in love with Orsino and she’s a woman, not a man. I think that Olivia and Viola will somehow make it work because two of the three people in the love triangle have to end up together, and I think it’s going to be Olivia and Viola.

Act II Scene v Quote

Malvolio- “…and yet to crush it a little, it would bow to me…” (II.v.143-145)

Malvolio is referring to the mysterious abbreviation “M.O.A.I.” He initially realizes that all the letters are in his name, and thinks that, although it looks difficult, it’ll end up being an easy code to crack. After he reads the letter, he becomes hell-bent on getting Olivia to be with him, but he doesn’t realize that the letter was written by Maria, who is attempting to prank Malvolio into thinking Olivia wants him. I feel like Malvolio, after reading, went from just liking Olivia to being in love with her, because of the letter, but Maria’s prank is obviously working in her favor up to this point.

Act II Scene ii Quote

Viola- “I am the man.” (II.ii.25)

This is where Viola knows for certain that Olivia wants her as a mate and not Orsino. This is when things go full circle and Malvolio sees the love triangle that Viola, Olivia and Orsino are in. There is no mutual love involved in the triangle, which makes it even more mysterious as to what’s going to end up happening. This quote shows exactly how insane the play is because there’s so much going on and, although realistic, it’s just a lot to take in with all of the instability involved in the play by everyone involved.

Ink-Shedding

Orsino: "Mark it, Cesario. It is old and plain; The spinsters and knitters in the sun and the free maids that weave their thread with bones do use to chant it." (II.iv.49-53)

I take this to mean that the song that he sung the night before has become old and plain. But even though it might seem boring to Orsino, he had become so comfortable with the monotony of the tune that it has become common place for it to be played. The song takes Orsino back to a simpler time, which is why he enjoys listening to it even though it's been overplayed.

Six Questions on Act 1 of Twelfth Night

1. Why is Viola disguised as a man?

2. FOOL- "Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will
amend. For give the dry fool drink, then is the fool not dry.
Bid the dishonest man mend himself. If he mend, he is no
longer dishonest. If he cannot, let the botcher mend him.
Anything that’s mended is but patched. Virtue that
transgresses is but patched with sin, and sin that amends
is but patched with virtue. If that this simple syllogism will
serve, so. If it will not, what remedy? As there is no
true cuckold but calamity, so beauty’s a flower. The lady
bade take away the fool. Therefore, I say again, take
her away." (I.v.40-51) What does this quote mean?

3. Why does Olivia want nothing to do with Orsino?

4. What caused Sir Toby Belch & Sir Andrew to become alcoholics?

5. Why is Cesario the one who brings Viola to like men again and not Orsino, the man who actually loves her?

6. Why does Olivia want to wait seven years to see people once more?

iPods vs. CDs: The Fight for supremacy (FINAL DRAFT)

Parth Desai

2/11/2010

Dr. Ethna D. Lay

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iPods vs. CDs: The fight for supremacy

When walking across a busy street, chances are that at least one person, maybe more, have earphones in their ears, listening to their MP3 Players. While listening, these people are immersing themselves in an alternate reality, paying attention to what’s going on in front of them, but living in their own little world via their earphones. Who knows what they’re listening to? They might be a Rock fan, maybe Hip-Hop; maybe they might be a fan of Miley Cyrus and be rocking out to “Party in the USA”. One thing’s for sure, though. Many people in the country own these MP3 Players, with the iPod being the most popular. While so many people use iPods to listen to music, one has to wonder if these people are listening to music the way it's meant to be listened. This might not be Apple’s intent, but it’s how many people nowadays are using the device.

In the current times, it is obvious that an iPod is used to play a variety of music in a way that can surprise you. In the newer generation iPod nano, if you shake the iPod, the song changes, emitting a "shuffle" type effect. Even earlier, during the first generation iPods, there was the iPod shuffle, which automatically shuffled one’s entire music library. The owner did not even have an option to select their song. All of the music was basically put into a hat and whichever song you picked out was the one that ended up playing. People who bought these prove the exact point that I’m trying to make. It’s not even an option to listen to a full album and, for the most part, people don't listen to CDs straight through anymore. They put a wide variety of music on their iPod and shuffle the songs. This is a great way to listen at times, but there are times when it’s great to just listen to CDs straight through. The artists make CDs for a reason. They choose the track list very carefully for a reason. These people that are listening to music like this are not experiencing the greatness what can be experienced when listening to CDs straight through. It's great to change it up once in a while and shuffle the music, but I think it's disrespecting the artists and their work by not listening to their music the way they want it to be listened.

Personally, I love listening to albums straight through. Sure, I have playlists of my favorite music as of now to listen to while I'm on the go, but listening to albums straight through is a completely different, amazing way to listen to music. What I love especially is concept albums, such as Jay-Z's American Gangster. Listening to the story beyond the album is a surreal feeling and it's on a whole new level of listening to music. I'm as much of a fan of shuffling music as anybody. I need to listen to music that reflects my mood, but I can just as easily enjoy a great album. iPods are great, but that is the one thing it seriously lacks. The main point of an iPod is to be able to have all of your music available to you on the go. While you can listen to albums straight through on the iPod, it's not the main purpose. If it’s supposed to be, many people don’t know it. I personally know countless amounts of people who have their 80-gigabyte iPods completely filled without even one full album on it. That’s just inexcusable in my eyes. I feel that people should appreciate music as well as appreciate everything that artists and bands do and try to do.

Apple Inc., the maker of the iPod, assumes many things about the typical music listener. The shake-n-shuffle option introduced in the 4th-generation iPod nano reflects the fickle personality of our generation, the main target audience of Apple. I can’t argue about that assumption, as that fickleness is basically what defines our whole generation. This can be related to sports. If a baseball team goes on a five game losing streak, many of the team’s fans will become extremely angry and agitated at the team. When they follow the five game losing streak with a seven game winning streak, many of those angry and agitated fans will turn around and be extremely happy and cheerful about the team. Many people are extremely fickle when it comes to sports. Music is the same thing. Current United States President Barack Obama talked about change in his Presidential campaign. It’s been proven that the majority of people want change, not only in governmental policies, but in life as a whole. Living uniformly is extremely boring, so people naturally want change in their lives. When people listen to music, listening to the same things over and over can also get boring, which is why people listen to different types of music very often. But people don’t realize that listening to the same artist is not listening to the same thing. It’s, in fact, listening to very different things. It’s ignorant to think that one artist creates the same exact songs over and over. People group artists together in one category and classify them as “the same”, but it’s obviously not true. Artists can have many different types of songs and evolve their own music throughout a full album. This is why listening to CDs is imperative in one’s music-listening experience, and it’s why many people should change the way they listen to music as a whole.

In today’s culture, the two most popular things people do when on the go is talk on the phone and listen to music. The iPhone combines these two things. It’s, quite frankly, the most convenient piece of technology a person could have. The newly unveiled iPad will have many exhilarating features that will excite anyone that loves both computers and music. It's truly amazing how well Apple markets its products and how they know exactly what we want, but I feel the need to go back to my original argument. The iPod is ruining the old-fashioned way of listening to music. We take music for granted. Twenty years ago, people listened to records straight through because, while there was no other way, it made them appreciate the good music that much more. These people listened to music daily, and they didn’t mind one bit that they had to listen to the whole album. Once they get to their favorite song, the experience is so much better because after that entire wait, it’s definitely worth it. There are people who have never heard a full album in their life. They don't truly appreciate music for what it is: a way to get out of our reality and get in touch with the artist's. With the iPod, iTouch, iPhone and the new iPad, listening to albums straight through is a rarity and, although I don't want it to be like it was in the 60s and 70s where you were forced to listen to albums straight through, I'd like albums to be more appreciated than they are now. It’s a crime how many people don’t listen to complete albums. These people are disrespecting the artists they listen to without even knowing it. Things need to change and people need to realize how remarkable it feels when you’re listening to an album. You’re going into the artist’s mind and seeing what they’re thinking, and it’s a great feeling.

Like I said earlier, I like shuffling as much as the next guy, but I also know how to appreciate an album. Listening to the transitions between songs, the way the album flows and just the evolution of the artist’s music while going through the album is something that I long for when listening to music. It's my hope that more people learn to do the same. It’s extremely easy to shuffle songs every few minutes, but it’s not the way to listen. People take for granted the fact that shuffling music can be as easy as the shake of a technological device for the iPod nano, or the press of a button for all other MP3 players. It's not completely Apple's fault. They try their hardest to appeal to their target audience, and kudos to them because it’s worked so far. But, sadly, even if they didn’t mean to be, they're the main cause of this new shuffling era that I'm dying to get out of.

Revising

1. When you revise, what do you actually do? What kinds of changes do you make? (Do you revise you writing, or is revision an afterthought?

Personally, I feel like I cannot truly revise my writing right after I write the paper, and seeing as how I finish most of my paper hours before it's due, I hardly revise them. I feel like I can't see anything wrong after I just write it unless it's a grammar mistake. In the writing, it's hard for me to see my own mistakes until I let it sink in and not look at the piece for a few days. So I usually don't revise and I trust my first draft, and it hasn't really done me wrong thus far so I never really worry about revising my paper.

2. What figuration can you apply to your revision practices? What metaphor best represents your approach to revision?

The metaphor that best represents my approach to revision is a football coach thinking that his gameplan for the big game was perfect, but after they end up losing the game, they see what they did wrong. It's hard for me to see anything wrong because, since I just wrote the paper, I can't bring myself to read it again and correct it because I feel like my hours of hard work alone deserve an A, so I see my paper as being all good. I see the small mistakes quickly, as a coach would when he sees his cornerback blow coverage on the opponent's top wide receiver, but it'll take me a little while to see what's really wrong with the paper.

Taking Wilderness in Hand by Michelle Nijhuis

Torreya Taxifolia is an ancient tree species that is also known as the Florida Torreya. It's also known as "stinking cedar". It's a very rare tree, and some time during the middle of last century, it began to die. Connie Barlow, a writer and a naturalist, saw the tree once in 1999, but when she went back, she found out exactly how difficult it was to find. In fact, there are only less than one thousand surviving trees left. It is said that the climate change is a huge factor in the death of many of the trees. Personally, I don't find this article interesting in the least bit. I really don't care about the tree, as rare as it is. But one thing that Nijhuis does is that she assumes all readers know about Global Warming, and it's assumed that Global Warming is what is causing these trees to die out.

Virtual Iraq by Sue Halpern

According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is precipitated by a terrifying event or situation. Travis Boyd, a marine, suffered from this psychological disease after his second deployment to Iraq. This disease cannot be cured, but to help lessen the effects, he agreed to become a subject in the Department of Defense's "Virtual Iraq" clinical trial. This trial was extremely experimental and it wasn't guaranteed that it would make you better. Joann DiFede, the director of the Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies at Weill Cornell, explained that "If you suddenly become afraid of the staircase because you had to walk down twenty-five flights of stairs to get out of the World Trade Center, the stairs went from being neutral to being negative." But the fact the virtual reality is being used, and has been used before to treat P.T.S.D, it is very surprising to me that the article is basically saying that video games are good for you, which is the complete opposite of what the general population has been saying for the longest time. Personally, I wouldn't be complaining if that was my form of treatment for any disease I had, but Paul Rieckhoff, the executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said that "we’re a video-game generation. It’s what we grew up on. So maybe we’ll respond to it." Although a full recovery from P.T.S.D. is impossible, I think that Virtual Iraq is definitely a great way to go about treating the patients.

Hi-Tech Trash

"In a global economy, out of sight will not stay out of mind for long." That is what Chris Carroll of the National Geographic says in his article Hi-Tech Trash. According to Carroll, it is estimated that, in the US, "more than 70% of discarded computers and monitors end up in landfills". There are many laws that prohibit e-waste because it can leak toxic chemicals, but this still happens. Even 80% of TVs end up in landfills as well. To me, this is an atrocity and it's horrible. Things absolutely need to change. It's so sad that even the people who DO try to recycle might still have their e-waste end up in landfills and in places such as Africa. The US has a federal hands-off policy, which causes most of the e-waste to be moved overseas. It's inexcusable for our home country to be so apathetic in regards to these problems. It's not right that all that e-waste goes overseas to less-privileged places. This whole process needs to be revamped, and soon.