Core 4 The Necklace Illustrations

Core 4 The Necklace - Context

           Gabe, Sophia, and John                                 

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Guy De Maupassant

1. Born Aug 5 1850 ( in Château de Miromesnil, Dieppe )

2. Died july 1893 ( in Passy Paris )  

3. Popular french writer considered one of the fathers of the modern short story

4. The writer of Star Trek, was influenced by Guy De Maupassant

5. Wrote some 300 short stories, 6 novels, 3 travel books, 1 volume of verse,

6. mostly wrote naturalism and realism

7. Father was absent

8. Parents got divorced and mom took Guy and his brother

9. Mom became, the most influential person in his life ( mom liked Sharspeer )

10. First story is called “ The Ball of Fat”

11. He liked to fish and do outdoor activities

12. Went to a private school

13. After he graduated from college he moved to Paris and spent 10 years as a clerk at the navy department

14. Did not like he Eiffel Tower

15. Was Persian

16. On January 2nd 1892, he tried to commit suicide, by cutting his throat. He was committed to the private asylum of Esporit Blanche at Passy in Paris.

Core 3 Vocab List #3

1. Redeem

Compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something).: “a disappointing debate redeemed only by an outstanding speech."

2. Disdain

Verb: look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn 
Noun: a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty; contempt; scorn

3. Immoderate

not sensible of restrained,excessive” immoderate drinking

4. Askew

not in a straight or level position

5. Perceive

become aware or conscious of something

6. Delicacy

the quality of being delicate

7. Anguish

Severe mental or physical pain of suffering.

8. Coquettish

Flirtatious

Core 3: The Masque of the Red Death

The Red Death 

The Masque of the Red Death is about prince prospero and avoiding the plague of the “Red Death” a twist on the Bubonic Plague also known as the black death.

This is the author Edgar Allen Poe

During the book Prince Prospero throws a party and as soon as the guests arrive they close everything so no red death gets in. Later the clock strikes midnight and everyone freezes. Later in the middle of the dancing they realize someone is there who wasn’t in the beginning. He was dressed in very scary clothes and the Prince is very scared so he runs behind the man with a knife to kill him and he pulls back as soon as the Prince does that the Prince dies.

Poe wrote mostly gothic horror and fiction. The genre of this book is gothic horror with a twist on the black death. The point of this book is that death comes to everyone and you cannot escape it as hard as you try

Poe was a poet and was a very famous poet after he died too. Poe went to UVA but later left school because he was unable to pay for school.
Poe was Born: January 19, 1809, Boston, MA and Died: October 7, 1849, Baltimore, Md

The Green Room

The Room of Death

The Setting Of The Masque of the red death takes place in a castle with many different colored rooms.

The Orange Room

The atmosphere is dark, and creepy, just like many other Edgar Allen Poe poems.

The White Room 

The Violet Room

The Blue Room 

Core 4 Setting & Atmosphere Notes

*The Setting of the story The Masque Of The Red Death takes place in a castle that has 7  apartments during the red death in the country of Prince Prospero. The specific setting of the story is during a Masquerade.

*The Atmosphere of the story The Masque Of The Red Death is very creepiness, bleakness, and (like all Edgar Allen Poe stories) death.

*The image created by The Masque Of The Red Death is a country ridden with blood disease that has one prince who had the foresight to build a castle to protect him from people who had it.

Masque of the Red Death Lit Circles

An illustration for the story by Harry Clarke (1919)

Table #1: Vocab

• Open the Vocab List #2 in your English folder on Drive.
• For the first 5 words: find them in the text and copy the sentence they appear in (include page numbers) 
• Look up parts of speech and definitions for first 5 words
• Choose 3 more words from the text and complete the same task
• Post the complete list on the blog & title "Core # MoRD Vocab"

Table #2: Setting & Atmosphere Notes

• Read the section in front of MoRD in Little Worlds on Setting & Atmosphere
• Create our notes for these terms: give basic definitions for the following:
• Setting (General & Specific)
• Atmosphere
• Imagery

• Then, identify the setting and atmosphere of MoRD
• Post to the blog, title "Core # Setting & Atmosphere Notes"

Table #3: Illustration

• Come up with 3-4 images that capture the essence of the story.
• They must be either created by you (drawn, photographed, etc) -OR- from a free image site like unsplash.com, New Old Stock or via Creative Commons.
• Create a blog post titled "MoRD Illustration: Core #"
• Insert the photos!
• Be sure to give credit in the captions!

Table #4: Context

• Answer the following questions:
• Who was Edgar Allan Poe?  What genre of writing did he mostly work in?
• Research the theme of MoRD; what point was Poe trying to make?  What's the message?
• Post a summary of your findings on the blog titled "Core # MoRD Context"

Plot Notes/Key Terms

Plot     Conflict       -Internal       -External Protagonist Antagonist Exposition Complications Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

What happens (action of story) Problem of story (protagonist must overcome) Problem within character (ex: making a decision, overcoming fear, illness) Person vs. Self Problem from outside of character (a fight, storm, oppression) Person vs. Person Person vs. Nature                       Red = Antagonist Forces Person vs. Society  Character w/problem - we relate to them, follow the action w/them Force that opposes protagonist (not always a character/person) Opening of story; intro protagonist & setting Small problems that get in the way of protagonist - build tension/suspense Paired w/complications, ramping up of tension/suspense Turning point; conflict resolves; protagonist succeeds or fails Consequences of climax play out; relaxing of tension/suspense Final wrapping up, climax resolves

The Sniper & Plot

Graves in Holland:Protestant & Catholic Spouses

Discussion: What was the climax of the story?  Was it the most exciting part to read?

The climax of the story occurs when the sniper shoots his enemy with the revolver and kills him.  However, we felt that the most exciting and interesting part of the story occurred at the very end, when he finds he has killed his own brother.  This was shocking!  Plus, it was a very abrupt way to end.

Context: When does 'The Sniper' take place?  Where?

This fictional story takes place in Dublin during Irish civil war (28 June, 1922- 24 May 1923).

Specifically, it most likely takes place sometime in the main battle of Dublin (14 April, 1922, July 5, 1922, and probably closer to the end of the conflict on Dublin). The protagonist is fighting for the Republicans, and opposed the “free-staters” who supported the Anglo-Irish treaty, while the Republicans fought for an independent country.

In the actual war, the republicans ended up the losers. In early 1923, the republican army’s size had seriously diminished and in February the British captured the IRA’s leader, and he called upon the rest of the Army to cease fire. Soon after this, a treaty was signed, though the IRA (Irish Republican Army) still exists today.

Religion was also a big factor in this war, with the British state having laws to force its Protestant Christianity onto the Irish. However, most Irish at that time were strong believers in Catholicism, so the thought of a forced change in religion stirred up even more fighters for the IRA.

Discussion: What point is the author making?  Why did the story end the way it did?

Civil war tears families apart, making it the worst type of war.