https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj Man's Greatest Desire/Fear and How that Influences Actions en-us 2018-12-09 20:22:27 UTC 2025-12-22 19:21:00 UTC hello@padlet.com tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312707766 Through the process of analyzing characters' emotions and actions, one can gain more insight and understanding of other people's lives. The authors of Julius Caesar, Beowulf, and Paradise Lost expose the similar fears of corruption, loss, and unfulfilled revenge in their protagonists which leads to the destruction and weakening of those around them as a result of their emotionally dictated actions.]]> 2018-12-09 20:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312707766 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312707804 "Reading creative and lengthy exploration's of people's lives, ...literally putting yourself into another person's position -- [into] lives that could be more difficult, more complex...can lead to more empathy and understand of other's lives."]]> 2018-12-09 20:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312707804 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708140 Analyze man's greatest desire/fear and how that influences actions]]> 2018-12-09 20:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708140 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708314 In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the protagonist, Brutus, struggles with his moral code in that he is persuaded to choose his love for his country, over his love for his close friend, Caesar, in order to protect his country from the supposed "corruption" of Caesar's leadership.]]> 2018-12-09 20:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708314 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708591 "For let the gods so speed me as I love the name of honour more than I fear death" (Lines 88-89) Pg.7]]> 2018-12-09 20:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708591 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708637 This quote exemplifies how strong Brutus' love for honor is. This "honor" could be interpreted as Brutus' own honor, or Rome's honor. ]]> 2018-12-09 20:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708637 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708726 Through analyzing the character of Grendel's mother in Seamus Heaney's, Beowulf, a reversal of the monster versus hero stereotype takes place as the readers realizes the justification for the mother's actions: the loss of her son, Grendel. ]]> 2018-12-09 20:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708726 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708787 "But now his mother had sallied forth on a savage journey, grief-racked and ravenous, desperate for revenge" (Lines 1276-1278) Pg. 89]]> 2018-12-09 20:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708787 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708833 "There was an uproar in Heorot. She had snatched their trophy, Grendel's bloodied hand" (Lines 1302-1304) Pg. 91]]> 2018-12-09 20:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708833 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708859 After his fall from Heaven, Satan from John Milton's Paradise Lost, makes it his mission to expose "man's disobedience" and get revenge on God for putting him in Hell.]]> 2018-12-09 20:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708859 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708910 Even the men realize that Grendel's mother is acting out of grief and anguish over her son's death. The men are starting to see her justification for terrorizing the people.]]> 2018-12-09 20:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708910 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708946 "To reign is worth ambition though in Hell; Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n" (Lines 262-263) Pg. 9]]> 2018-12-09 20:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/312708946 megryan https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313139606 2018-12-10 19:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313139606 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313238451 "But 'tis a common proof that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then unto the ladder turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees by which he did ascend. So Caesar may" (Lines 21-27) Pg. 22-23]]> 2018-12-11 02:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313238451 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313238968 In this quote, Brutus is justifying his reasons for killing Caesar as a result of Caesar being corrupted by power from his leadership position. Brutus is saying that Caesar will turn his back on those who have helped him, once he achieves total power, and Brutus wants to eliminate that possibility.]]> 2018-12-11 02:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313238968 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313239405 "not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (Lines 21-22) Pg. 56]]> 2018-12-11 02:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313239405 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313239555 Brutus announces (quite literally) to the crowd of Romans why he rose against Caesar. He is publicly justifying his actions out of his fear of Caesar corrupting Rome.]]> 2018-12-11 02:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313239555 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313239831 "All the conspirators, save only he, did that they did in envy of great Caesar. He only, in a general honest thought and common good to all, made one of them" (Lines 69-72) Pg. 103]]> 2018-12-11 02:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313239831 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313240033 Antony is proclaiming how Brutus really was not a bad guy. He was just misguided by his intense fear of corruption by Rome which was better the the justifications given by the other conspirators (aka just envy)]]> 2018-12-11 02:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313240033 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313241208 After learning that her son is dead, Grendel's mother is so emotionally broken that she goes on a horrific rampage. But, her reaction to his death shows humane qualities like love and grief which in turn, reverses the monster vs. hero stereotype]]> 2018-12-11 03:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313241208 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313242122 While on her rampage, Grendel's mother took Grendel's hand from Heorot Hall. This is all she has left of her son now and she does not want his severed limbs to be treated with such disrespect, as it is treated as a trophy by the men.]]> 2018-12-11 03:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313242122 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313242727 "She has taken up the feud because of last night, when you killed Grendel" (Lines 1333-1334)
"He died in battle, paid with his life; and now this powerful other one arrives, this force for evil driven to avenge her kinsman's death" (Lines 1337-1340) Pg. 93]]> 2018-12-11 03:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313242727 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313245243 "This downfall; since by Fate the strength of gods...sole reigning holds the tyranny of Heaven" (Lines116-124) Pg. 5-6]]> 2018-12-11 03:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313245243 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313245494 In this speech, given by Satan, it is showing Satan's confidence and defiance towards God. Satan will no longer bow down to God. ]]> 2018-12-11 03:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313245494 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313246000 Satan is really establishing his dislike for God. He is basically dissing serving God saying that it is "better to reign in Hell."]]> 2018-12-11 03:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313246000 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313518590 add sentence about milton sympathizing with satan]]> 2018-12-11 17:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313518590 tgallik https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313709246 2018-12-12 04:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tgallik/x440u2m0faoj/wish/313709246