Endrit's English Journal

There are many things you can learn from the article. this article is about the construction of wind farms in rural areas and how it effects the scenery.

one thing i have learned from the article is that the construction of wind turbines next to Bodmin Moore will greatly effect the scenery in the local area. This is purely because of the size of the twenty wind turbines that might be constructed in the area. each wind turbine is 415ft in height, this clearly would effect the “AMAZING” view in the rural area.

Another thing i have learned from this article is that if the construction of the wind turbines proceed, the animals in the local area will be greatly effected. the source tells us that there are more than a million birds living in the area. some of these birds such as the golden plover are protected species, meaning that it would be a great loss if the wind turbines are built in the area.

finally from source one i have learnt that there is a possibility that the benefits of building wind turbines in the area outweigh the cons of building them. as there is an increase of renewable energy global warming will be decreased, meaning that the animals of the world as a whole will benefit from these wind turbines. on the other hand there are birds that will have their habitat ruined but the source suggests that the wind turbines will help the environment on a much greater scale. !!!!!!!!

Act 2, scene 1

Enter Katherina and Bianca [With her hands tied]

BIANCA: Sister, don’t wrong me, or wrong yourself, don’t try and treat me like a slave, now hurry, untie my hands, i’ll pull off all my swag,i’ll do whatever you want, I know to respect my elders.

KATHERINA:  Of  all the people who want you, tell me, who loves you most, will you cheat on them?

BIANCA: Trust me, of all the men i’ve seen, none of them are special, none that I like above all others.

KATHERINA: Spoilt brat, you lie, isn’t it hortensio?

BIANCA: Hah, if you love him, i’ll get you with him myself if  you can’t get him yourself.

KATHERINA: Ah, you like rich men more, maybe Gremio is the one you need.

BIANCA: no, you insult me, and I have known you have been insulting me all this while, enough of this, untie my hands!

‘Katherina strikes her’

KATHERINA: if that was an insult then all the rest were too.

There are many ways Shakespeare and Plath show the strength of feeling of woman. The ways they do it is very different though, Shakespeare does it through plays such as taming of the shrew, and Plath does it through her poems that she writes.  In both of these sources, the women get their point across very strongly. We know that they are angry with the way woman are treated, and that is very understandable as woman were a minority.

– William Shakespeare shows the strength and felling of woman through a character in his play The Taming of the Shrew. He manages to put this character called Katherina in certain situations to show her opinion about the way people lived at that time. The Taming of the Shrew is a play about a man marrying or taming a woman, but the woman is very stubborn and hard headed and isn’t afraid to share her opinion, this is Katherina, and she is the shrew that needs to be tamed. Katherina isn’t afraid to protect herself and is very independent. She protects herself from male attention by saying “best beware my sting”. She says this as she is being referred to as an animal, but in a sexual way as Petruchio is saying that the wasp’s sting is her backside. Katherina meant that she could hurt Petruchio as that is what wasps do when they protect themselves. This also suggests that she doesn’t like woman being referred to as animals as she takes offence to Petruchio calling her a wasp. Katherina also says “aye if the fool can find where it lies” to Petruchio. She questions a male which at that time in history would never be done, meaning that Katherina must have felt strong for the pride of woman and wanted change. She also labels males as fools meaning she has had enough of them as a whole. This is why Katherina is the shrew in the play as she is very difficult to marry or tame. On the other hand, males in the play refer to woman as an animal that need to be tamed. An example of this is when Grumio says “But will you woo this wild cat”. Katherina clearly has had enough of being treated as an inferior being and decides to stand up for herself. This shows that she had a very strong feeling on this matter and wanted change because she was the only woman in the play that stood up for herself.

– When Katherina replies to someone, she speaks in a very offensive but smart way. An example of this is when she says “If I be waspish, best beware my sting”. As you can see from that quote she is accepting the fact that she is being called a wasp by Petruchio just to get back at him in an offensive way. She says that she is able to hurt him if Petruchio doesn’t beware. This is typical for Katherina as she is independent, but wants to be treated as an equal but hates society as women are minorities.

Like in every play, the characters have an effect on the audience watching it. In the Taming of the Shrew Katherina has a massive impact on the audience. As Katherina is a woman that could stand up for herself, she shows that she can protect herself from a man which was never done in Shakespeare’s time. The effect I believe Katherina had on the audience is that equality would be promoted. Everyone can see that Katherina doesn’t like being treated as a minority and she shows this in a very powerful way. The way Katherina is independent would encourage and motivates woman to be the same, meaning that Katherina could have changed the lives for some woman as they have seen that living as a minority is not a good way to live. Also Katherina could make men sympathise for woman. In the play Katherina ends up marrying Petruchio but is treated very badly as Petruchio wanted to be dominant in the relationship. This was usually the case in Shakespeare’s time. As males saw what they were doing to the person they have married, it could have led them to change the way they treat their wife’s or woman in general.

Back in Shakespeare’s time, woman would have been treated the same way they are treated in the play. Woman would be treated as items and would be expected to do all traditional jobs such as cleaning and cooking. A woman back then would rarely ever stand up for themselves so that’s how Katherina is different from most women in the play. This play shows woman that they can be much more than they are if they decide to not accept that they are a minority, I believe this motivated woman to achieve equality between the sexes.

As well as Shakespeare Sylvia Plath shows the strength and feeling of woman in an equally strong way. Sylvia shows it through making poems about the events she’s been through. One of the hard things Plath has been through is that her father sadly died when she was a young age. She makes a poem about her father and explains how she tried to end her life because of it. This is shown in a poem called daddy. This poem is all about her dad and how he has affected her.

In the poem daddy you can see that she shows what she feels in a very strong way. You can tell she is angry about it because it sounds very violent because of the repetition of words that end with “o” at the end of quite a lot of sentences. She also talks about sad and violent things, an example of this is when she says she tried to end her life..

Sir as this account was blocked in school because of me translating what petruchio says, i havnt been able to put quotes of katherina onto my vlog so i cant compare it to Sylvia Plath’s work. However I have added some of the quotes onto your google drive in class time, so please can you post the work i have done in this website. Also i just want to remind you to try and unblock my vlog in school if you can just incase you have forgotten.

Thank you Sir

Endrit

At the beginning of the taming of the shrew, Katherina is very independent Ian’s is able to stand up for herself. I know this because when Petruchio is trying to take her she is ablue to respond in a very smart manner and is very able to stand up to herself.

In this part of the play you can see that katherina has out smarted petruchio and left him thinking about what just happened. This is how katherina would generally deal with these argumental situations.she would take the comment said and use it against the person saying the comment. In this case petruchio says “come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry”. This is Petruchio saying to katerina that she is too angry. She replies to this by saying  “if I be waspish, best beware my sting”. She says this as a reaction to Patruchio’s statement. This means the if she’s angry you should be careful as she might hurt you, as thats what a sting does. This is a typical example of how katerina will take comments said to her and twist it as a counter attack to the person, in this case, petruchio. This is just one example of how katharina would be able to protect herself.

when petruchio insults, he doesnt do what katherina does. the difference is that katherina uses a comment that was said against the person that said it. Petruchio was insulting because he can as he is taking taming katherina as a game.

Katherina is a very beautiful character in the taming of the shrew. She is a very independent character and is not very interested in marrying a man. Her sister Bianca is also very beautiful and she does want to get married, but in order to do that, their father Baptista wants Katherina to marry first as she is the older sister. This leads to Katherina considering who to marry but not every male is interested in marrying her despite her being beautiful. This is because she is a very angry, and independent person and peopledidn’t  like that during the time the play is set. This is why they call Katherina a shrew.

there is only one person that is really interested in Katherina,his name is Petruchio. but as she is a shrew and she is very independent, he has trouble taming the shrew, meaning he is having trouble getting her to marry him.

 The Globe theatre was built in 1599 by Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s men. The Globe Theatre was then destroyed by a fire on the 29th of June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built in june 1614 in the same place as the first one. The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare and his plays that he created. The Globe Theatre was in London, but was built in a place called Maiden Lane, which is now known as Southwark. The Globe Theatre was closed in 1942 just like many other theatres in that time by a group of protestants called the puritans. It was later pulled down to make room for tenements. As the original Globe Theatre was pulled down there is a modern reconstruction of the Globe called the “Shakespeare’s Globe”. This reconstruction of the Globe was opened in 1997 and wasn’t too far from the orignal location of the Globe. The Globe Theatre could approximately fit 3000 people inside of it, this includes people who were standing.

Shakespeare’s plays were usually shown here because he was part of a group called the Lord Chamberlain’s men. These people were a group of actors that were share holders in this group. There were six share holders and William Shakespeare was one of them. As William Shakespeare was a share holder he brought money into the globe through his plays while gaining popularity for his work. The work of Shakespeare was usually shown here and is also one of the reason why the Globe theatre is so popular.

The fire that destroyed the Globe Theatre was an important part of the Globes history. The Globe theatre went up in flames on the 29th of June 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII. A theatrical cannon wich was set off during the performance misfires. As the Globe was made of wood, the misfires ignited the wooden beams of the theatre, causing the building to burn down. According to a document that was found, no one died during the incident.

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