Topics • Deception/Trust • Jealousy • Love • Status • Gender Roles Themes • When a conflict arises, you see people’s true colours, and you can learn who to trust • Don’t trust everything you hear because it can be deceptive and can cause many problems Much Ado About Nothing Characters • Don Pedro • Leonato • Benedick • Claudio • Antonio • Don John • Borachio • Dogberry • Balthasar • Beatrice • Hero • Ursula • Margaret Conflicts External • Benedick and Beatrice “battle of wits” • Borachio and Don John “bastard brother” • Don Pedro, Claudio, and Hero English Exam Review - Vishnu Checklist ☑ Much Ado About Nothing (play) ☑ “Lamb to the Slaughter” (short story) ☑ “The Possibility of Evil” (short story) ☑ “The Moose and the Sparrow” (short story) ☑ “The Twelve Labours of Hercules (myth) ☑ Akata Witch Things to remember • Practicing writing opinion essays (Very important) • Read and take the feedback you received on the opinion essays • Read all of the texts we practiced in the unit (above) • Read the rubric Reminders • Bring a black/blue pen • No electronics Internal • Don John • Born out of wedlock • Statusless • People born out of wedlock were disregarded • Angry at the world for his state • Benedick • Loves Beatrice • Too overwhelmed to tell Beatrice • Claudio • Wonders whether he should believe Don John • “Coward”: does not express feelings to women Internal (contd.) • Beatrice • Sad inside; likes Benedick • Cannot express sadness • Resorts to “roasting: men • Leonato • “Cares” about daughter • But really cared more about status • Took someone else’s word over his daughter’s and disowner her • Worried about his honour Theme • Looks can be deceiving. Ms. Strangeworth looked like a nice old lady. Instead, she was evil and constantly judging others. Conflicts Internal Conflicts • Ms. Strangeworth believes that she is perfect and everyone else is flawed External Conflicts • Ms. Strangeworth resorts to writing rude letters to others about their flaws due to her belief that everyone else is flawed. The Possibility of Evil Topics • Evil • Flaws in others • Ms. Strangeworth’s self-pride and ego The Moose and the Sparrow Theme(s) • Intellect vs physicality: Moose showed his strength in his physical ability and managed to hurt Cecil multiple times. Cecil, using his intellect, managed to presumably kill Moose by placing a wire trap. • Never underestimate anyone based on their behaviour or looks. They may be a much stronger and/or smarter person inside. Topics • Jealousy • Underestimation • Intellect • Strength Conflicts Internal Conflicts • Cecil • Bullied by Moose • Does not know how to express his feeling • Does not know how to stop harassment • Feeling conflicted whether he should stay in the camp or not • He requires money to go to college, but he cannot take getting bullied • We do not know about Cecil’s inner personality and why he killed Moose • Moose • Jealous that Cecil is well educated • Therefore resorts to trying to make Cecil sad External Conflicts • Moose continuously bullies Cecil • Some examples include burning his arm, trying to drown him, and breaking his glasses • Cecil expresses his frustration to himself and to Mr. Anderson on the beach • Cecil cannot take the bullying, so he kills Moose using his intellect and wire skills Lamb to the Slaughter Theme(s) • Never underestimate anyone based on their behaviour or looks. They may be a much stronger and/or smarter person inside (or a bad person). (Same as the Moose and the Sparrow). • Patrick betrays Mary though she is very obedient, and she feels very angry and sad, and kills him due to her shock Conflicts Internal Conflicts • Mary • Very obedient, helps Patrick and makes him happy • Feels very angry when Patrick decides to leave • Does not know how to react • Patrick • Does not speak to Mary much • Leaves Mary due to some reason, internal or external (unknown) • Not happy with the relationship External Conflicts • Mary reacts to her shock by killing Patrick • Patrick, due to an internal or external reason, is leaving Mary • Mary calls the police that someone kills Patrick, and the police do not realize it is her Topics • Betrayal • Underestimation • Anger • Psychopathy Akata Witch Theme(s) • Your differences are your strengths. All of the four children were different, and they used it to their strengths, • Never give up and overcome adversity. Sunny overcame adversity such as facing sexism, facing racism because she is an akata , and, when fighting the Ekwensu masquerade set by Black Hat, she lost her fear and made the masquerade disappear. Topics • Sexism • Racism • Belonging • Knowledge • Diversity • Power Conflicts Internal Conflicts • Sunny • Sexism (soccer match, with father) • Feels left out • Discovers herself as a Leopard Person • Adapts as a Leopard Person • Gets angry when she disagrees with something • Questions herself multiple times External Conflicts • Main conflict: the four children have to defeat Black Hat Otokoto, a ritual killer • Sunny’s father dislikes and regularly doubts her (sexism) • Sunny is different (Albino), and faces racism • Chichi gets angry during the social and sets a masquerade on the boys making fun of her • Sunny, during the encounter with Ekwensu, saved the children and the babies by telling the masquerade to “return”, which it did The Twelve Labours of Hercules Theme(s) • Use your mental along with your physical strength. Hercules used his physical skills to compliment his smart thinking on how to solve problems. • Overcoming adversity is one theme that continuously appears in each and every text. Hercules, to rid himself of his sins, had to do 12 very difficult labours. He did them through perseverance and not giving up. Topics • Adversity • Physical skill • Thinking • Strength External Conflicts • Main conflict: Hercules kills his family, and has to do 12 labours to rid himself of the sin • The first 10 labours are relatively easy compared to the last two • Hercules, in his 11th labour, has to find the golden apple, and he does with the help of Atlas • In the last labour, he had to use his thinking skills and his physical strength to capture Cerberus • After falling in love with his daughter, he kills a man who wanted to marry his daughter (Achelous) • One day, while crossing a river, Nessus asks Hercules if he can carry Deianeira across the river • Hercules agrees, and Nessus tries to run away with Deianeira • Hercules shoots and injures Nessus • While dying, Nessus tells Deianeira to smear blood on Hercules’ clothes • Deianeira agrees • This blood kills Hercules, and his body is replaced by an immortal version of himself List of Greek Gods Opinion Essays Three Body • One concept • Transition words • Indents/line breaks • Introduction sentence • Supporting sentences • Evidence/examples • Conclusion sentence Introduction Paragraph • Thesis statement • Supporting points (3) Conclusion Paragraph • Rephrases points in the intro paragraph Opinion essay • States a personal opinion on a topic • Can use first person pronouns (informal) • Subjective • Provide evidence • State your points Paragraphs • 8-10 sentences • Indented • Topic sentences (beginning) • Body (key points) sentences • Evidence supporting the three points • Concluding sentence (end) • USE TRANSITION WORDS