Syllabus due in basket today. Welcome back! Syllabus due in basket today. Second one-pager today. You should be done with your book. Get out whatever notes you have; no book. If you plan on working beyond a D for this unit, read the following: If you have your page 2 and page 6 done in your packet, please turn in the WHOLE packet into the basket. If you SHARED something with me on Google Docs, please indicate that on your one-pager. If you TYPED something on WORD, please bring the printed version TOMORROW. I will begin reading these for feedback. Tomorrow we will begin with notes on the Hero’s Journey.

One-pager #2 Your answers must prove to me you read the entire book. Cover ideas from the beginning, middle and end. Write so I can read it! You may use whatever notes you have, but no book. I am more concerned about quality. Complete 1-4 in class today. (If you read and took notes, this should be no problem). You will complete #5 tomorrow in class. However, I will only give you 15 minutes to write since it is ONLY a paragraph. Make sure to read #5 and be ready for it tomorrow. Theme is NOT a one word idea. Theme is a complete sentence about the story’s lesson. For example: One of the themes in Othello is no matter what the mistake, redemption can only be found by taking responsibility for one’s actions and paying the consequences no matter the cost. (This would be my claim.)

One of the themes in Othello is no matter what the mistake, redemption can only be found by taking responsibility for one’s actions and paying the consequences no matter the cost. For example, when Othello discovers the truth about Desdemona and is confronted by Iago, he may stab Iago and question him as to why he did what he did, but Othello does not become enraged like one would think. Instead, before Othello is taken away for his crime of killing Desdemona, he gives one last speech. In the speech, he calls himself a fool for throwing away the most precious thing when he killed his wife. He asks that those that write about him tell the truth about his good and bad qualities without exaggerating on either end. He acknowledges that though he was not the jealous type, once he got caught up in it, he couldn’t stop himself. Never once in the speech does he blame Iago for this situation. After this speech he commits suicide, knowing this is the only way to pay for what he has done. This is important because it shows that Othello knows he has messed up. He could easily blame Iago for it all, but doesn’t because he knows that he didn’t do anything to stop his own emotions or actions in this whole mess. Though suicide is never the answer, here is it the ultimate sacrifice. He knows he will be tried and probably sentenced to death. For Othello, the only way to pay for this crime is an eye for an eye. Instead of leaving the death sentence to someone else, he will die on his terms, and for him, this is the most dignified way to do it, by his own hand. Even Cassio in the end acknowledges that Othello’s death was because he was “great of heart.” Taking responsibility doesn’t just mean saying, “My bad.” It means paying the price to fix the situation, and in this case, the only way Othello could redeem himself was to accept his part in this tragedy and die with dignity.