Pre-Will

A) I do not know anything about Hamlet.

B) All I know about Shakespeare is that he is a very famous play writer and poet from back in the day and wrote “Romeo and Juliet” as well as “Hamlet” and his writing is very difficult to interpret because of the iambic pentameter.

C) People find Shakespeare's writing to be outdated and very difficult to read.

D) We can actually attempt to read it and not just give up right away. We can also try to translate and apply it to modern life so that we can relate better and it will actually stick with us.

Vocab #7

aberration - (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image; a disorder in one's mental state; a state or condition markedly different from the norm
-The lady at the mental hospital had an aberration and couldn’t function properly.

Ad hoc- (adverb) for the special purpose or end presently under consideration
-After thinking long and hard, he decided to ad hoc his relationship with his girlfriend in order to date a different girl.

bane - (noun) something causes misery or death
-Hitler was a bane to the Jews.

bathos - (noun) triteness or triviality of style; a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one; insincere pathos
-She made a bathos when we were talking about winning world war two and she mentioned how many people died.

cantankerous - (adj.) having a difficult and contrary disposition; stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
-The cantankerous child would not go to bed.

casuistry - (noun) moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas; argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
-Everybody has a casuistry that will pop up when we do something we know we shouldn't.

de facto - (noun) in fact; in reality
-De facto, there are only a handful of dinosaur fossils left on this earth.

depredation - (noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding; (usually plural) a destructive action
-The depredation of his town scarred the man for life.

empathy - (noun) understanding and entering into another's feelings
-I feel deep empathy for the woman who lost her baby.

harbinger - (noun) an indication of the approach of something or someone; verb foreshadow or presage
-The intense music was a harbinger.

hedonism - (noun) an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good; the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
-Hedonism can make people do some crazy things.

lackluster - (adj.) lacking luster or shine; lacking brilliance or vitality
-The rubber ball was lackluster and dirty.

malcontent - (adj.) discontented as toward authority; noun a person who is discontented or disgusted
-The malcontent man gave the police a hard time for giving him a ticket.

mellifluous - (adj.) pleasing to the ear
-The violin is so mellifluous.

nepotism - (noun) favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
-My boss shows such nepotism when he makes me work on all the holidays while his son gets to go out with his friends.

pander - (noun) someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce); verb arrange for sexual partners for others; yield (to); give satisfaction to
-I found out that my teacher was a pander.

peccadillo - (noun) a petty misdeed
-I realized that I made a peccadillo when I threw my cigarette out the window.

piece de resistance - (noun) the most noteworthy or prized feature, aspect, event, article, etc., of a series or group; special item or attraction.
-The roller coaster was the piece de resistance of the fair.

remand - (noun) the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial); verb refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision; lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
-As the chief of police, I have to remand about three people a day.

syndrome - (noun) a complex of concurrent things; a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
-Sneezing is a syndrome of having a cold.

Literary Analysis "Crime and Punishment"

General

1. There is a man named Raskolnikov who lives in Russia. He plans to kill Alyona who is a mean old lady that works as a pawnbroker. After, he decides to murder this lady and actually kills her and her sister. The whole story is about him and his internal conflict on weather to confess or not to the police. He meets a girl named Sonia who is his new friend's daughter. He ends up confessing to her that he murdered these women and then confesses to the police. He was sent to Siberia to work for eight years and Sonia follows him there.

2. Surprisingly, the main theme I pulled out of this book was love. Throughout the story, Raskolnikov kinda treated Sonia like crap. She liked him though and stuck with him. When he confessed to the police and was sent away to Siberia, she followed him there. It was in Siberia where he realized that he loved Sonia. Also, his sister Dounia loves her brother so much, that she is willing to marry a guy just to help her brother. And at the end, Dounia ends up finding love with Raskolnikov's friend Razumihin.

3. The authors tone in this story was very dramatic. There were a lot of minor characters that and plots in the story that were there just to entertain us while we weren't focusing on the main plot. Like the main story was Raskolnikov and his murder. But there were also little minor stories going on. There was his sisters problems with her fiance, and Raskolnikov's problems with him as well. There was also a story with that creepy child molester trying to get at his sister. As well as being dramatic, it was also a very dark and cynical book with the murders and the guilt he felt.

4. 1- In chapter 7, the author uses a simile. "...which flows and has always flowed in streams, which is spilt like champagne"
2- In chapter 6, he uses repetition “fresh air, fresh air, fresh air!”
3 – In chapter 6 again he used personification. “...his heart seemed to stand still for a moment, then suddenly began throbbing as though it were set free”
4 – He makes an allusion to Napoleon Bonaparte - “I wanted to make myself a Napoleon...”
5- The ax symbolizes two sides of his nature.
6 – In the whole story, there is a metaphor saying that the criminal won't always be caught and punished, but sometimes their own mind and guilt is punishment enough.
7- There is definitely foreshadowing that he is going to kill the pawnbroker because he states his intentions but says that he is not sure if he will go through with it or not.
8- It is ironic that he is a criminal but looking for a way to turn himself in.
9 – The cross in the story symbolizes human sin.
10 – Personification in chapter 3. “...eyes grew more penetrating every moment, piercing into his soul...”

vocab list #6

obsequious- flattering

Wives should always be obsequious to their husbands.

beatitude- Supreme blessedness

It is a beatitude to be able to live in a free country.

bete noire- a detested person (disliked or avoided)

My little brother at school is my bete noire.

bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome

Sometimes people think they are psychic because they are bodes to when its going to rain.

dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold

After the beach, my swim shorts had a dank feeling to them.

ecumenical- general; universal; Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches

The ecumenical symbol for Christianity is a cross.

fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate

The two lovers were very fervid around each other.

fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant

My dog is very fetid.

gargantuan- of great mass

The whale was such a gargantuan.

heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity

Just after the lawyer won his big case, he was in his heyday.

incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare

Clowns are the biggest incubus in my life.

infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation

After the surgery, they took me to the infrastructure to recover.

inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

When I want money, I inveigle my mom.

kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement

I gave my brother kudos for passing the 8^th grade.

lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift

When I realized that five dollars was not enough, I gave my friend a stuffed animal as a lagniappe.

prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

I feel that a lot of people write prolix essays.

protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

My dad was my protege when I decided to go into the tile business.

prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied

The cotton gin was a prototype.

sycophant- A self serving flatterer.

I am a sycophant when I want something.

tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words

I always use tautology when foreign exchange students don’t understand me.

truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously

I truckle when I like somebody.

Vocab List

Acumen - (noun) a tapering point; shrewdness shown by keen insight

-The man had an incredible acumen in business matters.
Adjudicate - (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively; put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
-My dad always has to adjudicate disagreements between my brother and I.
Anachronism - (noun) an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
-The caveman from the car insurance commercial is an anachronism.
Apocryphal - (adj.) being of questionable authenticity; of or belonging to the Apocrypha
-When the man traded in gold for some food, the gold was very apocryphal.
Disparity - (noun) inequality or difference in some respect
-Freshman are treated with disparity compared to seniors.
Dissimulate - (verb) hide (feelings) from other people
-Sometimes, when people dissimulate, they will eventually explode.
Empirical - (adj.) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; relying on medical quackery
-In physics, we always find empirical results.
Flamboyant - (adj.) richly and brilliantly colorful; elaborately or excessively ornamented; noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
-My Christmas tree last year was so flamboyant.
Fulsome - (adj.) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
-There is a fulsome student in one of my classes that nobody likes to talk to.
Immolate - (verb) offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
-Some religions immolate lambs to their god.
Imperceptible - (adj.) impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
-Batman is imperceptible when he is in stealth.
Lackey - (noun) a male servant (especially a footman); a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
-Every villain has their own lackey.
Liaison - (noun) a channel for communication between groups; a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- You should never have a liaison with close friends.

Monolithic - (adj.) characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity; imposing in size or bulk or solidity

-The redcoats were so much more monolithic compared to the rebels.
Mot juste - (noun) the appropriate word or expression
-My mom always has the perfect mot juste when we argue and ends up winning the quarrel.
Nihilism - (noun) a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake; complete denial of all established authority and institutions; the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
-Nihilism would cause chaos because there would be no laws or law enforcement.
Patrician - (adj.) of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire; belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; noun a person of refined upbringing and manners; a member of the aristocracy
-A patrician was always treated with great respect.
Propitiate - (verb) make peace with
- After 5 years, my sister finally propitiated my dad.
Sic -(adv.)intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase);(verb) urge a dog to attack someone
- I love to sic my dog on people.
Sublimate - (adj.) made pure; noun the product of vaporization of a solid; (verb) direct energy or urges into useful activities; vaporize and then condense right back again; change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; make more subtle or refined
-I had to sublimate the lake water before I could drink it.

Vocab list #4

Vocabulary list #4

1. apostate - a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

People call me an apostate because I switched from republican to democrat.

2. effusive - pouring out; overflowing.

The bucket was so effusive, the ground got soaked.

3. impasse - a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.

I found myself in an impasse when my friend locked me in the closet.

4. euphoria - a state of intense happiness and self-confidence.

 After working out, I feel such euphoria.

5. lugubrious - mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner:

The man in court was so lugubrious, he convinced the jury that he was innocent.

6. bravado - a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.

My dog showed a huge amount of bravado when it was attacked.

7. consensus - general agreement or concord; harmony.

The jury reached a consensus on the court case.

8. dichotomy - division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.

There was a false dichotomy between watches and calculators.

9. constrict - to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.

The snake has to constrict the mouse to kill it.

10. gothic - pertaining to or designating the style of painting, sculpture, etc., produced between the 13th and 15th centuries, especially in northern Europe, characterized by a tendency toward realism and interest in detail.

The gothic architecture of the church was amazing.

11. punctilio - a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.

When it came time, the man was willing to stand on punctilio.

12. metamorphosis – a transformation.

The caterpillar went through a metamorphosis and became a butterfly.

13. raconteur - a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

My best friend is so interesting because he is a raconteur.

14.  sine qua non - an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential:

My friend's jokes were the sine qua non of my high school days.

15. quixotic - extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.

My ideas are always quixotic.

16. vendetta - any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention.

The vendetta between Romeo and Juliette's family was really interesting.

17. non sequitur - an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.

My answer in math was really non sequitur and didnt make much sense.

18. mystique - an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit.

Microchips are such a mystique to me.

19. quagmire - an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.

The car was stuck in a quagmire, so we had to wait for a tow truck.

20. parlous - perilous; dangerous.

The volcano was so parlous, the whole island was blocked off.

I am going to read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski for my literary analysis because it was used on a lot of AP tests and also I looked up a short summary online and it looked like a pretty interesting book.