Practice Essay Day 1

(40min timed essay w/ Ming through skype!)
PROMPT:
Choose a novel or play in which cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character. Then write a well organized essay in which you analyze how surrounding affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole.
(I chose No Exit because I feel I carry the most knowledge on that title)

Not that great of an essay but an attempt was given.^.^

     

At Least Two Essays

POETRY ESSAY PROMPT #1

[1994] Poems: “To Helen” (Edgar Allan Poe) and “Helen” (H.D.)

Prompt: The following two poems are about Helen of Troy. Renowned in the ancient world for her beauty, Helen was the wife of Menelaus, a Greek King. She was carried off to Troy by the Trojan prince Paris, and her abduction was the immediate cause of the Trojan War. Read the two poems carefully. Considering such elements as speaker, diction, imagery, form, and tone, write a well-organized essay in which you contrast the speakers’ views of Helen.

            The beauty Helen carried was undeniably near perfection, however looked upon differently through many eyes. In the poems "To Helen" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Helen" by H.D. we are given opposite views of Helen through imagery, diction, and symbolism. While to Poe Helen is a beauty that draws him closer, to H.D. Helen is deceiving beauty that has caused tragedy to strike in Greece and left only bad traces behind. Using certain elements the authors are able to portray a certain message that gives the reader a clear view on the point of view the narrator has towards Helen.

            In the poem "To Helen" Poe does nothing but praise the beauty that Helen has and makes her to be close to flawless. Just beginning with the title we are given the feeling that this is a love letter to Helen from the narrator. Also in the first line we are given the first person perspective reinforcing the love letter idea. Through the diction of Poe we are given direct characterization as to the beauty of Helen "Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,..." Also this makes Poe's poem very different because it makes Helen a character who was very graceful and elegant. The imagery and symbolism of the fleets of boats leads into the image that Helen has lead him (the speaker) into the greatest civilizations of antiquity, Greece and Rome. All this poetic affection of flawless beauty puts Helen to be up on a high pedestal and basically untouchable for the speaker.

             On the contrary in H.D.'s poem "Helen" the tone carries a lot of anger and resentment towards Helen and all the beauty she has. The fact that her beauty led to the Trojan war and the bad in Greece seems to make the speaker very angry. With diction like "hate" and "revile" not only is the idea of the speaker hating her given but all of Greece. Even though her beauty is given in detail here as well it is said that her beauty is the downfall of everything. The imagery of Helen becoming paler and seems to be withering away through the poem makes it to be as if Helen is very bad and even her beauty begins to fade and go away. This poem completely takes Helen off of the pedestal set up by Por in his poem. Even though through the whole poem Helen's beauty is recognized no matter what, the anger carried stands out no matter what. 

             A love letter and hate mail are what I think after reading these two wonderful poems "To Helen" and  "Helen". Through the imagery portrayed of gracefulness and pale beauty we are given different views on Helen. The fact that one loved Helen and that the other despised Helen for her beauty and what it caused in Greece is given to us through all the literary elements used by the authors. 

POETRY ESSAY PROMPT #2

1989 Poem: “The Great Scarf of Birds” (John Updike)

Prompt: Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the poem's organization, diction, and figurative language prepare the reader for the speaker's concluding response.

(Now that my internet is back here it is)

On a 40 min time frame this is what I got. Pretty bad after I read it when I was done. Still working on how I can better my understanding of the poem.

   

       In the poem "The Great Scarf of Birds" by John Updike we experience the beauty of nature through elements like imagery, diction, and organization. Throughout the poem the speaker reveals all of his emotions through the detailed descriptions the tree, and birds in nature. We don't really get a sense however of the speakers overall feelings until the end of the poem. Using the elements mentioned above the author reveals the true meaning of his comparisons and observations.

       The main point of the poem was the flock of birds that hovered over the speaker and covered the light. When the birds fly over he says,  "Long had it been since my heart  had been lifted as it was by the lifting of that great scarf."(line 50) revealing to us this is the first time in a long time he has felt this kind of joy. This gives the poem the overall feeling that as humans we don't really appreciate nature as much as we should. Although we see nature everyday we don't really take a long breathe and look into nature. Through the imagery given by the author for example, "Ripe apples were caught like red fish in the nets of their branches" we are made to think about nature and focus on creating a lovely scenery in our head that brings us to the realization the author came to. Those examples given through the speaker makes it to be as if you were in the speakers shoes taking a step back to view the world.

      Through the literary elements the author has expressed to us the longing he has to feel the release of burdens he carried and be able to breath deeply as he did when his heart was lifted. Through the textual examples we are able to see the lack of appreciation for the beauty of nature we sometimes have and for the fact we don't step back a lot of the time to realize our surroundings.

Group Think

This conversation was by far the most interesting I have had on takes of poetry. Ming and myself analyzed two poems. One was Insomnia by Elizabeth Bishop and the other was Exit by Rita Dove. Both of these poems seem to be straightforward when first read but as we went back and analyzed the poems together we realized how different our interpretations of the poems actually are.

For Insomnia I was focusing on the night being personified as a woman and played through fantasy and reality while Ming approached it as an actual woman and the mirror reflection being the main points. Having both of these ideas in mind we came to a conclusion that her focal points of fantasy and reality came in the switch at the third stanza of the poem. We both agreed that the night however was being personified.

We were going to do the same analysis on Exit however do to limited time in class and the time we spent on our other conversation we just read an analysis done on that poem by someone else and continued our discussion. Overall a very productive and interesting period.

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I Am in Need of Music
                                           by Elizabeth Bishop 

1.  Meaning- The meaning of this poem is "There is a magic made by melody." Basically music is the drive to some people and their daily function. Music is more than just a hobby, more like beautiful joy that warms you up.

 2.  Antecedent Scenario-I believe that before the author took on to the task of writing this poem there was a moment she took to step back and look at life. There is a line referring to a religious aspect when she talks about the water being poured over her head as well as a line about death and so forth. Music seemed to be a relief from the anxieties of life she expressed.

3.  A Division into Structural Parts-  This poem is a sonnet broken into two stanzas. The first has a more of a sad tone of reflection to it. Talking about music as related to anxiety and death. However the second stanza is more about the good music does to the author. The beauty of music and the peace it brings to her heart.
4.  The Climax- I would consider the climax in this poem to be

“A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!”

These two lines before the second stanza set the tone to end the poem in a very mellow and beautiful way. These lines seem to have a spiritual symbolism to baptism and when you are baptized are cleaned of your sins and made to renew yourself. This is basically what music is now doing for the author when going into the second half of the poem.
5.  The Other Parts- As I have mentioned before the tone completely changes to pure music and melody focus in the second stanza. Due to the change from the climax and the melancholy feeling simmers into pure lush and fantasy.

6.  Find the Skeleton- The tone changes in the second stanza because of the flush she has just had from music and how her mood becomes completely lifted with the melody of a song taking over her.

7.  Games the Poet Plays with the Content- This poem is definitely a love poem(with music as opposed to a person) Also a realization poem where the main speaker realizes that all they need to music to melt away into good feelings.

8.  Tone- Very uplifting towards the end especially being a musician it really hits deep. The beginning feels a little more depressing because of the talk of death but the last two lines of the first stanza make me smile and want to sing the rest of the poem. Which I didn’t but those are the feelings evoked. 9.  Agency- The main agent of this poem is the author Elizabeth Bishop. She doesn’t change the subject of the poem but as the feelings change the tone changes and the meaning of the poem isn’t revealed until the end.
10.  Roads Not Taken- I think the way that the poem is written makes it very unique and inviting to read. The anxiety that she feels in the first stanza hooks you the poem and all the alliteration used in the story make is a poem you just want to keep reading. I wouldn’t change a thing because I feel that it is very unique the way it is written now and if it is changed in any way the meaning of the poem would be thrown off. That is just my point of view because it is a very precise poem as to tone changes and vocabulary.

11.  Speech Act- The speech act of this poem is her love for music. Although there is no straight forward line that declares her love the whole poem has that drive. The drive that music means a lot to her and her feelings.

 12.  Outer and Structural Forms- The last two lines of the first stanza are the break for this poem and the tone. This is a sonnet so it has 14 lines in two stanzas but does not follow any type of rhyming structure really.

·         Sentences- There is eight lines in the first stanza and six in the second stanza. If I were to break this poem in a different way however there would be six lines in the beginning and the last two lines of the first stanza would be transition lines. Then in the end there would be 6 lines to finish it off.

·         Person- This is definitely in first person because the narrator is talking about the feeling that is over taking them

• Agency- Agency is not only the author but the feeling of the music taking over.
• Tense- The tense of this poem is all in the present, giving the feeling of realistic imagery that it is happening while you read the story.
• Images or Sensual Words- There is a lot of alliteration in this poem so this leads up to a lot of imagery. The image of this feeling taking over this person’s body makes it seem that music is actually something more than an invisible matter.
•  13.  Imagination- This whole poem attracts me because the imagery is very beautiful. It is very detailed and just feels warm towards the end. I believe the main reason is because of the connection I can make to this poem and the feelings music has evoked in me.

7th Reading

I Am in Need of Music
                                           by Elizabeth Bishop 

I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling fingertips,
Over my bitte-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!

There is a magic made by melody:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.

Exit

Rita Dove

Just when hope withers, the visa is granted.
The door opens to a street like in the movies,
clean of people, of cats; except it is your street
you are leaving. A visa has been granted,
"provisionally"-a fretful word.
The windows you have closed behind
you are turning pink, doing what they do
every dawn. Here it's gray. The door
to the taxicab waits. This suitcase,
the saddest object in the world.
Well, the world's open. And now through
the windshield the sky begins to blush
as you did when your mother told you
what it took to be a woman in this life.

A Sunset of the City

Gwendolyn Brooks

Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.
My daughters and sons have put me away with marbles and dolls,
Are gone from the house.
My husband and lovers are pleasant or somewhat polite
And night is night.

It is a real chill out,
The genuine thing.
I am not deceived, I do not think it is still summer
Because sun stays and birds continue to sing.

It is summer-gone that I see, it is summer-gone.
The sweet flowers indrying and dying down,
The grasses forgetting their blaze and consenting to brown.

It is a real chill out. The fall crisp comes
I am aware there is winter to heed.
There is no warm house
That is fitted with my need.

I am cold in this cold house this house
Whose washed echoes are tremulous down lost halls.
I am a woman, and dusty, standing among new affairs.
I am a woman who hurries through her prayers.

Tin intimations of a quiet core to be my
Desert and my dear relief
Come: there shall be such islanding from grief,
And small communion with the master shore.
Twang they. And I incline this ear to tin,
Consult a dual dilemma. Whether to dry
In humming pallor or to leap and die.

Somebody muffed it?? Somebody wanted to joke. 

Macbeth Act 4 Notes

Scene 1:

• The three witches are making some kind of potion with a bunch a weird/crazy ingredients
• Macbeth has come to visit the witches to ask about his future :

                    An armed head appears first and all is said is to beware of Macduff
                  A bloody child next that says none of woman born shall harm him
                  A crowned child says Macbeth shall be till Great Birnam comes against him

• Macbeth wishes to know if Banquo's prophecy will come true and 8 kings are shown last followed by Banquo. All of his kind
• Lennox enters after the witches vanish and tells Macbeth that Macduff has escaped to England and therefore Macbeth has decided to take immediate action against him

Scene 2:

• Ross visits Lady Macduff and she explains how upset she is that Macduff left in such a haste
• The son and Lady Macduff are talking and Lady Macduff tells her son that his dad is dead and he begins to argue intellectually with her
• A messenger enters and tells them they are in danger but before they can run away the murders enter and kill the son and chase after Lady Macbeth            

Scene 3:

• Macduff and Malcom have a conversation that brings them to peace with each other and talk about the army that is ready to launch their attack against Macbeth and Scottland
• The kind is said to cure the sickness of people with the touch of his hand
• Ross enters and when pressed releases the sad story of the death of the family of Macduff leaving him sad and in shock
• This makes Malcom puch Macduff to take action against Macbeth even more

Macbeth Act 3 Notes

Scene 1:

• Banquo begins the scene with a suspicion as to how Macbeth gained his position and thinks he played foul (assumption Macbeth killed Duncan) Wonders how his prophecies will play out
• Macbeth wants to have a feast but Banquo says that due to the fact that he has to leave somewhere he can not attend
• Macbeth is kind of upset but wishes him well and asks if Fleance will accompany him. Once he says yes he is off
• Macbeth distrusts Banquo and thinks that the three witches prophecies might come true and to protect himself he has hired two poor men as killers
• Macbeth makes the men believe that Banquo is their enemy and deserves to die and so they will do the job
• Macbeth says that the reason he won't kill Banquo himself is because of friends of theirs
• Macbeth will guide the killers and says that Fleance is of no more importance than Banquo so to kill him as well

Scene 2:

• Lady Macbeth is not happy and only seems to want more then what she has now
• Macbeth is now kind of dying in guilt because of the terrible visions and dreams he has that do not give him peace of mind

Scene3:

• There is a third murderer and they reach Banquos carriage and kill him but Fleance has escaped
• They start riding back to report to Macbeth

Scene 4:

• The first Murder comes to the banquet and informs Macbeth that he has killed Banquo but Fleance has escaped
• When starting diner Banquo's ghost sits in Macbeth's place and only Macbeth can see him so when he talks about the ghost the others think he is ill (Ross)
• Lady Macbeth tries to tell him to snap out of it but he doesn't seem to realize
• Lady Macbeth tell all the guests that Macbeth is not well and they both exit the scene with the excuse that Macbeth is ill
• When they retire to their room Lady Macbeth tries to tell him the ghost is only a part of guilt conscious  but he still can't sleep because of it

Scene 5:

• Hecate comes into meeting with the three witches
• Hecate tell the witches they did wrong in telling Macbeth his prophecies and that now he will return

Scene 6:

• Lennox thinks the incidents of Banquo's and Duncan's death could could be cause by Banquo's sons so they start connecting the dots to Macbeth.
• Macduff has gone to England to join King Edwards (Duncan's son) army against Macbeth

Macbeth Act 2 Reading Notes

Scene 1:

• Banquo keeps questioning the prophecy of the three witches and what it brings in store for him. Macbeth however tries to play it off as if he could care less of what they said
• Fleance is the son of Banquo
• Macbeth imagines he has seen the dagger with blood in it however he does not know if it is real but only a part of his imagination.
• I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.
  Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell
  That summons thee to heaven or to hell.-                                                                                                                                         ----Although he has been questioning whether he should take action in killing Duncan or not he decides at the end after the bell rings that he will kill hi.

Scene 2:

• Lady Macbeth has made the kings servants not only drunk but has also drugged them so the Macbeth can carry out full success in his murder.
• Lady Macbeth reveals that she tried to kill Duncan herself but could not because he resembled her father to much
• Macbeth returns with the bloody dagger in hands and Lady Macbeth gets angry at him for not wanting  to put the dagger somewhere else
• Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he heard voices when he was killing Duncan that told him to sleep no more and cried murder (the guilt that is taking over him) and also he thought he heard the servants/guards praying but they could not say amen... All lady Macbeth says is to not think much of it and carry on. 
• Since Macbeth won't go frame the guards with the dagger Lady Macbeth decides to do it herself and carries out the daggers
• Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth that a little water will was away what they have done and that they must go to their room to pretend that they know nothing.
• Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!-- Lady Macbeth is assured Duncan is dead

Scene 3:

• The porter pretends to be the porter  to the gates of hell 
• -------------A farmer who has committed suicide after a bad harvest, an "equivocator" who lies and an English tailor who has stolen material.\
• After his list of people he decides to stop with his fooling around because that place is to cold to be hell and opens the door
• Macduff and Lennox enter and ask him why he has taken so long to respond and he answers by telling him it was the alcohol he has had
• They ask for Macbeth and as they do he walks in the room and they ask for the kind, when they find out he is not yet awake Macduff leaves to wake him
• Lennox explains to Macbeth that the night before was full of strange events and while they are discussing this Macduff returns with the news that the king was murdered
• Lennox kind of freaks out and keeps yelling to ring the bell that the king has been murdered
• All enter to discuss the murder and they all say it was the guards of the kings chamber for they had the blood all over them (Lady Macbeth's plan to frame them)
• Macbeth says he has killed the guards out of rage and respect for the king and Lady Macbeth pretends to faint
• Malcolm and Donalbain decide to move to different areas to keep safer, one to England and the other to Ireland

Scene 4

• Ross enters with an old man and the old man begins to talk about the strange events that have happened these last couple of nights
• Macduff enters and tells them the culprits were found, however the kings sons disappearance leaves suspicion
• Ross states that now Macbeth will for sure be in power and Macduff says he has already been named and gone to Scone to be crowned and the prior king will already be buried.
• They say their goodbyes and end of act 4

Crime and Punishment Open Essay/Free Response AP Questions

A reader often discovers that the first chapter of a novel introduces some of the major themes of the literary work. Describe how the opening scene of this novel functions in this way. Write an essay about the first chapter of this novel and explain how it functions in this way.

~TITLE: Crime and Punishment

Discus the function of a character who is not the main character of the novel, however makes a great difference in the literary work.

~Crime and Punishment.

Explain the function of a character who serves as the main character's sympathetic listener, or confidant.

~Crime and Punishment

(1988 AP SAMPLE QUESTION)

Choose a distinguished novel or play in which some of the most significant events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated with external action. Do not merely summarize the plot.

(2011 AP EXAMPLE QUESTION)

~~~~In a novel by William Styron, a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.”

Choose a character from a novel or play who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful, and the significance of this search for the work as a whole. (Crime and Punishment)

You may choose a work from the list below or another work of comparable literary merit. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Crime and Punishment Pt.3 ch.1-6

CHAPTER 1:

• Pulcheria Alexandrovna - the mother
• Avdotya Romanovna- the sister
• Raskolnikov tells his mother and sister about the argument with Mr.Luzhin and tells his sister she must cancel the engagement immediately
• The mother insists on wanting to stay but  Razumihin will have none of it and tries to escort them away
• Razumihin takes the ladies and promise to keep them posted on Raskolnikov if they go home and sleep
• Razumihin has kept his promise to the ladies as well as has gotten Zossimov to engage in the deal but Razumihin has caught an eye for Avdotya and wants Zossimov to take no notice in her beauty or try to engage in any personal relationship with her.
• Razumihin wants Zossimov to stay with the landlady and says they are meant for eachother but he just wants him to stay there in order to keep watch on Raskolnikov

CHAPTER 2:

• Razumihin wakes up remembering every detail of the night before and feels ashamed because of his actions while drunk...but in the end he decides....well what happened is done now.
• He goes to visit Raskolnikov and when told he is sleeping he tells them to not wake him and will visit at 11
• Razumihin goes to meet the ladies and over breakfast talks all about Raskolnikov and what his life has been like in the past year
• Luzhin wrote a letter explaining to the mother and daughter that he is to busy to meet them but that he doesn't like Rasks. he says that he treated him illy also he explains the incident of the rubbles that Raskolnikov gave to the family of Marmeladov
• It is time for the ladies to finally meet and talk with Rasks

CHAPTER 3:

• Now the ladies have gone to speak to Raskolnikov and he has cleared all misunderstandings and bad feelings from the night before between them
• Martha Petrovna is dead and that seems like a big subject to the mother
• Raskolnikov begins to speak with Dounia about the marriage she is about to begin but feels that she is lying in not wanting to marry him just to better their status
• Dounia says he is actually marrying him because he actually respects her and thinks highly of her
• Raskolnikov spells out to Dounia why he doesn't like Luzhin and decides he will be at the meeting at 8 o'clock no matter what

CHAPTER 4:

• Sonia went to visit Raskolnikov in order to tell him to please be a guest at her fathers service
• The impression that the mother and sister first get from Sonia is not good and Pulcheria thinks that this girls will be of great trouble to them
• Finally Raskolnikov talked to Razumihin about getting back his ring and watch which Razumihin told him he would help with.
• Sonia was followed by a man that ended up being her neighbor but she felt very uneasy near him.
• Raskolnikov teases with Razumihin about his attitudes when being invited to dinner and his jitteriness

CHAPTER 5:

•  The two men arrive at Porfiry's place where he will ask for his jewelry and realizes that Zametov is there too
• Porfiry informs Raskolnikov that if he wants to get his items back he must inform the lawyer and police station or write a letter directly to him. 
• He feels that Porfiry all but for a second winked at him
• The items were actually marked with Raskolnikov's name so Porfiry was awaiting for him
• Everything happening in conversation is making Raskolnikov very irritated because he feels they are after him
• One of Raskolnikov's article appeared on the Periodic Review and Porfiry was telling him he had read it
• Porfiry asked Raskolnikov if he had seen the painters and the only response that Raskolnikov gave was no.

CHAPTER 6:

• Now the men are off to Bakaleev's house where the mom and sister are waiting for Raskolnikov
• Raskolnikov keeps thinking that the men don't trust him and keep seeing him as a murder suspect
• Being paranoid and feeling as a suspect again Raskolnikov goes back to his room to check that he didn't leave anything in the whole where he originally hid the items he stole
• After he lost his consciousness; then he finds himself on the street—twilight
•  Raskolnikov replays the scene how he kills the pawnbroker in a dream
• Then, there is a man named Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov says that he knew Raskolnikov wasn't asleep

Crime and Punishment Pt 2 Ch.1-7

CHAPTER 1:

• Now he is trying to hide all that he has collected and is becoming kind of paranoid over the fact that he has committed the murder. He has become to question himself and all his actions
• Nastasya and the porter are standing outside the door and he won't open because he is so scared of anything and anyone after what he has done
• Through the murders he committed and the after day he has been in a sleeping frenzy seemed to be sick with a fever.
• Raskolnikov was called to appear in front of the police but he does not know why
• The report for him to go to the police station was for an I O U of money to his landlady
• After the discussion in the room with the captain and the woman that was there about a dishonoured company Raskolnikov begins to give the officers excuses to the I O U
• The head clerk held sympathy for Rask. and decided to right his declaration to pay at a later date and when he has the means to.
• He overheard the clerks talking and realized that they thought the killers were the two men that lost caught Raskolnikov. 
• Do to some answers he gave the clerk he is frightened and hurries home to hide before a search that he suspects.

CHAPTER 2:

• Raskolnikov has a feeling that the clerks are after him and therefore feels the necessity to hide all of the items he took from the old woman's house 
• He has hidden all the items he took under a stone near an old construction
• Raskolnikov has gone to visit Razumihin without really thinking about it but Razumihin gives Rask. a job helping him with translation jobs
• Raskolnikov is completely mad because he took the translations papers offered to him and then walked back soon after and returned it. He really can not think logically (seems quite delusional)
• Raskolnikov described a scene where he said to see Ilya Petrovitch beating his landlady but when he asked Natasya about the incident she said that was not true and that it was the blood in his ears calling to him. (a dream?)

CHAPTER 3:

• He was slipping in and out of conscious but he did not know for how long it actually lasted
• Raskolnikov has been out for four days but said that his condition was not serious. Also there is a man  who has come to give him the 35 roubles his mother sent him
• Razumihin has found out all about Raskolnikov from the police station and all that know him
• Rasks is afraid that he spoke to much in his delusion about the items he hid and the incident
• Raskolnikov does not really know what to do with himself and is afraid to be discovered but when trying to escape he drank and fell asleep six hours.
• His friend and Natasya have gotten him a new hat shoes and some new clothes but he want none of it and still forgets events or has a problem distinguishing between dreams and reality

CHAPTER 4:

• Zossimov seems to be the doctor that is watching after Raskolnikov and is a very well thought of man. Meaning he is clean shaven and has the money seems superior
• Razumihin is having a house warming party and is talking with Zossimov about the guests. Zametov comes into being part of the conversation and what he has in common with Zossimov.
• Nikolay a painter found the jewelry and although they have accuse the other two men of the murder now Nikolay is suspicious too!
• Dushkin and Dimitri are also accused and a big plot is made as to how they killed the pawnbroker woman and her sister
• The jewelry found was some earrings that Raskolnikov seemed to have dropped when he was hiding behind the door before his escape.

CHAPTER 5:

• Pyotr Petrovitch Luzhin has now been introduced into the story as his first scene he went to visit Raskolnikov 
• Mr.Luzhin tells Raskolnikov that his mother and sister will arrive soon and that he has taken them a space in a building nearby. (a cheap building that Raskolnikov does not like)
•  Andrey Semyonovitch Lebeziatnikov- The man from Marmeladov's story is the friend of Mr.Luzhin
• After the arguing of the different outlooks on life the mean go back to the topic of the murder right before Mr.Luzhin steps out
• Mr.Luzhin sticks back a little to discuss on the topics with the gentlemen as to leave an impression of his knowledge.
• Raskolnikov gets into and argument about the fiance situation and his mother with Mr.Luzhin
• Raskolnikov tells all the people in the room to leave him and so they do because he is very irritable
•  Also Zossimov and Razumihin realize that the only topics Raskolnikov will respond to is that of the murder case

CHAPTER 6:

• Raskolnikov wants to make some sort of business clear so he gets up off bed and starts walking to the Hay market once again
• Street performers distract him~ Passes by the location of the old couple where  Lizaveta was last speaking to the people
• Zametov comes up to Raskolnikov at the place where he is drinking his tea and reading the paper and Raskolnikov is acting strange and saying weird things to Zametov
• They begin to talk about the counterfeiters from Moscow which led back to the topic of the murder and Raskolnikov actually confessed to having committed the murder to Zametov but he didn't see to believe him or want to believe him and Raskolnikov decided to leave
• He sees a woman tries to commit suicide but decides it's not worth it and decided to go to the police station.
• He stopped by the murder house before going and seeing it was under construction
• HE finally decides that he will go to the police station and that it all be over soon.

CHAPTER 7:

• When he approached a commotion on his way to the police station he realized that the man laying on the ground that had been ran over was Marmeladov the man he had met in the tavern before.
• Katerina the wife hates her life with Marmeladov and the situation that he has them living under
• Raskolnikov has committed to take care and pay for help to come to Marmeladov and he leads the men to his house where Katerina is fully surprised
• Katerina sent her oldest daughter of 10 Polenka to get Sonia and made her run off fast while going crazy because of the crazy crowds in the house
• A priest and a doctor are now at the sight but the doctor says there is no use and that the man will die no matter what within 5 to 10 minutes
• Marmeladov died in the hands of Sonia his daughter and Raskolnikov gave 20 rubbles to Katerina and said that her husband was his friend and it was as friends he gave her the money
• He feels like he needs to keep living to help the family and says he must forget of the old woman
• His mother and his sister were now sitting waiting for him in the room

Crime and Punishment Pt.1 Ch.1-7

CHAPTER 1:

• Introduced to what seems like our main character---Raskolnikov.
• Very poor man living with a hate to people around him. Doesn't like the crowds and the loud environment and because of this he takes all the dark and quiet back ways to get where he needs to be.
• He went to the house of an older woman where he had pawned a ring before and now wanted to pawn an old watch of his fathers. 
• The woman's name is  Alyona Ivanovna.
• He wasn't offered much for the watch but takes the money out of need. 
• He is very aware to all detail around him and pays close attention to the actions of others/things and all aspects of them.
• He leaves Alyona's house and for the first time ever walks into a tavern.

CHAPTER 2:

• Raskolnikov has a desire to be with other people all of a sudden.
• A lot of direct characterization about a man who is said to look like an old gov't retired clerk.
• Marmeladov the name of the man
• Marmeladov sits next to Raskolnikov and engages him in conversation
• Marmeladov a drunkard who seems to not have washed or left the tavern in days
• Married to Katerina Ivanovna the daughter of an officer
• Katerina is sick and has three kids with Marmeladov, but all he does is drink in the tavern "to suffer"like she is suffering (the kids are actually from a past marriage)
• Sonia is the daughter left to Marmeladov from the woman who passed away that used to be his wife.
• Marmeladov had gone back to work and was actually earning a living but 5 days before this scene he took all his earnings from his wife and began drinking, left his job, and disappeared to his family
• The kids are very malnutritioned and are in very bad conditions
• The woman wants to beat the kid because he has no money to feed the children
• Raskolnikov leaves some of his money at the window for Marmeladovs family after seeing the very sad scene of despair and unhappiness.

CHAPTER 3:

• Natasya is the cleaning lady of the building Raskolnikov lives in
• A letter from his mother came to Raskolnikov
• Raskolnikov dropped out of the university and gave up on work he was doing
• Dounia is Rask. sister who is now living with her mother after not so good living conditions with a family who took her in where the husband ended up in love with her. Her reputation was ruined due to a misunderstanding with the wife of.Mr. Svidrigaïlov (wife: Marfa Petrovna)
• Wife found out truth and re-established Dounia's reputation personally 
• Pyotr Petrovitch Luzhin (45y/o) the new suitor for Dounia that mom and her have agreed on
• Dounia and mother want Rask to become the secretary of Pyotr and wants them to work together 
• There re plans of Rasks sister an mother coming to live in Petersburg and be reunited after 3 years
• The letter evoked many emotions that left him wondering and confused

CHAPTER 4:

• Raskolnikov is not happy with the decision of his sister marrying that man at all
• He is confused by his mothers words but knows he will not allow Dounia to marry Pyotr
• The reason he does not think that Mr.Luzhin is right for Dounia is because Raskolnikov is not taking enough responsibility in helping pay for the trip and depends to much on his class to lower to that of the family.
• Raskolnikov thinks that Dounia is selling herself to this man in order make Rask. and his mother successful.
• Raskolnikov was met by a young girl on the street while walking, She was really drunk and he took interest in her
• Raskolnikov almost got in a fight with a gentlemen when he tried to protect the girl but the policeman stopped him and he led him to the girl
• Raskolnikov seems to be kind of bipolar taking care of the girl and then saying to let her be taken by the man following her...Policeman is bewildered ...Kinda strange
• No one like Rask at the university that he used to go to. Although he was very smart they did not really appreciate his attitude
• Razumihin is one of the only friend that Raskolnikov had from the university. A very smart guy but also very poor. Last seen each other four months before.

CHAPTER 5:

• Drank vodka (a wineglass full) and became completely exhausted to the point where he fell asleep n some bushes before Raskolnikov even got home. 
• He seems to lose his train of thought very fast and very easily
• Raskolnikov is having a very vivid dream about his hometown and childhood place where he lived. Also his  father is in the dream and there seems to be some kind of huge celebration going on
• Raskolnikov is very upset because the drunken men are beating the nag horse trying to get it to move forward when is obviously won't. So he runs up to the suffering horse.
• In the dream the horse is beaten to death and he wakes up gasping for air.
• Raskolnikov liked passing through the hay market because he felt he wouldn't attract anyone's attentions there.
• There he caught sight of Lizaveta Ivanovna the pawn brokers sister.. Not characterized very well but more like idiotic.
• Lizaveta is completely controlled by her sister (step) 
• Suddenly Raskolnikov gets a crazy idea since Alyona will be home alone the next day.

CHAPTER 6:

• The old woman completely mistreats the sister Lizaveta and has not even left a single drop for her in her will.
• Raskolnikov overheard two youth talking about the richness that Alyona did not deserve and they felt they should kill her and take all her money for good deeds (as for the same thought of Rask.)
• Made a noose to carry an axe in his jacket to somewhere.
• Carrying out an "experiment" with the old hag (kind of sounds like he about to go and kill her)
• Could not get the axe he originally planned so he grabbed another and went away with it
• He has reached the house of the old woman and is ready to continue his plan although he knows the woman is suspicious the door opens.

CHAPTER 7:

• Raskolnikov killed the old woman and began stealing her items from her room
• Lizaveta walked in the room during the middle of his robbery and due to this Raskolnikov ran at her and killed her as well.
• He cleaned the axe and himself but realized this whole time the door had been opened however he tried not to make much of it and wanted to run away
• Raskolnikov is in trouble because a man names Koch and a young boy have come to do business with the old woman but they notice something is wrong and Rask. is sitting in the door not being able to escape
• Raskolnikov was able to escape right away but he was seen and realized to be a murderer. He was not recognized
• He succeeded in putting the axe back in the porters home because he wasn't there. 
• Laid in blank forgetfulness on his sofa.