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.

Brave New World Ch.7-10

Chapter 7

• Pueblo of Malpais
• The beating of the drums (getting louder and softer)
• Lenina is disgusted by the way of life of the "savages"
• The look of old age as in wrinkles/gray hair are surprising to Lenina and Bernard because for them they are not aloud to get to look that way and and preserved from disease and aging
• No somma at hand for Lenina or Bernard
• Lenina got lost in the beating of the drums and the music surrounding her
• There was the beating of a boy over snakes (a type of ritual)
• Thomas~Head of D.H.C and Linda from New world has a kid that lives in Malpais
• Linda (John's~The son's mom) tells her story of the difficulty of life

Chapter 8

• Sad stories/Memories of when Linda and John were first being adapted into the savage world. When Linda didn't want to be called mom and was punished for not knowing their way
• John knows how to read well because he was taught by Linda but he doesn't understand what he is reading and Linda can not explain.
• The book of Shakespeare was meaningful to John
• The words of the book began to give meaning and sense of life to John
• John told Bernard how alone he felt and how much of an outsider he felt like and Bernard related to Loneliness
• Bernard is taking Linda and John to the brave new world!

Chapter 9

• Everything Bernard is doing is in a matter of minutes and at rapid speeds
• Bernard is getting all the paper work ready to take Linda and John back into his world
• John is in love with Lenina (her scent, her things, everything)

Chapter 10

• the director tells Bernard to meet him in the center of the working room and then tells everyone that Bernard is being sent to IceLand for bad behavior
• The director is not very happy to see Linda and is stunned by the fact he has a son.
• The people in the room laughed at John for saying my father to the director...and all the director could do was stare wide eyed at John

Lit Terms Applied

I must say I did terrible on this test and my lack of study really showed. I wish I didn't have to say that but it's the truth. Now I know I must focus more on quality studying then try to race through something like all those lit terms.