It's looking like not one of you want to work at journal entries! That is not cool, people. I'm not going to let you off the hook so easily, however. Here's today's entry:
Using your philosophical approach, analyze "The Rape of the Lock" or the selection you should have read from the "Spectator."
Until at least half of the class does this entry, this will be what you get every day ;-)
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from The Spectator....
ReplyDeletePlan and Purpose-
As the commonfolk grew more literate, the demand for books grew. His plan was to take what was found in closets, libraries, schools, and colleges and put them into periodicals to share with the world.
Country Manners-
According to Addison, country folks have no manners.
On Courtship and Marriage-
Addison believes while dating and marrying, people should look at their spouses differently. Instead of getting down on their imperfections, they should turn their imperfections into beauties.
Lugurious People-
Many people give into depression. One individual was once a merry child, but was scolded for his happiness. This man is now a deeply depressed person.
Advantages of Marriage-
Addison loves his children. He believes they are the greatest gifts he could ever get.
Yes, true; however, use your philosophical approach to analyze what Addison is saying. For instance, what would a religious philosopher have to say about these articles?
ReplyDeleteMrs. Myers I am sorry, but I had blogged Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so I didn't even look at our last two blogs. :)
ReplyDeleteI really do not know what you mean by philosophically analyzing our selections, but whatever...i will try for you Mrs. Myers.
The Spectator is basically giving people advice about life like: education, relationships, and social situations (manners). I guess a religious philosopher would like that he wants people to love their potential spouses and love the gift of thier children.
So, now what are we suppossed to do for the rest of the week. Will we get credit for three times?
The same goes for me. I blogged three times like I was suppose to so I did not blog on the last ones.
ReplyDeleteI hope when you say philosophical approach, you mean just thinking about it. =)
Hm, well "The Rape of the Lock" was about a lady who got a curl cut off from her hair, and how she complained that it was her favorite curl and cried about it. This story was a mock epich, because it made fun of the lady who got her hair cut off because she was being rediculously immature about the situation. Also in the story, the friends of the lady said that they wouldn't be her friend anymore if she didn't get her piece of hair back because that meant something special if you give your hair to a man. I think that this story proves how immature people can be and how some people make a big deal out of something so small.
P.S. I hope that is a good enough blog for you Mrs. Myers. =)
On the Rape of the Lock (a "logical" approach)
ReplyDeleteI think that logical philosophers would all cringe and scoff if they heard the story of "The Rape of the Lock" and if they heard that it was even remotley true. Since the logical philosophers were concerned mainly with the search for truth, and the proof of truth, wouldn't give a **** about the Barron's motif about stealing Belinda's hair. They, like Alexander Pope, would have realized how ridiculous the scheme was and how utterly pointless the entire scenerio was. Instead of concerning themselves with the drama of such worldly affairs as the hair issue in "The Rape of the Lock", a true logical philosopher would question the human nature of the scenerio, or study the essence of hair, or just competely ignore everything about the scenerio and tend to their studies of math and science. They know where it's at, unlike the characters of Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock".
Same here, I usually blog the first three days of the week.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree with Danielle, I'm not really sure how to use a philosophical aproach, but I'm going to give it a try.
For the "Rape of the Lock," I'm going to look at aesthetics. Belinda was very worried about her locks of hair because the locks were considered beautiful. Personally I'm not sure that I would want just two locks of hair hanging down because I think that it could look like a rat tail. But that is what was considered beautiful in that age. We can't really say what is and what is not beautiful.
Ya sorry i try and get the three in a week. Sorry mrs. myers!
ReplyDeleteSo i really don't know waht you mean either, but i will, like rachael, look at it from an aesthetic point of view.
THe Rape of Lock is a perfect example of what people thought was beautiful back in the day. WHen the man wants her hair to show people that they "had an intimate relationship" it showed that her hair symbolized beauty and intimate relationships. IF i was a philosopher i would think about if the lock of hair really would make the girl seem like a bad girl, or if its just silly because it's only hair. So ya i really don't know.
The Rape of the Lock really made me mad. I could not believe how wimpy all of the "men" were in the story. When Belinda lost her hair to the Baron, their scuffle was quite pathetic. When we found out that the Baron wanted her hair souly because of the status that he would recieve, that really sounds strange to us. I can't believe that hair was a symbol of intimate, love.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kevin because the women were the only ones that fought for Belinda's hair. Her hair was cut off because she had a stalker, but she freaked out about her hair hanging down. I do not understand very much on what you mean about philosophical analysis, but I think that it has something to do with looks and how people treat you. Belinda gets her hair cut and everybody goes against her unless she gets her hair back.
ReplyDeleteBack to my original entry, I'll add that from a religious philosophical approach, I'd say Addison was on the right track. He probably shouldn't have gotten down so much on the country folks, but overall, his thoughts could be supported by religion.
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