Blog #2- Character

A major part of any story is the character and any transformation or development that character undergoes. Comparing the two main or at least major characters of Elizabeth Bennet from Pride & Prejudice and Hamlet from Hamlet we can analyze the major similarities in the manner of which they as a person unfold out to be in the story, following the format of a developing character.  With Elizabeth we see her development from initial naiveness and misconceptions about Mr. Darcy to her ultimate realization of Mr. Darcy's true intentions, generosity, and affection for her, while with Hamlet we see his transformation as a character as he struggles through the intense emotions of hate, revenge, madness, and depression and his quest to seek justice for his father.  This common presentation of how a character develops in both stories helps to show the effectiveness and complexity added to characters by this method.

Blog #1- Plot

As is most common, both Hamlet and Pride & Prejudice follow the conventional narrative as their way structuring there plot.  To start off both stories begin by providing an exposition as a way to give the background information of the stories characters and general setting.  In Hamlet we first here of the kings death, hamlet, king Claudius, his marriage to Gertrude, and Hamlets current doubt as to the manner of his fathers death for the conflict.  In Pride & Prejudice one by one, the members of the Bennet family are introduced to us, from mother and father to the three daughters and similarly to Hamlet, the conflict which in the case of the Bennet family is the lack of a male heir to their land and the necessity o marry off their daughters before Mr. Bennet passes away.  Next, both stories follow the step of presenting the rising action portion.  While in Hamlet we see the evolution of Hamlets plot to kill Claudius and all the obstacles he has had to surpass till he can have his final confrontation in with Claudius, we see in Pride & Prejudice the mounting tension developed by the romances between multiple characters in the story and the drama that ensues as we wait for the hopeful realization by Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet of their affection for each other.  After the climax's of both Hamlet, where Hamlet finally kills Claudius, and Pride & Prejudice, where Mr. Darcy finally properly proposes to Elizabeth and she accepts, both stories follow the format again by providing a falling action portion where the affects of the current resolution of conflict on the characters is shown and a quick denouement as a way to wrap up the story.

Compare and Contrasting Introductory Paragraph

Originating in two different time periods, the 19th century Percy Shelly's Ozymandius and the 20th century E.E. Cummings Ponder, darling, these busted statues, both explore the concept of time, it's power, and our insignificance in the entirety of the universe. On the other hand however, they contrast in multiple areas such as syntax, rhyme, scenario, and imagery. Even though each of these poems share the same idea, they present it in different perspectives, past and present, that of the worthlessness of a rulers fallen empire and that of a worthless man. These first relating ideas help establish the focus that are actions and life are meaningless while, by contrasting highlight the difference in scenario that each poem has.