Oedipus the King

Why does the worst happen to the best? I am not really sure but I believe that god has a lot to do with it. He treats us as equals no matter how rich or poor we are. No matter how good or bad we are. There are many things that we cannot control that happen in life. Sometimes it is just fate.  Oedipus’s tragedy was something he had no control over.  He didn’t know that the man he killed would later turn out to be his father and his wife, his mother.  The gods controlled his fate and no one else. This is what we believe in, that god controls our fate. How else can we explain it?  We can’t always explain why such things like this happens to people most of the time its just fate, and it was just meant to be. Bad things happen to innocent people because they have to; just because you are innocent doesn’t mean bad things won’t happen. Bad things happen to everyone, and it’s just a part of life. It’s a way god test us to see how we cope with these tragedies. Bad things are obstacles that gods throws at us to remind us that we are, all still human.

“I know of him by hearsay. I have not seen him.” -Oedipus

The Three Musketeers 2011

            The Three Musketeers takes place in France in the beginning of the 17^th century.   The situation is that the Cardinal Richelieu schemes to declare war between France and Britain.  Milady de Winter who initially betrayed the The Three Musketeers assists Richelieu.  Athos, Porthos and Aramis were part of an elite group of men serving the king of France called the Musketeers.  They were disbanded because of Richelieu’s scheme. D’Artagnan, who was trained by his father a former Musketeer, travels to Paris to become one.  Upon arriving in Paris D’artagnan meets up with the former Musketeers accidently and join together to stop the Cardinal Richelieu plans to start a war. The turning point in the movie is when the Richelieu has the Queen’s famous necklace stolen and is given to the Duke of England to make King of France think that the Duke and Queen seem like they were having an affair. This would spark a war between France and England. The Musketeers had to retrieve the necklace before the King found out and start a war.


"All for one, and one for all."
                               - The Three Musketeers (Movie 2011)

Dickinson

            Emily Dickinson grew up in Amherst Massachusetts in a very strict household.  She lived mostly her entire life in isolation. She loved to read and was inspired by many other poets in her life. Dickinson’s poem, “Because I could not stop for Death” (1),was written about 1863. This was written towards the end of the American Civil War.  Emily Dickinson had a lot of time to think and thought about death very much during this time.  Even though they were in the North, they had lost many close friends to the war.  Emily Dickinson had strong Puritan beliefs, which shows in the first stanza of this poem, “Because I could not stop for Death” (1). It says that she accepts death, which is a part of life, and cannot control it. The belief to live on forever in the after life shows up also in the poem when Dickinson describes the carriage, “The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality” (3-4).  The poem’s tone is very depressing and it almost seems that Dickinson was ready to die too, especially when she describes how the person was dressed in the poem, “For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle-” (15-16). Because of her isolation maybe she thought of death as being pleasant because the description of how the person was dressed. It actually describes a person who was going to a dance instead of a funeral.

"They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse."
                                                    - EMILY DICKINSON, letter to Mrs. J. G. Holland, spring 1878

My English "B"

It’s harder than you think!

Writing a poem, thinking of all those words.

It is made to seem so easy.

Thinking of all the right words,

It isn’t easy.

Everyone makes life seem easy

But life isn’t made so easy.

Living out near by the water

Driving to and from school is such a bother.

Making it just in time to get to class,

And working hard to get a good grade to pass.

Trying to past time until I’m free,

Just to notice I have a class until fifteen after three.

Hoping the professor doesn’t show so I can leave early,

And go.

Go to hit some balls off a tee

I know this is me.

Dead and tired in great pain

With a continuous aching migraine.

Finally finish, done, I need to hurry

Hoping to be home before seven thirty.

This is just the beginning

No one said life was easy.

"I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go."
                                                                                         - Langston Hughes