Analysis

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10/28/09
Mr. Collins Analysis
Analysis of Mr. Collins's Proposal
Throughout his proposal Mr. Collins makes three types of literary appeals, logos, ethos, and pathos.
The first appeal that Mr. Collins makes is to logic, or logos. Unfortunately, Mr. Collins's appeal to logic is terrible. Mr. Collins has many reasons on why Miss Elizabeth should marry him although none of his reasons are logical whatsoever. Mr. Collins's first reason for marriage is that it is simply the right thing for a clergyman to do. Usually marriage is based on love but in Mr. Collins's case it is simply the right thing to do. Mr. Collins then says, "Secondly, that I am convinced it will add very greatly to my happiness" (Austen). Matrimony is usually something that involves two people but Mr. Collins seems to think that he is the only person that matters in a relationship. Thirdly, Mr. Collins gives a reason that has nothing to do with him or with Miss Elizabeth. His reason is that his very noble patroness, Miss Catherine de Bourgh, told him that he needs to marry. Mr. Collins is not even getting married on his own accord; he is getting married under false pretenses. Mr. Collins's next appeal is to ethos.
Mr. Collins's appeal to ethos, or emotion, is genuine to himself but somewhat odd from our perspective. Mr. Collins's almost seems arrogant about his proposal even though as the reader we see that Miss Elizabeth is not interested in the least in Mr. Collins. At one point in the passage Mr. Collins goes as far as to say that he is Miss Elizabeth's only option for marriage due to the fact that she is poor and no halfway decent man would ever want her. Obviously, insulting a girl is not the best way to get her to love you. The most peculiar thing that Mr. Collins does happens after he is rejected by Miss Elizabeth. After he is rejected he says, "I know it to be the established custom of your sex to reject a man on the first application" (Austen). Mr. Collins jusl will not give up even when looking rejection dead in the eyes. Mr. Collins's final appeal is to pathos.
Mr. Collins's as a character is delusional. He cannot accept the fact that Miss Elizabeth rejected him. Mr. Collins is like a lion hi the presence of a fresh kill, he will not give up until he gets what he desires. In this case, Elizabeth is what he desires and it seems like he will never give up no matter how many times he is rejected. Mr. Collins only sees and hears what he want to hear. It seems as though what goes on in his head, no matter how illogical it is, he thinks will happen.

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Society Notes Huck Finn

· The society of Huck Finn was profoundly racist, blacks were treated as second class citizens

· Slaves were present and common, runaway slaves were harshly punished


· We see a change in Huck Finn when he was away from racist society and he got to know the true nature of a black person and realized that they are not much different besides skin color

“I hadn’t had a bite to eat since yesterday, so Jim he got out some corn-dodgers and buttermilk, and pork and cabbage and greens—there ain’t nothing in the world so good when it’s cooked right”

· I look at dinner together as a sign of family and togetherness, Huck and Jim sharing a meal as equals is a sign of friendship

· Huck’s journey with Jim down the river brings them closer to each other and can be seen of a large scale as a relation between whites and blacks in the south

Nortier Notes

Notes Nortier

· Nortier wants his honor upheld therefore he cannot consent to a marriage between his granddaughter and a royalist.


“Nortier looked at Villefort with an almost sublime expression of contempt and pride.”


· Nortier is very satisfied with himself now that his honor has been upheld

· Another issue of honor is the question of retaliation by Franz D’ Epinay for the killing of his father? Should he retaliate?

“Villefort opened the door and fled, for he was seized with the impulse to choke out of the old man the little life that remained to him.”

· With the honor of Nortier upheld the honor of Villefort has suddenly been destroyed, Franz couldn’t possibly respect the son of the man who killed his father

· Nortier is not only defending the honor of himself but the honor of the Bonapartist party, Nortier cannot let the Bonapartists be stepped on even though they aren’t in power

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English Notes


EDMOND DANTES AS GOD

· Edmond does not blame God for his imprisonment, he blames free will, Edmond then decides to take matters into his own hands and become a god-like figure

· Edmond controls the lives of the people who wronged him, seems like karma, he does all this behind the scene and nobody expects him of anything


[H]e felt he had passed beyond the bounds of vengeance, and that he could no longer say, “God is for and with me.”

Edmond can no longer say that God is with him because he is assuming the role of God, in his vengeance he becomes an all powerful being

· Edmond assumes different names and it seems as though he changes his form, a common religious saying says that we may find God in various forms, Edmond Dantes appears to people in different forms


· Edmond may be seen as a God when he becomes Sindbad the Sailor in order to help a friend in need, Monsieur Morrel, in Morrel’s eyes the money is like a gift from God



· In the eyes of Villefort Edmond may look like the devil instead of God but in our eyes we can see Edmond as a God and what is happening to Villefort is happening because of karma


· A famous bible quote says that our God is a God that suffers with us, Edmond is a being that suffers with those he eventually torments or helps, he suffers with Villefort due to his imprisonment and he also suffered when his friends had nothing while he was in jail.