So you may be wondering why my blog is titled this...well there isn't one specific reason why. First, I think it's a great quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Also, I like the message it teaches. Life is unexpected, and no one knows what lies before them. We have to take the chance and go see for ourselves if we ever want to accomplish something. This is also a lot like reading. We start out reading a book not knowing where it will take us. The ending is unknown until we reach it; sometimes it ends good and sometimes it ends bad. However, we will never know how it turns out in the end if we do not keep going.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

p. 1119 #2

Shakespeare's play Othello is a tragedy. A tragedy is a type of drama which depicts the causally related events that lead to the downfall and suffering of the protagonist, a person of unusual moral or intellectual stature or outstanding abilities. The character Othello is the protagonist of this play. Throughout the story, various characters and events move the plot along as it nears a tragic ending. Iago's evil plot slowly unfolds and creates even more drama as the other characters fall into his plan. "I have rubbed this young quat almost to the sense, and he grows angry. Now, whether he kill Cassio, or Cassio him, or each do kill the other, every way makes my gain" (V.i. 11-14). Othello is the victim of Iago's evil plan, and many of the other characters get in his way and also fall as victims. The ending of this play can be foreshadowed by the knowledge that it is a tragedy. Tragedies usually never have happy endings or happily-ever-afters. The endings usually involve the death or one or more characters; the protagonist often dies or is left unhappy in the end. It is only a matter of time before this play comes to a tragic ending.

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