Why you shouldn't copy things

In a case of somebody hearing something that went along with a case they wanted to make, and repeating it without taking time to look at where it came from, Iranian news site, Fars News Agency, recently published an article talking about how rural white American prefer President Ahmadinejad to President Obama as a serious story.  Which they got from The Onion.

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Brabantio-Othello

 Sara, Shayan, Dahlia

In act 1 scene, Brabantio represented himself as a very tough man with high standards and with high social standing "My house is not a grange" (Pg.9-107). Everyone respected him and knew better than to disobey him. However, when he found out that his daughter was lost, he caved in and offered Roderigo whatever he wanted to help him find Desdemona. Shakespeare did so, in order for the readers to see how much Brabantio cared about his daughter and that he was prepared to set his dignity aside just to find her. At the same time Brabantio is in a position where he is in denial as the man he trusted (Othello) betrayed him and married his daughter. At this point, Brabantio was feeling guilty that he had not allowed Iago to marry Roderigo "...O that you had had her! Some one way some another..." (pg.13- 174).

Iago Characterization - Matt and Paul

Iago is characterized as a somewhat bitter and selfish man, who hates his boss Othello, and Cassio as he thinks that he deserved the promotion that Othello gave Cassio(8-33).  He's decided to serve himself and his own purposes, rather than do his duty and serve Othello.  He despises , 'Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave,/That doting on his own obsequious bondage, .... Whip me such honest knaves.  Others there are/Who, trimmed in forms and visates of duty,/Keep yet their hearts attending on themselves, ... These fellows have some soul,/And such a one do I provess myself.' (45-55)  He's also very cunning and uses others to acomplish his own goals, like Roderigo, 'Tush, never tell me, I take it much unkindly/That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse/As if hte strings were thine shouldst know of this.' (1-3).  Iago sees himself as his own person, serving to fufil his own purposes and wants rather than someone who just does things that others tell him to do, more so if he doesn't like them.
Through the was the speeches Iago gives are formed, being eloquent and articulate rather than goofy or unorganized, along with the malcontent shown throughout them, it's clear that rather than a comedic buffon, he will be a serious villan and threat to the hero of the play.
Iago talks to Roderigo in a cajoling manner, acting as his friend and sympathising with his dislike for Othello, as shown by quotes like, 'Despise me if I do not... (8)'  However, there are also times there it's that he really doesn't think of Roderigo as his equal as he gives him orders, like, 'Call up her father:/Rouse him, make after him, poison his delight, (68-69)'.  His not really caring for Roderigo that much compared to his concern for himself is shown further in how he took his leave from the scene they'd created, 'Farewell, for I must leave you./It seems not meet nor wholesome to my place/To be produced, as if I stay I shall,/Against the Moor.(143-6)'

Literature: Critical Study

1) They are both apologies for eating plums that were supposed to be used soon for something other than being eaten. There is a feeling of guilt and a felling of surrender as well, to the delicious flavour of the plums.
2) While one says that their was nothing else to eat except for the plums, the other states that they were too good and very tempting. Also, one is much more formally written, probably because it dates back to much longer. One describes the plums, while the other doesn't tend to really mind their flavour and is just happy about the fact that they're full.
3) Yes, the differences are related to intention. Although both aim to apologise for eating the plums, one is just an apology, while the other is more of an apology that would come with expecting a reproachful reaction to eating the plums. This is because it justifies the stance of the speaker in a detailed manner, asking for the person being apologies to to forgive them for eating the plums.
4) Pragmatic intention is related to the social historical context, which is important in both of the texts and is one of the main differences between them.
5) The language used is completely different, one is much more formal than the other. The poem has a much more tranquil atmosphere, due to its nature while the note has a causual atmosphere, especially with the bit about the facewash, since it diverts the attention of the readers away from the plums.

Plums, Words, and Broken Things

1. Both have the idea of an apology for eating another person's plums, which the speaker knew they were saving for a specific purpose.
2. Text 1 is a note, while Text 2 is a poem which uses a large amount of enjambment.  Text 1 gives the reason that they were eaten, and also asks the speaker's mother for some other items to eat, whicle Text 2 does neither.  Text 2 also states that the peaches were good, while Text 1 doesn't.
3. They possibly could be related to intention.  Text 1 just seems to be someone who leaves notes for their mother normally letting them know they ate the plums, there isn't that much food, and asking for her to buy some items.  Text 2 on the other hand seems like the speaker may've written the poem as something of an apology gift, and seems somewhat remorseful for eating them, but admits they did taste good.  While Text 1 seems to just be transferring information, Text 2 is transferring the information while giving something of how the speaker feels about what happened, and they the reader to feel or understand other than just that some events happened.
4. Both display a pragmatic intention in how they plainly state the facts about the plums in words.  However, by shaping it into a poem, with a sort of delay that builds up tension while the reader reads through the different stanzas, though they really form only two sentences, and the way they seperated the 3rd stanza by itself, seems to indicate some more about what the speaker feels or thinks about what happened.
5. The way it was written was shaped to carry more ideas and feeling than can be expressed directly in most prosaic texts, without using many more words.

'You Fit Into Me' Answers

1) It acts as an introduction to the poem and sets an atmosphere which is both intriguing and yet tranquil
2) None!
3) There is one concept that is being discussed throughout the poem and it's putting a hook into an eye. The same words are used repeatedly. However, two completely different meanings are drawn into consideration, once being the graceful hooking of a hook-eye and the other being the gruesome thought of a fish hook digging into an open eye.
4) Yes, the hook into an eye is a very joyful connotation, especially to females, since it symbolises fancy attire, nevertheless, the thought of a fish hook into an eye is very disturbing.
5) Images of dresses, skirts and fancy clothing is created however then the image of making a hole in an open human eye with a fish hook is introduced which covers up the joyous atmosphere that was set in the first place
6) Since not many words are used and they are repeated, there is an AB CB rhyming pattern, however no rhythm patterns are prominent, perhaps because the poem is only four lines long and consequently there is no space for a rhythm pattern to be incorporated
7) The tone of this poem undergoes a twist half way through, since the connotations of the hooks and eyes described change
8) It is being told from the point of view of a lover, with an unknown gender
9) The  biggest irony is what the author actually means by 'hook into an eye'
10) That although a hook into an eye is being described, there is word play in the sense that when one reads further on into the poem, they realise that it isn't just the serene clasping of a hook into an eye, instead, talking about love, somebody fits into the poet, like a hook fits into an open eye, which is very painful and disturbing, raising questions about this love relationship.
11) The choice of diction is actually what allows the irony to occur, since it clarifies what the author means by a hook into an eye, twisting the atmosphere of the poem immediately into something that love is not usually described by.

1) The relation between the title of the poem and the rest of the poem is that the first sentence IS the title of the poem and the title is kind vague but when the poem is read it explains the title.

2) The first sentence of the poem basically describes how the person fits into the poets eyes and how much love there is between the person and the poet but then the line that says "like a hook into an eye, a fish hook, an open eye." When the last three lines are visualized it shows pain and a sense of getting hurt because logically speaking a fish hook going into an open eye would be extremely painful therefore the poet is trying to describe her feelings through the usage of metaphor.

3-4) It can clearly be seen that the author is trying to express her feelings towards someone else and it has to deal with some kind of a love story. Firstly the poet starts the poem with "you fit into me" which is a positive thing and creates a happy image and then "like a hook into an eye" which expresses how tight or close the two people being together are  however in the next two line the poet says "A fish hook an open eye." which shows pain and negativity showing something happened that the relationship got ruined. It can be seen that the author uses the same type of words to express different stages of their relationship with the other person and how it went from being happy and positive to sad & getting hurt and negativity.

5) There are various images and figurative speeches seen  in the poem for example in the first two sentences the author shows and image of how tight and great their relationship were and she uses positive metaphors to explain this relation but then in the last two sentences she uses imagery to explain how the relationship ended and how much pain they were in.

6) She starts by being positive and explaining how perfect her past was but then how they got tricked in a relationship like a fish would be tricked to go eat the food that's on the hook but then they get trapped and die because they were tricked and she uses this metaphor to explain how they were tricked as well into being in a relationship with their partner and at the end they got hurt.

7) It starts off being romantic and explaining how lovely and dovly they are together but then the author shows a dark side of them.

8) The poem is being told from the authors point of view because she uses "you" in the beginning but then she uses the last two sentences to express her feelings.

Practical Criticism 'You fit into me' Questions

1. It's the first line of the poem, and an extremly vauge summary of the poem.  It also introduces the main imagry used throughout the poem.
2. No.
3. There's the idea of how different hooks and eyes can be tied together for either a good fit, or in a fit that causes extreme discomfort.
4. The first stanza makes it look like a small hook and eye that fit together well, while the second is an image of pain and contradicts what one expected to follow based on the positive tone of the begining.
5. Simile, image of a hook-and-eye closure that fits together perfectly, and an image of pain and something that doesn't fit together well are all used here.  They have a complimenting and contrasting relationship in the image they create, forming a whole picture that's somewhat disjointed.
6. It has a rhythmic essence, but not as the typical uniform meter.  Each line has it's own meter that transitions into the next line, but doesn't really connect.
7. Confused, but resigned.  The speaker seems to be saying that while there are good times, there are also horribly awful times, but that's how it is and they aren't really protesting or trying to change it as much as they are just stating that to themselves or the other party.
8. Somebody speaking to another person, an object, or reflecting in their head about a relatioship they have with something.
9. Paradox of the first and second hook and eye examples.  There also seems to be some tension between them saying they fit but don't fit.  There's also the paradox of using the words to mean two different things.  There's also how the things being described fit together, but the lines of the poem don't really fit.
10. The hook and eye being two different things, and the differing meanings.
11. There's no specific rhyme, syllabic pattern, or rhythm in the poem.  There's also the contrasting images created by the similar words.