Inkshedding Shakespeare...kinda

“PD’s” chosen quote

II.iv.103-13, pg 73

Orsino:

“There is no woman’s sides/Can bide the beating of so strong a passion

/As love doth give my heart; no woman’s heart/ So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.

/Alas, their love mat be called appetite,/No motion of the liver, but the palate,

/That suffer surfeit, cloyment, and revolt;/But mine is all as hungry as the sea,

/And can digest as much. Make no compare/Between that love a woman can bear me

/And that I owe Olivia.”

Orsino may realize that Olivia doesn’t love him, or cannot (completely) love him. He says that her love (or the love of any woman) can’t compare to his love for her. But he thinks she is strong enough and kind enough to handle this magnitude of love. He is “hungry as the sea,” meaning his passion and love for Olivia is endless, no matter how she feels. He hopes, though, that she can learn to love him for his devotion to her.

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Viola/Cesario-“But if she cannot love you, sir--

Orsino-[I] cannot be so answered.

Viola/Cesario-Sooth, but you must. /Say some lady, as perhaps there is,

/Hath for your love as great a pang of heart/As you have for Olivia. You cannot love her;

/You tell her so. Must she not then be answered?”

Twelfth Night Act I Questions

1. Why does Olivia want to mourn for seven summers, and not show her face (pg. 9)?

2. Why is "nature" (pg. 15) used in describing acquired talents, and "natural" to describe innate idiocy (pg. 16-17)?

3. Toby seems to not be fond of Andrew--why does he persist in encouraging him to try to win over Olivia, a family member (pg 21-23)?

4. "Better to be a witty Fool than a foolish wit (pg 27)."--Is the Fool praising himself while insulting himself, and others, namely Olivia, simultaneously?

5. "The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brother's soul, being in heaven (pg. 29)."--Is the Fool trying to lure Olivia out of her mourning by, again, insulting her? Why is her reaction to his words so calm?

6. Viola (Cesario) wants to recite a speech that she memorized. Olivia calls it text. Is a memorized speech really text, even in Shakespeare's time?

Nijhuis/"Taking Wildness in Hand: Rescuing Species"

Michelle Nijhuis' article "Taking Wildness in Hand" claims that in order to save a species of trees that is mysteriously dying out, the tree must be moved to a colder climate than Florida. This moving has been named "assisted migration." Many are opposed to this movement because of the unforeseen effects. Based on past attempts to something similar, nothing good can come of it. The trees might die out anyway, or cause problems for the existing ecosystem. Those who are for the assisted migration argue that this might be the only way to save the species. They do, however have to decide HOW the trees can be moved. It is assumed that they CAN be moved in the first place. For the opposers, it is the general belief that there will be problems if the species is moved through "assisted migration."

Halpern/"Virtual Iraq"

"Virtual Iraq," by Sue Halpern, seeks to open virtual reality as a therapy method. The rising occurrences of post-traumatic stress disorder has triggered what could be called a sort of revival of this method. First used in the treatment of Vietnam War veterans, this version is a simulated Iraq. The experience of Travis Boyd, a Marine, was grounds for trial of the method. It worked. While still being developed, there have been documented improvements in soldiers' PTSD. The creator and users of Virtual Iraq credit its success to the use of not only sight, but sound and smell, too. It is assumed that if all PTSD sufferers give Virtual Iraq a try, it will help. Also, that all soldiers diagnosed with PTSD have the disorder because of something war-related.

Carroll/"Hi-Tech Trash"

Chris Carroll states that people have always made waste, and seldom know, or care to find out, how it is gotten rid of. There is no need to send our "e-waste" to poor countries where the health of residents is already a concern. In countries like Ghana, trash is ripped apart, melted and burned. The fumes of the metals are affecting lung function. Gold and silver and copper are the goals; they can be extracted and reworked for selling. Bits of computers can be salvaged and sold. But most of the junk that leaves the country is useless. There are safe ways to deconstruct computers and televisions. There is a company right here in the U.S. that will dispose of this trash safely. We can't know how much more waste there will be, only that there will be A LOT. Carroll assumes that all people "donate" old computers in the hopes that it is the "right thing." That they have no idea what is actually happening to their junk. He assumes that everyone will at some point, get rid of some form of "hi-tech trash" whether it be a computer, a TV, or a cellphone.