The Lonely Book

"We don't know ourselves" (Nietzsche).

Kind of like a book with no shelves.

The book has nowhere to go.

And he can't grow.

Introspection makes the book insane.

He is so contingent on the fast lane.

The book knows that

He will never ever get looked at.

He used his a posteriori knowledge 

That he was getting thrown out of college.

His past experiences makes him figure out

that his information is useless, without a doubt.

He gave up on his gleam of light.

The book's moral philosophy was right.

The words on his pages were lame.

And that brought him much shame.

In fact, the book doesn't know himself.

Just like Santa didn't tell Buddy the Elf

That he wasn't the same as the others.

His information wasn't like another's.

He was okay with living like this.

Even if a human didn't want to give his pages a kiss.

The Dandy Lion

There once was a dandy lion.

This lion always worried about who he was and why he was so different. 

Little did the lion realize, he was a weed.

Just a weed.

Nothing other than a weed.

Yet everyone admired this lion, as he was the "king of the forest".

He introspected himself more than any other lion out there.

But he was such a help to all the other animals in the huge forest.

All of the human beings found the dandy lion so majestic and beautiful.

One day, the dandy lion's fur shed.

Bit by bit, the lion's hair flew into the depths of the wind.

Little did the lion know, his fur was gone and he was no longer living.

With a blink of an eye, the dandy lion's perception of himself changed.

The End

Don't Forget To Gleam.

Good day.  I am here today to present my testimony on how our gleam of

Light can never shine through the darkness due to introspection of ourself

Every single day of our lives.  "A man should learn to detect


And watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within,

More than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages" (Emerson).

Our  perception varies from one person to the next.  To be able to

Find our own gleam of light, we must find our own


Little shine that creates us to be unique and

Intelligent using a priori rather than a posterori knowledge.

Getting to the point here, our gleam of light is our own light, not from the

Head of the next person. To even begin to get find our gleam of light, we must

Try first.

Romantic Rumi?

As this is a new quarter, there is now a new topic to discuss.

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Philosophy.

This week we had to read a poem by Rumi.

Rumi is a rather older poet, as in the 13th century old.

For more information on Rumi, click here.

When he wrote the poem Night and Sleep, the idea of love came to me as a pathetic 8th grade relationship type of thing.

(To read the whole poem, click this link.)

But, this poem is actually about love to God, as religion was key in the past.

To me, in this poem, love is referring to God.


"A head has one use: For loving a true love"(Rumi).

The head, as in eyes, ears, nose, mouth, brain, has one purpose.

That one purpose is to love God.

Your whole life is dedicated to God and only him.

I could not find one YouTube video for this topic, which made me very sad as I always have a video at the end.

So to replace a video, here are multiple poems written by Rumi if you're interested.

A Moment Of Happiness


Birdsong


Defeated by Love


Here I Am


I Was Dead


Love Is The Cure


Only Breath


Until You've Found Pain

THE MO(THELL)OR

This title is probably very confusing.

But, I promise you, it will all make sense soon.



This week's character is Othello.


Othello is a Moor.

The definition of a Moor can be found right here (Third definition).



Othello is the general of the army in Venice.

More information on Othello in a Prezi can be found right here.

Back in the old days, and partially still today, blacks were not allowed to talk to whites, let alone marrying each other.

And that, my friend, is exactly what Othello did.

All of the drama in Othello starts when Brabantio, Desdemona's father, figures out about
Othello and Desdemona's marriage.

This leads to Brabantio accusing Othello of witchcraft, casting a spell on Desdemona.

Fast-forward some to the night that Cassio gets drunk.

This is when Othello fires him.

"I know, Iago,

Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter,

Making it light to Cassio. Cassio, I love thee

But never more be officer of mine"(Act 2 Scene 3 Page 11).

 

 

To end this week, here is a video that shows the Othello plot through various Disney movies.

 

The Loyal Lieutenant - Cassio

So, here we are again. 

Looks like it.

What's the matter?

With what?

With you!

Well, I have to write this blog so I don't get erasers thrown at me on Monday.

The ladies man, Michael Cassio

Anyways...

Another week, another blog about my favorite book by Shakespeare, Macbeth Othello.

This week's character is...

(drumroll please)

Michael Cassio.

First off, Cassio is the lieutenant.

And yes, Cassio is the one that took the job that Iago wanted so badly. 

Cassio is such a flirt, if you know what I mean.

He knows how to treat a women, unlike some people.

On the other hand...

Have you ever thought who Michael Cassio's foil was?

Most people think Othello and Iago are foils in Othello, but have you ever thought that Cassio and Othello were foils?

To read more about Cassio and Othello being foils, click right here.

Alright, let's get back to Cassio and women.

"If such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry, it had been better you had not kissed your three fingers so oft, which now again you are most apt to play the sir in. Very good, well kissed, and excellent courtesy! ’tis so, indeed. Yet again your fingers to your lips? Would they were clyster-pipes for your sake!" (Act 2 Scene 1 Page 9).

This is basically Iago saying how Cassio is "flirting" with Desdemona.


Here's a short little video on an actor that played as Cassio:

More information on Michael Cassio can be found right here.



 

Have a good day!

The Definition of Perfection, Desdimona

(Here I am at 9 p.m. rewriting this whole blog because my computer and internet decided not to cooperate and didn't save.  Wonderful, just wonderful.)

Another Friday, another blog post...

This week's character to discuss is Desdemona.

Desdemona is personally my favorite character so far.

What I really like about Desdemona is that Desdemona is actually the name of a moon on Uranus.

 

 

(I thought this was very interesting.)

Anyways, she is beautiful and is attracted by many men.

 

 

Desdemona is Brabantio's daughter, the Venetian senator.

 

She is also the one that has married the Moor, Othello.

 

As some may guess, Brabantio was not very pleased when he heard this news.

 

When Brabantio accused Othello for casting a spell on Desdemona, Othello shared a story on how he "wooed" Desdemona, not interfering with witchcraft at all.

 

"The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Grew beneath their shoulders. These things to hear Would Desdemona seriously incline. But still the house affairs would draw her hence, Which ever as she could with haste dispatch, She’d come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse, which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart" (Act 1 Scene 3 Page 7).   Basically, what this says is that Othello would tell Desdemona about his adventures and stories and she fell in love with them.   To read more on Desdemona, click here. Here's another link to read more about the relationship of Desdemona and Othello.(right here) That's all for now! Bye!

Iago A.K.A The Character Nobody Really Likes

Click here to read Othello!

Here I am again with this blog that I just love doing every Friday night, so let's get started.

Now that I'm done The Book Thief, my class is now starting Othello by the one and only Shakespeare.  Sounds exciting right?



 One of the main characters, Iago, is a very special one.

Iago is a foil of another main character, Othello.

Foil is basically having two characters with opposite personalities.

An example of foil is from the movie most of us know, Star Wars.

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are foils.

Alright, no more on foil, but if you are really interested in learning more about it, then click here.




Iago is in fact a troublemaker. 

And if Iago if you're reading this (even though you're a fictional character from a play written hundreds of years ago),

Nobody likes you. Not one bit.

In the beginning of Othello, Iago is very mad at Michael Cassio, the guy who got the job as lieutenant.

Iago is just jealous because his job is a flag bearer and Cassio has a way cooler job than him. 

"Awake! What, ho, Brabantio! Thieves! Thieves!

Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags!

Thieves! thieves!"(Act 1 Scene 1 Page 3).

 

Iago falsely awoken Brabantio, the senator.

 

See Iago, this is why nobody likes you.

 

And Iago told Brabantio that the Moor (Othello) is with Desdemona, Brabantio's daughter.

 

Basically, Iago is like one of those dramatic girls you see in the hallway spreading rumors about the stupidest things.

 

 

 

Here are thoughts from other people about Iago in a video:

 

 

( If the video isn't working, then click here.)

 

That is about it for this week.

 

I'll be back next week with another character from Othello.

 

Bye!