The four plans

I have confusion about the plans.  I know Moloch wants to fight in another open war because he would rather die than lose, and Belial wants to do nothing because he thinks that he can get use to living in Hell.  I think that what Mammon wants to do is build a kingdom in Hell that they can call their own.  I don't get why that is greedy; it just seems like another Idea.  What really confused be is when Beezulbub started talking. He mocked Mammon for wanting to separate them selves from heaven, but Satan and Beelzubub don't want to associate with heavn, and they want to build a kingdom in hell just like Mammon wanted.  

Othello Critical Quoatation Gathering

“it is her relaxed, frank, sexuality and the passionate response it arouses in Othello which generate the tragedy.”

Pg. 81

(Women and Men in Othello  -Thomas Neely)

This quote talks about Desdamona and her role in the tragedy.  This particular viewpoint only focuses on her "relaxed, frank, sexuality" that brings about a passionate, loving quality in Othello that is so different from his rough, warrior exterior "which generate[s] the tragedy" (Neely 81).  However, coach crook commented on this quote and asked about how her innocence plays into the tragedy as well.  While I agree with the quote above, I also think Desdemona's complete innocence in this situation stirs up the reader's pity for her.  Yes, the out-of-character tenderness Othello shows towards Desdemona is moving, but her purity and sincere innocence to the crimes laid upon her definitely contributes to the sad inevitability of her unfair fate. 

Paradise Lost

In lines 120-228, Belial is giving his opinion of what the fallen demons should do.  In his argument, he states that "Our purer essence then will overcome / Thir noxious vapour, or endur'd not feel, / Or chang'd at length, and to the place conformd / In temper and in nature, will receive / Familiar the fierce heat, and void of pain; / this horror will grow milde, this darkness light" (215-220).  Basically what Belial thinks they should do is nothing.  He argues that eventually, they will get used to hell and it will become less horrible than it seems to be now.  In his long speech he also points out that if they go to war again, their punishment from God could only get worse.  He believes that by doing nothing, things cannot get any worse, only better or more bearable. 

Angel Edline Sheet

All I really know about Angels are stereotypes, and random things in the City of Bones book series. I am definitely familiar with some of the terms mentioned in the handout, such as Seraphim, Cherubim, and some of the Magnificent 7, like Raphael, and Sariel. In the City of Bones, the swords of shadow hunters are named after angels, so that's pretty cool. At the end of the sheet it says that a scholar noted the angel count to be above 304 million....I am not quite sure how you can make that number....

I am really enjoying Paradise Lost. I kind of wish it was not so detail orientated and more narrative like because the story and plot itself is very engaging, but we are definitely moving through it at a good pace. I like how more and more ex-angels are getting introduced, I that keeps happenning.

Iago's Deep-Hearted Inferiority Complex

When going back through my Othello Critical Quotation paper, Coach Crook had an interesting question about the comment that I made about Iago's hidden evil motives.  He asked me whether I thought Iago has a deep-hearted inferiority complex that he could ever admit.  I definitely think that Iago has a deep hearted inferiority complex, but he doesn't really admit it.  At the end of the play, he does not deny that he caused all of the chaos to happen, but he never directly tells Othello or anyone else in the bedroom exactly why he did what he did.  I think that Iago wants to keep his motives to himself because he has a reason to dislike Othello, but that reason is not legitimate enough to cause the major blood bath that he did and I think he knows that way deep down.

Paradise Lost Book 2

I wanted to make sure that I was understanding what I was reading today in Book 2 of Paradise Lost...... It seemed like in the 40 lines or so Satan was again trying to suck up to all of his demons by calling them "deities of heaven" and such. But then I think a new character came into the scene...Moloch. Then he starts talking about how everyone there has no where to go but up since they are in hell and cannot really do much worse than that. But who is Moloch? Just another demon?
The reading said that he was a "sceptred king" but I was kindof confused on what that meant.....

Reading 2- Why the angels are in Hell

The main thing I still do not understand is what God is going to do with Satan and all of the angles that followed him.  I also do not understand what is fueling Satan to keep his rebellion going.  He knows he will never get anything out of it so he is just acting out of anger, but I do not see why he is so angry.  The only reason I can think of is because he is to proud to give up.