Category: Writing

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONLINE TEXT AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE?

During my conversation in real life and over text messages the language I use differs a lot. The language that I use is dependent on who I am with and where I am. some people strongly believe that the use of text messages affect the way use speak out loud and some believe that is has no effect. I think that in some situations that your use of language is affected by the way you text. – such as?

Firstly, what thing that are used in texts are different from the English language? People may use devices such as slang, idiolect, dialect, emoticons, abbreviations and acronyms. They all have their own use within people’s lives. For example some people use them all of them and most of these texts will include at least one of them like me and my friends. Some people will never use them and in rare cases the look down on people who use them. Personally I think that people who believe that text messages ruin the English language are wrong. Back in Shakespeare’s time the language was very different to how it is now. so for it to change someone had to use a different word and it catch on with the general public. This proves that the English language is forever changing and it will keep on changing into the future. In the future people will talk different and some people will speak how we speak today and they will be look down on as they are speaking different to the general public.

The use of slang is generally used by the younger generation and some of the older generation think that the idea of slang is ruining the English language and should be banned in schools and educational places. People will use slang in text and in their daily use of language. I don’t believe that the use of texts make them use slang in real life. I believe that them using slang in real life affects their use of language of their texts messages. Some people may catch some slang off of text messages however that word was most probably passed on to the by someone in a conversation at school or at a park. I don’t believe slang is a bad nor good thing. I believe that it should not be used in educational conversation, but if you are with your friends in the park it is more then ok to use slang.

I believe that idiolect has no relationship between virtual and reality conversations. Personally I have used idiolect in text messages, however I used them every day when I am speaking to my family, friends and teachers. In some cases some people may believe that there is a link as people may use the same phrases in text messages and when they are talking out loud. Sometimes this may be because they caught that phrase for a text message, however most uses of idiolect are natural and most people have no idea that they are using them. So if people don’t know when they are using idiolect I don’t see how text messages could affect them.

I think that emoticons cannot affect how you speak to your friends and family. I believe so as I don’t think that pictures that are supposed to display your emotions can affect they way you speak. I can see how you speak in real life can affect the way you use emoticons. If you are very upbeat and always positive you are less likely to use negative emoticons, and visa versa. I don’t believe that the language you use will affect the emoticons you use as it would be the mood and emotions you are feeling will affect them.

 

 

My mystery story

Roy was having a normal Wednesday. He went on the tube to Blackfriars station from South Kensington. He then went to his office block and started working away on his computer. It was at 12:26 when his phone rang. It was his dad calling about his mum. His mum has fallen ill and doctors don’t know if she will live. He ran out of work and went straight home to pack his bag and start the long journey to Newcastle by car.

He was half way there and it was 23:11 and he was falling asleep. He saw a bed and breakfast on the side of the road. The sign read “ROSES B&B”. He thought it look a lovely place to stay the night and could continue his journey tomorrow. He pulled over to the side and played for a parking  ticket. He noticed that his car was the only car that was in the car park. At first he thought nothing of it.

He look in the window of the small hotel and saw a table and chairs and an old couple sitting their having a cup of tea. He thought that they look harmless, so he walked up to the door and rang and waited. He did not wait long, in fact as soon as he rang the bell the door swung open. The old couple where standing there with enormous smiles on their faces. They welcomed him in as if they know him for decades.

He strolled into the hotel. It has a 1950 fell to it. There was oak fernature along the hall way with dim lamps. He look round the corner into the big living room there was a amazing chandelier hanging from the ceiling. It lit up the room superbly. In one corner there was a grand piano. It look out of place. He turned his head to the delight of a cup of tea. Th old cupple had a silver tray with some custard creams and tea.

 

act 3 scene 3 summary

This scene is just after the scene where Anthony changes the thoughts of the Roman public that Caesar was killed unlawfully. The Roman pubic a furious with the conspirators. They find some one in the street and ask him questions and the answers he gives them leads him to be killed. He is Cinna the Poet and they confuse him with Cinna the Conspirator. I can tell they are really angry with him as they say ” Tear him to pieces, he’s a conspirator.”

How does Anthony’s soliloquy show his feelings toward Caesar and his intentions for the rest of the play?

In Anthony’s soliloquy shows that he is sorry for being so friendly with the conspirators . I can tell this by the first sentence of the soliloquy “O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, that I am meek and gentle with these butchers!”. I can tell he is sorry as he say pardon which means he is asking to be forgiven. I can tell he is talking about the conspirators as he says butchers. He calls the butchers as the brutally murdered Caesar.He also thinks that Caesar is a mighty man and was a really important person. The quote ” Thou art the ruins of the noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times.”, tells me that. That quote asking has another meaning that. I think that meaning is that the remains of Caesar are only ruins. It is also a homophone it also could mean that they have ruined the live of the noblest man.

This soliloquy tells us what he really is thinking as he has no one to lie to.  So we can tell if he lies in the future of the play and can tell if he lies earlier on in the play. Now we can tell that when Anthony smothered his hand in Caesar’s blood, he did not want to join the conspirators he just wanted to gain their trust. With their trust he then can gets Caesar’s revenge. I can tell that he wants to get Caesar’s revenge by the quote “And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge, with Ate by his side come hour from hell”. This means that he is searching for revenge and with Ate (The Greek Godess of revenge) they will bring revenge from hell. I think he is referring Ate to himself so he will bring Caesar’s revenge to the conspirators.

Badge-Semantic Field-How does Shakeapeare build tension and play with the idea of fate.

The idea of fate was a big part of life and believed in strongly Caesar’s and Shakespeare’s time, and some people still believe in it today. Fate is a big part of the play and it sets the way for all the major events to happen, such as the death of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius. Without fate the play would lose a lot of the tension. like if the sooth sayer did not say his message you would not know when Caesar would die. Shakespeare uses fate throughout the play using many different methods to do so. some of the ways are; dramatic irony, Caesar’s hubris and figurative language.

One way Shakespeare makes tension is by using dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows more about what is going to happen than the characters. I can tell that as in the play the audience knows that Caesar will be killed on the Ides of March as it is a well-known fact. They could also tell that Caesar will die by the quote “Beware the ides of March” said by the soothsayer. However Caesar does not know he will be killed then. This builds tension when Caesar by saying that he will not go to the capital and he won’t be killed, but then Decius makes him go so now he will be killed. It leaves you thinking will he be killed or not. By using the same quote “Beware the ides of March”. Shakespeare has another way to build tension. If you don’t know Caesar gets killed in the ides of March you won’t know what the message means as it is only half the original message as soothsayers only give half of the message from God. This will make the audience in a state of confusion as that only have half the message. With dramatic irony we know what will happen, however we don’t know how, who and when. When we are trying to discover the how we are lead into a state of being ambiguous. This is because the language Shakespeare is using can lead us in many different ways. For example from a conversation between the sooth sayer and Caesar. Caesar says to the soothsayer “The Ides of March are come” and the soothsayer says back “Ay, Caesar, but not gone”. The audience know that Caesar will be killed today as they saw the conspirators having a conversation about they are going to kill Caesar at the senate. – another instance from the play to be added.

In Act 2 Scene 2 Shakespeare uses the arrogance of Caesar to make the audience feel suspense as we don’t know whether he will go to the Senate where his death will take place. His wife has started to persuade Caesar not to go there because she has had dreams that he will be killed if he does. He does not listen to her as he is too arrogant.  I can tell this by the quote “Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he”. Caesar has personified the word danger as he is trying to say that danger is a coward compared to his power. This shows that Caesar’s hubris is unstable as he has excessive self-confidence. He then gives into her and agrees to stay . Then Decius uses his hubris to make him go to the Senate. I can tell this by the quote “Break up the Senate till another time, when Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams”. Better quotation from Decius This presents the idea of fate as Caesar had to go to the Senate.

The third way Shakespeare builds tension is by using figurative language. When Calpurnia is trying to persuade Caesar to stay home. Her reasons are bad omens. A quote that shows a bad omen is “A lioness hath whelped in the streets”. This gives the impression that Caesar will not go to the Senate and will survive. That quote shows that a lion is showing weakness. A lioness is one of the mightiest animals. To Calpurnia Caesar is a mighty person. So it shows that Caesar will show weakness. These bad omens presents the idea of fate. As it shows that the omens come true. During the bad omans there was alot of use of pathetic fallacy. Pathetic fallcy is when people use the weather to describe the mood of people, thing or the whole sceen. One quote that shows the use of pathetic fallcy is ” The noise of battle hurtled in the air”. Pathetic Fallcy

The idea of fate is in all of these points as they all show that some how Caesar will die. The idea of Caesar’s hubris it shows that his arrogance will lead him to his fate. At one point in the play it looks like Caesar will avoid his fate as he agrees to stay home with Calpurnia, but then Shakespeare toys with us by bringing Decius Brutus in to the scene. We then know that he will use Caesar’s hubris to manipulate him to go to the Senate.Decius carefully mocks Caesar by questioning his power as bis wife controls what he does, accusing him of cowardice and also questioned his pride. I can tell he does all that by the quote ” Besides, it were a mock apt to be render’d for someone to say, ‘Break up the Senate till another time, when Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams’ ” The Idea of dramatic irony  shows that Caesar will die, as us the audience will know more than the characters. This will allow us to be one step in front of the characters. We will know Caesar’s fate was to die as the play  was written hundreds of years later than the murder of Caesar. In the play it is set in the time is was taken place , so the knowledge of Caesar’s death would not have been around.  The bad omens present the Idea of fate as it shows that no matter what Caesar will be terminated. As the omen show that Caesar will be murdered and all the city are around it rejoicing. This shows that Caesar will die, as we know his fate is to die and a bleeding statue of Caesar with blood pouring out of it, ensure us of Caesar’s fate.

In conclusion I believe that the idea of fate to build tension is a major part of the play and the play would not be as good without it. The idea of fate in Caesar could be fought of as cruel as it brings death to three main characters in the play. For example Cassius kills himself as he hears shouts and he thinks his side has lost the battle and he was the next to die. That day was his birthday and he did not want to be killed on his birthday so he decided to kill himself. In the end it ended up that the cheers was from his team and they won the battle. So he tried to avoid fate and kill himself and ended up causing his fate.