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DEADLY SUMMER DAYS
Texas is the second in size among the states. Texas has a land and water area of 267,277 square miles. Extending from sea level at the Gulf of Mexico to over 8,000 feet in the Guadalupe Mountains of far West Texas and from the semitropical Lower Rio Grande Valley to the High Plains of the Panhandle. The temperature averages to 57°F in the winter months and 81°F in the summer. The Highest Temperature recorded was 113 degrees Fahrenheit. With the high temperatures in Texas, it’s intolerable to not cool down in a new cold bath, pool, or hang out at the beach.
During the hot summers, the heat drives people towards the beach, take a dip in the pool, and other fun activities to cool down. Swimming is an inviting sport most people participate in to cool off for the Texas heat. However, without taking specific safety precautions, this favorite pastime can turn into tragedy. Did you know that approximately five-hundred children under the age of five drowned in residential pools in the year of 2004. For every child who drowns, statistics show there are an additional six children who experience a traumatic near drowning event. About 6500 drowning deaths occur in the United States every year, and an estimated 140,000 worldwide. No one is certain about the rate of near drowning incidents. Most of the victims are either young children, especially boys, or young adolescent males. Surveys indicate that 10% of the children under 5 experienced a situation with a high risk of drowning. Males, in general, are much more likely to drown than females. Also, 90% of drownings occur in freshwater. Drowning related injuries are the fifth most likely cause of accidental death in the US. Drowning can also occur in bath tubs, toilets and in rare instances, accidental death can happen by drinking water and it going down the wrong way. Drowning is often considered a “silent death. “ It is important for all children to have adult supervision when swimming. A child can drown in 45 seconds, so it is important to always be alert when watching young swimmers. There are shocking facts that everyone should know: 1) it only takes approximately 4 to 5 teaspoons or leas then two ounces of water to drown an adult and 2) it only takes approximately 1 teaspoon of water to drown an infant. Drowning is preventable with the simple lifeguard rules such as “no running” can prevent disasters and using layers of protection for any pool.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1) All-Net (2004) Near Drowning/ Introduction Retrieved June 10, 2005 from http://pedsccm.wustl.edu/All-Net/english/neurpage/protect/drown.htm
-This site provides details to near drowning events, setting, ages of children that are most likely to drown, prevention, and laws.
2) CBS News.com (2003) Motive of drowning children? Retrieved June 10, 2005 from
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/10/national/main587831.shtml
- This site has an article on the accusation of a woman drowning her three young sons.
3) DTI (2005) Drowning Home and Garden Retrieved June 10, 2005 from http://www.dti.gov.uk/homesafetynetwork/dw_intro.htm
- This site provides the amount of deaths from drowning in garden pools, etc.
4) Houston Community Newspapers Online- 1960 Sun (2005) Think safety before entering the pool Retrieved June 9, 2005 from
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14654543&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532256&rfi=6
-This site provides an article about the safety that should be used in preventing the occurrences of drowning.
5) Houston Community Newspapers Online- North Channel Sentinel (2005)Killer Water Retrieved June 9, 2005 from
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14669042&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532258&rfi=6
-This site provides an article of the many sites that drowning may popularly occur.
6) http://www.pilotmag.co.uk/Immersionfulltext.pdf (n.d) Drowning Retrieved June 9, 2005 from
http://www.pilotmag.co.uk/Immersion%20full%20text.pdf#search='types%20of%20drowning'
- This site was useful in explaining the types of drowning and what causes it. The types of rescues there are.
7) Internet Archive (2000) Details: Pools Are Not the Only Drowning Danger at Home for Kids Retrieved June 10, 2005 from http://www.archive.org/details/drown
- This site provides a video clip of the different dangerous household objects that could lead to a kid drowning.
8) National SAFE KIDS Campaign (2004) Injury Facts Drowning Retrieved June 10, 2005, from http://www.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1032
-This site offered the facts about drowning and the safety to prevent drowning
9) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (2005) Drowning, Occurrences, etc. Retrieved June 11, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning
- This site has all the information about the types of drowning, situations leading to drowning, rescuing and treatment, and prevention.
10) WPVI.com (2005) Toddler Survives Near Drowning Retrieved June 9, 2005 from
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/051705_nw_neardrowning.html
- This was useful in the situation that young toddlers could be in danger like this one.
LITERARY DEVICES
- apostrophe- “ Yah, but I should’ve listened to Bonnie when she tried to tell me not to go when there was no adult supervision. Only if she was here I would‘ve apologize with the way I acted.” replied Matt.
-Only if she was here I would’ve apologize with the way I acted. This shows a sign of the use of apostrophe.
- antipophora- “How’s my son? Is he going to be fine? (sees Matt sleeping and says) He‘s fine. ” asked the frightened Jene.
- He’s fine. Jene finds that Matt is alright and use antipophora and answers the question that she just asked.
Camp Disaster
Jene and John, proud parents of their three puppies, Matt, Bonnie, and Liz, http://www.ewe-topia.com/gallery/3%20aussie%20puppies.jpg decided right after the school year was over, the three would be sent to Camp Krusty. Matt, Bonnie and Liz come home from school and the news was announced to them. http://benicialiving.com/images/uploads/pf_lassie_lb.jpg
“Hey you three settle down! I have something to tell you three.” ordered Jene.
“Ok..” moaned Matt, Bonnie, and Liz.
“Daddy and I decided that you three would go to Camp Krusty right after the school year ends.”
“The Camp Krusty! The one that every young animal dreams of going!”
“Yes, we decided that you three should have some fun time over summer vacation.”
“Woohoo!!!!” yelled the three puppies full of excitement.
The three, full of excitement, runs to their rooms and packed their treasures thinking that their departure was tomorrow. http://www.state.sd.us/gfp/sdparks/snake/camp.gif
After the school year was over, they finally went to Camp Krusty. There, they met their supervisor, Mr. Bear, and was explained the rules, activities, and where they will sleep. The parents left and the puppies followed Mr. Bear to their lodge and unpacked. In a few hours, other animals arrived including the largest animal, the elephant to the smallest, the lizard signed in and enjoyed the rest of the day introducing them.
The temperature of Houston, Texas has risen to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Mr. Bear led the young animals for a hike on the Guadalupe Mountains. They all developed a great survival experience after a camp-out that night. The next day they hiked back down to their lodges and played games, learned more survival tips, and what to do when someone’s lost, stuck, or in any trouble.
After a few weeks, the summer heat hit their campsite. The temperature has now risen from 95 degrees to 113 degrees Fahrenheit. http://abstract.1double.com/blogsupport/hot_sun.jpg Even a walk would cause their young bodies to sweat. So Mr. Bear took the young animals out to the camp’s pool to cool down.
Around the pool were fences with signs stating “no running” and “no diving” and more. The young animals ignored the signs and ran towards the pool. Mr. Bear stopped them, knowing that an incident might occur. Mr. Bear calls Lifeguard Alli, an alligator, to supervise the little swimmers with him. The temperature continued to stay steaming hot for a few weeks. So in these few weeks they visited the pool recently.
One hot summer night, Matt had an idea to go take a dive in the pool. As Matt wasn’t a really good swimmer, he dragged Bonnie and Liz along. Bonnie disagreed with the idea, but decided to go anyways. They arrived at the pool, with Bonnie and Liz still half awake the two slept on the side of the pool and Matt dove in like a dolphin. http://www.informationblast.com/images/6_64_Swimming_Dog_small.jpg Matt suddenly had a cramp and was drowning. Luckily Bonnie realized that there were no splashing noises and found the drowning Matt. She quickly ran toward the lodge and got Mr. Bear and Lifeguard Alli to save Matt. Mr. Bear made a call for an ambulance, while Lifeguard Alli gave CPR to Matt. The ambulance arrived and Matt was sent to the nearest hospital. Jean and John were notified and rushed to the hospital.
“Hello, are the parent of Matt,” asked Mr. Bear.
“ Yes, is there something wrong with him.” asked the worried Jene.
“Well Matt happens to be swimming in the pool with no adult supervision and near drowning. But he was sent to the hospital for further treatment.” explained Mr. Bear.
“ Oh NO! (in shock) we must find out what happened at the hospital. Thank you! Bye.” shockingly said Jene.
While at the hospital, Doctor Fox treated Matt and was hospitalized. Jene and John arrived and eager to know what the conditions of their son are in.
“How’s my son? Is he going to be fine? (sees Matt sleeping and says) He‘s fine. ” asked the frightened Jene.
“He’s fine, but he seems to have large amount water in his lungs and need to stay overnight just to be safe.” answered Doctor Fox.
“Thank you!” replied Jene and John.
Jene and John stayed overnight at the hospital comforting Matt.
“Are you alright, honey?” asked Jean
“ Yah, but I should’ve listened to Bonnie when she tried to tell me not to go when there was no adult supervision. Only if she was here I would‘ve apologize with the way I acted.” replied Matt.
“ As long as you’re okay. Now have a nice nap.”
The morning cam and Matt was allowed to go home. Back at the camp, Mr. Bear puts a mesh pool cover over the pool to prevent future incidents like this. http://www.pools-unlimited.com/loop_loc_mesh_cover.htm Mr. Bear announced the incident once everyone was awake. He included in his announcement, the new rule: “NO ONE is allowed into the pool at night and without adult supervision. Anyone who violates this rule will not have any pool time.”
The end of summer is near, and the camp’s session is about to end. Mr. Bear led the young animals to their parents. Everyone wished they could stay longer, but it was time to go. They all went home and started school. http://www.labradorstuff.com/coasters-prep-school.jpg
A few years past, Camp Krusty never has an incident involving the pool. This incident inspired all parents to put some sort of pool cover over their pools and have adult supervision when the young ones are having fun in the pool.
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Richard II Act 3 Scene 3
Cell #1
Quote:
“HENRY BOLINGBROKE
So that by this intelligence we learn
The Welshmen are dispersed, and Salisbury
Is gone to meet the king, who lately landed
With some few private friends upon this coast.
NORTHUMBERLAND
The news is very fair and good, my lord:
Richard not far from hence hath hid his head.
DUKE OF YORK
It would beseem the Lord Northumberland
To say 'King Richard:' alack the heavy day
When such a sacred king should hide his head.
NORTHUMBERLAND
Your grace mistakes; only to be brief
Left I his title out.”
Summary:
Bolingbroke, along with the Duke of York, Lord Northumberland, and their attendants, rides toward Flint castle (in northeastern Wales), to which King Richard has fled. York, although he has now joined forces with Bolingbroke, is deeply disturbed about the possibility of divine retribution for the impending overthrow the king, and Bolingbroke acknowledges.
Questions:
1) Who joined forces with Bolingbroke?
2) What do you think Bolingbroke is going to do?
3) Identify the subjects, verbs, and objects of each clause in the following quote:
“The news is very fair and good, my lord:
Richard not far from hence hath hid his head.”
4) In the quote from question 3, explain the quote.
Cell #2
Quote:
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
Noble lords,
Go to the rude ribs of that ancient castle;
Through brazen trumpet send the breath of parley
Into his ruin'd ears, and thus deliver:
Henry Bolingbroke
On both his knees doth kiss King Richard's hand
And sends allegiance and true faith of heart
To his most royal person, hither come
Even at his feet to lay my arms and power,
Provided that my banishment repeal'd
And lands restored again be freely granted:
If not, I'll use the advantage of my power
And lay the summer's dust with showers of blood
Rain'd from the wounds of slaughter'd Englishmen:
The which, how far off from the mind of Bolingbroke
It is, such crimson tempest should bedrench
The fresh green lap of fair King Richard's land,
My stooping duty tenderly shall show.
Go, signify as much, while here we march
Upon the grassy carpet of this plain.
Let's march without the noise of threatening drum,
That from this castle's tatter'd battlements
Our fair appointments may be well perused.
Methinks King Richard and myself should meet
With no less terror than the elements
Of fire and water, when their thundering shock
At meeting tears the cloudy cheeks of heaven.
Be he the fire, I'll be the yielding water:
The rage be his, whilst on the earth I rain
My waters; on the earth, and not on him.
March on, and mark King Richard how he looks.
Parle without, and answer within. Then a flourish. Enter on the walls, KING RICHARD II, the BISHOP OF CARLISLE, DUKE OF AUMERLE, SIR STEPHEN SCROOP, and EARL OF SALISBURY
See, see, King Richard doth himself appear,
As doth the blushing discontented sun
From out the fiery portal of the east,
When he perceives the envious clouds are bent
To dim his glory and to stain the track
Of his bright passage to the occident.
Summary:
Bolingbroke sends Northumberland to Richard with a message; that he, Bolingbroke, has come as a loyal subject to his King, and is prepared to surrender his army if the lands and title which Richard seized from John of Gaunt at his death are returned to Bolingbroke, who is Gaunt’s rightful heir. Otherwise, Bolingbroke will wage war against the King.
Questions:
1) What was the message that Bolingbroke want Northumberland to deliver to Richard?
2) What do you think King Richard’s reaction will be?
3) Compared to the people today, do you think Bolingbroke has the right to take back the land of his father after King Richard has seized them?
4) Explain the quote:
“ On both his knees doth kiss King Richard's hand
And sends allegiance and true faith of heart
To his most royal person, hither come
Even at his feet to lay my arms and power,
Provided that my banishment repeal'd”
Cell #3
Quote:
KING RICHARD II
We are amazed; and thus long have we stood
To watch the fearful bending of thy knee,
To NORTHUMBERLAND
Because we thought ourself thy lawful king:
And if we be, how dare thy joints forget
To pay their awful duty to our presence?
If we be not, show us the hand of God
That hath dismissed us from our stewardship;
For well we know, no hand of blood and bone
Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre,
Unless he do profane, steal, or usurp.
And though you think that all, as you have done,
Have torn their souls by turning them from us,
And we are barren and bereft of friends;
Yet know, my master, God omnipotent,
Is mustering in his clouds on our behalf
Armies of pestilence; and they shall strike
Your children yet unborn and unbegot,
That lift your vassal hands against my head
And threat the glory of my precious crown.
Tell Bolingbroke--for yond methinks he stands--
That every stride he makes upon my land
Is dangerous treason: he is come to open
The purple testament of bleeding war;
But ere the crown he looks for live in peace,
Ten thousand bloody crowns of mothers' sons
Shall ill become the flower of England's face,
Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace
To scarlet indignation and bedew
Her pastures' grass with faithful English blood.
Summary:
Here King Richard II tells Northumberland to deliver a message to Bolingbroke that if Bolingbroke dares try to usurp the throne, the heavens and the King will rain vengeance upon him. He also says that Bolingbroke will not possess the crown in peace until the fields of England have been stained with blood. But Bolingbroke denies that he has come to seize the throne.
Questions:
1) What does Bolingbroke deny?
2) Do you think Bolingbroke and King Richard the II will have a war?
3) Do people now try to reason before having a fight?
4) In the quote above, what does the word stewardship most closely mean?
a) an attendant
b) One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
c) A boxing arena
d) The crown’s power
Cell #4
Quote:
“ HENRY BOLINGBROKE
Stand all apart,
And show fair duty to his majesty.
He kneels down
My gracious lord,--
KING RICHARD II
Fair cousin, you debase your princely knee
To make the base earth proud with kissing it:
Me rather had my heart might feel your love
Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy.
Up, cousin, up; your heart is up, I know,
Thus high at least, although your knee be low.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
My gracious lord, I come but for mine own.
KING RICHARD II
Your own is yours, and I am yours, and all.
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
So far be mine, my most redoubted lord,
As my true service shall deserve your love.
KING RICHARD II
Well you deserve: they well deserve to have,
That know the strong'st and surest way to get.
Uncle, give me your hands: nay, dry your eyes;
Tears show their love, but want their remedies.
Cousin, I am too young to be your father,
Though you are old enough to be my heir.
What you will have, I'll give, and willing too;
For do we must what force will have us do.
Set on towards London, cousin, is it so?
HENRY BOLINGBROKE
Yea, my good lord.
KING RICHARD II
Then I must not say no.
Flourish. Exeunt”
Summary:
King Richard says that his reign as king has ended and Bolingbroke will not let him retain the crown. Bolingbroke calls upon Richard to come down from the castle and talk with him, and Richard and his attendants obediently descend. Bolingbroke never says aloud that his intention is to take the crown, but Richard asks whether he must go with Bolingbroke and his army to London, and Bolingbroke says yes. Richard, saying that it is clear he has no choice, agrees.
Questions:
1) What is Bolingbroke intending to do?
2) What do you think Bolingbroke will do next?
3) What do you think England’s people will react to this situation?
4) Identify the subjects, verbs, and objects of each clause in the following quote:
“So far be mine, my most redoubted lord,
As my true service shall deserve your love.”
Richard II Act 3 Scene 4
Cell #5
Quote:
“QUEEN
What sport shall we devise here in this garden,
To drive away the heavy thought of care?
Lady
Madam, we'll play at bowls.
QUEEN
'Twill make me think the world is full of rubs,
And that my fortune rubs against the bias.
Lady
Madam, we'll dance.
QUEEN
My legs can keep no measure in delight,
When my poor heart no measure keeps in grief:
Therefore, no dancing, girl; some other sport.
Lady
Madam, we'll tell tales.
QUEEN
Of sorrow or of joy?
Lady
Of either, madam.
QUEEN
Of neither, girl:
For of joy, being altogether wanting,
It doth remember me the more of sorrow;
Or if of grief, being altogether had,
It adds more sorrow to my want of joy:
For what I have I need not to repeat;
And what I want it boots not to complain.
Lady
Madam, I'll sing.
QUEEN
'Tis well that thou hast cause
But thou shouldst please me better, wouldst thou weep.
Lady
I could weep, madam, would it do you good.
QUEEN
And I could sing, would weeping do me good,
And never borrow any tear of thee.
Enter a Gardener, and two Servants
But stay, here come the gardeners:
Let's step into the shadow of these trees.
My wretchedness unto a row of pins,
They'll talk of state; for every one doth so
Against a change; woe is forerun with woe.
QUEEN and Ladies retire
Summary:
Queen Isabel has been staying at the house of the Duke of York (at Langley, not far form London). Although she has not yet heard the news of Richard’s capture by Bolingbroke, sadness and foreboding weigh very heavily upon he. As she walks in Duke’s garden with her waiting-women, they try to cheer her up by suggesting of games, singing, dancing, and storytelling. The Queen rejects all these ideas, saying that making any attempt to forget her grief would only add to it.
Questions:
1) What does Queen Isabel’s servants suggests to cheer her up?
2) Do you think Queen Isabel will accept any idea that the ladies suggests?
3) Give a few examples of entertainment during their time and a few now.
4) In the quote above what does the word ‘Twill most nearly mean?
a) A fabric with diagonal parallel ribs.
b) books
c) computer
d) paper
Cell #6
Quote:
“Gardener
Go, bind thou up yon dangling apricocks,
Which, like unruly children, make their sire
Stoop with oppression of their prodigal weight:
Give some supportance to the bending twigs.
Go thou, and like an executioner,
Cut off the heads of too fast growing sprays,
That look too lofty in our commonwealth:
All must be even in our government.
You thus employ'd, I will go root away
The noisome weeds, which without profit suck
The soil's fertility from wholesome flowers.
Servant
Why should we in the compass of a pale
Keep law and form and due proportion,
Showing, as in a model, our firm estate,
When our sea-walled garden, the whole land,
Is full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked up,
Her fruit-trees all upturned, her hedges ruin'd,
Her knots disorder'd and her wholesome herbs
Swarming with caterpillars?”
Summary:
The older gardener tells his assistant to bind an apricot tree against a wall, and the two then begin to talk about the state of the country. Why, the assistant asks, should the two of them bother to maintain order within their garden, when the country surrounding it has been allowed to sprout weeds and be infested by insects (a reference to Richard's mismanagement and his unpopular advisors)?
Questions:
1) What does the older gardener tell his assistant to do?
2) Do you think Queen Isabel is listening carefully to this conversation?
3) Identify the subjects, verbs, and objects of each clause in the following quote:
“ The noisome weeds, which without profit suck
The soils fertility form wholesome flowers.”
4) Somewhere in the quote above uses a metaphor in their conversation. Identify the quote.
Cell #7
Quote:
“Gardener
Hold thy peace:
He that hath suffer'd this disorder'd spring
Hath now himself met with the fall of leaf:
The weeds which his broad-spreading leaves did shelter,
That seem'd in eating him to hold him up,
Are pluck'd up root and all by Bolingbroke,
I mean the Earl of Wiltshire, Bushy, Green.
Servant
What, are they dead?
Gardener
They are; and Bolingbroke
Hath seized the wasteful king. O, what pity is it
That he had not so trimm'd and dress'd his land
As we this garden! We at time of year
Do wound the bark, the skin of our fruit-trees,
Lest, being over-proud in sap and blood,
With too much riches it confound itself:
Had he done so to great and growing men,
They might have lived to bear and he to taste
Their fruits of duty: superfluous branches
We lop away, that bearing boughs may live:
Had he done so, himself had borne the crown,
Which waste of idle hours hath quite thrown down.
Servant
What, think you then the king shall be deposed?
Gardener
Depress'd he is already, and deposed
'Tis doubt he will be: letters came last night
To a dear friend of the good Duke of York's,
That tell black tidings.”
Summary:
The elder gardener tells him to keep quiet, since the person who caused the country's disorder is that King Richard has been overthrown. He informs the assistant that letters came last night to a friend of the Duke of York's, bearing the news that the King's allies-- Bushy, Greene, and the Earl of Wiltshire--are dead, and that King Richard himself has been captured by Bolingbroke. It seems almost certain that the king will soon be removed from power.
Questions:
1) Who does the elder gardener say that “met with the fall of leaf”?
2) Who do you think will become king?
3) In the quote above what does the word superfluous most nearly mean?
a) unnecessary
b) essential
c) necessary
d) even
4) In the quote above, “Hath now himself met with the fall of leaf” what does it closely mean?
A) King Richard has been overthrown.
B) The fall of a leaf.
C) The leaf is dead.
D) King Richard is tripped.
Cell #8
Quote:
“QUEEN
O, I am press'd to death through want of speaking!
Coming forward
Thou, old Adam's likeness, set to dress this garden,
How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news?
What Eve, what serpent, hath suggested thee
To make a second fall of cursed man?
Why dost thou say King Richard is deposed?
Darest thou, thou little better thing than earth,
Divine his downfall? Say, where, when, and how,
Camest thou by this ill tidings? speak, thou wretch.
Gardener
Pardon me, madam: little joy have I
To breathe this news; yet what I say is true.
King Richard, he is in the mighty hold
Of Bolingbroke: their fortunes both are weigh'd:
In your lord's scale is nothing but himself,
And some few vanities that make him light;
But in the balance of great Bolingbroke,
Besides himself, are all the English peers,
And with that odds he weighs King Richard down.
Post you to London, and you will find it so;
I speak no more than every one doth know.”
Summary:
Queen Isabel, no longer able to contain herself, bursts from her hiding place to ask the gardener if what he says is true. The gardener apologetically confirms that it is: King Richard is in Bolingbroke's custody, and, in comparing the resources of the two sides, it has become apparent, while Richard has nothing left, Bolingbroke holds the loyalty of all the English noblemen. He adds that if Isabel will go to London, she will discover that what he says is true.
Questions:
1) What did the gardener confirm about his conversation?
2) What do you think Queen Isabel will do next?
3) Will people today go to a place to find an answer or send someone else?
4) Identify the subjects, verbs, and objects of each clause in the following quote:
“How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news?
What Eve, what serpent, hath suggested thee
To make a second fall of cursed man?
Why dost thou say King Richard is deposed?”
Cell #9
Quote:
“QUEEN
Nimble mischance, that art so light of foot,
Doth not thy embassage belong to me,
And am I last that knows it? O, thou think'st
To serve me last, that I may longest keep
Thy sorrow in my breast. Come, ladies, go,
To meet at London London's king in woe.
What, was I born to this, that my sad look
Should grace the triumph of great Bolingbroke?
Gardener, for telling me these news of woe,
Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.
Exeunt QUEEN and Ladies
GARDENER
Poor queen! so that thy state might be no worse,
I would my skill were subject to thy curse.
Here did she fall a tear; here in this place
I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace:
Rue, even for ruth, here shortly shall be seen,
In the remembrance of a weeping queen.
Exeunt”
Summary:
Isabel, lamenting her misfortune and the sorrow that lies in her future, summons her ladies to come with her to London to meet the captured Richard. She casts upon the gardener a half-hearted, grief-stricken curse as she departs. But the good-natured gardener takes pity upon the queen instead of getting angry; he decides to plant a bed of rue, the herb of sorrow, in the place where he saw her tears fall.
Questions:
1) What does Queen Isabel do while she was departing?
2) Once she reaches London, what do you think she would see?
3) Would you be angry if someone curses you even if you were telling the truth?
4) In the quote above, what does the word rue most nearly mean?
a) sadness
b) happiness
c) excitement
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Quote:
“HENRY BOLINGBROKE
Noble lords,
Go to the rude ribs of that ancient castle;
Through brazen trumpet send the breath of parley
Into his ruin'd ears, and thus deliver:
Henry Bolingbroke
On both his knees doth kiss King Richard's hand
And sends allegiance and true faith of heart
To his most royal person, hither come
Even at his feet to lay my arms and power,
Provided that my banishment repeal'd
And lands restored again be freely granted:
If not, I'll use the advantage of my power
And lay the summer's dust with showers of blood
Rain'd from the wounds of slaughter'd Englishmen:
The which, how far off from the mind of Bolingbroke
It is, such crimson tempest should bedrench
The fresh green lap of fair King Richard's land,
My stooping duty tenderly shall show.
Go, signify as much, while here we march
Upon the grassy carpet of this plain.
Let's march without the noise of threatening drum,
That from this castle's tatter'd battlements
Our fair appointments may be well perused.
Methinks King Richard and myself should meet
With no less terror than the elements
Of fire and water, when their thundering shock
At meeting tears the cloudy cheeks of heaven.
Be he the fire, I'll be the yielding water:
The rage be his, whilst on the earth I rain
My waters; on the earth, and not on him.
March on, and mark King Richard how he looks.
Parle without, and answer within. Then a flourish. Enter on the walls, KING RICHARD II, the BISHOP OF CARLISLE, DUKE OF AUMERLE, SIR STEPHEN SCROOP, and EARL OF SALISBURY
See, see, King Richard doth himself appear,
As doth the blushing discontented sun
From out the fiery portal of the east,
When he perceives the envious clouds are bent
To dim his glory and to stain the track
Of his bright passage to the occident.”
Summary:
Bolingbroke sends Northumberland to Richard with a message; that he, Bolingbroke, has come as a loyal subject to his King, and is prepared to surrender his army if the lands and title which Richard seized form John of Gaunt at his death are returned to Bolingbroke, who is Gaunt’s rightful heir. Otherwise, Bolingbroke will wage war against the King.
Cell #2
Quote:
“KING RICHARD II
We are amazed; and thus long have we stood
To watch the fearful bending of thy knee,
To NORTHUMBERLAND
Because we thought ourself thy lawful king:
And if we be, how dare thy joints forget
To pay their awful duty to our presence?
If we be not, show us the hand of God
That hath dismissed us from our stewardship;
For well we know, no hand of blood and bone
Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre,
Unless he do profane, steal, or usurp.
And though you think that all, as you have done,
Have torn their souls by turning them from us,
And we are barren and bereft of friends;
Yet know, my master, God omnipotent,
Is mustering in his clouds on our behalf
Armies of pestilence; and they shall strike
Your children yet unborn and unbegot,
That lift your vassal hands against my head
And threat the glory of my precious crown.
Tell Bolingbroke--for yond methinks he stands--
That every stride he makes upon my land
Is dangerous treason: he is come to open
The purple testament of bleeding war;
But ere the crown he looks for live in peace,
Ten thousand bloody crowns of mothers' sons
Shall ill become the flower of England's face,
Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace
To scarlet indignation and bedew
Her pastures' grass with faithful English blood.”
Summary:
Here King Richard II tells Northumberland to deliver a message to Bolingbroke that if Bolingbroke dares try to usurp the throne, the heavens and t he King will rain vengeance upon him. He also says that Bolingbroke will not possess the crown in peace until the fields of England have been stained with blood. But Bolingbroke denies that he has come to seize the throne.
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