Tempest Quote

Select one of the following quotes from The Tempest.
Explain the quote and connect the passage to the other events of the play:

"I’ the commonwealth I would by contraries
Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
Would I admit; no name of magistrate…"

"I have bedimmed
The noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds,
And twixt the green sea and azured vault
Set roaring war."

"Graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let ‘em forth
By my so potent art."

"O, brave new world
That has such people in ‘t!"

"These to the elements
Be free, and fare thou well!"

"My library / Was dukedom large enough."

Prospero & Caliban

How would you describe Prospero's relationship with Caliban? How does it compare to his relationship with Ariel? Refer to specific lines from the text to back up your assertions. Do you sympathize with Caliban or Ariel? Why or why not? Do you think that leaders sometimes need to be tyrannical? Think of an example of back up your thoughts.

Keiki Essay Topic: Energy Super Heroes

http://pacthawaii.org/pactkidsday/keiki_day_contest.html

In Hawaii, we are blessed with many alternative energy sources including wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal and wave energy. And yet, today we import more of our energy than any other state in the U.S.

Although we may not be energy-independent yet, there are signs that we are getting there: Oahu is slated to become one of the first states to use electric cars, Hannemann and others have worked to make rail a reality, wind farms have been built on Kauai and Maui, and there is talk that the state is planning to utilize OTEC to cool buildings in downtown Honolulu.

Who are the individuals behind some of these changes? What are the challenges they have faced to make their dream a reality? Finally, how will their work help to make Hawaii a better place?

"The Guest" by Albert Camus

What is the setting of this story? What is Camus trying to evoke through his description of the setting? Why do you think this setting might be important? To Daru? To the Arab? What tone does this description establish?

The Metamorphosis: Say, Show, Mean

Please post your Say, Show, Mean Post here.

The Metamorphosis: Surreal or Existential?

How is this story "surreal" (abstract but revealing a deeper truth)?
*OR*
How is this work "existential" (having to do with the idea that we each create our own meaning in life)?

What does it mean to be a "cockroach"/"vermin"?

What does it mean if someone calls you a "cockroach" or "vermin"?