In the play Much Ado About Nothing, there are a lot of characters who partake in the practice of lying. One good example of this is when Leanato, the Prince and Claudio all lie to Benedick about Beatrice loving him (II.3). In this particular instince i think that lying is acceptable because no one is being harmed. However, if the lying cause Benedick to do something rash that brought physical or emotional harm to himself or others, this wouldn't be a good time to lie. Because of these tight rules for lying, there's never a really good time to lie because something bad can always happen.
I think that a good philosophy to live by would be never lie because that would save you from any harm lying could cause you or others. This isn't realistic though so a good idea would be only to lie when it's absolutly neccessary like in order to keep someone else from harm. If your mom has on the ugliest christmas sweater you've ever seen, sometimes it's just better to tell her you think its beautiful just so that she is happy and no one's feelings get hurt. One example of a bad time to lie would be when asked a question like "why didn't you do your homework." While at the time it may seem like a good idea to lie and make something up, in the end you didn't do it and lying will just dig you deeper into the hole. The moral of this story is basiclly, just don't lie...what else?
Friday, December 21, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Where the Sidewalk Ends
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
The poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein is a poem about a place where things are better than they are here. It's where the sidewalk ends where Silverstein says that "And there the grass grows soft and white, / And there the sun glows crimson bright" (3-4). In this place the sun is much brighter and the grass much softer and it seems to be a better place. Silverstein uses words like "peppermint wind" to show the childlike glow that this imaginary place has (6). These words are setting the mood for our imaginations to take over and think of an amazingly perfect place. Silverstein is trying to get us away from the "place where the smoke blows black / And the dark street winds and bends" (7-8). He is saying that we should free our selves from the world full of pollution and concrete and go to the beautiful place where the sidewalk ends.
The overall tone to this poem seems to be that we can be better off than we are if we just "go where the chalk white arrows go / for the children, they mark, and the children, they know" (14-15) Silverstein is encouraging us to change here and is saying that we need to have the innocence of children instead of being so corrupted. He is saying that if we could all believe in things like the sidewalk comming to an end in a magical place we would stop with so much of our polluting and watefullness. Silverstein seems to want everyone to be kids.
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
The poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein is a poem about a place where things are better than they are here. It's where the sidewalk ends where Silverstein says that "And there the grass grows soft and white, / And there the sun glows crimson bright" (3-4). In this place the sun is much brighter and the grass much softer and it seems to be a better place. Silverstein uses words like "peppermint wind" to show the childlike glow that this imaginary place has (6). These words are setting the mood for our imaginations to take over and think of an amazingly perfect place. Silverstein is trying to get us away from the "place where the smoke blows black / And the dark street winds and bends" (7-8). He is saying that we should free our selves from the world full of pollution and concrete and go to the beautiful place where the sidewalk ends.
The overall tone to this poem seems to be that we can be better off than we are if we just "go where the chalk white arrows go / for the children, they mark, and the children, they know" (14-15) Silverstein is encouraging us to change here and is saying that we need to have the innocence of children instead of being so corrupted. He is saying that if we could all believe in things like the sidewalk comming to an end in a magical place we would stop with so much of our polluting and watefullness. Silverstein seems to want everyone to be kids.
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