Tuesday

Today we are going to write words with Mitigate and Perfidy. We will discuss the story "Branwen" - and do the study questions as a class, and finally I will give you an open book quiz. DO YOU BEST.  We will be moving on to Beowulf tomorrow - you will need your TEXTBOOK tomorrow.

 

contempt (noun): the feelings or attitude toward a person one considers unworthy

 

The contempt that Jackie felt for her ex-boyfriend amounted to her burning all his photos and letters, smashing his cds with a sledgehammer, donating all his clothes to charities, cracking eggs on the hood of his car, spitting in his new girlfriend’s face, and writing a letter: “Dear Mike, you are such a bastard and I don’t deserve how you mistreated me –locking me in your closet for two days – so I pray that some hour soon, you are impelled by a sharp object, through the stomach, and that your death ends up on the six o’clock news; on the day of your death, I will have a party and laugh all night with the thoughts of your suffering.”

 

 

retribution (noun): deserved punishment

 

Jackie’s letter of retribution disturbed Mike; he moved out of state, changed his name and phone number, and had plastic surgery done on his face.