quinta-feira, 20 de outubro de 2011

A few words on "Jabberwocky"

Hello everyone!

As you can see, I've just posted a poem on our blog. It was written by Lewis Carrol and published for the first time in 1872 as a part of Alice Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, which is a really great piece of literature.
Therefore I'd like to challenge you to search the web for the referred story and send us your thoughts on possible interpretations for the poem. Also, you can watch Alice in Wonderland, a film released in 2010, featuring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Mia Wasikowska. If you do watch it, please pay attention to keywords like "Jabberwock", "Bandersnatch" and "Frabjous Day". I must tell you that this movie depicts many of Tim Burton's thoughts on the poem posted minutes ago.

Have fun in your research and at school :)
Patrícia Caixeirinho

"Jabberwocky", Lewis Carrol

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought-
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

terça-feira, 22 de março de 2011

Mankind

What will we turn into?


I believe Paradise existed once but now we remember it as in a Hyperouranos world. Paradise vanished when the Humankind rose.

Science, literature, arts and ways of thinking have been developed over the time times and all this development has changed us into what we are today. On account of all these changes, we are believed to be the most intelligent beings on earth.
But are we REALLY the most intelligent beings on the Earth’s surface?
If we look back at our past, we notice that the world has changed from the very first moment we started to breathe.
At the beginning, when we lived on hunting, fishing, farming and livestock in little communities, which helped each other , we were within the balance of nature, I mean, we took from the land just what we needed to survive but there was no human exploitation. At that time medicines hadn’t been invented and only some herbs were used to cure wounds and diseases. Thus, only the stronger survived and the weaker, the sick and the old were left behind.
With the development of science and medicine, we started living longer and the natural balance of the earth was shaken. Then, our society became a consumer society anxious to explore and wear out all natural resources bringing about serious damages.
Beyond welfare, science intervened in other branches such as Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Mechanics, leading Man to the invention of loads of gadgets we can’t do without these days. We are blind with pride, vanity and greed and we are completely dependent on our awesome inventions. But, little by little, we are destroying ourselves as well as everything around us.
In my opinion, this great intelligence of ours has been drawing us into stupidity and we can no longer put an end to it.
Where is this going to lead us?
It is going to lead us to our end and who knows to the beginning of a new Paradise.
A text by Joana Hrotkó

sábado, 26 de fevereiro de 2011

Tea party

Tea Party- Tea and scones

Our tea Party will take place on the 18th March and we hope you can all join us sending tea-related issues. Here you are an important event for the history of the United States:
Boston Tea Party 1773 Slideshow: Colton’s trip from Boston, New York, United States to Boston, Massachusetts was created by TripAdvisor. See another Boston slideshow. Take your travel photos and make a slideshow for free.

segunda-feira, 10 de janeiro de 2011