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The Impact of Our Surroundings on Our Lives

Explore the influence of where we live on social life, work habits, nature connection, personality, and values. Does location shape who we become? Dive into "A Wagner Matinee" by Willa Cather, analyzing the musical interludes and literary themes. Discover the contrast between Nebraska and Boston in 1900. Reflect on the significance of moving from one place to another.

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The Impact of Our Surroundings on Our Lives

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  1. Journal – Does it matter where we live? How can places we live impact our social life, work habits, relationship to nature, personality, values, etc.? Would you be a different person if you grew up in a rural area with few people around compared to a large populated city? Do our surroundings help shape the person we become? Explain. Also, have you given up someone or something to move somewhere else?

  2. “A wagner matinee” Vocabulary: • Excruciatingly • Myriad • Sordid • Tentatively • Trepidation

  3. “A wagner matinee” • By Willa Cather • Read & discuss biography page 692 • Read story pages 694-702 • Have paper ready for musical interludes – write down your thoughts & feelings with each song & consider the main character’s thoughts & feelings also

  4. Richard wagner European composer Born in Germany 1813 Died in Italy 1883 Operas Tristan and Isolde, Ring Cycle, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser

  5. Nebraska vs. Boston 1900

  6. Musical interludes • Robert Schumann “Joyous Farmer” p. 697 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKmpQjjQOBA • Carl Maria von Weber “Euryanthe” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLHQwXIxGM • Giacomo Meyerbeer “Huguenots” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6D4Inc031Y • Richard Wagner “The Flying Dutchman” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohmtsWhmoE

  7. A wagner matinee Rameses p. 699 Monet Impressionist painting p. 699 http://travel.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979097957

  8. music interludes • Wagner’s “Tannhauser” Overture p. 699 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTM7E4-DN0o • Mozart operas and Verdi melodies mentioned p. 700 • Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” p. 700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4zN-Okonc • Wagner’s “Prize Song” p. 700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_BNFHbNm6Y • Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tewlEED6g

  9. finale • Wagner “Ring” p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HujjNQPv2U • Wagner Siegfried’s funeral march p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uka8ykFDw2U

  10. Literary analysis • Make Inferences p. 703 #5 • Contrast Settings p. 703 #7 • Make Judgments p. 703 #8 • Biographical Context p. 703 #9 – Examine the IMAGERY and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used to describe the people and scenes of Nebraska. How might Cather’s relatives be offended by the description? • Explore Metaphor: In lines 223-227, Cather compares music in the concert hall to flowing water. Identify key words and phrases in the metaphor and the qualities they convey.

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