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Summary:   Callimaco gets his night with Lucrezia.  And he told Lucrezia the whole plan. Lucreiza accepted it ….  In the end of the play , Callimaco has the object of his desire whenever he wants, Nicia will no doubt have an heir, Lucrezia has a new love, and Timoteo has his money and the satisfaction of knowing that
he outsmarted everyone else

Act V: Scene 4(pg. 56)
“‘Since you’re cunning, my husband’s stupidity, my mother’s foolishness, and the wickedness of my confessor have led me to do what I would never have done of myself, I’m ready to believe it was heaven’s will that it should all happen this way, and I don’t have it in me to reject what heaven wants me to accept.

-In this quote, Machiavelli shows how Callimaco interprets that Lucretia has fallen for him. It also brings about God being a strong figure back in the 1500s. Lucretia citing to heaven’s will is an indication of her honoring God by following his ways. It’s basically an internal battle between her morals and what God thinks is right. Lucretia wouldn’t normally involve herself in cheating on her husband, but it’s what God had intended. This, as result, has Lucretia fooling her husband and pursuing Callimaco in hopes of conceiving a child.

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“Listen to her, the way she answers. she looks like a rooster.”    In this quote, you can see the difference of Lucrezia’s personality. In the beginning of the play, she is the only one seemingly virtuous . But now, she becomes a totally different person. This is one of the result of the fraud.

Conflict: The fact that all of the deceptions lead to a happy ending. if this is saying that the fraud is acceptable when it attains a positive ending?

this marble statue is called Youthful Hercules. it is made in it is well-expressed the character of Herclues as young and powerful. on his right hand, he grab a club behind his hip. his hair is portrayed with curly hair, and muscles. Overally,  he seems a hero as we read hercules story in the book in class and also handsome guy.

this is called limestone statue of herakles. it is made in the late 6th centruy BC. this statue is damaged on its face, arms, and legs. it looks weird and looks like a monster even though it is herakles. To compare this with previous one, it’s sort of miniature. it doesn’t look great and doesn’t show any strength and overwhelmed character.  he is wearing lion skin and a short tunic.

taehyun nam

this is The Fire-God Agni and the Yaksha General Anila. This painting is combined two styles, tibetan and sophisticated Chinese embroidery. it looks red as it is painting of the fire god. he sits on the flower as usual as we find it from other buddhism artifacts. i could feel the difference between this and other buddhism artifacts that i usually saw. the Buddhism artifacts that i saw before were most likely influenced by Chinese culture. it was unique painting to me.

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These pieces has a major cultural influence. The top Buddha cultural influence is India, while the bottom Buddha has a Afghanistan influence. The India influence Buddha is standing up. It is different from the pieces that we saw in the Rubin museum as well. The way that it is standing up, shows how muscular it is. It has a cape that drops down to his feet. It also connects to the lines that are on the entire body. This Buddha doesn’t have a crown, it only shows the hair. But it does show wealth, since the ear lobe is low. It means that the jewelry is heavy. Also, the hands are up representing peace. But the Afghanistan influence Buddha is very different then the Indian influence Buddha. This one is sitting down. It has like a crown on the head it is not just showing the hair. It also has jewelry, representing wealth. And it also has the hands up.  But it has this long thing that is wrapped around his arms and legs. While the top Buddha has a cape on. Between both of these Buddha’s, there are many comparisons as well as differences.

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This piece really popped out to me. It is all gold and the jewelry on it, made it beautiful. Jewelry plays a significant role in wealth. You can tell that wealth is very important because it has jewelry all over the legs, chest and head. But it also has a lion and a wheel at the base. It stands for royalty. Even the lions and the wheels at the base has jewelry on them. This Buddha has four faces. Others had six faces or one. Another difference that this piece has, is the way the feet is position. It is not facing upward, rather it is facing his inner thigh. The hands are up also,  which represents peace.

This is a statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya, meaning ‘Buddha of the Future’. Basically it is Pakistani and made of schist. The reason why it is known as Maitreya is because of the symbols in his left hand and his hairstyle. When you look closer to his left hand there is a feature of the lip of the water flask that is considered to be sacred. Also, there is an apparent characteristic that his hairstyle is long and loop topknot compared to other buddha statues. The very common thing we can easily notice is that the Buddha has a very short hair, especially curly, so that the big ears with many jewels, which symbolize his power and wealth, are easily exposed. However, the long hair of this statue almost covers his ears and the clothes look worn out and inexpensive.

This is a statue of standing Buddha. It is indian and made of Bronze. In my opinion, this material makes the statue look more fancy and classy than the previous work. As expected, it has common features that he has long and big ears with jewels, and short curly hair. He shows a different gesture of his hands. The previous buddha has no right hand and his right palm is folded while this buddha has both unfold palms; the left palm faces upward with some folded fingers and the right palm faces forward. Moreover, this statue looks feminine because of his skinny body type compared to the previous statue which I can see muscular build.

Dukhwa Seo

Group Members: Alyssa, Kira, Jasmine, Vitaliy

Act I.

Central conflict/Summary:

The first act is somewhat of an introduction to the story.  The central conflict is presented as Callimaco explains his passionate longing to be with Lucrezia.  The problem is that Lucrezia is married to a rich fool named Messer Nicia.  She is an honest woman committed to her husband.  Throughout the act, Siro amd Callimaco brainstorm ideas about ways in which Callimaco may be able to satisfy his passionate longing for Lucrezia.

Quotes:

” I don’t think there’s much truth in that old proverb about marriages that says ‘God makes men, they match themselves”’. (pg. 12)

This refers to Lucrezia and her husband Messer Nicia and that she was clever, refined and fit to rule the kingdom and he was stupid and just  lucky throughout his life to become wealthy and marry a beautiful woman.

“And after many arguments back and forth, Cammillo,somewhat irritated,said even if all Italian women were monsters, a certain relative of his could win back their lost prestige.”(pg. 8)

This quote helps to stress the beauty Lucrezia possesses which is a main source of Callimaco’s longing for her.

“One is the utter simplicity of Messer Nicia, for although he has a doctor’s degree, he is the silliest and stupidest man in all Florence.” (pg. 9)

This quote provides an example of one of the ideas that Callimaco brainstorms, of which he can use to his advantage in finding a way to satisfy his need for Lucrezia.

Group Members: Sara Ramlakhan , Franklin Penaloza, Julianne Patrina, Pablo Vasquez

Central Conflicts:The central conflict is gaining the trust and  convincing Nicia of the plan to give his wife the Mandrake root potion.

Scene 2, pg 18

Callimaco: It could also be that this sterility is  caused by you, because of impotence.  In that case, there would be no possible remedy.

Nicia: Me? Impotent? Oh, you’ll make me laugh! I don’t think there’s a man more vigorous and virile to be found in all of Florence!

This quote is significant because it never questions Nicia’s fertility but immediately puts the blame on Lucrezia.

Nicia: When would she have to take it?

Callimaco: Tonight after supper, because the moon is in its right phase and the time couldn’t be more propitious.

The mandragola is the root of fertility and the story revolves around it.

Nicia: get my wife to agree, which i don’t think she”ll ever be willing to do.

Callimaco: you’re right, certainly;but i wouldn’t want to remain her husband another minute if  i couldn’t make her do what i want.

This quote is significant because it shows the competitiveness of men and it questions Nicia’s  manhood.

Group Members : Dukhwa Seo, David Yang, Nicole Chicon & Luis Gonzalez

Summary:  After Callimaco and Ligurio persuaded the simple-minded judge, Nicia, the next challenge was to persuade his wife, Lucrezia, to take the mandrake root potion. The cunning duo then exploit Lucrezia’s weakness which is her mother Sostrata. Sostrata speaks with Lucrezia and the friar and agrees to go on with “the strangest” plan.

Central Conflict:

(1)  The central conflict is getting Lucrezia to go along with  the plan. Her husband, Nicia, has no authority over her and is of no help in resolving the situation. Therefore it is up to the corrupted priest and Lucrezia’s mother to ultimately please Callimaco.

Quotes

(1) “She used to be the sweetest person in the world, and easy to handle…But when…one of those fat friars started sniffing around her , so that she wouldn’t go back there anymore.”(Page 26 Act 3, Scene 2).

This quote further illustrates Nicia’s impotence that was hinted back in Act 2. Nicia is useless when it comes to influencing his wife’s decision. It also shows the root cause of Lucrezia’s lack of trust in the church.

(2) “I’ve always been afraid that Messer Nicia’s longing to have children would make us do something absurd…I think this is the strangest — that I should have to submit my body to this outrage, and to be the cause of a man’s death for outraging me.”(Page 35 Act 3, Scene 10)

This quote is significant because it shows Lucrezia’s internal conflict with committing adultery and becoming a murderer.

(3)“As for the act itself, to call it a sin is empty talk; for it is the will that sins, not the body. What makes sinful is to displease the husband…the end must be considered in all things.” (Page 36 Act 3 Scene 11)

The priest is encouraging Lucrezia to commit adultery by  shifting her thoughts on the act it self instead to focus on the end goal. The end goal being to receive a gift from god in the form of a child.

Group Members: Arbnore Kukaj, Annelise Schroeder, Michael Zarbaliev, Julia-Zoe Hung

Summary/Conflict: The scene opens up with Callimaco awaiting Ligurio’s arrival to inform him whether or not Friar Timoteo convinced Lucrezia to go along with the Mandrake potion plan. Once he finds out that she agrees, Callimaco realizes he told Messer Nicia that he would accompany Ligurio, Messer Nicia, and Siro to capture a random man to sleep with Lucrezia. This creates a problem because if he is searching with the rest of the group, then he cannot be the one to be captured.  Ligurio comes up with a solution to disguise the friar as Callimaco, so Messer Nicia will not notice that the man they actually kidnap is Callimaco. At the end of the act, Callimaco is captured by the men and brought into Messer Nicia’s house.

Quotes:

“…if that should happen this would be the last night of my life, for I’ll either throw myself in the Arno, or I’ll hang myself, or I’ll fling myself out of those windows, or I’ll stab myself on her doorstep.” (Scene 4)

This quote shows that Callimaco is willing to go to any length just to be with Lucrezia. It shows that his love has made him suicidal.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I would have put a couple in my mouth, too. You know how important it is not to be recognized by the voice.”

“Oh, you disguise your voice very well.” (Scene 8)

These quotes collectively demonstrate the stupidity of Messer Nicia. He is easily manipulated and fooled by Callimaco and Ligurio’s plan.