English @ SUNY Geneseo | Marginalia | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/marginalia/ Activity feed for the group, Marginalia. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4c9754bd43e418a787c573288107845e Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14581/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:48:33 -0500 Churchyard

]]> 0 bac51c65b41ea10937dce76e066a3524 Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14579/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:04:28 -0500 Churchyard

]]> 0 6c09185c8354b3491c0f75bd342ecd30 Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14578/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:01:29 -0500 Mr. Wopsle’s Great Aunt’s Educational Institute

]]> 0 4c4004fa158462b8fd6b19d379f2e482 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14569/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:02:46 -0500 At the Three Jolly Bargemen Pip thinks he meets the convict again and is overcome by guilt.

]]> 0 8a3904aa079619b93fdab22cb0029399 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14568/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:54:39 -0500 The marshes are a major setting in the novel. They are discussed in chapter 1 where Pip lives, in chapter 53 where Pip is attacked, and when he crosses through them to his new life. The marshes show Pip’s […]

]]> 0 0df5c12b1eda0b15a879d86f189088e9 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14567/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:39:17 -0500 Washing his hands of his clients and opening Pip’s eyes.

]]> 0 fd18f00cc9b119ed6365224b68eb281d Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14566/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:28:16 -0500 Pips love for Estella is shown here when he arrives early in anticipation for her coach.

]]> 0 ba7a8555074fbe9d15f064321a1288df Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14565/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:57:28 -0500 Paragraphs 2 and 4 discusses Pips apprenticeship at the Forge with Joe and how his expectations and dreams for his life have changed, adn he believes he is destined for more.

]]> 0 2092624c4d09342069120055083003c7 Emma Sens commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14564/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:50:21 -0500 Chapter 32 gives a description of Pips impression of the prioson in paragrph 15 and paragraph 16 shows how he is stunned by the way Wemmick is interacting with the prioners.

]]> 0 01c91a61c29e4354578b2afbcb6a1b3e Kathryn Capone commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14532/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:29:14 -0500 The Sluice-house is described in a sinister and mysterious manner. By Pip putting himself in this anxiety-inducing situation, he is proving how he is willing to put himself in a place of danger for Provis to protect him.

]]> 0 9cd25eda56d7ec94ada74bd773add7ac Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14379/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:41:05 -0500 Pip states that he “alighted at the Halfway House, and breakfasted there, and walked the rest of the distance.” (Chapter 49, Paragraph 1) His stay there led him to witness Miss Havisham go up in flames in her hou […]

]]> 0 0e195d07e77239fab70622db25841056 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14378/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:39:58 -0500 Pip states that “we went to Gerrard Street, all three together, in a hackney-coach: And, as soon as we got there, dinner was served.” (Ch 48, paragraph 13) While at dinner, Pip realizes that Molly is the per […]

]]> 0 328f32a51caca52d0ab6ab8b975b51ff Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14377/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:38:50 -0500 While on a boat, Pip “came ashore at the wharf at dusk. [He] had pulled down as far as Greenwich with the ebb tide, and had turned with the tide.” (chapter 47, paragraph 6) Once arriving in Greenwich, he goes to […]

]]> 0 dbcaf723971b0c21965b5fce6b4fb580 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14376/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:37:16 -0500 [The Castle battlements arose upon my view at eight o’clock.]

Once Pip enters the Castle, he is greeted by Wemmick. If Pip had not visited, Wemmick would not have told him that Compeyson was trying to pursue M […]

]]> 0 953242bfc6b5965963da0837cbeeee41 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14375/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:35:40 -0500 Visiting Miss Havisham and Estella for the last time is a big turning point in Pip’s life. Once the maids informed him that Estella had traveled “to Satis House, as usual,” Pip decides to go there to see them.

]]> 0 3bdb704dc12cac9424524b774baf3682 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14374/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:34:13 -0500 [ Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0 It was past midnight when I crossed London Bridge]

In Pip’s quest to see Miss Havisham and Estella one last time, London Bridge serves as his gateway to see them. 

]]> 0 01c09b877f54684d13ae6b1b9f111c11 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14372/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:31:47 -0500 Essex Street

]]> 0 4d4cb765e5900e4602ba502203f16a36 Jasmine Vrooman commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14112/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:41:10 -0500 This paragraph’s focus on the capitalism of war both raises existential questions about the purpose of war/misery and the role of economy in human suffering–two themes that can link back to other readings from […]

]]> 0 b6f2043bc2f9d037bfddb051f04c0419 Frederick Yopp commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14108/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 04:14:09 -0500 This paragraph intrigued me to the fact that it is in my opinion, Morris’ boldest claim. His ideals throughout this text often fall into the category of basic human rights, with those being health and education, […]

]]> 0 64227d1b7728cf0e389da5e8125c40eb Sandy Brahaspat commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14107/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:37:52 -0500 The line: “the claim for equality of condition will be made constantly and with growing loudness till it must be listened to, and then at last it will only be a step over the border and the civilized world will be […]

]]> 0 05f7dd6c3fcca22c5a5d505b244e123e Mallory DelSignore commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14103/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:02:08 -0500 I think it is intriguing that he equates good health with pleasure and satisfaction, and he rejects abstaining from indulgence. By practicing severe self control and not indulging on the pleasures of life, he […]

]]> 0 fbda1723bc9bfbe5114bd5de9909b473 Domenica Piccoli commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14100/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:09:50 -0500 I was immediately surprised by paragraphs 1 and 2. In paragraph 1,  I was surprised by the language used. “Socialists are so often FORCED to use.” I think the tone here is interesting, it conveys dete […]

]]> 0 7748db6426875de3fa9da22f703b2309 Michaelena Ferraro commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14096/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:15:36 -0500 Wilde is not finding hope in religion the same way that many people do. His time in prison seems to have given him a bleak outlook on life but based on (para 82) he seems to find some spiritual comfort in his suffering?…

]]> 0 3b8bb430d40ac4dbf80d7fce05c37bef Claire Corbeaux commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14095/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:06:05 -0500 This entire paragraph discusses Wilde’s lack of attachment to religion.

]]> 0 0379bb2a877b358a68a50d7f0041ef07 Claire Corbeaux commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14094/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:05:43 -0500 Here Wilde claims that religion cannot help him.

]]> 0 bd0b91c5fda1f561cbdc937ce8ded9b8 Logan Carpenter commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14082/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:39:51 -0500 I think this is a very interesting way to start a piece of writing. I think it’s true that if we experience some form of trauma, it effects our whole life and often makes us suffer in one way or another. However, […]

]]> 0 b131428df6a5083bf2427b3caf242f57 Hayley Jones commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14071/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:22:21 -0500 Very interesting commentary on the prison system in Victorian England. Wilde describes the process by which society continues to punish people post-incarceration by treating them as a lesser person. He critiques […]

]]> 0 6056ab8b245607cda440e57238a38ad2 Paul Schacht commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14048/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 20:03:50 -0500 The text of Morris’ essay is from the Gutenberg.org version of Signs of Change: Seven Lectures Delivered on Various Occasions (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896).

]]> 0 35f3279e36cc75feed2de16d83d97947 Paul Schacht commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14079/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:01:16 -0500 This text of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis is taken from Gutenberg.org.

De Profundis (the title means “from the depths”) is a letter that Wilde wrote, while imprisoned in Reading Gaol, to his lover Lord Alfred […]

]]> 0 35f3279e36cc75feed2de16d83d97947 Paul Schacht commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14078/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:01:16 -0500 This text of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis is taken from Gutenberg.org.

De Profundis (the title means “from the depths”) is a letter that Wilde wrote, while imprisoned in Reading Gaol, to his lover Lord Alfred […]

]]> 0 35f3279e36cc75feed2de16d83d97947 Paul Schacht commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14077/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:01:16 -0500 This text of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis is taken from Gutenberg.org.

De Profundis (the title means “from the depths”) is a letter that Wilde wrote, while imprisoned in Reading Gaol, to his lover Lord Alfred […]

]]> 0 35f3279e36cc75feed2de16d83d97947 Paul Schacht commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14045/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:01:16 -0500 This text of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis is taken from Gutenberg.org.

De Profundis (the title means “from the depths”) is a letter that Wilde wrote, while imprisoned in Reading Gaol, to his lover Lord Alfred […]

]]> 0 5a880aff59876f51ede39264e421e08c Ashley Contreras commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14033/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:46:47 -0500 [Many pleasant pictures of the life that I would lead there, and of the change for the better that would come over my character when I had a guiding spirit at my side whose simple faith and clear home wisdom I had […]

]]> 0 6aa9cda6889a959f9da4f864a976fd9d David Beyea commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14032/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:46:17 -0500 [ My mind grew very uneasy on the subject of the pale young gentleman. The more I thought of the fight, and recalled the pale young gentleman on his back in various stages of puffy and incrimsoned countenance, the […]

]]> 0 830e7cf5b8b970cd414d88c02f817bac Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14031/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:41:17 -0500 Pip paranoid about the way other people may view him after death.

]]> 0 2df18cd1c28096fec958d91424807c6c Jasmine Vrooman commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14030/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:40:50 -0500 This paragraph conveys how Pip is able to see other people. He is able to perceive this man as violent and desperate–able to formulate how to feel (terror, dreadful burden) from what he’s seeing.

]]> 0 dbf0a198b7a238bcf8421ba0caa7ac7f Emily Tsoi commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14029/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:39:50 -0500 [now, when suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape. Be as considerate and goo […]

]]> 0 be440c20a4eb921c34f78ea49e708c6d Claire Corbeaux commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14028/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:39:39 -0500 Estella’s vision has been unclouded by the passing of years and the life experiences that she has accumulated. She is finally able to recognize the significance that Pip had upon her life and the place he has in her heart.

]]> 0 2ce3f357e6ef7a5356676f21bfc91595 Clare Corbett commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14027/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:39:02 -0500 [The figure showed itself aware of me, as I advanced. It had been moving towards me, but it stood still. As I drew nearer, I saw it to be the figure of a woman. As I drew nearer yet, it was about to turn away, […]

]]> 0 a0ccdf8b725d071fcbaaf3b632f7abe6 Abbey Morgan commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14026/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:38:35 -0500 This shows how Miss Havisham’s view of Pip changes. She sees him through a “looking-glass” that, not only allows her to see Pip’s perspective, but also to empathize with him by equating their experiences.

]]> 0 57234b9e109d9f535b271e5c56c8414a Hannah Fuller commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14025/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:37:53 -0500 Here is a place where Pip’s perspective changes. Now that he realizes that what he once had wanted so bad was no longer attainable, he wanted to go back to Biddy and live a life with her. He is aware of his […]

]]> 0 2a33f24153e93d1eece8586f51b61193 Emily Tsoi commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14024/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:37:07 -0500 Pip is expressing how his perspective has changed about his pursuit of Estella.

]]> 0 737024de6cf4aeb5b461af25407a8e8b Cameron Luquer commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14023/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:34:59 -0500 shows Mr. Jaggers doesn’t have a complete view of Wemmick as he truly is

]]> 0 fcf5f2c15f4979631697247c93de29fb Ravenna VanOstrand commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14018/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:53:34 -0500 It almost seems that we are once again at the beginning: with a young Pip beside Joe, so much life ahead of him. The novel is still consistent with the present Pip reflecting back upon all of of the events that […]

]]> 0 32d995339591b01b12e98ee673258ab9 David Beyea commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14017/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:52:23 -0500 [But add the case that you had loved her, Pip, and had made her the subject of those ‘poor dreams’ which have, at one time or another, been in the heads of more men than you think likely]

Jaggers is really ham […]

]]> 0 e3f74988f9a92f536e810417af47d222 Hannah Bentivegna commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14015/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:53:47 -0500 Estella admits to thinking about Pip even though they haven’t seen each other in years. It seems as though Estella regrets her treatment of Pip when they were younger. Is this Estella finally telling Pip he holds […]

]]> 0 017099fb766b5fd6140f5f7572465564 Claire Corbeaux commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14012/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:18:40 -0500 This paragraph pays substantial attention to boats and lists many different kinds of boats and details the form and function of said boats. This concern with and extensive description of boats makes me think back […]

]]> 0 24c17a6c6010bfa65669ef08f8b41124 Alaina Walier commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14008/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:47:53 -0500 This meeting in a good marker in time to show how Pip is changing over the course of the story. How do you think his perspective on the convict has changed and why? Do you think Pip is right to judge the way he is […]

]]> 0 b897646f808b54fe6c06bb2f816bd31e Sarah Bracy commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14006/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:05:08 -0500 Pip’s lack of insight as to why Abel carries around the Testament makes me wonder about the deeper-rooted reasons Abel may have been carrying around this little black book for so long. While we know fairly little […]

]]> 0 d851658cc41b92817085355c92824d96 Tommy Castronova commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14000/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 03:09:10 -0500 I find this Estella’s choice of words here quite fascinating, as she starts by asserting that her rejection of Pip is in her nature, but then begins to distance herself from this, stating that it’s in the nature […]

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