"A Wagner Matinee" is an interesting story. It's sad that Georgiana did not want to leave the concert hall after the performance. She knows that she will have to return to a dreary outside world once she exits. Her deep love for music keeps her going, and after being exposed to it again, she doesn't want it to go away.
I feel as though music was a monumental part of Clark's Aunt's life before she started her life in Nebraska. I feel as though it's a symbol for all of the things that she left behind when she moved away from her cosmopolitanism life in Boston. When Clark takes her to opera she is so moved, not only from the music, but because of the fact that she sees what her life could have been. Thus, she doesn't want to go home to her dreadful reality. She tells Clark it is unwise to love anything too much, I feel that she is referring to music as well as her old life. She was stripped of these things and greatly regrets the way she is living now.
How do you think Georgia felt prior to her arrival in Boston?
I found this story interesting. Georgiana did not want to leave the concert hall because she loved the music so much and realized what her life could have been. Her aunt started crying when everyone started to leave because she was so moved with the beauty of the music. Also, I feel that she didnt want to go back to her real life which is working in the field. In the text it says that she wore absurd outfits and Clark thinks that it will help her Aunt step out of the box and going in public. It says, "stepping suddenly into the world to which she had been dead for a quarter of a century." She loves music and doesn't want to leave the hall.
How do you think Georgiana feels when she walks into the music hall? Does she feel embarrassed like Clark thinks she will?
"A Wagner Matinee" is a story that shows someone who truly loves music. It was upsetting that she was so upset she had to leave the concert hall when she was done with her performance. She knew that after being there she wwill have to return to the real world which did not make her happy. I feel like it was a part of her that she always would want to keep. On top of it she has moved away from her normal life and it makes the outside world even worse. She states how much she misses her old life and music that she "loved too much".
This story shows the reader that no matter how long they live or how much they’ve changed, they can always rely on music to help them see their past again. Georgiana had a passion and love for music that couldn’t be compromised; she kept that love for music for years even after living a long and hard life. Everybody should have that type of passion for something because it gives them something to live for. Marisa Period 4
I don’t know how to respond to this story but I think is about Clark’s Ant living with the decision she made every day. The story shows how her love for music was more than the love she had for Clark’s uncle. But she was a strong woman to live with her choose for 30 years and make the most of it. This story shows how sometimes love cannot conquer all, because in Clark’s Ant’s case love could not conquer her desires for music.
"I don't want to go, Clark, I don't want to go!" from this line do you think Clark’s Ant regrets her decision of abandoning music and getting married to Clark’s uncle?
Georgiana had always loved music, but when she eloped, she not only escaped her family, but also the life she had lived before. Music reminded her of that life so she would suppress her deep passion as a way of denying her misery in the path that she had taken. I felt bad for her for having made such a sacrifice. She had to choose between the thing she loved and the man she loved.
Despite all the troubles she has faced for the past 30 years, do you think she thinks this sacrifice was worth the elopement to her husband?
This story reveals how transformative music can be to one’s soul. From beginning to end, the opera music ignited something inside of Aunt Georgiana. It made her remember what she really loved most. It wasn’t the the farm work in Red Willow County, it was the passion for music but being ultimately unable to pursue it. She left everything she loved for a man she quickly met. There was a tradeoff between teaching music and being with her new husband. Going to the opera show was the defining moment where she realized how much her life was missing. The sacrifice she made has haunted her throughout her whole life. Do you think Georgiana decided to leave the farm and move back to Boston?
I enjoyed this story a lot, and could relate to it a lot because music means the same thing to me. Georgiana did not enjoy the work she did back in Nebraska. Her heart was really with the music being performed in the music hall. Unfortunately, I do not believe that she realized that she made a extremely rash decision until she visited the music hall once again. When the music was over, she knew she would have to return back to the farm to work and this is what made her so upset. This story teaches a good lesson; never give up something you are truly passionate about. Unfortunately, I do not believe that Georgianna is truly happy.
-Do you think that the love Georgianna has for music is stronger than the love she has for her husband?
When someone finds their passion in life, it moves one in a big way and lots of things become shaped around it. However Georgiana's life started to unravel its self from her passion and was left in Boston. This story is about passion and how we need it to make our lives full and rich. Georgiana is saddened once she gets a taste of what shes been missing so much.
-Should someone ever compromise their passion and what makes them happy for their partner?
Following the death of a bachelor relative, Aunt Georgiana is prompted to return to see her nephew and settle the fine details that the relative’s passing entails. In order to fully comprehend the significance of this change of environment and the response it advocates, one must first take into account the life that Aunt Georgiana was predisposed to beforehand. She lived a very lackluster existence with little abnormality adhering to a strict schedule that demanded her attentiveness. Her roots are imbedded in the land, and the children she reared, especially in that of her nephew, the narrator of the story. From his perspective, the reader grasps the influence Aunt Georgiana had on her nephew and the values she instilled in his character. She disembarks from an environment she had not left in 30+ years into a society and culture that has evolved while she has stagnated in the plains. Her pain and struggle upon arriving in the new setting demonstrate the hardship of accommodation. Georgiana finds the transition too hard to bear and ultimately finds herself confined to the frame of a bed for the first day of her visit. The rural agricultural society she had fled differs dramatically from her new reality, and she fails to find the consistency she desires in the new area. It is only when she is introduced to the matinee that she finds a sense of security, and in some way a sense of truth in her past. The music “breaks a silence of 30 years” and acts as a gateway to Aunt Georgiana’s deepest conflicts. It questions her decisions of love in the past, and attempts to explain and rationalize the mistakes she made. Through the music she comes to terms with the cards she has been dealt and metaphorically shuffles her deck trying to play them differently. Going to the matinee and experiencing the melodies and harmonies is a defining moment for Georgiana where she sees that she doesn’t belong in the country side, but among the notes of the music pursuing her own needs.
How does Aunt Georgiana’s silence at the beginning of the Matinee reflect her personal history?
This story centers around the ideas of sacrificing something one loves for another and the permanent results that will come from the action. As the old woman experiences all of these beautiful and powerful pieces, she is overwhelmed by her abandoned emotions towards something she fiercely pursued in her younger years. As a fan of the arts and music, I was touched by the woman's attachment to the various piece; art is a living phenomenon that ultimately brings out emotion from a human.
Question: Between staying with music or eloping with her future husband. is there a "correct" decision that Georgianna could have made ?
Will she be able to completely return back to the old life of hers in the field and will her old memories hunt her forever like the way it did during the concert?
It seems like music was her life and she loved it but after she eloped with her love she never got a chance to look back to the carrier of music which she would have loved to join.right now she has been working on the field with the same bare hands which she used to play the paino in her old days that must have upset her. Probably the music and songs made her think about her past life like may be she wondereded about going back to the life she used to have but realized that is immpossible to ask for. The music itself didn't made her cry,the memories and remorse linked with it did. I don't think she should have eloped with the guy without thinking about how her life was going to end up,if she decided to elop than she must have been ready to forget about her past and the future plans which she made before eloping. I don't think there is anyone beside her to blame for the things she have gone through after the marrige or eloping. So, going back to her husband was one and only choice she had without any questions.
This tragic story exemplifies how one can adapt to a new situation but within the inner workings of their soul they remain who they truly are. Aunt Georgianna managed to fasten an enjoyable or at least satisfactory life for herself at her homestead. She raised not only cattle but her family there; she gave that land everything it asked for. But she could not give it what she wanted to: music. She left her deepest form of happiness by eloping from the city and even upon returning she is so caught up in her new life she sleeps through the city that once awoken her. The concert hall however rouses her from her dormant state and reminds her of her true, now forbidden love.
Is Aunt Georgianna's remorse due to her memories or what could have been her memories if she stayed?
I think that this article reflects the ideology of a person's personal preferences that you can always get what you want. In this story, the Aunt has to really decide between her two loves. Although she loves the Boston area, more specifically the concert that she attends, she also has a family back home in Nebraska. I believe that the main concept the author is trying to get across is that you really can never have the best of both worlds. Here when the Aunt is at the concert, she is so happy and just rejoices in the fact that she is there, however on the other hand, she has a husband that loves her and a family that needs her back home. However, I believe that the Aunt knows this, so although she can't have both she tries to compromise. She lives with her husband and family, but when given the opportunity, she seizes it and goes to the concert.
This story is about choosing between two different types of happiness. I believe the aunt makes the right choice in returning home to Nebraska. On one hand, the aunt loves music and this makes her happy however, this type of happiness is short lived and not as long lasting. Whereas her family can also provide happiness and it is more of a selfless happiness as well. While remembering that old life made her extremely nostalgic, she obviously chose that other life for a reason and never returned to Boston for the same reason.
What would you do in Aunt Georgianna's positition?
This story was very interesting. It was shocking seeing how Georgianna loved music so much and the concert so much that she didn't want to return home to Nebraska. But agreeing with Dan, I do think that she made the right decision returning home to her family and the people who love her and the people who also make her happy.
Will Georgianna ever be as happy at home as she was at the concert?
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"A Wagner Matinee" is an interesting story. It's sad that Georgiana did not want to leave the concert hall after the performance. She knows that she will have to return to a dreary outside world once she exits. Her deep love for music keeps her going, and after being exposed to it again, she doesn't want it to go away.
ReplyDeleteWhy does Georgiana feel so connected to music?
Alessandra M.
Per. 4
I feel as though music was a monumental part of Clark's Aunt's life before she started her life in Nebraska. I feel as though it's a symbol for all of the things that she left behind when she moved away from her cosmopolitanism life in Boston. When Clark takes her to opera she is so moved, not only from the music, but because of the fact that she sees what her life could have been. Thus, she doesn't want to go home to her dreadful reality. She tells Clark it is unwise to love anything too much, I feel that she is referring to music as well as her old life. She was stripped of these things and greatly regrets the way she is living now.
ReplyDeleteHow do you think Georgia felt prior to her arrival in Boston?
Jessica Teulings
Period 4
I found this story interesting. Georgiana did not want to leave the concert hall because she loved the music so much and realized what her life could have been. Her aunt started crying when everyone started to leave because she was so moved with the beauty of the music. Also, I feel that she didnt want to go back to her real life which is working in the field. In the text it says that she wore absurd outfits and Clark thinks that it will help her
ReplyDeleteAunt step out of the box and going in public. It says, "stepping suddenly into the world to which she had been dead for a quarter of a century." She loves music and doesn't want to leave the hall.
How do you think Georgiana feels when she walks into the music hall? Does she feel embarrassed like Clark thinks she will?
Erica Celentano
Period 4
"A Wagner Matinee" is a story that shows someone who truly loves music. It was upsetting that she was so upset she had to leave the concert hall when she was done with her performance. She knew that after being there she wwill have to return to the real world which did not make her happy. I feel like it was a part of her that she always would want to keep. On top of it she has moved away from her normal life and it makes the outside world even worse. She states how much she misses her old life and music that she "loved too much".
ReplyDeleteQ: Why do you think she likes music so much?
^Kayleen Kessler
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This story shows the reader that no matter how long they live or how much they’ve changed, they can always rely on music to help them see their past again. Georgiana had a passion and love for music that couldn’t be compromised; she kept that love for music for years even after living a long and hard life. Everybody should have that type of passion for something because it gives them something to live for.
ReplyDeleteMarisa
Period 4
I don’t know how to respond to this story but I think is about Clark’s Ant living with the decision she made every day. The story shows how her love for music was more than the love she had for Clark’s uncle. But she was a strong woman to live with her choose for 30 years and make the most of it. This story shows how sometimes love cannot conquer all, because in Clark’s Ant’s case love could not conquer her desires for music.
ReplyDelete"I don't want to go, Clark, I don't want to go!" from this line do you think Clark’s Ant regrets her decision of abandoning music and getting married to Clark’s uncle?
sandrin amin
period 4
Georgiana had always loved music, but when she eloped, she not only escaped her family, but also the life she had lived before. Music reminded her of that life so she would suppress her deep passion as a way of denying her misery in the path that she had taken. I felt bad for her for having made such a sacrifice. She had to choose between the thing she loved and the man she loved.
ReplyDeleteDespite all the troubles she has faced for the past 30 years, do you think she thinks this sacrifice was worth the elopement to her husband?
Sidney
Period 1
This story reveals how transformative music can be to one’s soul. From beginning to end, the opera music ignited something inside of Aunt Georgiana. It made her remember what she really loved most. It wasn’t the the farm work in Red Willow County, it was the passion for music but being ultimately unable to pursue it. She left everything she loved for a man she quickly met. There was a tradeoff between teaching music and being with her new husband. Going to the opera show was the defining moment where she realized how much her life was missing. The sacrifice she made has haunted her throughout her whole life.
ReplyDeleteDo you think Georgiana decided to leave the farm and move back to Boston?
Kelly Du
Period 1
I enjoyed this story a lot, and could relate to it a lot because music means the same thing to me. Georgiana did not enjoy the work she did back in Nebraska. Her heart was really with the music being performed in the music hall. Unfortunately, I do not believe that she realized that she made a extremely rash decision until she visited the music hall once again. When the music was over, she knew she would have to return back to the farm to work and this is what made her so upset. This story teaches a good lesson; never give up something you are truly passionate about. Unfortunately, I do not believe that Georgianna is truly happy.
ReplyDelete-Do you think that the love Georgianna has for music is stronger than the love she has for her husband?
Ashley Murphy
Period 4
When someone finds their passion in life, it moves one in a big way and lots of things become shaped around it. However Georgiana's life started to unravel its self from her passion and was left in Boston. This story is about passion and how we need it to make our lives full and rich. Georgiana is saddened once she gets a taste of what shes been missing so much.
ReplyDelete-Should someone ever compromise their passion and what makes them happy for their partner?
Emily McColl
period four
Following the death of a bachelor relative, Aunt Georgiana is prompted to return to see her nephew and settle the fine details that the relative’s passing entails. In order to fully comprehend the significance of this change of environment and the response it advocates, one must first take into account the life that Aunt Georgiana was predisposed to beforehand. She lived a very lackluster existence with little abnormality adhering to a strict schedule that demanded her attentiveness. Her roots are imbedded in the land, and the children she reared, especially in that of her nephew, the narrator of the story. From his perspective, the reader grasps the influence Aunt Georgiana had on her nephew and the values she instilled in his character. She disembarks from an environment she had not left in 30+ years into a society and culture that has evolved while she has stagnated in the plains. Her pain and struggle upon arriving in the new setting demonstrate the hardship of accommodation. Georgiana finds the transition too hard to bear and ultimately finds herself confined to the frame of a bed for the first day of her visit. The rural agricultural society she had fled differs dramatically from her new reality, and she fails to find the consistency she desires in the new area. It is only when she is introduced to the matinee that she finds a sense of security, and in some way a sense of truth in her past. The music “breaks a silence of 30 years” and acts as a gateway to Aunt Georgiana’s deepest conflicts. It questions her decisions of love in the past, and attempts to explain and rationalize the mistakes she made. Through the music she comes to terms with the cards she has been dealt and metaphorically shuffles her deck trying to play them differently. Going to the matinee and experiencing the melodies and harmonies is a defining moment for Georgiana where she sees that she doesn’t belong in the country side, but among the notes of the music pursuing her own needs.
ReplyDeleteHow does Aunt Georgiana’s silence at the beginning of the Matinee reflect her personal history?
Alexander Borkowski Period 1
This story centers around the ideas of sacrificing something one loves for another and the permanent results that will come from the action. As the old woman experiences all of these beautiful and powerful pieces, she is overwhelmed by her abandoned emotions towards something she fiercely pursued in her younger years. As a fan of the arts and music, I was touched by the woman's attachment to the various piece; art is a living phenomenon that ultimately brings out emotion from a human.
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Between staying with music or eloping with her future husband. is there a "correct" decision that Georgianna could have made ?
- Zhanneta.
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Will she be able to completely return back to the old life of hers in the field and will her old memories hunt her forever like the way it did during the concert?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like music was her life and she loved it but after she eloped with her love she never got a chance to look back to the carrier of music which she would have loved to join.right now she has been working on the field with the same bare hands which she used to play the paino in her old days that must have upset her. Probably the music and songs made her think about her past life like may be she wondereded about going back to the life she used to have but realized that is immpossible to ask for. The music itself didn't made her cry,the memories and remorse linked with it did. I don't think she should have eloped with the guy without thinking about how her life was going to end up,if she decided to elop than she must have been ready to forget about her past and the future plans which she made before eloping. I don't think there is anyone beside her to blame for the things she have gone through after the marrige or eloping. So, going back to her husband was one and only choice she had without any questions.
Shila Rajbahak
Per 1
This tragic story exemplifies how one can adapt to a new situation but within the inner workings of their soul they remain who they truly are. Aunt Georgianna managed to fasten an enjoyable or at least satisfactory life for herself at her homestead. She raised not only cattle but her family there; she gave that land everything it asked for. But she could not give it what she wanted to: music. She left her deepest form of happiness by eloping from the city and even upon returning she is so caught up in her new life she sleeps through the city that once awoken her. The concert hall however rouses her from her dormant state and reminds her of her true, now forbidden love.
ReplyDeleteIs Aunt Georgianna's remorse due to her memories or what could have been her memories if she stayed?
Stephen Perrotti
Period 4
I think that this article reflects the ideology of a person's personal preferences that you can always get what you want. In this story, the Aunt has to really decide between her two loves. Although she loves the Boston area, more specifically the concert that she attends, she also has a family back home in Nebraska. I believe that the main concept the author is trying to get across is that you really can never have the best of both worlds. Here when the Aunt is at the concert, she is so happy and just rejoices in the fact that she is there, however on the other hand, she has a husband that loves her and a family that needs her back home. However, I believe that the Aunt knows this, so although she can't have both she tries to compromise. She lives with her husband and family, but when given the opportunity, she seizes it and goes to the concert.
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Period 1
This story is about choosing between two different types of happiness. I believe the aunt makes the right choice in returning home to Nebraska. On one hand, the aunt loves music and this makes her happy however, this type of happiness is short lived and not as long lasting. Whereas her family can also provide happiness and it is more of a selfless happiness as well. While remembering that old life made her extremely nostalgic, she obviously chose that other life for a reason and never returned to Boston for the same reason.
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Daniel Borrus
Period 4
This story was very interesting. It was shocking seeing how Georgianna loved music so much and the concert so much that she didn't want to return home to Nebraska. But agreeing with Dan, I do think that she made the right decision returning home to her family and the people who love her and the people who also make her happy.
ReplyDeleteWill Georgianna ever be as happy at home as she was at the concert?
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