I'm beginning to truly appreciate the study of Oedipus and other recurring themes in literature. They have come up continually in our class discussions. The discussions in class about Death of a Salesman have been very deep and explored many topics from symbols in the play to motifs. I have found it very interesting. Discussing the movie and the portrayal of certain scenes by actors was interesting and showed a different interpretation of the text than I had first thought of when reading it. Our class focused a lot on Linda and whether or not we felt she was a weak or strong character. We were able to use scenes from the movie to debate whether or not we felt that the director thought she was a strong female or not. I hope that for Hamlet, the movie is just as interesting in its portrayal of the characters and the scenes.
Reading Hamlet in class is a lot more interesting for me because it's a little more engaging than Death of a Salesman or The American Dream. Hearing Ms. Holmes explain the background information to Shakespeare and the language of his time is very helpful and certainly helps me understand the play much better. I think Hamlet will be more exciting and enjoyable than the other things we have read in class so far. For some reason, I really like reading it in class so far. Hopefully it will continue to be an exciting play.
This is a nice response. I think you did a sufficient job of explaining your feelings of Hamlet. You tied in details from class and your past which really shows thought. This is also a nice length for a response like this. It isn't too long but it still gets your thoughts across. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteHey Joyce, good response. You tied in your personal experience in class with what we were learning as well as your feelings. I would say that you have just enough detail on what we have been doing and I'm not sure what else you could add. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to think that, every time a person in a story has physical contact with his/her parent, Oedipus comes up. How did Biff and his dad suddenly get compared to Oedipus (in my hour)? Really, now, guys. That's a huge stretch.
ReplyDeleteI think you may be the first person I've come across who was looking forwards to Hamlet. Your guts. I hate them. (jk)
I've been seeing a lot of people say, "I found it very interesting," in these responses (myself included). If you catch yourself saying something like that, try to add the word "because" on the end of it and go from there.
Noah Symanzik
It's great that you guys offer one another positive reinforcement, but you also need to challenge one another to work to capacity. Where are the connections to other course material, other courses, the world outside our classrooms, etc.? I just don't see the synthesis that this assignment is primarily about.
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