This week we chose groups for the Shakespearean Drama Project, and we chose a critical theory to focus on. My group consists of Lindsey, Jess, and I. The critical theory we chose was mythological criticism. Basically this critical theory is about the symbols, recurring motifs, patterns, and myths or rituals. The play we chose to do the project on is, "MacBeth". I feel like as of now, I don't really know much of what's going on. I don't really understand the objective of the project, so I'm interested to see what we are going to actually be doing.
The PoW that we did this week was one of the hardest in my opinion. The poems themselves were pretty hard to understand, and on top of that we were to compare/contrast them based on certain literary devices and themes. I struggled to start it in class, but once I did I just took it paragraph by paragraph. Each paragraph focused on a different literary device such as imagery, figurative language, structure, and tone shifts. The authors, Shakespeare and Shelley, each wrote about how people are remembered after death. I thought Shakespeare's approach was interesting, because he talked about why we would waste so much time and money on our appearances, when we don't even occupy our bodies for that long. We should be using that time to prepare ourselves for life after death. The universal truth in this poem was that your inside (soul) and the person that you are is worth more than what's on the oustide (appearances).
The PoW that we did this week was one of the hardest in my opinion. The poems themselves were pretty hard to understand, and on top of that we were to compare/contrast them based on certain literary devices and themes. I struggled to start it in class, but once I did I just took it paragraph by paragraph. Each paragraph focused on a different literary device such as imagery, figurative language, structure, and tone shifts. The authors, Shakespeare and Shelley, each wrote about how people are remembered after death. I thought Shakespeare's approach was interesting, because he talked about why we would waste so much time and money on our appearances, when we don't even occupy our bodies for that long. We should be using that time to prepare ourselves for life after death. The universal truth in this poem was that your inside (soul) and the person that you are is worth more than what's on the oustide (appearances).