With one week left until winter break, we were greeted on Monday (technically Sunday night) with our first snow day so we were not at school on Monday, leaving us with a 4-day week. When we returned to school on Tuesday, we started back up on our critical theory projects. Since the play we chose to do our project on was King Lear, we began to actually watch the play. I am not going to lie, the play is kind of hard to follow and understand considering I knew nothing about it before beginning to watch it. I think the main reason for this is because since it is written in Shakesperean language, it is hard to understand what they are saying or what they are trying to get at when they speak. The theory we chose to focus on is Philisophical/Existential. I believe that having this main topic picked out makes it easier to focus on the rest of the movie. Having a specific thing to pay attention to and watch out for, makes me feel like I need to pay more attention to what is going on so I understand how it plays a part in the play. Personally, I like that we are choosing to watch the play instead of read it because, being a visual person, it is easier for me to see where this theory is taking place and how it affects the other characters and their actions. Overall, by using our Cornell notes, I think we are getting a really good idea about how King Lear contains Philisophical/Existential elements. This link contains a summary of King Lear and what it is about https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/k/king-lear/play-summary
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This week we were informed about how we would choose a Shakespearean play, either King Lear or Macbeth. We would then dive deep into analysing different theories that it is consisted of. My group chose King Lear and we are analyzing the critical theory of philisophical/existential. We thought this would be a good idea because in the play, King Lear's daughters are trying to convince him to give them part of his land. We would be able to analyze their behavior and how their morals play into it. Although we have not read the play yet, we thought we would be able to write a qualified essay about the people's character and how they act. The information on this link gave me a better understanding of what philosophy really is http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/SocialSciences/ppecorino/INTRO_TEXT/Chapter%2012Conclusion/What_is_Philosophy.htm A second thing we did was analyze to poems of the week this week. They were both sonnets. This gave me a good understanding of how to connect poems together and recognize the similarities that they can have. We talked about how the tile of the poem Ozymandias and how the repetitive sounds add meaning to the poem and give it a certain effect. In the sonnet by Shakespeare, we talked about how differentiating different feelings can show different purposes and how paradox was evident in the poem. I think working with these poems has made me better understand peotry because I do not really understand it but after working with it more, I have been able to better understand how to interpret it. This week first of all, we learned about a new project we will be working on throughout the trimester. We had to think of a general topic to learn more about and be able to think thoroughly about by reading two books that incorporate that topic. The thing I chose to look closer into is self image and self esteem. The books I will be reading are A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Color Purple. We will then be doing a pecha kucha style presentation at the end of the trimester about our topic and what we learned. I think doing this will help me be able to analyze books to find a common theme and how different characters are affected by the same type of things. The second thing we did this week was take a practice AP multiple choice test to show us what the real thing is going to be like. I personally did not do too well on it. My score was a 29/50. For me, it is hard to read a piece and interpret it the way that the prompt wants me to because I believe everybody thinks about things differently so what they think the answer is, might not be one of the choices. I also learned there might be a lot of words on the test in the text or even as one of the answers that I might not know. It is important to study up on things you do not know too well and narrow answers down to what you know it for sure could or might not be. This link includes numerous tips to consider before taking the AP Literature test https://www.albert.io/blog/ap-english-literature-tips/ |
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