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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