What kind of people are willing to undertake such dreadful business as murdering innocent women and children? People who want power without being responsible with it. After gaining power there is always something else that is wanted. The quote “Great power comes with great responsibility” fits with the plot since Macbeth will do anything to […]
Act 1: Direct & Indirect Characterisation
Prompt: Each scene in Act 1 of “Macbeth” is set in a different location. The only consistency seems to be when the witches are on stage in Scenes 1 and 3. Shakespeare sets each of these scenes in a “desolate place” or a “heath” (stage directions). These dismal spaces, coupled with the sound of “thunder,” […]
Writer’s Fortnight: Christina Lau
Before seeing Christina Lau we were told she had been paralyzed from the waist down and that she would paint with her mouth. She talked about her life before the accident and in contrast, she spoke about her life after the accident. She was a prison officer and she was very active before. The reason […]
Writer’s Fortnight: Mukul Deva, The Untold Story
“Each one of us is a natural storyteller and each of us has something to tell” Mukul Deva, an Indian writer who dropped out of school when he was 16. He left school to join the Indian army where he spent 16 and half years. In 2009 the Singapore government brought him here in Singapore. He […]
Writer’s Fortnight: Danny Raven TAN
Artist Danny Raven TAN is a full-time painter and has opened a gallery in his home called: Tiffin Gallery, it is in his HBD where it showcases his original artwork. During his presentation, he talked a lot about his past. He says his father passed so he was on an emotional roller coaster, he claims […]
Writers Fortnight: Steve Dawson
Today Steve Dawson presented a presentation about interview techniques. During his presentation, he presented us with five maxims for great answers. In the beginning, he talked about how he his job relating to ESPN Star Sports, Fox Sports and One championship. He also spoke about how he interviewed celebrities around the world. Some examples of […]
Navigation Protocol
In what way did this lesson help advance your understanding? This helped advance my understanding from having a good example of a real-life article because it gives useful information and not just the information given is interesting but the style, format, and order of the article as well because this will me know how to structure information. In […]
Deprivation
As time went by, it became more and more frustrating. There are no words to describe the hunger and the dehydration that we felt. We lived on a few dollars a month and lived in a small home we could barely afford. My family stood there helpless, no longer able to pay the rent. My […]
How Does Language Include/Exclude; Represent/ Misrepresent
I think language can misrepresent by stereotypes, people might think for example that the posh British accent sounds: polite, and perceived as intelligent. Where as the cockney accent or some American accents ..etc as rude, unintelligent and loud. People perceive different languages depending on how they are used and how they sound like, and what […]
Silencing Identity
Today in class we read this article (Donald Trumps fear Spanish power language identity) How does the journalist feel about forced language assimilation and expectation that everyone in America must learn English? and what does she believe is the relationship between accent, identity, and power? I think the journalist seems frustrated with being forces to […]