Every word in blood wedding seems to carry calculated, deliberate weight – conveying raw depth of emotion unlike much other theatre. How much of blood wedding’s true character lies within its words? Blood wedding may not necessarily be built upon its words, byt rather the emotion, fire and passion it carries. While english could potentially […]
Literature
Practice IO Outline
Passage 1: Fagles (Book IX) Mine is a rugged land but good for raising sons— and I myself, I know no sweeter sight on earth than a man’s own native country. True enough, Calypso the lustrous goddess tried to hold me back, deep in her arching caverns, craving me for a husband. So did Circe, […]
What characterises Adiche’s writing?
Americanah and The Arrangements Use of free indirect discourse: reveals internal conflicts of not only the protagonist bu the surrounding characters as well. e learn more about the character, their past lives, their feelings and thoughts without it having to be explicitly said or sectioned off within the book. Both characters feel trapped by their […]
Lenormand Card pt. 2
Cards drawn in order: The Crossroad (pathway?), The Child, and The Moon Maybe I’m only finding meaning in these cards because I’m looking for them (Malgudi Days flashback), but these cards really are getting eerily accurate. I’m going to go ahead and assume this combination is trying to say something about the uncertainty I feel […]
Cyrano de Bergerac – In love with love (wip)
What struck me in this play was Roxanne and Christian’s underlying shallowness, compared to Cyrano’s love, which I argue is, from the soul. We never truly see Roxanne and Christian have a ‘normal’ conversation. The breadth of their interaction is limited to grand proclamations of love (which really, seem more like performance activism than anything […]
Cyrano de Bergerac – Act 4
How would I have staged Act 4? If I were directing this play, I would have staged to complement the opening scene – where we were given an introduction to each character. These scene would include chaos everywhere, and while the main characters of the scene would be in the centre, we would still hear […]
How to approach an IO
internal justification, victimising themselves to justify wrong actions as revenge later putting themselves in positions of power in order to justify their responsibility for justice wallowing in self pity involving others (friends and the gods), believing they are on the same side structure of the IO: plan each individual point with the quotes you want […]
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The Odyssey books 17-18
The Maids I think it’s very interesting that Odysseus finds hospitality in every home but his own. One would expect taunting from the suitors – but in book 18 a maid play an (in my opinion) unexpected role. As a slave, she is probably consistently looked down upon and under appreciated – but does that […]
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The Odyssey books 13-16
Penelope in The Odyssey Penelope seems to have quite an insignificant role in the Odyssey – sure, she is Odysseus’ wife, but she also happens to be (in my opinion) the most looked-over female character. Athena, instead, has the importance in the story that one would assume the wife of Odysseus would earn. Athena accompanies […]