Saturday, February 9, 2013
Response to Course Material #6 -Feb. 10-
After starting Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, I have to say I kinda miss Hamlet. Either I've been way too tired this week, or this play is actually sorta hard to understand so far. Especially when Ros and Guild play their little games and such. Thank god for Ms. Holmes and her explanations. But, poor Alfred. Though, it's nice to see some modern English, compared to Shakespeare's complex English. I find the idea of having Ros and Guild only speak Elizabethan English when addressing the characters of Hamlet quite interesting. I know there's probably a reason as to why the author did that, but I still haven't figured it out. We've also been working on multiple choice questions. Though, unfortunately, I don't feel like I've really improved. Maybe just a little. I noticed that I do my best when asked questions about a poem. I think it's because I tend to find the poems more interesting than any of the other passages. There also was the modern, messed up movie version of Hamlet. Watching people shoot up heroin was not fun at all. The constant overly high contrast was annoying and it was really hard to keep up with the plot. I guess it was interesting in it's own way. I don't think I'd ever be able to say this again, but finals was actually fun. Working with my friends to act out the scene of Hamlet was really great. I definitely prefer that over the terms test as a final.
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Hey Caitlyn! I actually thought Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was easier to read than Hamlet because of the fewer amount of long paragraphs and the modern English used in it. However, analyzing it was a little bit harder because of all the hidden meanings. As for multiple choice, again, I'm the opposite of you! :) I do better on the prose sections, or the passages from novels, because I find poems harder to analyze. I didn't get to see the messed up movie version of Hamlet, but I wish I had, because it would have given an entirely new perspective to the story, I think it would have been interesting! I agree, this final was the best! :)
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ReplyDeleteI think it's great that your Response to Course Materials covers so many different things that we did in class! I felt pretty similarly about the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. I think that the movie was too different for my taste. Also, I don't think I improved from the multiple choice either!
No i agree! It is a pretty hard play. I like it when Ms. Homes goes over it in class with us she really helps! Though I don’t miss Hamlet at all... happy thats over. I was wondering about that to it. Having them only talk like that around royalty was an interesting choice by Stappard.
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