So Everyman. I figured out that he is asking people to accompany him to his death, and I'm fairly sure that by accompanying him the person would die as well. So I'm predicting that Everyman will go alone, or that this is a test of God, and those who do not give up their life to help Everyman will die. I think that would fit with God's disappointment with everyone.
Plot wise, Everyman meets Fellowship, who is a very caring and supportive person, and I think symbolistically meant to be one of Everyman's freidnly relationships (which is the definition of fellowship). And while Fellowship promises Everyman that he will support him and follow him, and even mentions staying with him until he dies, Everyman asks him to keep to his promises and actually follow him. Fellowship refuses saying he was only acting in a polite and socially acceptable way.
I think that one convention of this play is that while characters' names suggest at their character traits, the traits are very shallow, like Fellowship who has fellowship towards Everyman, but its lost once Everyman actually needs him. but I need to read more to see if it's a consistant convention.
Pg: 100
Today we continued our history lesson, and I was surprised how much I kind of remembered about Greek/Roman times, because we barely wnet over that in freshman year history, and besides that I haven't learned about Grrek/Roman time since almost 6th-7th grade. I took notes and partook in our discussion, also I knew a lot of the cities and countries that we went over.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Monday's post
I realised this week that I completely blanked on blogs last week. I seriously need to get back into the habit of daily blogs. It blew my mind that I just didn't do them.
Anyways! Today I started reading Everyman by Anonymous, which I must say I love the irony and the message of that. Everyman written by no man. Or Everyman written by what could be anyone, so that makes me think of a universal story. Or that it could be a play about anything, its just really vague. Even the characters are vague, like Messenger, God, Death, Everyman. Good Deeds is a character! So right off the bat I was seriously interested in this play.
Then I started reading. I kind of caught on to the plot, but I had to look up a lot of words to understand the dialogue. There was a lot of thee, thine, thy, cometh, and other -th words. To me it seemed like less rhyme-y Shakespeare. So far I understood that God is upset with every man on earth. Every one neglects what God has done for them and that they only have worldly possessions because of him, and God is sick of it. (As a side note, I had a moment where I actually thanked Catholic school, because as God is talking about what he's done for everyone, he mentions dying on the cross, so for a second I was really confused and kept thinking "but that was Jesus..." but then came the light bulb God/Jesus/Holy Spirit = same person.) But finally, God calls Death to go find Everyman and tell him that basically his time is up. Then Death starts to tell Everyman its your time to go, and Everyman asks to stay and pray to relieve his sins, or make peace with everyone in his life (or at least that's what I got from their dialogue) finally Death agrees to give him one more day to either find someone to die with him or ask fro forgiveness of his sins, or both, I'm not sure.
Here is one of the philosophical parts I'm not sure of, is "Everyman" literately standing for every man? Like is God trying to kill everyone on the planet? or is his name Everyman to stand for any person, like "this could happen to any one"? But then why isn't the character's name Anyman? OR is it that every person in the world has to go through this so the play write has Everyman as a symbol for every one's "passage"? Things to think about.
Pg: 100
Today we started with or majors and minors. As a directing major I got to do movement today, which was a lot of fun. It's weirdly calming and instinctual, while still being and exercise and still being work. I was sweating by the end of it. And the mindset i tried to fall into was all about wants and needs. I kept thinking "I want to touch that person's ankle" or "I want this person to move with me this way." or when other people would interact with me I would think "This person needs to be supported here" or "This person needs to run in that direction, I have to run with them". I think it actually made the exercise work really well for me by thinking this. But at the same time I did notice that I occasionally blocked out the rest of the group because I would be focused on my wants/needs or only one other person's wants/needs. Next time for movement I'm going to try incorporating the group's wants/needs and see how that effects my experience.
Anyways! Today I started reading Everyman by Anonymous, which I must say I love the irony and the message of that. Everyman written by no man. Or Everyman written by what could be anyone, so that makes me think of a universal story. Or that it could be a play about anything, its just really vague. Even the characters are vague, like Messenger, God, Death, Everyman. Good Deeds is a character! So right off the bat I was seriously interested in this play.
Then I started reading. I kind of caught on to the plot, but I had to look up a lot of words to understand the dialogue. There was a lot of thee, thine, thy, cometh, and other -th words. To me it seemed like less rhyme-y Shakespeare. So far I understood that God is upset with every man on earth. Every one neglects what God has done for them and that they only have worldly possessions because of him, and God is sick of it. (As a side note, I had a moment where I actually thanked Catholic school, because as God is talking about what he's done for everyone, he mentions dying on the cross, so for a second I was really confused and kept thinking "but that was Jesus..." but then came the light bulb God/Jesus/Holy Spirit = same person.) But finally, God calls Death to go find Everyman and tell him that basically his time is up. Then Death starts to tell Everyman its your time to go, and Everyman asks to stay and pray to relieve his sins, or make peace with everyone in his life (or at least that's what I got from their dialogue) finally Death agrees to give him one more day to either find someone to die with him or ask fro forgiveness of his sins, or both, I'm not sure.
Here is one of the philosophical parts I'm not sure of, is "Everyman" literately standing for every man? Like is God trying to kill everyone on the planet? or is his name Everyman to stand for any person, like "this could happen to any one"? But then why isn't the character's name Anyman? OR is it that every person in the world has to go through this so the play write has Everyman as a symbol for every one's "passage"? Things to think about.
Pg: 100
Today we started with or majors and minors. As a directing major I got to do movement today, which was a lot of fun. It's weirdly calming and instinctual, while still being and exercise and still being work. I was sweating by the end of it. And the mindset i tried to fall into was all about wants and needs. I kept thinking "I want to touch that person's ankle" or "I want this person to move with me this way." or when other people would interact with me I would think "This person needs to be supported here" or "This person needs to run in that direction, I have to run with them". I think it actually made the exercise work really well for me by thinking this. But at the same time I did notice that I occasionally blocked out the rest of the group because I would be focused on my wants/needs or only one other person's wants/needs. Next time for movement I'm going to try incorporating the group's wants/needs and see how that effects my experience.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Fridays post
Pg-100
Today I was prepared for Crystal and had a lot of fun with her last class. I participated a the whole time and really enjoyed writing monologues Whig I usually struggle with. I memorize more today and I plan on finishing Lysistrata over break
Today I was prepared for Crystal and had a lot of fun with her last class. I participated a the whole time and really enjoyed writing monologues Whig I usually struggle with. I memorize more today and I plan on finishing Lysistrata over break
Thursdays post
So Lysistrata today was wives running away from the Acropolis, I thought Lysistrata's whole oracle idea was really smart to keep the women locked inside. Their culture is so caught up on the future that it can be used against them just like that! But my question isni thought all the men were away at war, how are the wives going back to them so soon?
Then I finished with the Choral songs. And is there a reason that these plays seem to get more similar to our current structure as I read them? Or there seems to be more information like with the footnotes. But with the choral songs the men and women choruses go back and forth referencing other plays and myths and it's Malik me want to read those to know what they're talking about, or take Greek history to learn about all the rulers and what not. I'm actually really interested.
Pg-100
We had 8th graders today!! My possible future freshman! God now I feel old. I was in 8th grade at one point, about to go into highschool, but did not think I'd be doing this. Anyway, no more nostalgia, today I tested a few lights and had to get a light out of a cube (interesting stuff) and tested some gel colours. I'm excited because I think my plot won't have to be saved this time! Exciting stuff. I also continued to read and actually made a good dent in lysestrada. I should be done by Friday.
Then I finished with the Choral songs. And is there a reason that these plays seem to get more similar to our current structure as I read them? Or there seems to be more information like with the footnotes. But with the choral songs the men and women choruses go back and forth referencing other plays and myths and it's Malik me want to read those to know what they're talking about, or take Greek history to learn about all the rulers and what not. I'm actually really interested.
Pg-100
We had 8th graders today!! My possible future freshman! God now I feel old. I was in 8th grade at one point, about to go into highschool, but did not think I'd be doing this. Anyway, no more nostalgia, today I tested a few lights and had to get a light out of a cube (interesting stuff) and tested some gel colours. I'm excited because I think my plot won't have to be saved this time! Exciting stuff. I also continued to read and actually made a good dent in lysestrada. I should be done by Friday.
Wednesdays post
So we meet the magistrate. Is that similar to a mayor or council man? Because that's what I was getting, that he's some sort of government official. I think it's great that Lysistrata gets to just go off on him. He's extremely ignorant and he thinks he's this amazing politician, when I can picture him as this fat, balding, old man, not cut out for war.
Though I love picking up on the humor in this. It wasn't always easy to find humor in Shakespeare and Fuenteovejuna, Tartuffe, and Mistress of the Inn. But here I actually laugh with it, I can picture how it's still funny on stage. Like with the police men! One tough man comes up and is scared away by a girl threatening him, then another and an old lady scares him off, then another, and another. Then all 4 are scared off by and all women army!
Then the Magistrate and Lysistrata have their debate. And she actualy makes good points. She makes sense and all the Magistrate does is laugh it off like it means nothing!! But he finally leaves dressed as a dead woman. That's what you get.
Pg-100?
We had NWEA testing today, which I think I did fairly well on 253 math and 249 English. Hopefully that's good. We also had a meeting (finally!!) about the benefit concert. I'm slightly scared only because I'm not in charge, something I'm going to call stage manager syndrome. But Lea, Abbi, and Becca seem to have a good place to start. Plus today I continued reading and memorized a bit.
Though I love picking up on the humor in this. It wasn't always easy to find humor in Shakespeare and Fuenteovejuna, Tartuffe, and Mistress of the Inn. But here I actually laugh with it, I can picture how it's still funny on stage. Like with the police men! One tough man comes up and is scared away by a girl threatening him, then another and an old lady scares him off, then another, and another. Then all 4 are scared off by and all women army!
Then the Magistrate and Lysistrata have their debate. And she actualy makes good points. She makes sense and all the Magistrate does is laugh it off like it means nothing!! But he finally leaves dressed as a dead woman. That's what you get.
Pg-100?
We had NWEA testing today, which I think I did fairly well on 253 math and 249 English. Hopefully that's good. We also had a meeting (finally!!) about the benefit concert. I'm slightly scared only because I'm not in charge, something I'm going to call stage manager syndrome. But Lea, Abbi, and Becca seem to have a good place to start. Plus today I continued reading and memorized a bit.
Tuesdays post
So more Lysistrata. This time it was the male and female choruses as then men tried to burn the women into surrender. This section was hilarious. A group of old men who keep saying "were going to teach the women a lesson and burn them" are complaining about the wood being too heavy and the smoke getting in their eyes. Such tough strong men. Then the old women come in with water pitchers, and the leaders of both choruses have a face-off. That was the best part, the men finally begin to light their torches and the women just pour their pitchers on the coals. The women win.
Pg-100
Today we had another huge college/SAT/education speech. Always a great way to start the day. I went to a college fair after school in NYC for PFA colleges. It was interesting and I hate to say it but I was a little in awe of everything they were saying and they made college sound fun; crazy concept, I know. But then we also finished our Greek theatre lesson an I did actually know some of the review. I also read on the train.
Pg-100
Today we had another huge college/SAT/education speech. Always a great way to start the day. I went to a college fair after school in NYC for PFA colleges. It was interesting and I hate to say it but I was a little in awe of everything they were saying and they made college sound fun; crazy concept, I know. But then we also finished our Greek theatre lesson an I did actually know some of the review. I also read on the train.
Mondays post
And so begins Lysiatrata. Right away I like this play. There's just sex jokes every line! And they're actually funny! It might be the translation, but it's seriously easy to understand. Except for the footnotes describing the women from Sparta and what not, but that's just a matter of geography. And who's against who in the war they're trying to end, but again, that's what google is for.
I guess I'm mostly surprised how vulgar they are. I used to think of Greek plays as stiff and formal, but this is just girls talking about sex! And it's really funny, really blunt, and interesting. It might be stereotypical but I usually hear about guys saying how great sex is so it's funny to hear all these women rave about their sex lives. I ended off just as the women make their vow, so basically the beginning of the second scene.
Pg 100
Today I came prepared for Carrie, and I had a much more open mind with the re-writes and all. I liked a lot of these ideas she was giving us like changing time/setting/character. Because I've always thought what would happen if this one character was in this play talking to this character. Also today I started reading Lysistrata, which so far I really like, and memorized, or tried to memorize more of my Laurencia monologue, but I only really memorized 3 sentences because it's a mile and a half long.
I guess I'm mostly surprised how vulgar they are. I used to think of Greek plays as stiff and formal, but this is just girls talking about sex! And it's really funny, really blunt, and interesting. It might be stereotypical but I usually hear about guys saying how great sex is so it's funny to hear all these women rave about their sex lives. I ended off just as the women make their vow, so basically the beginning of the second scene.
Pg 100
Today I came prepared for Carrie, and I had a much more open mind with the re-writes and all. I liked a lot of these ideas she was giving us like changing time/setting/character. Because I've always thought what would happen if this one character was in this play talking to this character. Also today I started reading Lysistrata, which so far I really like, and memorized, or tried to memorize more of my Laurencia monologue, but I only really memorized 3 sentences because it's a mile and a half long.
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