Please mark me on Week 7!

http://elisriture.livejournal.com/16398.html

So I was going to write a sonnet to finish off the semester, as I do enjoy a summation piece to tie things off, however, obviously we covered more content than 14 lines could sufficiently paraphrase. SO I wrote a poem which follows all the conventions of a sonnet, ie rhyming structure and final rhyming couplet, but subverted the whole "14 line" ( Read more... )

This week a member of the Bell Shakespeare company came into class and he got us to try to get into character for our drama presentations by really thinking about how our character would look, talk, contort his face, sit, stand etc etc. My character for the play is Hotspur, the most dashing soldier ever to stride across the earth! He is also a ( Read more... )

So we finished up The Tempest this week. This creative piece may seem unrelated. I think that the only really obvious parallel is that both this piece and The Tempest begin with a shipwreck. Though obviously this is a metaphorical shipwreck.

If you read closely, and think outside the box, you may find a few more parallels.

Shipwrecks Are a Chance to ( Read more... )

Oh my how the year is progressing! I don't know where the weeks have gone.
In the lecture we watched a film version of The Tempest. I have not had much exposure to The Tempest, except for an amature production of the play in Hong Kong, which was biligual and had about 40% of the dialogue in Cantonese. I generally like the idea of it, except that ( Read more... )

In the tutorial we looked at Raleghs ideas about death as "eloquent, just and mighty" and talked about death's ability to impress and move people to learn more about themselves and be better people. Cheryl and I discussed how some poeple die suddenly and do not see death approaching, therefore missing the chance to discover themselves. Is it a ( Read more... )

Soooo I know I promised an Elise/Jemima showdown but then I read The Four Ages from Ovid's Metamorphoses by Golding in the tutorial and thought I could do something clever with it.

My version uses the exact same structure and rhyming sounds as the original, but obviously follows my own theme... If you read them together you may see a few parallels ( Read more... )

Hi Hi Hi,
Please assess me on my WHOLE journal, because I think I've done pretty well this semester, but especially week two!

http://elisriture.livejournal.com/15041.html

Thanks :-)

I didn't go to classes during Week Six. Anyone who has seen me recently or has been in a lecture with me would probably have noticed my nose dripping like a totally unenvironmentally-friendly tap, and my cough so disgusting it made a well-to-do stranger on the bus decide I was the perfect example of someone with lung cancer as she lectured her ( Read more... )

You Know You're A Nerd When...

I see you out of the cliché corner of my eye, just standing there quietly amongst the others.  You’re tired, tested... edges rough and weary, though you keep your spine straight as you give me a blank look full of answers. I need to know you. I sidle a step closer, until I’m standing inches away and everything you can ( Read more... )