The start to the new trimester means a new project and focus for this marking period. The idea of critical theory is pretty new to me but I am excited to learn more about it and apply it to our reading of MacBeth. I am also really excited to read MacBeth because I have heard a lot about it and caught glimpses of the play, but I have never actually heard or read the whole story. The theory that we chose to focus on when we read MacBeth is mythological/archetypal theory, which encompasses myths, as well as human evolution and behavior. I wonder how we will be able to relate this to MacBeth, and I am looking forward to discovering meaningful connections between the two.
The Poem of the Week Essay this week was different from any one we have done before. This week, we read two poems, "Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth" and "Ozymandias", and compared their meaning and literary elements used to portray their messages. The central ideas of both poems were impermanence and death, yet these ideas were presented in different ways in each poem. I thought this Poem of the Week Essay was a little more challenging than normal because I was not sure of how to structure and format it, and the poems were difficult to decipher.
I am looking forward to reading MacBeth this week with my group and beginning to see how our critical theory project will come together!
The Poem of the Week Essay this week was different from any one we have done before. This week, we read two poems, "Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth" and "Ozymandias", and compared their meaning and literary elements used to portray their messages. The central ideas of both poems were impermanence and death, yet these ideas were presented in different ways in each poem. I thought this Poem of the Week Essay was a little more challenging than normal because I was not sure of how to structure and format it, and the poems were difficult to decipher.
I am looking forward to reading MacBeth this week with my group and beginning to see how our critical theory project will come together!