Poetry Reflection

After these few weeks of learning about poetry, I feel quite confident that I can analyse poems and get my opinions across successfully. I have realised that everyone can have a different interpretation of a poem and that it is alright even if what you thought the poem was about is not what the author meant. Knowing this helped me feel more confident about how I analyse poems because I know that I cannot be 'wrong' unless I don't explain myself or give evidence for my opinions.
I think that I could look over and make myself more familiar with different types of poetic devices because I feel that overall I need to understand them a bit better to help with my analysis. I understand most of the poetic terms but I just need to review them to make sure my understanding of them is right.
I found the lesson where we looked at the poem "Limbo" quite helpful because initially most of us agreed that it was clearly about a slave's journey on a slave ship but after Mr. Martin explained to us that the poem could be seen as something as different as a heart transplant, I learnt that eventhough my opinion may be different from someone elses, my interpretation is still right as long as I give evidence.
Overall I feel quite confident that I can analyse poetry, but as I mentioned earlier I should read over the types of poetic devices to make sure I fully understand them.

Reflection : McKellen and Al Pacino versions.

From both the films I learn that the play can be set during different eras and have different adaptations but still have the same effect. The McKellen version is set during World War II; the Al Pacino version was to be set as how it would be during the original. Even though the McKellen version is more modern it still makes sense and can show how Richard would be and how he would get what he wants in a different situation. Both the versions successfully depict how Richard manipulates and lies to people to get what he wants. I also learned that different people can portray characters differently. For example in the Pacino documentary he discusses with others about how his character or even other characters should say things. The people that he talks to can sometimes have different opinions but in the end it still shows the characters emotions and feelings.

Speaking CA - Reflection

I was playing Little Red Riding Hood but an evil version. In the original version she is an innocent little girl that gets killed by a wolf on the way to her grandmother's house. I twisted the story by making her on the way to kill her grandmother and if she is successful at that she will want to try to kill the wolf too. Before I started to write the speech, I actually decided to come up with a story line for the characters, what the characters would be like, why little red riding hood would want to kill them and what would happen if she did and if she didn't. After I came up with the story, I decided where I would put the speech in. I put the speech in the middle of the story as if I was on the way to kill grandmother, that way I could talk about and explain my plans and why I was doing the things I wanted to do.

I have learned that to come up a successful story you need to think of a 'background story', like what happened before/after and what could have happened. When you have that and you are writing the actual story, it becomes easy to think of what the character would say, how they would say it and why they do the things they do. By having a 'background story' it also makes it easier to play the character because (like I said) you know exactly why they are doing the things they do.

I think this will help me in the future if I am writing a story or some sort of script. It will also help me when I have to present in front of people. I know that I need to make eye contact with the audience and make sure I speak clearly and loudly.

Act Two - Where is Richard Most Villainous?

I find Act 2 Scene 1 the most interesting because Richard himself delivers the news that Clarence is dead. Everyone starts becoming upset and shocked and Richard then distracts from himself by saying that it was Edwards fault that he is dead. I think that he proves he is very villainous because he killed his own brother and makes is family very upset and is happy with himself about it.

Richard Persuading Lady Anne to Marry Him