I have read the Shakespeare play 'The Merchant of Venice'. Although I have never seen a Shakespeare play I got the basic idea of it from reading and analizing The Merchant of Venice. I have read some of Shakespeare's sonnets but I did not really enjoy them, I did enjoy certain parts of The Merchant of Venice but some parts became confusing when he used metaphors to describe other metaphors.
I have seen parts of the movie 10 things I hate about you but I was unable to figure out the connection between the movie and the works of Shakespeare. I wouldn’t really be interested in participating in Mr. S's play only because I have never really been much of an actor/singer/dancer so I don’t believe I would be of much use. The only thing I really know about Shakespeare's work is that it was heavily influenced by his religious views, this shows in The Merchant of Venice, they consider the Jewish people 'devil worshippers' and the Christians as harmless angels not capable of any misdoings.
It is bad luck to say the word Macbeth during the play because it brings the actors and basically the whole productions the only way to prevent this is to exit the theatre and do one of the following-
1. Cleanse the air with a quote from Hamlet.
2. Spin around three times while saying profanity and then ask for permission to enter.
Or 3. Repeat the incantation "Thrice around the circle bound, Evil sink into the ground".
It is just easier to refer to Macbeth as 'the Scottish play' as this will prevent you from having to perform one of these actions.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
6th Entry
1. I believe the author has started this blog in order to raise the awareness of both the increasing feminization of our culture and education as well as the lack of boys reading books, due to the lack of action adventure books.
2. The slogan “readers are the leaders others follow" refers to people who have read a lot of books and gain the ability to imagine and contemplate writings. This can involve contemplating things such as a fiction book to other things like an ancient Egyptian papyrus.
3. People such as political and educational activists may be interested in reading this blog in order to gain another mans opinion on what is happening to modern day books and education. Other people such as disgruntled parents who wonder why their son/s do not read might also read this blog for a simply explained reason.
4. I have read the blog entry titled "The Dangerous Book for Boys", published on Wednesday, May the ninth, 2007. This is his seventh post.
5. This post is about how Mr. Anderson was trying to spread the awareness of how feminized modern day education is becoming. He then goes on to say how he visited two schools in the Beloit, Janesville, Wisconsin area. He asked the students if there was anyone who didn’t like to read and the majority of the hands that went up were that of boys. He then claims that this is because of the lack of action-adventure books that get published.
6. I found the opinion that our culture and education is becoming more feminized strange because it is apparent to me that more and more books and movies coming out are based more around either superheros and or violence. This might just be because of my perception or the fact that these movies and books are more advertised than others.
7. I did not feel inclined to comment on Mr. Anderson's blog particularly the post I was reading because the way he had written it did not leave it open for discussion, instead he just ended the post with the words 'My twenty-eight available manuscripts of action-adventures and mysteries would be a good place to start'. Unless you were strongly for or against this then there is really no need to leave a comment.
2. The slogan “readers are the leaders others follow" refers to people who have read a lot of books and gain the ability to imagine and contemplate writings. This can involve contemplating things such as a fiction book to other things like an ancient Egyptian papyrus.
3. People such as political and educational activists may be interested in reading this blog in order to gain another mans opinion on what is happening to modern day books and education. Other people such as disgruntled parents who wonder why their son/s do not read might also read this blog for a simply explained reason.
4. I have read the blog entry titled "The Dangerous Book for Boys", published on Wednesday, May the ninth, 2007. This is his seventh post.
5. This post is about how Mr. Anderson was trying to spread the awareness of how feminized modern day education is becoming. He then goes on to say how he visited two schools in the Beloit, Janesville, Wisconsin area. He asked the students if there was anyone who didn’t like to read and the majority of the hands that went up were that of boys. He then claims that this is because of the lack of action-adventure books that get published.
6. I found the opinion that our culture and education is becoming more feminized strange because it is apparent to me that more and more books and movies coming out are based more around either superheros and or violence. This might just be because of my perception or the fact that these movies and books are more advertised than others.
7. I did not feel inclined to comment on Mr. Anderson's blog particularly the post I was reading because the way he had written it did not leave it open for discussion, instead he just ended the post with the words 'My twenty-eight available manuscripts of action-adventures and mysteries would be a good place to start'. Unless you were strongly for or against this then there is really no need to leave a comment.
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