For my Short Story Literary Essay, I chose to write about the significance of tradition in the lives of individuals, using the stories The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World and The Boat. Even though I got the same grade for the Antigone essay, I feel that this one was better.
In this essay, I put a lot of care in the style and language mechanics, unlike the Antigone essay. I checked to see that all the tenses were consistent and that the quotes were integrated. Also, the content was not bad. I think that I analyzed about the topic well.
The organization, though, was not that great. I did not plan out very much, and wrote it all in the spur of moment. If I planned ahead before hand and already made up my mind of how to write the essay, I think I would have gotten a higher score.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Antigone Essay Reflection
I think that I could have done a better job in my Antigone Essay. For my topic, I chose to compare the tyranny of Creon to Kim Jong-il. I believe that tyranny is a big theme in Antigone. Without Creon’s tyranny, no tragedy would have been made.
Content wise, I think I did a pretty good job, even though I still think it could have been better. I think that comparing how Creon and Kim Jong-il cause tyranny was not a bad choice. I think I needed more support to this thesis and a few more precise examples. Overall, content was not much of a problem.
What concerned me the most in my essay were the style and language mechanics. I totally forgot to fix all the tenses so that they were all consistent, integrate quotes, and other aspects of essay writing that were focused in class. If I were able to do this essay again, I would focus on fixing these kinds of problems.
Content wise, I think I did a pretty good job, even though I still think it could have been better. I think that comparing how Creon and Kim Jong-il cause tyranny was not a bad choice. I think I needed more support to this thesis and a few more precise examples. Overall, content was not much of a problem.
What concerned me the most in my essay were the style and language mechanics. I totally forgot to fix all the tenses so that they were all consistent, integrate quotes, and other aspects of essay writing that were focused in class. If I were able to do this essay again, I would focus on fixing these kinds of problems.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Antigone: the movie
For our Antigone movie, we chose the scene where Antigone is trying to persuade Ismene to bury their brother, Polynices. Antigone says that it is wrong that Creon made a law that Polynices should not be provided a proper burial, and that they should give him a burial even if it means death. Ismene, though, disagrees and refuses to go. We all agreed that this is one of the most significant scenes because it is the scene where fate could have been changed. If Ismene had stopped Antigone from burying Polynices, then none of this tragedy would have occurred. On the other hand, if Antigone had been successful in persuading Ismene to help her, then a more hideous, tragic end could have awaited them.
To be honest, there was not much meaning in why we chose the particular background music in our video. We just chose it because it fit much more with the contents then other soundtracks such as “funky guitar” or “metal rock.” Also, we made the camera angles auto, so I can’t say much about that. The actions of the characters, though, did have a meaning. For example, we made Ismene show a sad expression for a whole lot of the movie to show her worried feelings towards Antigone. Though I disliked how the characters talked so monotonously and how they couldn’t pronounce a few words like “Ismene,” I enjoyed how we were actually making a movie of our own and how we could make them talk and act in any way we wanted. Overall, I enjoyed doing this project.
To be honest, there was not much meaning in why we chose the particular background music in our video. We just chose it because it fit much more with the contents then other soundtracks such as “funky guitar” or “metal rock.” Also, we made the camera angles auto, so I can’t say much about that. The actions of the characters, though, did have a meaning. For example, we made Ismene show a sad expression for a whole lot of the movie to show her worried feelings towards Antigone. Though I disliked how the characters talked so monotonously and how they couldn’t pronounce a few words like “Ismene,” I enjoyed how we were actually making a movie of our own and how we could make them talk and act in any way we wanted. Overall, I enjoyed doing this project.
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