This week started our poem of the week again. When we first read Sonnet 146 by William Shakespeare I understood the meaning of the poem right away. Our group found the first question to be very easy because we all agreed that Shakespeare was saying that our body will eventually be gone, but our soul lives on forever. However, we found the literary question to be more difficult because our group was questioning whether or not Shakespeare believes that the soul lives on, because if a paradox is true then it is false and the reverse. The second poem called Ozymandias was initially harder to understand. After expirating the poem the first question made a lot more sense because the message of the poem is essentially that eventually we are forgotten. I found the poem to be really interesting partly because I have never read any of Percy Shelley's work. The rhetorical question for Ozymandias was interesting because everyone applied the alliteration of the s sound in a different way. I found the most creative response to be Jessica's in that a snake sheds its skin, but then it is forgotten.
This week we also continued to work on our critical theory notes. I find the Feminist theory to be the most interesting because it can be applied in a broader sense unlike some of the other theories. Our group came to a very interesting conclusion that there has always been a feminist movement because the most powerful societies were often ruled by men, which gave women a unjust disadvantage in society. I look forward to next week when we get to watch King Leer so I can be more specific in how our critical theory applies to the play.
This week we also continued to work on our critical theory notes. I find the Feminist theory to be the most interesting because it can be applied in a broader sense unlike some of the other theories. Our group came to a very interesting conclusion that there has always been a feminist movement because the most powerful societies were often ruled by men, which gave women a unjust disadvantage in society. I look forward to next week when we get to watch King Leer so I can be more specific in how our critical theory applies to the play.