We began our week talking about tragedy and kind of what it's all about. Someone made the point that tragedy is almost comical. "Ohhhhh Kimmy K got a DUI! Hahahaha! She totally deserved it!" Tragic for her but funny to us (apparently). I think I'll enjoy this project, not only can I do what I want when I want (not that I mind working with others but I'm a little controlling when it comes to school work/projects so I think it's best that I get to do my own thaaang for a while), but tragedy has so much to it that you will literally never run out of material to search through. Also it's a huge part of theater, dating back to ancient times, and I think that's neat.
Our poem this week was called "Pathedy of Manners" by Ellen Kay. It's not that I didn't like the poem, I just thought it was really shallow and I personally found it hard to dig into. I get that the deeper meaning was that she could have made something great out of herself but didn't because she fell to the societal norms that surrounded her, but that doesn't seem like much to me. What am I supposed to say about that? I can think of like... One paragraph's worth of stuff to say and that would be it.
Social normalities are crazy to me because they hold so much power over people. One wrong move and a person is destroyed. We see this in news tablets and "reports" every day. We are literally surrounded by it. I've admittedly seen Gossip Girl and that's the best example I can come up with about the pressures of society. They live in the upper east side of New York City and oh my gosh. Things get CRAZY in the show. I don't know how to end this post so I'm just gonna end it on the note that Gossip Girl is addicting and don't bother watching it because you'll be glued to the couch for three days.
Our poem this week was called "Pathedy of Manners" by Ellen Kay. It's not that I didn't like the poem, I just thought it was really shallow and I personally found it hard to dig into. I get that the deeper meaning was that she could have made something great out of herself but didn't because she fell to the societal norms that surrounded her, but that doesn't seem like much to me. What am I supposed to say about that? I can think of like... One paragraph's worth of stuff to say and that would be it.
Social normalities are crazy to me because they hold so much power over people. One wrong move and a person is destroyed. We see this in news tablets and "reports" every day. We are literally surrounded by it. I've admittedly seen Gossip Girl and that's the best example I can come up with about the pressures of society. They live in the upper east side of New York City and oh my gosh. Things get CRAZY in the show. I don't know how to end this post so I'm just gonna end it on the note that Gossip Girl is addicting and don't bother watching it because you'll be glued to the couch for three days.