Monday, February 11, 2013
Course material 2/10
Most of the recent material we have studied has been "Hamlet"; it was a struggle for me, personally. I had a lot of trouble with the language and interpreting Shakespeare's words; however, DIDLS was very prominent throughout my annotations. From the beginning of the year, we learned about DIDLS and it really helps when figuring out literature. There are many connections that have come about based on themes in "Hamlet". For instance, there is the idea of certainty thoughout the play, and now we are seeing a similar theme in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". We have just began this play, and alread there are many similarities to "Hamlet", and not just the characters and the excerpts. There are similar themes and motifs as well such as: death and coincidence. I have just began annotating and already DIDLS is coming into play; it all comes back around.
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Hey Morgan! Hamlet was a struggle for me too, and I like how you mentioned that DIDLS was a big part of your annotations...It definitely was 90% of mine. I also agree with how much DIDLS helps to interpret the text and figure out the themes. You might want to write a bit thoroughly on what we've been doing and what you hope to see; other than that, it looks good!
ReplyDeleteYep, I agree with both of you on DIDLS and the annotations, but a lot of times for me, my annotations are more explaining things and pointing out motifs, and just little notes for myself that make the work make more sense. Also I can't even begin to express how happy I am that we're done with Shakespeare. I'm so done trying to understand that language!!!
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