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After Medea's unfortunate success in the mission of leaving her husband miserable for cheating on her, Medea seems to leave unscathed and reborn, which leaves the audience simultaneously troubled and relieved. The relief would come from the understanding that realistically no one in the real world would have to go through something like this, but the concern arises from the fact that despite murdering four people Medea seems to escape Corinth unharmed and safe. But perhaps to most troubling is that we are still able to sympathise with her and to an extent understand her motive.

Medea also makes us question justice of our society, how do we control it and how do we determine what acts will be seen as justified? If we can sympathise with her, does that make her actions less horrible (is it even possible to change the emotional weight of death)?

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This play however, is not the first appearance Medea makes in ancient stories. Before Medea was present in the story of her husband and his chase after the golden fleece, Jason and the Argonauts. In that tale were are shown the powerful character that Medea is, she went as far as killing her own father and brother and simultaneously betraying her home in order to help Jason find the fleece. These actions show us Medea's loyalty and commitment to a plan, (which makes us question Jason's state of mind of thinking he could be unfaithful to Medea and get away with it safely) and this knowledge makes it more believable that she would go to something as far as killing her own children to make her husband experience the pain she had to go through herself.

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The story of Medea focuses on the theme of revenge, to what extent it is justifiable and at what point will the revenge exponentially exceed the harm first inflicted. This is still continued to be questioned as the purpose of ancient Greek plays was to teach the audience moral lessons, what was Medea teaching us? Was it the idea of justice and Hamartia? Or the underestimation of the female population?

Medea's treatment of her husband is a cathartic experience for the viewers, who realise that it is indeed, a horrible situation of having your lover and children murdered by your ex-wife because you were unfaithful.

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In ancient Greece, in the ancient city of Corinth once resided a happily married couple of Medea and Jason accompanied by their two young sons. The happiness didn't last for long as Jason was unfaithful to Medea after getting engaged to the Princess of Corinth, not only embarrassing Medea but also making her flee Corinth. In her anger and want for revenge, Medea concocted a plan where she sent her children to the Princess to deliver her poisonous gifts which killed her and her father the king. The plan didn't end there however, Medea proceeded to murder Jason's sons, who were also her own children. All of this for the aim of making Jason regret his behaviour towards her and their family.

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In the museum a perpetrated line once again suggesting that since no living creature can live for eternity, we can instead purchase the time through the items that lived through it. Wislawa describes "the moss grown guard in golden slumber." to illustrate the previous point of us growing old where as the objects surrounding us remain triumphant over outlasting us. The use of enjambment in "Exhibit number.../ eight" shows us the slow pace at which Wislawa tours us through the museum while questioning its possessions in a metaphysical tone, once again reinforcing the point of how slowly time can move around us whilst aging. Even though the guard may have also aged, he still does not gain the value that the artefacts surrounding him do. Even though he is there, present in flesh, he will only be recognised in some centuries when an irrelevant to him object will represent him to the future generations.

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"It looks like poets will always have their work cut out for them."

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"It looks like poets will always have their work cut out for them."

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In her own speech Szymborska mentioned how "Poets keep on trying, and sooner or later the consecutive results of their self-dissatisfaction are clipped together with a giant paperclip by literary historians and called their "oeuvres"" after trying to answer what they do not know in their writing. This alone would come as hypocritical to her final statement because poets are still working hard, even though their track of thinking isn't as easier to spot as that of an artist or a scientist, it doesn't mean that after two tries they will immediately get what they want. It can be a common misconception of a poet to be an easy job that doesn't earn any money, which ends up cultivating the subconscious social taboo of being a poet. In the beginning Szymborska compares a philosopher to a poet, how "Professor of philosophy: now that sounds more respectable." because poetry is not "an occupation requiring specialised study.". even if poetry would become more respectable if it became a specialised area of study it would lose its own true essence, it won't be "enough to cover pages with even the most exquisite poems in order to become a poet.", making people afraid of writing poetry and expressing themselves through a medium they know best, language. Even in more fortunate places, "poets yearn, of course , to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and daily grind.". While to the person who does not know the process that happens behind the making of a poem, it may seem like writing poetry is something that can be easily done well by anyone who can speak the language they are writing in, but Szymborska points out this misjudgement in her speech. By comparing the process of writing poetry to creating other forms of art, she reveals to us the "ugly" process that does not seem as aesthetically appealing as other methods would look. It is hard to track down the exact thoughts of an artist creating a sincere work, but poets are not any easier. As Szymborksa describes, it is just a patter of looking into empty space for 20 minutes to only the write down a couple of lines or which some will be later crossed out in minutes, and the cycle repeats until the poet is satisfied.
Although I disagree with Szymborska's statement because of my ability to sympathise with the peculiar nature of a creative process, and because of which I can appreciate the details and thinking that goes into poetry, some will think that poets will always have it easier only because it seems like that to them.

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Getting to read "The Great Gatsby" and analyse it in class was a great opportunity to understand the famous piece of literature better and why it carries the fame that it does. Seeing the structure it holds throughout the plot of the book points out the popular tale of someone achieving success from nothing and basking in it, propogating the "American Dream" that the US is so proud of. It gave me a chance to reflect how society views entertainment, and how the great Gatsby points out that we are almost brain washed by the fantasy of starting from nothing and going all the way to the top, ignoring the very real possibility of us going back down, or even less favourable - us never reaching the said top.

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Wislawa Szymborska's poetry is very versatile yet very stylistic, she covers many topics and global themes that play on words and introduce us as readers to new ideas. Getting to analyse her poetry is very interesting because we get to see her perspectives and thinking but also how carefully and cautiously she writes them that makes them unique and interesting to read. Having the ability to see the hidden meanings and efforts behind art is one of the things that I appreciate the most, because we can be grateful to have an opportunity to witness it.

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writing the sestina poem was hard but also rewarding for me, there were expectations to be met but at the same time I could enjoy my self too. When picking the topic I immediately navigated to Greek Mythology because it is something that I love to learn and hear stories about, their stories of creation and their Gods and Goddesses are like no other and give many opportunities for interpretation and inspiration. But at the same time it was also challenging since there is no easy-to-get concepts and writing the creation and war of titans in a way for the reader to easier understand was challenging. I also doubted my choice of the topic but knowing that it meant a lot to me and the topic of sons inheriting their father's character or just a person becoming what they hate is an interesting observation of us as humans. Picking and organising the five words were challenging at first but then it was easier to place them, forming the sentences was also challenging to me. In the end I liked the process and writing about something I like, it definitely made it more exciting and enjoyable.

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The prevailing curse by Akerke Imanzhanova-4

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Getting to see the ideas of stereotypes and representation was also interesting to learn about in linguistic terms, it is something me and my friends discuss often in the context of the modern world and how with the different exchange of cultures how the climate changes in regards to who owns the culture and who can enjoy it

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Parasite is one of the most popular movies in 2019, and finding similarities between the themes of the movie and the play shows how humans haven't changed for a long time in many ways

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One of the most hysterical scenes in the play of "The importance of being earnest." was the petty fight tactics shown by Gwendolen and Cecily, the pokes fun at female stereotypes and the passive aggressive dynamic of the upper class which I could recognise and clearly trace back to few examples I experiences my self. This all made it even more hilarious because how accurate Wilde made it.

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Studying the norms of the Victorian society and how hard it is to live up to the standards made me realise that people have not changed since Wilde's time

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Learning the idea of A being in a scenario B and B making humour C, which equates to C and A being the same was very interesting and eye opening. This made me evaluate the humour we have currently and if they use similar tactics when making jokes, and if I could use it to make my own.

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Studying Wilde as an author and his use of sarcasm and irony in the play made it more entertaining to read as it is one of my favourite types of humour

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The events in his life made it easier to understand why he was remembered for so long and what he was even remembered for

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By studying him and his life in detail allowed me to notice the subtle allusions in his play easier.