https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas Journal en-us 2021-08-23 16:42:48 UTC 2023-04-19 18:09:25 UTC hello@padlet.com carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1691555532 This collageis a representation of the poem: "Fat Black Woman Remembers" and is  mainly a critic, highlighting the racist stereotypes of the era. 
By using "simple" images I tried to accentuate the fact that our society stills obeys some stereotypes regarding black people when theyre asked to sketch them, as well as the simplicity in which she exposes these sterotypes, specifically in her choice of vocabulary. ]]> 2021-08-23 17:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1691555532 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696663952 2021-08-25 18:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696663952 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696728261  In Midnight-summer dream, we can see the idea of metatheatre every time the Mechanics take part in the action. They are rehearsing "Pyramus and Thisbe"  for Theseus' wedding, highlighting the importance and significance of the theater while making the audience laugh. The Mechanics are  worried that the audience won't be able to distinguish the play from reality, they think women may  be scared of the lion or that Pyramus actually dies. In order to make the audience "believe" it's just a play, they overreact in every situation, making the play look ridiculous. 

]]> 2021-08-25 19:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696728261 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696755202 Voice is very important in respect of a performance since we, as an audience, can infer what a character is feeling and can denote some aspects of their personality. 

By changing the tone, pace and even enphasazing a certain syllable a simple dialogue can aquire different meanings and reach a variety of emotions in the audience.


]]> 2021-08-25 19:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696755202 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696756371 In a performance, body language is fundamental. The people that you are trying to engage are able to see and reflect upon the actors movements, so facial expression as well as the position of the actors/audience makes a huge impact on the message you want to send with the performance. In addition, the body language is a great way to develop a characters personality and accentuate the emotions that they are feeling in a certain time. 

For example in A Midsummer Nights Dream, chacracters such as The Mechanics should exaggerate every move they make, making it unnatural and by consequence ridiculous. ]]> 2021-08-25 19:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1696756371 sanaviley https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698893982 * a good understanding of the poem reflected on the collage. A good explanation for its simplicity
* Concise explanation of body language importance
* Voice usage is well explained as well as its purpose
* Good understanding of the play can be seen

]]> 2021-08-26 17:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698893982 sanaviley https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698894203 *More emphasis on the design would be good to make it more exciting

]]> 2021-08-26 17:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698894203 diegonagu https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698913983 1. Superb and relevant information
2. Creative use of space
3. Intelligent use of images]]> 2021-08-26 17:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698913983 fabnunort https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698914107 Santiago could understand the way to use his voice and his body when he did the performance of midsummer night dream , what he makes us see  is that he could have different tones of voice and enter in character

]]> 2021-08-26 17:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698914107 diegonagu https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698914717 1. Just attach more images my love]]> 2021-08-26 17:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698914717 fabnunort https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698919195
more description of your work ]]> 2021-08-26 17:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1698919195 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1814382842 The mechanicals are finally performing the play in Theseus' wedding. The play is a complete mess, and although the actors wanted it to be a serious tragedy the audience takes it as a comedy. The play is about Pyramus and Thisbe, two lovers who talk throught the chink of a wall and agree to meet in secret at "Ninnus Tomb". When Thisbe arrives, she encounters a lion, she fraks out, his veil falls and is covered in blood, when Pyramus finds it he assumes she is dead and kills himself, and when Thisbe finds Pyramus' body she kills herself too...]]> 2021-10-13 15:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1814382842 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1814556520 As I already stated in the last post, the rude mechanicals, especially Bottom, wanted the play of Pyramus and Thisbe to be emotional and tragic, however the audience took it as a comedy... Why?

Well it's very simple... the lovely, beautiful and caring Thisbe is a man in a wig who clearly doesnt want to be there kissing Snout's fingers while he is pretending to be a wall. Bottom as Pyramus is trying to seduce a "girl" who is taller and who looks more like a man than he does, and finally there is a lion who is not just pathetic, slow and stupid but much less scary than Flute and Bottom kissing through Snout's hand. ]]> 2021-10-13 16:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1814556520 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1814794902 We, as a team, chose this text in particular because we thought that the individual qualities of each one of us had at least something similar to those from the characters in this scene. For example we thought that Diego should be Bottom because of the amount of energy he transmits when performing and the facility he has to portray this type of character (needy of attention and exaggerated in most aspects) and me being Flute or Thisbe was relevant because im taller, stronger, more handsome, more inteligent, better at everything basically and we thougth it would be funny if he was trying to "seduce" me (seriously, it was because i´m taller and usually we have good chemistry when working together). ]]> 2021-10-13 18:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1814794902 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1815060316 In the first rehearsals I was not really sure how to portray the idea of me as a man playing a woman, I wanted it to make obvious something was'nt right but it appeared as if I could only act as either just a man or just a woman. 

]]> 2021-10-13 20:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1815060316 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1817944475 In the next few rehearsals we thought it would be better if, in the scene where Flute appears for the first time, I entered the stage as a "manly" character and then, after some instructions from Quince, change that "manly" attitude into a "girly" attitude. 

Later on, when Flute does his first appearance as Thisbe, I start to speak as a man and then abruptly change it into a high-pitched voice. 

We agreed that the abrupt change of voice and body language would be very funny if performed right. ]]> 2021-10-14 18:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1817944475 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1818003648 In the very last rehearsal we had, our team (with help from our other peers) reached some conclusions: 
Firstly we need to improve our body language and to do so, we figured that we need to know our dialogues perfectly, so that we can focus all of our attention to our bodyu rather than trying to remember our lines.
In addition, we need to be more aware of the space we have and use it properly. 

Personally, the "joke" of me being changing "personalities" between a man and a woman is getting repetitive. perhaps I need to play more with how does Flute feel when Bottom is seducing him or viceversa. ]]> 2021-10-14 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1818003648 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1929070305 In her childhood, Rossetti was educated at home by her parents and one of her main studies was religion. The poem "Eve" demonstrates the profound knowledge, that Rossetti possesed in Catholic beliefs and religion in general by basically adopting Eve´s perspective in the well known "story" of her sin. 

This poem, as we can infer from just looking at the title, is set in the biblical era and it's Rossetti's attempt to convey the torment, suffering and pain that Eve undergoes after eating the forbbiden apple and watching her own son (Cain) murder his brother, Abel. The general tone throughout the poem is one of sorrow and grief, however as the poem reaches it's denouement, it changes to, escentially, a description. The furthermentioned themes: pain, sorrow and grief, as well as disgust ("Sick to gaze within"), can be rapidly percieved in the firts verses of the poem, for example, "Mine eye weepeth sore". This means that she, Eve, has been mourning for a while now, crying so much, her eyes cannot feel anything more than physical pain,  impliyng that the cause of her repent and sadness its probably not just because she is being banished from Adan's garden. Further on the poem, we see that she also blames herself for the murder of Abel,  "Cain hath slain his brother:
Of all who must die mother,
Miserable Eve!" and the banish of her lover, Adam, "God might have let thee stay". Rossetti also, uses the repent Eve feels causing Adam to be banished as well, as a critique to male and the responsability of Adam in the forbbiden act, "Hadst thou but said me nay,
Adam, my brother".


]]> 2021-12-04 22:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1929070305 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1929098893 In the last few weeks we have been practising the same scenes, the introduction, Pyramus and Thisbe's encounter through the wall and finally the walls' monologue, and it was until last week that we adressed all of the lions appearences.  

In the introduction, the first scene of the play, we can only apreciate Mariana's work, because she is the one in charge of the opening speech. Mariana, as Quince, is "obliged" to present each of our characters (Diego's, Andres', Jeronimo's and my own) and explain to the audience that "we come not to ofend" and the only purpose of the play is to entretain the audience. She speaks as we, one by one, reach the stage and stand beside her, listening to her marvelous speech about the play. One of our most common mistakes was, that we used to get very distracted and we missed, every single time, she ended the speech and, instead of being emotional (in a comedic way) we just looked very distant and confused. Now i'm sure that we have learned from this mistakes,  we can perform the scene perfectly next time we present. 

The other scene that was quite challenging was when Diego (Pyramus) and me as Thisbe, talk "through" the wall's chink (Andres), specially the part when we have to share a pretty intense (refferring to pace, specially) dialogue. We used to strugle because we didnt know our lines perfectly, however as we rehearsed it became almost automatic and we have made a huge improvement.


The walls monologue was very good since the start. Andres knows his lines very well and this made the scene dinamic, and very effective.

]]> 2021-12-05 00:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1929098893 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1929131979 Grace Nichols and Christina Rossetti are undoubtedly, two of the most important femenine poets and, although at a firts glance, they might not be so similar there are certain aspects that they and their poetry share. 

Firstly, it is important to mention that Christina Rossetti is a Victorian-Era poet (she was born in London the 5 of December of 1830 (coincidence: that's tomorrow) and Grace Nichols  was born, not so long ago, in 1950 in Guyana. Two very different times, so its difficult to find some similarities in style or language. However they do share at least two very important characteristics: They are, obviously, both women (they both share some feminist ideas in their poems) and they have direct relationship with two natinalities, one of them being the English. 

Christina Rossetti was born in England, more specifically in London, nontheless her father, Gabriel Rossetti, was born in Vasto, Italy and was forced to political exile due to  his support to italian revolutionary nationalism. This means, although she never lived in Italy, Christina Rossetti knows the struggle of having two different nationalities and has portrayed some of these ideas and emotions into her poetry, for example in the poem named "A Bed Of Forget Me Nots". This type of flower, Forget Me Nots, is predominantly blue, which may be a reference to the national color of Italy (one of them, they have at least 4) "Savoy Blue". The flower also signifies "remembrance" so she might see Italy with melancholy and was obviously very relevant in her life. 

Regarding Grace Nichols, she was born in Guyana, and spent her early years there before moving to London. In this case its a lot more comprehensible  that her first "home" has far more significance to her than to Rossetti, due to the fact that she actually lived there and Rossetti didnt. This becomes more evident in the poem "Island Man", where she remembres her home and compares it to specific characteristics and  situations  in London. 


]]> 2021-12-05 01:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/1929131979 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2038098740 - Mr. Grace initially appeared to be just a good man with just "good intentions"; however it turns out he was sick. He had some kind of mental ill, which obliged him to act that way. He was in pain. 

- The story draws a moral dilema; why are people good? is there always a selfish wish behind "selflessness" acts?

- In addition to the class discussion: I believe that human nature is not initially bad, as we concluded in class. I think it is easily corrupted, however nobody is born bad. 

I believe that society is what shapes the nature in every one of us, if life treats you good itll be easier for you to do good (there are exceptions) however there are sometimes in life when you have to hurt others in order to survive. You have to put yourself first to help others, and sometimes you need to sacrifice others to maintain your health and harmony. Doesnt necessarily mean youre a bad person. This is shown in the main character: a paid assassin. He is doing atrocious acts to survive, however he doesnt seem to be bad himself.

- The author plays with the idea of whats good and bad. He uses the semantic field and connotations of politicians, murderers and, in contrast, a social worker to describe these ideas. A politician is usually linked with corruption and hatred, whilst a social worker is seen as selfless and unconditionally good to others.


]]> 2022-02-09 15:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2038098740 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2050107251 Connection to her other poems: Rossetti, usually conveys religious ideas through her poetry. I believe that in every single poem we have red, she mentions religion, at least once in every poem. Usually, regarding doubts or questioning her own beliefs, she expresses, it seems as if she doesn't even understand fully her own religion.

Her own life: She was born in an era where religion was pivotal, and if you weren't christian or catholic, as the majority of the world was, you were punished. She was born in a religious family, hence her interest and "loyalty" to the aforementioned.

Grace Nichols: Religion was one of the most significant aspects of Rossetti's life. Nichols, represented her beliefs and significant ideas or feelings through her poems, her doubts and concerns... and basically, what she thought was important. Rossetti did this, with religion, too. She questioned religion and even expressed the fear and "respect" she felt towards it.

]]> 2022-02-16 04:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2050107251 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2050120185 Other poems: She uses nature and its conventions to represent feelings, and the tonality of every poem. For example, flowers represent fragility and sensibility, love. 

Her life:  She lived in London, a big city where nature is rarely seen. This is why she probably, "idolized" the idea of nature and felt different, strong emotions, when she was able to appreciate and experience it, in her own skin. 

Nichols: Both of them talk about nature. Rossetti focuses more on the earth and weather whilst Nichols focused on the nature of humans, and repressing human nature forcibly because of stereotypical thoughts. ]]> 2022-02-16 04:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2050120185 carpersab https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2050973618 Other poems: Beauty and female characters are ha recurrent theme in Rossetti poetry. ]]> 2022-02-16 14:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carpersab/w2n8j19kunbunbas/wish/2050973618