Erica Anderson
Friday, August 13, 2010
Blog Entry 22: Freestyle
I never realized how many different versions of the play there are. They've made a couple different movies that don't necessarily follow the play exactly, but they still use the same type of language follow the play pretty well, and then there is the movie O, where it's so much more modernized. It helps you understand the play better because your not having to decifer what they are meaning, because the play is in a language we don't ever hear anymore.
I viewed the scene from the Fishbourne Version of Othello. I recognized some of the actors in the movie, but I've never heard this version of the movie before.
I also viewed a version with Ian McKellen in it. The film looks to be older. It's the scene where a woman talks about the hankerchief.
I even viewed a 1930's version of Othello. The play was in black and white.
Blog Entry 20: Quote Response
No hinge nor loop To hang a doubt on. |
Othello. ACT III Scene 3. |
Friday, August 6, 2010
Freestyle Week 7
I really liked the things we did this week. Going over the play Othello and the movie O. My freshman year of high school we did a whole section for 2 quarters on Greek Mythology. I absolutely loved it. Being in college you don't really get to see your own take on the way you read poems, and this class actually made me like I was in high school again. I haven't read this play or scene the movie for a few years.
Blog Entry 16: Scene Selection
I chose the scene in O where Josh Hartnet tells Othello that his girlfriend is cheating on him with her best friend. I chose this scene because it kind of sets up the whole movie. This is when Othello starts to kind of go crazy because he doesn't want to lose her. Josh Hartnet will do anything he can to get rid of Othello, mainly because he's jealous and wants his life. He wants his girlfriend and the attention Othello receives.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Blog Entry 17: Quote Response
Hale - "I want to see John."
Hale - "Can't I see John?"
Mrs. Wright - "No."
Hale - "Ain't he home?"
Mrs. Wright - "Yes, he's home."
Hale - "Than why can't I see him?"
Mrs. Wright - "Cause he's dead."
I chose this quote because it wasn't so much the words that jumped out at me but the response of Mrs. Wright. She wasn't hysterical, crying and being obnoxious, she just sat there. This section is important in the story because majority of the poem is about John Wright and the County Attorney questioning people about the Wright family. I just couldn't imagine walking up the stairs of my home and finding a family member hanging. The thought of it kills me.
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