Our Decision

After discussing with my group members, we have decided that we should continue using our blogs, but only with a combination of inclass work as well. Furthermore, I anticipate that my group members will start to work harder on the quality/effort of their posts or else, they will be disbanded. We also agree that some groups should be merged together to increase the size of each group whilst imroving/increasing the amount of communication happening within ourselves. I hope that we (the group) sees the potential hidden in this unorthodox approach to modern technology and learning english. This is with no doubt a valuable lesson, the learning of blogging and how to overcome the problems that have been aroused. Keep on fighting guys!

All the World is a Stage (revised edition)

            “All the world’s a stage,” as Shakespeare had claimed before in his play: “As you like it”. Alas, the Elizabethan Age, when the social values and political ideals of the people were communicated through the theater. Their world was then considered a stage; their life then, was considered a play, but ‘tis not the same today. The present world of Justin Bieber, singing cheesy love songs does not revolve around politics anymore. It’s at times like this, when civilized members of our society like I ponder upon the compelling question: was the theatre of the Elizabethan Age yesterday a mere reflection of the social values and political ideals of the people? And if so, does it remain the same today? Simply answered, yes, the entertainment industry in the Elizabethan Age did revolve around the politics and social values; today albeit, the entertainment industry hardly interacts with the political ideals and social values.

                

             Similar to how the tranquil lake reflects the crisp glowing moon up above our heads. The Elizabethan theatre was reflected by the social values and political ideals of those that the people then held. Every play was bound to have been impacted by the politics and social that has been apparent in the society. The play of King Richard the III, for example, was considered quite grand of a play and was carefully structure off his tragic history. This play is based around the politics at the time and played a huge role in establishing certain values. In other words, in the Elizabethan Age, entertainment revolved around politics; no theatric play would be complete without it. The people back then really fed on tragic stories, people liked it and decided to act it out to help communicate their history and showcase their art. Really, acting plays then weren’t done for the sake of becoming famous or rich (like it is today). We can also take a look at the oh so famous play: Romeo and Juliet; throughout the play, their society’s social values were very obvious that arranged marriages were the trend and the daughter (in most cases) had absolutely no say for their future; or for say we could tell that men held a significantly larger role and had more power to do what they wanted. Yet another example would be the tragic story of Hamlet. It’s based around the Kingdom of Denmark and talks about the dangerous competition of the fight to become the heir of the royal throne.

                

             There are the beautiful plays back in the Elizabethan age, and then there’s today’s entertainment industry. Like Venus and Earth, politics/social values and the present entertainment industry, there doesn’t appear to be a solid relationship between them. For the most part, they go on their own orbit around the sun and only meet up once in a long time. Which means that politics and (ex) Hollywood stay somewhat isolated and do not have a direct relationship with each other. The people of today practically feed off what the paparazzi say of the entertainment industry. “BEYONCE’S PREGANT? NO WAY!” To be harsher, it seems as if the sole purpose of the show biz today has lost it’s purpose to entertain and entertain only; now, it’s all about the money and fame. What has happened to our society? Has Hollywood taken over our world?! Nonetheless, it is still possible for some politics to come into play in the entertainment business. Even stranger, the popular members of politics are slowly becoming prominent idols in the entertainment realm we live in today.

               

             Long story short, before the political idols and social values were reflected in the threatre during the time of the Elizabethan age. Today, politics in general and the entertainment industry pretty much live in their own little worlds; seemingly completely oblivious of each other with minimal interaction. Throughout the past four centuries, the way we viewed our world, or vice versa the way the world viewed us has changed drastically. Howbeit, we cannot stop time from ticking past us; and with each tick or tock, changes are evoked and the world is therefore different from before. As human beings we are better off the accept the reality of today and hope for the better for tomorrow!

Question 1 revision

In the story "Cue for Treason" the author makes a peculiar choice. The author decides to make the protagonist a character that is on the run from their problems. Peter the protagonist is a 15 year old lower class boy, who lives on his families farm. The antagonist of the book, Sir Philip uses Peter's family and many other peasants to his advantage so that he can make money from their hard work. He decides to make a wall on which will divide the farms. The families did not like this idea so they decided to destroy the wall.

At the end of chapter one Peter, his dad and the neighbors set out to destroy Sir Philips wall. They used Peter as a watch out for any of Sir Philips guards. As Sir Philip and his men came down the path, Peter threw a rock at Sir Philip in an aggressive spiteful manner. Everybody was able to flee from the guards successfully. As Peter was on the run a guard fired a bullet at him and it missed his head by about two inches and flew off his baseball cap. Sir Philip found Peter's baseball cap and his name inside of it.

At the end of chapter two, Peter decided to flee from school and not face his problems with Sir Philip. As he arrived home his parents already new about this incident and had made the decision that Peter would have to leave the town of Cumberland. As I said usually in a story a protagonist does not run from their problems, and in this story I do not think Peter was running from his fears of Sir Philip. Peter was fleeing from his house to save the people who were destroying the wall from getting in to trouble with the law. Sir Philip did not care about Peter throwing the rock, but cared that Peter was the only person who had witnessed the wall being demolished that night.

Peter had to leave his family, his friends, his school. I am sure running away is not something Peter was all so happy about doing, but doing it does not make him a bad person for running for the people at the wall that night.

Incomplete posting and commenting!!!

I see several without comments and many of the posts are incomplete. For example there is only one who posted a link or found something (visual or other material) that will help you understand A Midsummer Nights's Dream? This was part of last week's post instructions.

If members are not understanding the full tasks, they should be sure to ask me or come to flex. If members are a little bit overwhelmed or lost - again see me. If members are lazy - snap out of it please!

PART ONE

PART TWO

All the World is a Stage

“All the world is a stage”, as Shakespeare had once said. Alas, the Elizabethan Age, when the social values and political ideals of the people were communicated through the theatre. Their world then was considered a stage; their life then, was considered a play; but ‘tis not the same today. Today is the world of Justin Bieber, singing cheesy love songs. It’s at times like these, when civilized members of our society like I ponder upon the compelling question: was the theatre of the Elizabethan Age yesterday a mere reflection of the social values and political ideals of the people? And if so, does it remain the same today?

Similar to how the tranquil lake reflects the crisp glowing moon up above our heads; the Elizabethan theatre was reflected by the social values and political ideals of those that the people then held. Every play was bound to have been impacted by the politics and social values that have been apparent in the society. The play of King Richard the 3^rd, for example, was considered quite grand of a play and was structured off King Richard the 3^rd’s tragic history. The people back then really feed on tragic stories, people like it for some strange reasons and therefore act it out. This play is based around the politics from that time and played a huge role in establishing certain values. In other words, in the Elizabethan Age, entertainment revolved around politics; no theatric play would be complete without it. Really, acting plays then weren’t for the sake of becoming famous or rich. It was to help communicate their history and showcase their art. We can also take a look at the oh so famous play: Romeo and Juliet; throughout the play, their society’s social values would be clear; it could largely relate to the law in those days when arranged marriages were the trend and the daughter (in most cases) had absolutely no say for their future. Yet another example would be the tragic story of Hamlet. It’s based around the Kingdom of Denmark and talks upon the dangerous competition of the fight to become the heir of the royal throne.

There are the beautiful plays in the Elizabethan age, and then there’s today’s entertainment industry. Like Venus and Earth, politics/ social values and the present entertainment industry, there is not a solid relationship between them. For the most part, they go on their own orbit around the sun and only meet up once in a long time. Today’s people practically feed off the entertainment industry. “BEYONCE”S PREGNANT? NO WAY!” To be harsher, it seems as if the sole purpose to entertain and entertain only has disappeared; now, it’s all about the money and fame. What has happened to our society? Has Hollywood taken over our world?! Nonetheless, it is still possible for some politics to come into play in the entertainment business. Even stranger, the popular members of politics are slowly becoming prominent idols in the entertainment realm we live in today.

Long story short, before the politic ideals and social values were reflected in the theatre during the time of the Elizabethan age. Today, politics in general and the entertainment industry pretty much live in their own little worlds; seemingly completely oblivious of each other with minimal interaction. In the past 4 centuries, the way we view our world, or vice versa the way the world views us has changed drastically. Albeit, we cannot stop time from ticking past us; and each tick or tock evokes change on earth. As human beings we are better off to accept the reality to avoid being yelled at by Bieber’s mob of girl fans. 

Question one response

In the story Cue for Treason the author makes a peculiar choice. The author decides to make the protagonist a character that is on the run from their problems. Peter the protagonist is a 15 year old lower class boy, who lives on his families farm. The antagonist of the book, Sir Philip uses Peter's family and many other peasants to his advantage so that he can make money from their hard work. He decides to make a wall on which will divide the farms. The families did not like this idea so they decided to destroy the wall.

Peter went with his father that night to destroy the wall. They used Peter as a watch out for any of Sir Philips guards. As Sir Philip and his men came down the path, Peter threw a rock at Sir Philip in an aggressive spiteful manner. Everybody was able to flee from the guards successfully. As Peter was on the run a guard fired a bullet at him and it missed his head by about two inches and flew off his baseball cap. Sir Philip found Peter's baseball cap and his name inside of it.

At the end of chapter two, Peter decided to flee from school and not face his problems with Sir Philip. As he arrived home his parents already new about this incident and had made the decision that Peter would have to leave the town of Cumberland. As I said usually in a story a protagonist does not run from their problems, and in this story I do not think Peter was running from his fears of Sir Philip. Peter was fleeing from his house to save the people who were destroying the wall from getting in to trouble with the law. Sir Philip did not care about Peter throwing the rock, but cared that Peter was the only person who had witnessed the wall being demolished that night.