Upon getting familar with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a major challenge that appeared to be present for everyone was getting used to the language. In order to truly understand the context, it was necessary to read the dialogue again more than two times. I am still not fully comfortable with the language; however, as I am getting more familiar with it during class, my understanding is becoming more sophisticated.
The plot is definitely a mind gripping one, and I thoroughly enjoy Shakespeare's humor. It is new and fresh, even in today's modern standards, and when you get past the language and hit the meaning, a wave of understanding and humor overrides the difficult language. I developed favor over the characters, and I am constantly curious of what may happen next, since Shakespeare can bring brilliant surprises.
Being able to perform Shakespeare was a challenge; yet, it is a whole new experience. With a new language to learn and emotions to grasp, Shakespeare requires a lot of emotion and understanding in order to deliver an engaging performance. It was really fun forming acting groups and becoming a different character. It is still a hard, yet enjoyable experience.
In the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare, the dialogue is very difficult to read. Almost everyone in the class has trouble reading the different rhymes and old words. Trying to speak in the old Elizabethan language is so challenging! There are so many new things and, those who already have a hard time with grammar, are even more confused. I really enjoy the way Shakespeare writ the play.
The plot itself is very dramatic. It’s very easy to understand and almost everybody appreciates it. Shakespeare uses different feelings for each character, like how Helena is persistent and humorous towards Demetrius. Also, the plot was simple to follow; the humor was just outstanding! There wasn’t a scene that I wasn’t laughing and everyone seemed to enjoy it too, especially when others acted in front of the class.
In front of the class, the performances were cool. Some people were unenthusiastic at first; others so anxious to begin. Now, everyone enjoys it. But, the only problem is that there are different perspectives; everyone sees it differently. For example, when we had to perform an excerpt from Act 2.1 when Titania spoke to Oberon, some spoke in soft voices and others in loud, strong dialogues. Performing in the language of Shakespeare, deducing the plot, and performing in front of others were all challenging but fun.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is so much different then I imagined! I thought it would be boring, and IMPOSSIBLE to understand, but it is actually very interesting. The Shakespeare language is a bit hard to understand, but there are little words that give you hints to what is happening. I honestly think the language sounds a bit funny, but maybe because it's not something you hear on the street everyday. At first, it seems like you'll never get the language down, but after awhile it gets much easier.
The plot is wonderful! It just blew me away because Shakespeare found a concept that everyone understood (and enjoyed) reading about. What a genius! The plot is one of those really good ones where you feel the emotions of the characters, wish you could stop reading because it seems so unfair, but you know you can't put it down. Shakespeare has a great sense of humor, but he also sensitive enough to understand peoples' emotions. There are so many conflicts, but he didn't over do it to a point where your lost, it's just right. The plot has something for everyone to relate to.
Performing A Midsummer Night's Dream is so funny! it's great to have Shakespeare humor come to life. Performing in front of one makes me downright nervous, but it's also exciting at the same time. Everyone is so good, and there is so much bravery, and encouragement from everyone. Performing the play also makes it easier to understand, and it also makes us interpret what we think the play means. It's truly a great play!
In terms of the whole shakespeare I feel that it is fun. The language is hard to understand and process, but once learned I begin to use it. The plot in the story is exciting. The performances that have been put on are amazing on how everybody interprets the lines. I enjoy performing myself too.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is very difficult to understand because of the confusing and outdated dialog. Reading and acting out any parts of the story is difficult because you have to change your pitch, pacing, and tone to match how a character is feeling when they had delivered the line. Shakespeare is a difficult subject to grasp it is something that will take years to fully understand the story. It is an enjoyable experience because you can put in your interpretation of what is going on when you act it out. I enjoy Shakespeare especially because of how much it makes you think.
Shakespeare will still be a challenge for me but also an extremely enjoyable experience.
Personally, I hate Shakespeare's language. As people above me have already mentioned, it is extremely difficult, has challenging words, and I end up having to read the page over more than once. I feel like it takes forever to get past one person's speech, and we spend most of the time in class on one page. I always get to the meaning of the passage a little later than everyone else, so I feel really behind sometimes. However, despite my hatred for the language, I think it's really fun to make fun of it. The learning of Shakespeare is a great learning experience because it is challenging and you really have to read and comprehend the page.
I think that the plot is excellent. Shakespeare comes up with some really great plots that I could never make up. The different plots and twists all at once is very interesting to keep up with, but I feel that all the plots will tie into eachother eventually. The most interesting plot that I wonder how will turn out is the dispute between Oberon and Titania. Overall, the plots keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering what will come next.
The preformances are fun, but they are also difficult. With the different way of speaking, it makes it extremely difficult to memorize lines from the book. It gets especially hard when you are in front of the class and doing hand motions. When I had to preform my lines, I blanked out. Also, fitting hand motions to your lines and knowing where to be on the stage is difficult. The plays have been very fun, however, and it is fun to watch.
Language arts is more interesting since we are doing activities about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The language is most difficult to learn if you compare it to the present. Once you read some of the lines it's hard to understand what they really mean. The plot on the other hand, is addicting to hear. There are love triangles, mind boggling metaphors, and funny lines from the actors and actresses.
The company and I performed for about two times. Some of us aren't as close but,we got to know a little about each other. I feel our company is going to do well in our future performances because we are improving more as we learn the secrets inside Shakespeare's writings.
My feelings towards performing Shakespeare. When we first started I wasn't accustomed to acting and performing. It was weird to act being that i don't do that on a regular bases. But as i got more into the groove of seeing and hearing the others performance's and interpretation's. Seeing people's strong suit's and their weaknesses really helped me. And as a bonus with a riveting plot and a bounty of wonderful characters and dialogue it was easy to be enticed so fast. So overall i find it pretty fun to do and I enjoy it.
When it comes to Shakespeare's plays, no matter how much I try to convince myself, I always end up thinking the language is just so irritating. I mean, I like it, but it drives me insane. "Would not you hate to talketh like this through the morn an unto the night? T'would be awfully hard to comprehend what thy friends were chattering like birds about yes?" It takes a while to figure out what each line is supposed to mean with all the metaphors. The language also makes reading it out loud really difficult too, but it's fun to hear everyone trying to figure out how to pronounce the words. I really like the rhythem some of the characters lines have, it makes the play almost seem like a poem.
The plot of the play is really amazing. It's so detailed and there are so many characters, but they all seem to fit together quite well. There are so many twists and turns in the plot, juicy secrets and hidden suprises, it keeps the story interesting. So far what really suprised me the most was when Hippolyta and Theseus were mentioned in the conversation Titania and Oberon had.
The performances are really fun. You can get really creative with how you present certain lines and how you present yourself. It's like you become the character. You can feel their emotions. When you work with you group to act out a scene or perform a set of lines, if you get it just right it's like the whole thing starts to flow. It starts to feel more natural, and everyone starts to have fun. I hope we get to do it a lot more, because I enjoy it very much.
Shakespeare a Midsummer Night's Dream is very fun to do but its challenging to convert their language to our language used today. The plot is interesting, there’s so much details that he put into it. It’s a little confusing learning about all the different characters. I don’t really like performing in front of people, but everyone’s performances have been great!
When it comes to Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dreams" it's better than I imagined. I thought it would be that boring type of thing to learn, but it was quite fascinating.
Shakespeare's language was so hard for me to understand and pronounce. I felt that it was like all a tongue twister. Well, lucky thing Mrs.Nagaji gave us like a cheat sheet so that we could understand the language better. When we went over the play more, you will actually get in the hang of it.
The plot of the play was very interesting. There was many characters and hidden secrets,and surprises. I could actually feel the emotions of the characters. Honestly, I have to say that I liked Hermia the best! The plot was so interesting you can connect it to the real world.
Performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was just hilarious. At first, we had to direct people on what to do, then the next time we were able to interpret what we think about the play. I liked how people put their bravery when performing. Plus, it was great seeing those students who doesn't normally speaks in class.
Shakespeare was just too great, it made learning fun! (:
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Upon getting familar with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a major challenge that appeared to be present for everyone was getting used to the language. In order to truly understand the context, it was necessary to read the dialogue again more than two times. I am still not fully comfortable with the language; however, as I am getting more familiar with it during class, my understanding is becoming more sophisticated.
The plot is definitely a mind gripping one, and I thoroughly enjoy Shakespeare's humor. It is new and fresh, even in today's modern standards, and when you get past the language and hit the meaning, a wave of understanding and humor overrides the difficult language. I developed favor over the characters, and I am constantly curious of what may happen next, since Shakespeare can bring brilliant surprises.
Being able to perform Shakespeare was a challenge; yet, it is a whole new experience. With a new language to learn and emotions to grasp, Shakespeare requires a lot of emotion and understanding in order to deliver an engaging performance. It was really fun forming acting groups and becoming a different character. It is still a hard, yet enjoyable experience.
In the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare, the dialogue is very difficult to read. Almost everyone in the class has trouble reading the different rhymes and old words. Trying to speak in the old Elizabethan language is so challenging! There are so many new things and, those who already have a hard time with grammar, are even more confused. I really enjoy the way Shakespeare writ the play.
The plot itself is very dramatic. It’s very easy to understand and almost everybody appreciates it. Shakespeare uses different feelings for each character, like how Helena is persistent and humorous towards Demetrius. Also, the plot was simple to follow; the humor was just outstanding! There wasn’t a scene that I wasn’t laughing and everyone seemed to enjoy it too, especially when others acted in front of the class.
In front of the class, the performances were cool. Some people were unenthusiastic at first; others so anxious to begin. Now, everyone enjoys it. But, the only problem is that there are different perspectives; everyone sees it differently. For example, when we had to perform an excerpt from Act 2.1 when Titania spoke to Oberon, some spoke in soft voices and others in loud, strong dialogues. Performing in the language of Shakespeare, deducing the plot, and performing in front of others were all challenging but fun.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is so much different then I imagined! I thought it would be boring, and IMPOSSIBLE to understand, but it is actually very interesting. The Shakespeare language is a bit hard to understand, but there are little words that give you hints to what is happening. I honestly think the language sounds a bit funny, but maybe because it's not something you hear on the street everyday. At first, it seems like you'll never get the language down, but after awhile it gets much easier.
The plot is wonderful! It just blew me away because Shakespeare found a concept that everyone understood (and enjoyed) reading about. What a genius! The plot is one of those really good ones where you feel the emotions of the characters, wish you could stop reading because it seems so unfair, but you know you can't put it down. Shakespeare has a great sense of humor, but he also sensitive enough to understand peoples' emotions. There are so many conflicts, but he didn't over do it to a point where your lost, it's just right. The plot has something for everyone to relate to.
Performing A Midsummer Night's Dream is so funny! it's great to have Shakespeare humor come to life. Performing in front of one makes me downright nervous, but it's also exciting at the same time. Everyone is so good, and there is so much bravery, and encouragement from everyone. Performing the play also makes it easier to understand, and it also makes us interpret what we think the play means. It's truly a great play!
In terms of the whole shakespeare I feel that it is fun. The language is hard to understand and process, but once learned I begin to use it. The plot in the story is exciting. The performances that have been put on are amazing on how everybody interprets the lines. I enjoy performing myself too.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is very difficult to understand because of the confusing and outdated dialog. Reading and acting out any parts of the story is difficult because you have to change your pitch, pacing, and tone to match how a character is feeling when they had delivered the line. Shakespeare is a difficult subject to grasp it is something that will take years to fully understand the story. It is an enjoyable experience because you can put in your interpretation of what is going on when you act it out. I enjoy Shakespeare especially because of how much it makes you think.
Shakespeare will still be a challenge for me but also an extremely enjoyable experience.
Personally, I hate Shakespeare's language. As people above me have already mentioned, it is extremely difficult, has challenging words, and I end up having to read the page over more than once. I feel like it takes forever to get past one person's speech, and we spend most of the time in class on one page. I always get to the meaning of the passage a little later than everyone else, so I feel really behind sometimes. However, despite my hatred for the language, I think it's really fun to make fun of it. The learning of Shakespeare is a great learning experience because it is challenging and you really have to read and comprehend the page.
I think that the plot is excellent. Shakespeare comes up with some really great plots that I could never make up. The different plots and twists all at once is very interesting to keep up with, but I feel that all the plots will tie into eachother eventually. The most interesting plot that I wonder how will turn out is the dispute between Oberon and Titania. Overall, the plots keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering what will come next.
The preformances are fun, but they are also difficult. With the different way of speaking, it makes it extremely difficult to memorize lines from the book. It gets especially hard when you are in front of the class and doing hand motions. When I had to preform my lines, I blanked out. Also, fitting hand motions to your lines and knowing where to be on the stage is difficult. The plays have been very fun, however, and it is fun to watch.
Language arts is more interesting since we are doing activities about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The language is most difficult to learn if you compare it to the present. Once you read some of the lines it's hard to understand what they really mean. The plot on the other hand, is addicting to hear. There are love triangles, mind boggling metaphors, and funny lines from the actors and actresses.
The company and I performed for about two times. Some of us aren't as close but,we got to know a little about each other. I feel our company is going to do well in our future performances because we are improving more as we learn the secrets inside Shakespeare's writings.
My feelings towards performing Shakespeare. When we first started I wasn't accustomed to acting and performing. It was weird to act being that i don't do that on a regular bases. But as i got more into the groove of seeing and hearing the others performance's and interpretation's. Seeing people's strong suit's and their weaknesses really helped me. And as a bonus with a riveting plot and a bounty of wonderful characters and dialogue it was easy to be enticed so fast. So overall i find it pretty fun to do and I enjoy it.
When it comes to Shakespeare's plays, no matter how much I try to convince myself, I always end up thinking the language is just so irritating. I mean, I like it, but it drives me insane. "Would not you hate to talketh like this through the morn an unto the night? T'would be awfully hard to comprehend what thy friends were chattering like birds about yes?" It takes a while to figure out what each line is supposed to mean with all the metaphors. The language also makes reading it out loud really difficult too, but it's fun to hear everyone trying to figure out how to pronounce the words. I really like the rhythem some of the characters lines have, it makes the play almost seem like a poem.
The plot of the play is really amazing. It's so detailed and there are so many characters, but they all seem to fit together quite well. There are so many twists and turns in the plot, juicy secrets and hidden suprises, it keeps the story interesting. So far what really suprised me the most was when Hippolyta and Theseus were mentioned in the conversation Titania and Oberon had.
The performances are really fun. You can get really creative with how you present certain lines and how you present yourself. It's like you become the character. You can feel their emotions. When you work with you group to act out a scene or perform a set of lines, if you get it just right it's like the whole thing starts to flow. It starts to feel more natural, and everyone starts to have fun. I hope we get to do it a lot more, because I enjoy it very much.
Shakespeare a Midsummer Night's Dream is very fun to do but its challenging to convert their language to our language used today. The plot is interesting, there’s so much details that he put into it. It’s a little confusing learning about all the different characters. I don’t really like performing in front of people, but everyone’s performances have been great!
When it comes to Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dreams" it's better than I imagined. I thought it would be that boring type of thing to learn, but it was quite fascinating.
Shakespeare's language was so hard for me to understand and pronounce. I felt that it was like all a tongue twister. Well, lucky thing Mrs.Nagaji gave us like a cheat sheet so that we could understand the language better. When we went over the play more, you will actually get in the hang of it.
The plot of the play was very interesting. There was many characters and hidden secrets,and surprises. I could actually feel the emotions of the characters. Honestly, I have to say that I liked Hermia the best! The plot was so interesting you can connect it to the real world.
Performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was just hilarious. At first, we had to direct people on what to do, then the next time we were able to interpret what we think about the play. I liked how people put their bravery when performing. Plus, it was great seeing those students who doesn't normally speaks in class.
Shakespeare was just too great, it made learning fun! (:
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