I think that A Mid-Summer Nights Dream was very confusing and still kind of is. I think that the plot is very interesting. I was especially shocked when I found out that Demetrius slept with Helena. I didn't think that we would be doing activities with books with this type of situation. The way the plot is set up, is very interesting. It makes you wanna keep on reading and reading when something big happens.
The language is a little hard to say and understand. Using words like thou, thee, and etc. is very weird. I really like how the language is a mixture of many types of poetry and things. It gives our class many opportunities to learn about many other things in poetry. Such as rhythm and patterns. The way Shakespeare chooses to place the words is very fascinating.
I really enjoy the performances when I understand what is going on. At times, I get very confused and have to read the translation. One thing I enjoy is performing with our acting companies. I'm not very good at the whole bravery and acting thing though. I'm not like certain people that I look up to like Chris Lee and Emily Davis. They have a lot of bravery. I think that I would enjoy the performances way more if only I had more bravery.
In my opinion, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a hard piece of literature to read. Sometimes it can be boring and confusing, but it is mostly interesting. In class, it took us about one week to read a scene. As we went over the play by little bits in groups though, I was able to understand more about the play and I was able to unlock secret messages within the words. In Shakespeare, there were a lot of “thou” and “tis” and “-ist” and other archaic words we don’t usually use in this century. They were in a mixed up format which didn’t sound exactly right and didn’t make sense. The lesson where we had to write in the language of Shakespeare was especially the hardest. The words were confusing, and hard to pronounce. I was clueless for a long time about what some of those words meant.
Judging from the first scene, I suspected the plot would be all lovey-dovey and stuff. There was Theseus’s and Hippolyta who were in love and getting married. There was also Demetrius and Lysander who were in love with Hermia, but then conflict where Demetrius actually stole Helena’s heart. I didn’t actually think that was a big deal since stuff like that happens every day, proven by the skits we did on modern situations. Suddenly there were six men who were going to perform a play. It suddenly became confusing because of the change in scene, and then in changed again in act 2.1. In the first act, the plot was confusing because there were so many characters. Some characters weren’t didn’t seem that important and were hard to describe.
One part I didn’t like was the performances. You have to stand in the middle of the room with half-a-dozen people staring at you. Everyone has a different expression on his/her face so you don’t know what they are thinking about and if they like your performance. Then standing in the middle of the room, I suddenly forgot my lines that I rehearsed in my head nearly thirty times and embarrass myself. I say the line again and it just then didn’t feel right. Then I fear I got an F for my performance.
I think that A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s language isn’t too hard if you think about it, but at some parts it really requires inferring to understand it. The language may sometimes be confusing, but I like how many of the allusions they say refer to Greek mythology. It’s interesting to see them use these clever allusions in their everyday conversations. Some of the words are really strange though. But, overall, they speak partially similar to how we do today, with a few confusing words or mixing up the way they say things. Thank goodness for the right-side page translations. The only people that especially confuse me when they talk are Oberon, Titania, and Puck. I like reading the Shakespearian language, but I don’t like trying to write in it…. It’s hard to know when to use ‘dost’ or ‘st’ and such. It makes me really appreciate what a genius Shakespeare really was.
The plot actually seems pretty interesting so far. I wonder a lot in this story – everyone’s lives seem to be so problematic because of their love issues. Greek people sure do… cheat a lot. I am especially wondering about poor Hermia and Lysander. Will they both be put to death if they get caught? I also can’t believe Helena! How can she betray her friend Hermia, to tell Demetrius about them running away? Demetrius doesn’t even like you! Get over him! Anyway, Titania and Oberon’s fight doesn’t really bother me. It seems likely that they’ll easily make up. What bothers me more is that flower Oberon told Puck to find. I get this strange feeling that it’s not going to be used on the correct people…
Our performances were kind of disappointing. No one in our class really gets into the acting, and that makes it no fun to watch. The bravery in our class really is lacking… or the same people are brave while the same others aren’t. My performance, in my opinion, was okay but it wasn’t to the best of my ability. I didn’t do very many hand motions and my intonation changed a little at times, but it could have changed more for more effect. When I checked snapgrades, I got a 3, which I think was an appropriate grade. I also forgot my lines briefly, and had to stop. Overall, I was disappointed in myself, but thought that we did badly, but at least our company never gave up. Even if we were not allowed to.
Shakespear's A Midsummer Night's Dream's language is very cool but at the same time very hard to understand. It’s not as are usual English language. Shakespear uses different words. For example he uses thee. It means you but doesn’t really look like it means you. This is what I am feeling about shakespears midsummer nights dream language.
What am I feeling about Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dreams plot? It really confuses me when I read the book and then read the Asian way of shakespear. Then the movie even more confuses me. The characters mess me up. I will imagine the characters when I am reading the original book. Then the Asian book, they look so weird. They don’t look normal. Then the movie played by real people (humans). This is what I am feeling about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
How am I feeling about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream performances? In class when we perform it, it's very funny. For example when boy's try to play a girl their voices will rise very high higher than a girl's voice, very unusual. In the movies, the performances are just how I imagined it. Weird, old people, and allot of kissing. That’s how I feel about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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I think that A Mid-Summer Nights Dream was very confusing and still kind of is. I think that the plot is very interesting. I was especially shocked when I found out that Demetrius slept with Helena. I didn't think that we would be doing activities with books with this type of situation. The way the plot is set up, is very interesting. It makes you wanna keep on reading and reading when something big happens.
The language is a little hard to say and understand. Using words like thou, thee, and etc. is very weird. I really like how the language is a mixture of many types of poetry and things. It gives our class many opportunities to learn about many other things in poetry. Such as rhythm and patterns. The way Shakespeare chooses to place the words is very fascinating.
I really enjoy the performances when I understand what is going on. At times, I get very confused and have to read the translation. One thing I enjoy is performing with our acting companies. I'm not very good at the whole bravery and acting thing though. I'm not like certain people that I look up to like Chris Lee and Emily Davis. They have a lot of bravery. I think that I would enjoy the performances way more if only I had more bravery.
In my opinion, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a hard piece of literature to read. Sometimes it can be boring and confusing, but it is mostly interesting. In class, it took us about one week to read a scene. As we went over the play by little bits in groups though, I was able to understand more about the play and I was able to unlock secret messages within the words. In Shakespeare, there were a lot of “thou” and “tis” and “-ist” and other archaic words we don’t usually use in this century. They were in a mixed up format which didn’t sound exactly right and didn’t make sense. The lesson where we had to write in the language of Shakespeare was especially the hardest. The words were confusing, and hard to pronounce. I was clueless for a long time about what some of those words meant.
Judging from the first scene, I suspected the plot would be all lovey-dovey and stuff. There was Theseus’s and Hippolyta who were in love and getting married. There was also Demetrius and Lysander who were in love with Hermia, but then conflict where Demetrius actually stole Helena’s heart. I didn’t actually think that was a big deal since stuff like that happens every day, proven by the skits we did on modern situations. Suddenly there were six men who were going to perform a play. It suddenly became confusing because of the change in scene, and then in changed again in act 2.1. In the first act, the plot was confusing because there were so many characters. Some characters weren’t didn’t seem that important and were hard to describe.
One part I didn’t like was the performances. You have to stand in the middle of the room with half-a-dozen people staring at you. Everyone has a different expression on his/her face so you don’t know what they are thinking about and if they like your performance. Then standing in the middle of the room, I suddenly forgot my lines that I rehearsed in my head nearly thirty times and embarrass myself. I say the line again and it just then didn’t feel right. Then I fear I got an F for my performance.
I think that A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s language isn’t too hard if you think about it, but at some parts it really requires inferring to understand it. The language may sometimes be confusing, but I like how many of the allusions they say refer to Greek mythology. It’s interesting to see them use these clever allusions in their everyday conversations. Some of the words are really strange though. But, overall, they speak partially similar to how we do today, with a few confusing words or mixing up the way they say things. Thank goodness for the right-side page translations. The only people that especially confuse me when they talk are Oberon, Titania, and Puck. I like reading the Shakespearian language, but I don’t like trying to write in it…. It’s hard to know when to use ‘dost’ or ‘st’ and such. It makes me really appreciate what a genius Shakespeare really was.
The plot actually seems pretty interesting so far. I wonder a lot in this story – everyone’s lives seem to be so problematic because of their love issues. Greek people sure do… cheat a lot. I am especially wondering about poor Hermia and Lysander. Will they both be put to death if they get caught? I also can’t believe Helena! How can she betray her friend Hermia, to tell Demetrius about them running away? Demetrius doesn’t even like you! Get over him! Anyway, Titania and Oberon’s fight doesn’t really bother me. It seems likely that they’ll easily make up. What bothers me more is that flower Oberon told Puck to find. I get this strange feeling that it’s not going to be used on the correct people…
Our performances were kind of disappointing. No one in our class really gets into the acting, and that makes it no fun to watch. The bravery in our class really is lacking… or the same people are brave while the same others aren’t. My performance, in my opinion, was okay but it wasn’t to the best of my ability. I didn’t do very many hand motions and my intonation changed a little at times, but it could have changed more for more effect. When I checked snapgrades, I got a 3, which I think was an appropriate grade. I also forgot my lines briefly, and had to stop. Overall, I was disappointed in myself, but thought that we did badly, but at least our company never gave up. Even if we were not allowed to.
Shakespear's A Midsummer Night's Dream's language is very cool but at the same time very hard to understand. It’s not as are usual English language. Shakespear uses different words. For example he uses thee. It means you but doesn’t really look like it means you. This is what I am feeling about shakespears midsummer nights dream language.
What am I feeling about Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dreams plot? It really confuses me when I read the book and then read the Asian way of shakespear. Then the movie even more confuses me. The characters mess me up. I will imagine the characters when I am reading the original book. Then the Asian book, they look so weird. They don’t look normal. Then the movie played by real people (humans). This is what I am feeling about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
How am I feeling about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream performances? In class when we perform it, it's very funny. For example when boy's try to play a girl their voices will rise very high higher than a girl's voice, very unusual. In the movies, the performances are just how I imagined it. Weird, old people, and allot of kissing. That’s how I feel about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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