Reflections

As the semester ends, we have been asked by our Shakespeare professor to reflect upon our end of semester activities, our Engaging Shakespeare event, and our projects. This post will serve as those reflections for me.

Reality in King Lear

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post detailing my observations about Reality and Illusion in Shakespeare's works. I hadn't  yet finished King Lear at the time, so I am now taking the opportunity to look at the same theme in that play.

Engaging Shakespeare: The Website

As we have been working on our final projects for my Shakespeare class, I have been asked to build a website on which we can document the final projects of my classmates and present them to the world. The site is called 'Engaging Shakespeare.'

Engaging Shakespeare: The Event

In anticipation of our upcoming Engaging Shakespeare Event, J.J. and I have put together a basic agenda for how things will go. Here it is!

The Reply

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about an email that I sent to Stephan Thiel about visualizing Shakespeare and the arts. I recently received his reply. Here are his answers to my questions.

Illusion versus Reality

Last week, I had an interview with my Shakespeare professor, Dr. Burton. As I was preparing to meet with him, I went through each of the plays I had read and studied thus far this semester and made a short list of themes in each of them that I could then discuss if Dr. Burton asked. Well, I didn't end up using it; however, I made a rather interesting discovery as I was creating it. The common theme of Shakespeare: Illusion versus Reality.

Measuring Up

My assessment of myself: this post has the main purpose of evaluating myself according to the learning outcomes and expectations of my Shakespeare class and my personal expectations for this blog.