Post 3: After Reading the whole play. Cecilia Pedrido

I think that the most important of all the ideas of the play are: 
- Relationships and how they get more and more complicated. 
- Desires in life. The most important of all is to be motivated to reach a certain goal or aim in life. 
- Dramatic situations and how they affect people's feelings. For example Blenche's boyfriend death. 

I think the title of the play refers to how Blenche desired to achieve her goals. For example, she wanted her sister to be away from Stanley. Also, the title refers to Mitch who desired to be married and have a family. 
I can also say that the titles refers to Stanley and his friends played poker who really wanted to be lucky and gain a lot of money.

The play made me think about how we deal with different situations in life to accomplish everything we want.
It also made me think about it is very important to try our best no matter what happens. We shouldn't be scared whether we fail sometimes or whether things turn on difficult. It's better to think and show that we are capable of facing the different situations that happen in life. 

If i got the chance to ask the writer a question I would ask him why Stella became an easy character to manipulate?. 

Assigment Nº2. Poetry anthology

Poetry anthology by Marina Vega.

Post 3: After reading the whole play

I consider honour is the central theme in this play, not honour form a broad perspective but particularly in connection with virginity. Related to this, Leonato says:

“O Fate, take not away thy heavy hand!

Death is the fairest cover for her shame

That may be wished for.”

Clearly he is wishing for his daughter’s death immediately after he is told she is not a virgin, which brings shame not only on Hero but also on the whole family, ruining their reputation.

As regards the title, I want to consider 2 different interpretations of it. The first and more literal one is the one explained by Mariel (Loreto) which refers to a phrase used to describe a situation in which there has been a lot of excitement about something that is not really important. In this case, there is a frustrated marriage and a lot of suffering around a fictitious situation, i.e. Hero’s unfaithfulness to Claudio.

The second interpretation I want to mention is that, by the time this play was written, the word “nothing” was pronounced in the same way as “noting”. This meaning of the title refers to the fact that the characters spend the whole play noting what the others do and that leads to the development of the main events. Consequently, at that time there probably was a more evident wordplay.

What surprised me most about the play and made me think a lot about it is the way in which love is presented. As we discussed in class, Hero and Claudio almost don’t know each other but they agree on getting married. On the other hand, although Beatrice and Benedick apparently have had a sort of relationship in the past, they are (at first) too proud to admit their love for each other. In both cases...are we really talking about true love???

If I had the chance to ask William Shakespeare one question I would ask him what he really thinks about the central themes of their plays: marriage, love, the role of women, among others. I am interested in knowing if he considers these issues as he portrays them in his plays or if it is a sort of criticism intending people reflect on them.

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Assignment nº2- Clarisa Franceschelli

Literature in English 1 from ClariFrances

Post 3: After reading the whole play

 The themes or important ideas are the necessity to marry for social benefits, the importance of virginity and the deception that these can bring to a relation: loss of honor and shame.

The lines of Leonato, Hero’s father in the Church: 

“Do not live, Hero; do not ope thine eyes:

For, did I think thou wouldst not quickly die,

Thought I thy spirits were stronger than thy shames,

Myself would, on the rearward of reproaches,

Strike at thy life. Grieved I, I had but one?

I might have said “No part of it is mine;

This shame derives itself from unknown loins”?”

I believe that the title is as unusual and amusing as the play must have been in the 16th Century. At the same time it already suggests what is going to happen; we should not care too much about things that others consider we should care a lot about.

I would ask Shakespeare, why he decided to deal with sensible themes from a humorous point of view?

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Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

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b) Or alternately, you can read it at your in pace (be ready to press the forward arrow repeatedly):

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Analysis: 

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Extract from "The Wife of Bath"

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Leonard Cohen: A thousand kisses deep 

 

Don’t matter if the road is long
Don’t matter if it’s steep
Don’t matter if the moon is gone
And the darkness is complete
Don’t matter if we lose our way
It’s written that we’ll meet
At least, that’s what I heard you say
A thousand kisses deep

I loved you when you opened
Like a lily to the heat
You see, I’m just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet
Who loved you with his frozen love
His second hand physique
With all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep

I know you had to lie to me
I know you had to cheat
You learned it on your father’s knee
And at your mother’s feet
But did you have to fight your way
Across the burning street
When all our vital interests lay
A thousand kisses deep

I’m turning tricks
I’m getting fixed
I’m back on boogie street
I’d like to quit the business
But I’m in it, so to speak
The thought of you is peaceful
And the file on you complete
Except what I forgot to do
A thousand kisses deep

Don’t matter if you’re rich and strong
Don’t matter if you’re weak
Don’t matter if you write a song
The nightingales repeat
Don’t matter if it’s nine to five
Or timeless and unique
You ditch your life to stay alive
A thousand kisses deep

The ponies run
The girls are young
The odds are there to beat
You win a while, and then it’s done
Your little winning streak
And summon now to deal with your invincible defeat
You live your life as if it’s real
A thousand kisses deep

I hear their voices in the wine
That sometimes did me seek
The band is playing Auld Lang Syne
But the heart will not retreat
There’s no forsaking what you love
No existential leap
As witnessed here in time and blood
A thousand kisses deep

 For the last poem, I decided to include one by a contemporary author. This Poem from Leonard Cohen is about lost love. A sense of malencholy pervades all the poem. The fictional interlocutor finds it difficult to forget the woman he loves, even thought she cheated on him. He still harbours  hope of seeing her again. The poem illustrates a true about love: Love hurts!

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