The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Outside Play)

A freshman girl in my hall is obsessed with theatre. Trying to gather girls from the west hamilton building, she invited us all to see The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).  It was a very interesting play, obviously about the works of William Shakespeare.  The great part about this play was that it was acted out by only three people! Running around and trying to play all the main characters of his plays, the actors were histerical. They had to cover all of Shakespeares plays in a short period of time. At one point they even acted Romeo and Juliet backwards.  This play was meant to be a comedy, and it was helpful mostly for those who knew a little about Shakespeare.  Some of the things I learned in high school helped me laugh at the suttle jokes.  Although the actors did not have the talent to act the way Shakespeare may have invisioned, they had the talent to make us laugh and do rediculous things during the show.

Sharon Olds (Outside Reading)

I regret not writting the poems down to remeber their names,  I can only tell you pieces of each poem. There was one poem though that was very... interesting.  Sharon wrote about her naked body. I know, it sounds really creepy to say but it was the funniest poem that evening. When she wrote this poem, she described details of her body, as she saw herself standing in front of a mirror. She was not literal or anything, but she wrote it in a pretty histerical way. Everyone in the audience was laughing.  If I remember correctly, she described the parts of her body as foods? Like I said, it does sounds kind of wierd to say but that poem kept everyone laughing.

When Sharon shared her poems, she had a very relaxed smooth voice, it was very calming. I was supprised about all the fancy words she used sometimes they were hard to keep up with, I do not have a very large vocabulary.  Even though I did not understand alot of the things she said, I thought that her poems sounded really elegant and smooth.
When she had finshed her reading, Sharon asked the audience for questions.  The lady in front me stood up, and thanked Sharon for her art.  Apparently she had been following Sharon at a couple of her readings over the years. She explained how they were similar and "grew up" with daughters of the same age.   This lady related her life to Sharon and was very thankful for her work.  It was really nice I guess, though she seemed like one of those intense fans. Not only was she similar in age, but she also had long grey hair like Sharon! It was a little creepy, though I guess I do not really understand much about the poetry world and the passion of these poets. It was a very interesting experience,  I probably would go again if I could :)

STRE'S

Professor Squillante,

I have completed the the STRE's on Angel.

Sarah :)

Self Evaluation

From english 015s I have learned to appreciate other arts, especially poetry.  Although I do not have any plans to write poetry, it would be nice to attend more readings!    

This semester, we obviously learned more about the artistic community and events here.  This class not only informed me about these events but it also allowed me to talk and listen to other peoples views and opinions through blogging.  Now that I have visited musicals, gardens and poetry readings, I'll know where to go to find something interesting to do on campus. 

I feel like it was a great class in both learning and writing about my experiences.  This semester, I was surrounded by lots of ethos, pathos and logos. At this point, they are pretty much implanted into my brain! Even though I learned that balancing them makes a strong argument, it feels like pathos was always the most important. Especially with making arguments during class. :) 

For the first time, I had to write a lot of responses about what I thought about a specific art topic or event (creating arguments). Although it was kind of difficult, I think I got better expressing my  opinion with words.

 I feel like my experience in english 015 was great!