Thursday, 24 September 2009

Lessons this week

Tuesday:
  • Finished reading Metamorphosis
  • Discussed how the family react to Gregor's death
  • Work on Metamorphosis and A View from the Bridge is 20% of AS mark including written notes, evaluation and practical

Wednesday:

  • Discussed themes in Metamorphosis
  • Thought about how they we can relate our own lives to them and the different ways they are shown throughout the play
  • Some of the main themes my group thought of were dependency, betrayal, self-sacrifice, family relationships, guilt, conformism and oppression of emotions.
  • Some main points about each of these themes are:
  • dependency- Gregor depends on Greta, family depend on Gregor's money, links to us as shows how you shouldn't become too dependant on things eg it becomes too much responsibility for Greta
  • betrayal- family betrays Gregor, father betrays Gregor through money, father fakes illness, links to family bonds as breaks relationship between father and Gregor so shows how can change relationships
  • self-sacrifice- Greta sacrifices herself for Gregor and Gregor sacrifices his health for family, links to martyrs and shows how although you are doing good it may not necessarily be good for you so shows how balance is needed
  • Family relationships- caring between Gregor and Greta, mother and father want Gregor to keep working, mother and Greta are united in hope for Gregor and how they want to help him
  • Guilt- Greta feels guilty that Gregor has to work so much, father feels no guilt in having taken the money off Gregor, emphasises strength of emotion and how it can be shown
  • Oppression of emotions- Greta doesn't show how she is tired of caring for Gregor, mother tries not to show anger for father, shows how bottling emotions allows them to 'brew' and get worse
  • Conformism- Different from society and Gregor has to work, how Gregor is mistreated when transformed, links to mistreatment due to race, gender and image in society and how people conform to government, trend etc

Thursday:

  • Continued reading 'A View from the Bridge'
  • Read the part of Beatrice- found slightly deepening my voice and uses American accent makes my voice sound a little older as sounds top high pitched in normal tone when playing adult
  • Discussed what you believe could happen after references to Rodolfo's dress making (and also cooking and singing): there saying he's gay and therefore is only going to marry Catherine for American passport so doesn't love her so they are caring for her as don't want to see her let down, subtle hint at subject at first
  • Discussed what Eddie's kiss with Catherine and Rodolfo may have meant: either showing Catherine's kiss didn't mean anything, showing he actually loves Catherine and that is the cause of his over protectiveness, or that he himself may have homosexual feelings for Rodolfo
  • Discussed the boxing lesson and raising of chair: Eddie telling Rodolfo telling him that he his stronger so telling him to 'watch out.'
  • Alfieri- narrator
  • Immigrants are illegal

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