Poetry Reflection.

1. How confident you are in analysing poetry.

I am pretty confident in analysing poetry. I think I can excel with this. But I am just afraid that I thoroughly analyse the poems too much. Because in the last Poetry CA, Ms.Kerry stated that I was 'too imaginative' which I thought, we can think of the poetry in any way we liked/thought. So the fact that I was 'too imaginative' gave me a new impression of poetry analysis. So I do try not to be too imaginative. - quote by Mr.Martin, "teenagers. pfft"

1. If you feel you can confidently identify the varies poetic devices.

I am confident in some of the poetic devices but I need to learn more of the other poetic devices a bit. I think I am stable with it.

1. What we've done that you've found useful.

I have found out that knowing the tone, the difference between character and poet were very useful to me. But I thought learning the tones, the beats, what the singer was trying to express through his lyrics in songs was the best. It was the 'cooler' way of analysing a poem - they are sort of like poems.

1. Anything you're not confident with or sure of.

I am not sure how to not be too imaginative and what to write down on the CA. Because I seem to always go out of topic or non of my analysis actually makes sense to the examiners. In my defense, I like my analysis but if it doesn't make sense to the examiner, than they are the one who mark my grades. And that grade determines my future, in a way.

So I need to know what to write or what not to write.

Reflection.

What have I learnt from both the McKellen and the Pacino RIII film?

Well, I have actually learned a lot from both of these films.

• I had a better imagination of the event, the characteristics and the situations.
• The details that they have stated in the McKellen video where they read between the lines made the whole play of Richard III much more entertaining.
• The Pacino RIII film also made me understand the environment of that century so some of the lines of the play made more sense; a lot have changed since then.
• I had a much more clearer understanding about the bond between other characters and Richard rather than just reading them from a script.
• Sometimes, whilst I read through the script, the characters were vaguely understood, so they got mixed up with some of the other characters. After watching these films, I had a more vivid understanding.
  

CA Speaking & Listening.

1. What did you do?

During my Speaking & Listening CA, I was playing Albert Einstein, strangely not a woman (since I am a woman) but rather I did it as a man. I chose Albert Einstein because, there were so many things to talk about; he was such a complex character. He had influenced so many people for centuries that, maybe, behind all that brilliant mind that he had consumed, he could be a villain in a disguise; a false hero.

2. How did you do it?

During the Control Assessment, I actually sat on a chair because, well, I envision myself sitting on the chair and heading off to meet the 'future' American President.

In the speech, I have included why I was a villain (included varieties such as, been beaten up by my own mother, parents were poor, everyone looked down on me, etc). I also included my future destruction. Since a villain never settles for anything, they always strive for more.

As what Steve Jobs said, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish."

3. What do you think you learned?

From my performance, I have learned a lot of things. That I have stage fright; my mind goes blank, my face starts to get red and that I just start to mumble. I didn't have this problem in the past, maybe since I have stopped performing for awhile, it happens. *insert smiley face*

I tend to be unable to walk around in front of the class and take a speech, but I am able to do it when I am surrounded with strangers. I tend to get the feelings of, my friends would always judge me but strangers, I feel very comfortable. It should be the other way around, but maybe it's just because it's nicer when your performing, the audience doesn't know about you & it would surprise them of how talented you actually are. I do still need to work on that.

I've also learnt that, trying to portray someone that was not initially a villain, was a major task to be made. This associate with trying to get into character. It's hard to be a villain, since I am not a villain at all. I don't know how to act cruel or self-centered with my work, so it was a major task I embraced with.

4. How can you use this learning in the future?

I could eventually learn how to be more creative within my life & I could face my fear of standing in front of the stage, in front of all my friends & family. *insert smiley face*

Richard III Act II.

• which part from Act Two do you find the most interesting/or where Richard is the most villainous and why?

The most interesting/Richard is the most villainous scene from Act Two in my own personal opinion, is Act Two Scene 2; the sorrow of the Children.

Awkwardly, even though this is the most interesting scene among all the scenes I've read, Richard is not present. This scene depicts the affects of Richard's villainy, not only affecting the Queen, but the children as well.

Such young, innocent and wholesome creatures they are, even if they have entirely nothing to do with Richard's 'master plan', Richard's egotistic thoughts made such anguish.

Wanting to kill Clarence due to his own jealousy and hatred, he forgotten that the death of his brother, affects his children's living beings for the rest of their life. The death of their father, makes the mother a widow, the children are father-less & he doesn't even care about his actions; those who do not care about the children, do not care about others.