Humanities,
Smart Goal For the Second Semester:
Perspective
Look at my work, choices, and actions through the eyes of others and take their perspectives in consideration before turning in an assignment, acting on my choices,or facing the consequences of benefits of my actions. I will achieve this goal by listening to the opinions of others then taking into consideration the perspectives of others when making important decisions both in school and my personal life. In the past I feel I’ve reaped the the benefits of others perspective from only 6/10 possible times. In the future I want to be a 10/10 as far as considering the perspectives of others.
Look at my work, choices, and actions through the eyes of others and take their perspectives in consideration before turning in an assignment, acting on my choices,or facing the consequences of benefits of my actions. I will achieve this goal by listening to the opinions of others then taking into consideration the perspectives of others when making important decisions both in school and my personal life. In the past I feel I’ve reaped the the benefits of others perspective from only 6/10 possible times. In the future I want to be a 10/10 as far as considering the perspectives of others.
Humanities Final Essay:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare's most famous comedic work of theater, shows many similarities and differences with not only Shakespeare's other work, but with a plethora of other topics we covered this year. Oberon's intrusive wishes to control all around him may be compared to Lord Capulet in , “Romeo and Juliet. While Lysander’s wish to run away with Hermia may contrast from the socialization surrounding love enforced on Helena and the others. Even the social classes of Shakespeare can provide insight into distinguishing the affinities and differences of, “A Midsummer Night's Dream” and these other real world ideas, a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s work and it’s ties to modern society may be more closely understood.
For a man who died in 1660 Shakespeare had an uncanny ability to tackle subjects that still cause controversy in modern society. An example of the effectivity of this play is seen in its underlying theme of marriage as the ultimate fulfillment of true love. This theme echoes it’s way into today's debate of marriage in the 14 supreme court cases of racial discrimination in marriage, divorce, and same sex marriage. For instance, in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare pokes fun at a love triangle in which a daughter rebels against her father's wish of a pre arranged marriage. Although the mainstream concept of pre arranged engagements is long gone, the way in which Shakespeare illustrates the freedom and prestige found in marriage can be applied to a very current strife regarding marriage in today's society. This quarrel of socialization dawns the mask of same sex marriage. In the play a daughter of a rich man falls under scrutiny based on her decision to love someone who was not, “ worthy” in the eyes of her father. In 1996,almost 400 years after the death of Shakespeare, the supreme court abolished section 3 of the defense of marriage act which incriminated same sex marriage in Windsor v. United States. This was so, because of the influence of socialization on the judges at that time; who concluded that homosexuality was wrong in the eyes of the supreme court. Although eventually exceptions were made, the repercussions and denial of the fulfillment of marriage were extremely similar to those underlying themes found in Shakespeare’s work.
Shakespeare’s impressive ability to relate deep topics in his plays to real world controversy is exponentially increased when closely examining the relation between his other works of theater. Analogous to the play, “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Shakespeare’s, “ Romeo and Juliet” shares many of the same characters and themes. For example, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the character Bottom is a silly and odd addition to the lineup of characters in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. While in, “ Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio performs the duties of giving some mindless comedy to Shakespeare’s tragic undertones of love and death; these two characters, Bottom and Mercutio, are foils for each other in the most basic sense. An example of this can be seen as Bottom is eager to play all of the parts in a play, this trait is reflective in Mercutio in his eagerness to ally with Romeo. While both provide some essential aspects and comedic relief from the story Mercutio and Bottom are not the same in all ways.An instance of this is seen as Mercutio gives his life in order to maintain his honor; “I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.Is he gone, and hath nothing?” ( Romeo and Juliet, act 3, line #59) on the other hand Bottom has no sense of honor or loyalty. Similar foils between these two universes can be found in the characters, Oberon and Lord Capulet. For example, Oberon and Lord Capulet both manage to rule their different kingdoms with authority and command while also maintaining an atmosphere of convivial. In addition, during their respective plays both Oberon and Lord Capulet manipulate their family in similar ways. In, “ Romeo and Juliet” Lord Capulet uses coercion to make his daughter love someone she doesn’t. As exemplified
by,”Well,he may chance to do some good on her: A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is.”(Romeo and Juliet, act 4, line #30) Meanwhile, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Oberon uses the flower retrieved by Puck to force his unknowing wife, Titania, to love someone that she truly does not, “ What thou seest when thou dost wake, do it for thy true love take..I wonder if Titania be awaked then, what it was that came in her eye” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II line #12)Other than this parallel, Oberon and Lord Capulet both share protagonistic roles in the plays, “ Romeo and Juliet” and, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
When looking at the resemblance between the kingdom of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” , many parallels and disparities to the distribution of wealth and social classes can be seen. In the re incarnation of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare makes a tremendous attempt to separate the economic classes in the way that they dress and even how they speak. Frills and jewlery cover the rich in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” the women clothed in flowing gowns and formal dress for the men; in contrast, the poor don rags and dirty cloth. In addition, the way that the poor talk contrasts from the rich well versed speaking of royalty in the use of free verse which the people of Athens speak in. In contradiction, the royalty of Athens ( Theseus, Egeus, ect) speak in iambic pentameter; which means five unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables all rhyming.
In conclusion, through Shakespeare’s, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” many connections to other real world issues and other topics that we have covered this year can be seen, such as social and economic classes and Shakespeares connection to the real world.By using the perspective provided by Shakespeare a new understanding of these ideas can be found.
For a man who died in 1660 Shakespeare had an uncanny ability to tackle subjects that still cause controversy in modern society. An example of the effectivity of this play is seen in its underlying theme of marriage as the ultimate fulfillment of true love. This theme echoes it’s way into today's debate of marriage in the 14 supreme court cases of racial discrimination in marriage, divorce, and same sex marriage. For instance, in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare pokes fun at a love triangle in which a daughter rebels against her father's wish of a pre arranged marriage. Although the mainstream concept of pre arranged engagements is long gone, the way in which Shakespeare illustrates the freedom and prestige found in marriage can be applied to a very current strife regarding marriage in today's society. This quarrel of socialization dawns the mask of same sex marriage. In the play a daughter of a rich man falls under scrutiny based on her decision to love someone who was not, “ worthy” in the eyes of her father. In 1996,almost 400 years after the death of Shakespeare, the supreme court abolished section 3 of the defense of marriage act which incriminated same sex marriage in Windsor v. United States. This was so, because of the influence of socialization on the judges at that time; who concluded that homosexuality was wrong in the eyes of the supreme court. Although eventually exceptions were made, the repercussions and denial of the fulfillment of marriage were extremely similar to those underlying themes found in Shakespeare’s work.
Shakespeare’s impressive ability to relate deep topics in his plays to real world controversy is exponentially increased when closely examining the relation between his other works of theater. Analogous to the play, “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Shakespeare’s, “ Romeo and Juliet” shares many of the same characters and themes. For example, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the character Bottom is a silly and odd addition to the lineup of characters in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. While in, “ Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio performs the duties of giving some mindless comedy to Shakespeare’s tragic undertones of love and death; these two characters, Bottom and Mercutio, are foils for each other in the most basic sense. An example of this can be seen as Bottom is eager to play all of the parts in a play, this trait is reflective in Mercutio in his eagerness to ally with Romeo. While both provide some essential aspects and comedic relief from the story Mercutio and Bottom are not the same in all ways.An instance of this is seen as Mercutio gives his life in order to maintain his honor; “I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.Is he gone, and hath nothing?” ( Romeo and Juliet, act 3, line #59) on the other hand Bottom has no sense of honor or loyalty. Similar foils between these two universes can be found in the characters, Oberon and Lord Capulet. For example, Oberon and Lord Capulet both manage to rule their different kingdoms with authority and command while also maintaining an atmosphere of convivial. In addition, during their respective plays both Oberon and Lord Capulet manipulate their family in similar ways. In, “ Romeo and Juliet” Lord Capulet uses coercion to make his daughter love someone she doesn’t. As exemplified
by,”Well,he may chance to do some good on her: A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is.”(Romeo and Juliet, act 4, line #30) Meanwhile, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Oberon uses the flower retrieved by Puck to force his unknowing wife, Titania, to love someone that she truly does not, “ What thou seest when thou dost wake, do it for thy true love take..I wonder if Titania be awaked then, what it was that came in her eye” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II line #12)Other than this parallel, Oberon and Lord Capulet both share protagonistic roles in the plays, “ Romeo and Juliet” and, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
When looking at the resemblance between the kingdom of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” , many parallels and disparities to the distribution of wealth and social classes can be seen. In the re incarnation of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare makes a tremendous attempt to separate the economic classes in the way that they dress and even how they speak. Frills and jewlery cover the rich in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” the women clothed in flowing gowns and formal dress for the men; in contrast, the poor don rags and dirty cloth. In addition, the way that the poor talk contrasts from the rich well versed speaking of royalty in the use of free verse which the people of Athens speak in. In contradiction, the royalty of Athens ( Theseus, Egeus, ect) speak in iambic pentameter; which means five unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables all rhyming.
In conclusion, through Shakespeare’s, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” many connections to other real world issues and other topics that we have covered this year can be seen, such as social and economic classes and Shakespeares connection to the real world.By using the perspective provided by Shakespeare a new understanding of these ideas can be found.
Shakespeare Project Reflection:
The goal of the Shakespeare project was to read and analyze a multitude of Shakespearean texts and produce a full fledged production of, " A Midsummer Nights Dream" at the end of the year. To help reach the completion of this goal I assisted the class come up with costumes for the play. This meant that I was labeling suits and dresses and placing them in order for the final production; I also assisted some of my peers by helping them learning their lines. By contributing this way I took a role in getting the class ready to put on the play.
My biggest connection of this project came in the form of the silent seminar discussing Pyramus and Thisbe. I enjoyed this the most because a silent seminar allows more topics o be brought up in a shorter period of time which led to me gaining more valuable knowledge that I used in my essay. I also enjoyed the Romeo and Juliet compare and contrast. However, the silent seminar was what I felt most connected to during this project.
The most difficult part of this project was the weeks prior to the night that the play would be performed. This time was hard because the tension began to mount as characters stumbled through certain lines and I had hardly memorized any of my lines three weeks before the performance. I had to persevere and work for days but I finally had a grasp on my lines and as soon as I had that done I felt more comfortable performing on the stage. This is just one of the many examples of a tough time during this project.
During this project I learned that I enjoyed helping others with their lines and blocking. Throughout this project I worked with some of the other mechanical and even the lovers to help them memorize their lines and blocking. Although this meant that I would have less time to work out my own lines, I prefer assisting my peers with theirs. Additionally, working on lines with others helped me see some actions and tendencies that I should and should not do. For example, when I helped with some of the lovers I noticed they had a tendency to not leave some space in between lines. This helped me remember to breath when I was delivering my lines. This is what I learned about myself throughout this project.
My biggest connection of this project came in the form of the silent seminar discussing Pyramus and Thisbe. I enjoyed this the most because a silent seminar allows more topics o be brought up in a shorter period of time which led to me gaining more valuable knowledge that I used in my essay. I also enjoyed the Romeo and Juliet compare and contrast. However, the silent seminar was what I felt most connected to during this project.
The most difficult part of this project was the weeks prior to the night that the play would be performed. This time was hard because the tension began to mount as characters stumbled through certain lines and I had hardly memorized any of my lines three weeks before the performance. I had to persevere and work for days but I finally had a grasp on my lines and as soon as I had that done I felt more comfortable performing on the stage. This is just one of the many examples of a tough time during this project.
During this project I learned that I enjoyed helping others with their lines and blocking. Throughout this project I worked with some of the other mechanical and even the lovers to help them memorize their lines and blocking. Although this meant that I would have less time to work out my own lines, I prefer assisting my peers with theirs. Additionally, working on lines with others helped me see some actions and tendencies that I should and should not do. For example, when I helped with some of the lovers I noticed they had a tendency to not leave some space in between lines. This helped me remember to breath when I was delivering my lines. This is what I learned about myself throughout this project.
Mask Reflection:
https://docs.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/document/d/1rE1a-BBTprVz9Kfqp14woMEm23apQHUP-nFtWPYIcHQ/edit
Death penalty:
Death Penalty
The death penalty is legal in over thirty states and in those states I feel that the penalty does it’s job repelling criminals and giving justice to the victims families. If there was a ban of capital punishment then an outbreak of terrible crimes would follow, the reason for this is that the death penalty keeps the people tempted to commit crime in line if there was no death penalty then panic would ensue. According to, David Cooper, of the death penalty information center crime in states that have instituted capital punishment have seen a decrease of crime from, “9 to 4” since 1991. States who dropped the death penalty have seen an increase in crime of, “3 to 5” and that number can only go up. Many families of murder victims believe that the death penalty can be a solution and provide compensation for their loss. Even with the long waiting time and many court appeals many believe that justice was served in the end. All in all these are a few reasons why the death penalty has been a positive source of justice for the United states.
Some make the argument that the death penalty is issued to those convicted who are also of a certain ethnic group or religious belief. After seeing that, as of now, there are a total of just over 3000 and the majority, 43%, are white closely followed by African Americans, 41%, and then latinos ,12%, I would say that the people claiming a majority of African Americans on death row are wrong based on the research of,NAACP-LDF "Death Row USA (July 1, 2014)". Another argument that many who are anti death penalty make is that the time it takes to execute a convicted murderer is too long, but is the time that it takes to outcome this sentence really to be questioned when justice for the victims family is in question. Even if the average time that it takes to successfully carry out the death penalty is 25 years, there can be no substitute of death to ease the suffering of the victims family. In conclusion, this is why the death penalty is crucial to today's society.
Perhaps “just” isn't’ the word we should use when describing the sentence that results in death, I don't think it’s even close. The death penalty is yet another example of how corrupt our justice system has become; is that what we are now? An eye for an eye? Violence for violence? Fire to fire? Looking at statistics it only gets worse, the risk of executing an innocent no matter how small or insignificant is too large of a chance to take. Looking back many families of victims are against the death penalty. For example,Vera Ramirez-Crutcher, whose son Donald Bruce was murdered, opposes the death penalty; she even protests holding signs with various unforeseen harms of the death penalty. Vera and many others declare capital punishment, “extremely inhumane”. In the end, the death penalty is an atrocious and inhumane form of punishment that should be completely abolished for the good of modern society.
Could the death penalty be more childish? When a child or anyone for that matter is caught using violence to retaliate against someone else who had performed a violent act he or she is punished and scolded, but when the government uses the most inhumane process to fight violence with violence we applaud their effort. And what exactly is the, “effort” that the government is spending millions upon millions of our tax dollars on, simply, creating more violence.By eradicating the death sentance we could see our tax money be used on strengthening law enforcement so that violent homocides don’t occur in the first place. In conclusion, by ending the death penalty we could save the lives of innocents accidentally prosecuted through the death penalty and we could use our money to create new programs in local justice through police departments.
The Night of Broken Glass
A burning skeleton crashed to the pavement and exploded shards of burnt wood and melted stained glass. Underneath it the earth shook and quaked, my body shook and quaked as the tears streamed down my face; blurring the smoking synagogue. My place of peace had been eradicated, my place of study as it was my fathers, as it was my fathers father. The smell poured into my nose and burned my throat, but it was soon replaced by the rotting stench of Gestapo. A three column line filtered in through Bakers street onto Shcoons lane, in the blink of an eye a little woman sprang like a cat from an alleyway. She hit the squad leader and clung to him screaming with vengeance, a bloodcurdling whack pierced the air as a club connected with the cranium of the screaming women; she fell silent to the splintered ground and twitched in final desperation then lay still. Young boys ran alongside the 1Offizier des Bösen throwing stones at jewish boys and girls.
A young man clothed in full Gestapo wear ran up to me, he raised his hand, “You, you are the man from church! You are a Jew!!!” Terror fills my face as he turns to the rest of them but before he did I grabbed his shoulder. Swiftly I dragged him into the shadows, but before I could silence him his fellow officers started to point and remove their weapons from their holsters. I knew that this would be my last moment so I dropped the boy and stood with a straight back. In seconds I was surrounded by short, lanky, and skinny Gestapo,the boy on the ground whimpered his nose had started to drip blood.
The Germans started to close in like a pack of hungry wolves,
“2Das ist der Jude?” spoke a 20 something man on the right
“3Das ist die dumme Juden.” replied the boy laying on the ground
“4Schlugen ihn zu einem Brei.” yelled a young boy standing next to the Kommandant.
Without speaking the Kommandant leaned down to match my height,
“5Dieser alte Mann ist ein Jude?”, without letting the young man answer he slapped me straight across the face. Within a second my back caved in with sharp pain as a club connected to the top of my spine. I fell to my knees in hurt,
“6Genießen Sie es, ein toter Mann” he spoke in a whisper
I clamped my mouth shut forming a line. He placed his dirty hands on my ears, with a swift motion he turned my head to the side and pulled. I fell to the grimy street and winced when my neck popped on the broken cobble road. The Kommandant place his heavy booted foot on my head and started letting his weight focus on my skull, the pain started and culmanated to an excruciating high. Then, nothing.
German Translation:
1 Officer of evil 2 is this the Jew 3 yes it is the stupid Jew 4 Beat him into a pulp
5 this old man is a Jew 6 how does it feel to be dead man.
https://docs.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/document/d/1rE1a-BBTprVz9Kfqp14woMEm23apQHUP-nFtWPYIcHQ/edit
Death penalty:
Death Penalty
The death penalty is legal in over thirty states and in those states I feel that the penalty does it’s job repelling criminals and giving justice to the victims families. If there was a ban of capital punishment then an outbreak of terrible crimes would follow, the reason for this is that the death penalty keeps the people tempted to commit crime in line if there was no death penalty then panic would ensue. According to, David Cooper, of the death penalty information center crime in states that have instituted capital punishment have seen a decrease of crime from, “9 to 4” since 1991. States who dropped the death penalty have seen an increase in crime of, “3 to 5” and that number can only go up. Many families of murder victims believe that the death penalty can be a solution and provide compensation for their loss. Even with the long waiting time and many court appeals many believe that justice was served in the end. All in all these are a few reasons why the death penalty has been a positive source of justice for the United states.
Some make the argument that the death penalty is issued to those convicted who are also of a certain ethnic group or religious belief. After seeing that, as of now, there are a total of just over 3000 and the majority, 43%, are white closely followed by African Americans, 41%, and then latinos ,12%, I would say that the people claiming a majority of African Americans on death row are wrong based on the research of,NAACP-LDF "Death Row USA (July 1, 2014)". Another argument that many who are anti death penalty make is that the time it takes to execute a convicted murderer is too long, but is the time that it takes to outcome this sentence really to be questioned when justice for the victims family is in question. Even if the average time that it takes to successfully carry out the death penalty is 25 years, there can be no substitute of death to ease the suffering of the victims family. In conclusion, this is why the death penalty is crucial to today's society.
Perhaps “just” isn't’ the word we should use when describing the sentence that results in death, I don't think it’s even close. The death penalty is yet another example of how corrupt our justice system has become; is that what we are now? An eye for an eye? Violence for violence? Fire to fire? Looking at statistics it only gets worse, the risk of executing an innocent no matter how small or insignificant is too large of a chance to take. Looking back many families of victims are against the death penalty. For example,Vera Ramirez-Crutcher, whose son Donald Bruce was murdered, opposes the death penalty; she even protests holding signs with various unforeseen harms of the death penalty. Vera and many others declare capital punishment, “extremely inhumane”. In the end, the death penalty is an atrocious and inhumane form of punishment that should be completely abolished for the good of modern society.
Could the death penalty be more childish? When a child or anyone for that matter is caught using violence to retaliate against someone else who had performed a violent act he or she is punished and scolded, but when the government uses the most inhumane process to fight violence with violence we applaud their effort. And what exactly is the, “effort” that the government is spending millions upon millions of our tax dollars on, simply, creating more violence.By eradicating the death sentance we could see our tax money be used on strengthening law enforcement so that violent homocides don’t occur in the first place. In conclusion, by ending the death penalty we could save the lives of innocents accidentally prosecuted through the death penalty and we could use our money to create new programs in local justice through police departments.
The Night of Broken Glass
A burning skeleton crashed to the pavement and exploded shards of burnt wood and melted stained glass. Underneath it the earth shook and quaked, my body shook and quaked as the tears streamed down my face; blurring the smoking synagogue. My place of peace had been eradicated, my place of study as it was my fathers, as it was my fathers father. The smell poured into my nose and burned my throat, but it was soon replaced by the rotting stench of Gestapo. A three column line filtered in through Bakers street onto Shcoons lane, in the blink of an eye a little woman sprang like a cat from an alleyway. She hit the squad leader and clung to him screaming with vengeance, a bloodcurdling whack pierced the air as a club connected with the cranium of the screaming women; she fell silent to the splintered ground and twitched in final desperation then lay still. Young boys ran alongside the 1Offizier des Bösen throwing stones at jewish boys and girls.
A young man clothed in full Gestapo wear ran up to me, he raised his hand, “You, you are the man from church! You are a Jew!!!” Terror fills my face as he turns to the rest of them but before he did I grabbed his shoulder. Swiftly I dragged him into the shadows, but before I could silence him his fellow officers started to point and remove their weapons from their holsters. I knew that this would be my last moment so I dropped the boy and stood with a straight back. In seconds I was surrounded by short, lanky, and skinny Gestapo,the boy on the ground whimpered his nose had started to drip blood.
The Germans started to close in like a pack of hungry wolves,
“2Das ist der Jude?” spoke a 20 something man on the right
“3Das ist die dumme Juden.” replied the boy laying on the ground
“4Schlugen ihn zu einem Brei.” yelled a young boy standing next to the Kommandant.
Without speaking the Kommandant leaned down to match my height,
“5Dieser alte Mann ist ein Jude?”, without letting the young man answer he slapped me straight across the face. Within a second my back caved in with sharp pain as a club connected to the top of my spine. I fell to my knees in hurt,
“6Genießen Sie es, ein toter Mann” he spoke in a whisper
I clamped my mouth shut forming a line. He placed his dirty hands on my ears, with a swift motion he turned my head to the side and pulled. I fell to the grimy street and winced when my neck popped on the broken cobble road. The Kommandant place his heavy booted foot on my head and started letting his weight focus on my skull, the pain started and culmanated to an excruciating high. Then, nothing.
German Translation:
1 Officer of evil 2 is this the Jew 3 yes it is the stupid Jew 4 Beat him into a pulp
5 this old man is a Jew 6 how does it feel to be dead man.