Reflection poetry

1) How confident you are in analyzing poetry

I guess I'm okay with it 50-50%. But I dont think I am confident with analyzing poetry in dept. I think I'm going to analyse it in a non-detail way.

2) if you feel you can confidently identify the various poetic devices

I think I can, since I'm able to spot different types of terminology :|

3) What we've done that you've found useful

I found making our own poems useful.

• thought about different types of poetic devices we can put into the poem.
• feel a certain way on how to write the poem
• think about how the readers would want to react - reader's reaction
• understand how the author/poet is trying to portray their poem
• It's easier to learn how to use poetic devices when you're applying it in a poem form

4) Anything you are not confident with or sure of

Analyzing poem in depth.

Getting quotes and explain it

thoughts on the whole play

What did i think about the play:

1. A very heartbroken play because..
   
   : Your most trusted person betrayed you/ Have been plotting evil schemes behind your back( Othello and Iago)
   
   : Jealousy had led you to killed the person you love( Othello and Desdemona)
   
   : You want to gain affection from your love one so much that you might end up doing something horrible ( Iago and Emilia)

Iago is the mastermind of all this plotting and scheming. The way he takes advantages in any way he can, and the way he switch/twist his plan so fast when things are going wrong. At one point, I think Iago has a motive/motives in doing these evil things, but at another, i don't think he has any motives at all. Maybe being evil was in his blood. I kinda admire Iago in a way that he's clever and cunning;

1. The ending is very weird and sad.
   :I find it disappointing when Iago stops talking all of a sudden towards the ending of the play. It's good that Iago gets to live because for me, dying is an easy way out of life. And I think Shakespeare is really smart to leave out Iago's motive. It makes people think about Iago's motive in their perspective.
   
   : Why did Othello have to die? I mean, i understand that Desdemona is dead already but Othello doesn't have to die, Eventhough he indirectly murdered the woman he ever loved. He can move on without her. I dont think that's how a general behaves, but I think his love for Desdemona had led him to his weak and crucial side. This shows how much he loves Desdemona.
   
   : I don't mind Emilia dying because her husband will be torture at a near death experience( but will not die) and I don't think she would want to live, knowing her husband is going through all that and also knowing her husband don't really love her. Emilia and Desdemona had gone through a lot and i think them dying together is a good thing. And also, I don't think Emilia would want to live, knowing she has caused quite a lot of trouble by stealing her mistress's handkerchief. It'll be better if both of them are dead. It saves them from mental and physical pain.
   
   : I kinda know that Emilia would save the day in the end because she was the one who gave the handkerchief to Iago, And she is Iago's wife. If anyone would have found out Iago's plan, it would be Emilia.
   
2. I find some of the parts funny
   : How Othello went from calling Iago "honest" to " devil that cannot be kill"
   : How Lodovico called Iago " Damned slave" or "this wretch"
   : I did find Roderigo funny and a bit sad. The way he dies is funny and the way he went all this way to get Desdemona to love him is sad.
   
3. And for the racism and feminism
   : I do not think it exist in that time. They might have use this to describe someone, but may not know it to be racist. And for the feminism part, for them it may just be a stereotype for girls to be under control of men. I find this a bit stupid because woman should stand up for themselves(Just like Emilia did). Maybe they were some woman like Emilia, thats why Shakespeare put it in the play. Or maybe he just want something to be extra-ordinary.

1) your opinions on the main characters
Igao- He is a very clever character. I dont think he is evil at all. Iago can be very nice. Maybe something provoke him to be like this.
Othello- At first, i thought Othello is a very gentle, respectful man. But as i read through the scenes and acts, i found out that Othello anger is triggered by someone while Othello is having sex with his wife :|. This shows that his weakness is Desdemona.
Cassio- Cassio cares about his pride too much which led him to fall into Iago's plan.
Roderigo- Roderigo love for Desdemona had made him blind. He did not realize that without Roderigo, Iago plan isn't going to work. Roderigo was about to realize that he is failing, but Iago's power of convincing people is very strong.
Desdemona- She knows how to speak for herself. She is a gentle lady and would stick with Othello through it all.

2) your thoughts on the storyline
The way one event leads into another made me want to read more. The way Iago's talking to the audience made it seem like Iago's telling the plan to them. So far, i haven't really read through all of it yet, so i dont really know what's my thoughts on the storyline :||||

Initial learning

1) something I found useful so far
acting out the scenes. - this made me understand more about the play and i like acting eventhough i can't act. :|

sitting in a circle(but my butt hurts sitting on the chair without the table):|||

2) Anything i like to do instead
continue to act out the scenes because it helped me to understand more about the play and the character emotions and intentions :D