Following the conclusion of our work on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, we began reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. While we read and discussed the book, we also read quite a few articles pertaining to the novel. Although I didn't really enjoy the book itself, I did like all the different perspectives that the articles provided. The biggest thing that annoys me about the book is that people, especially women, are seen as objects (although this could be done on purpose). For example, Victor talks about how his mother gifted Elizabeth upon him. Pretty much the way that women are talked about through the whole book is pretty gross.
Also during this time, we worked a but on analyzing poetry. Although I've read some poems here and there in other classes, I've never had to analyze them as deeply as we have to for AP Lit. I really enjoyed Percy Shelley's poems and I think it's pretty cool that both Mary and he were authors. Next, we used our new poetry skills to write our first closed prompt. I have to say that it ended up being a lot more difficult than I expected. I had a hard time deciding how to separate the prompt into distinct sections and just answering the question overall.
Hi Alex,
ReplyDeleteGreat job on this, you covered what we did well and pulled in other connections as well! I agree with you on R&G not being a good play, I didn't enjoy it too much either and truthfully found it pretty boring and way too confusing to read. Also what you mentioned about the women being treated like objects is so true and I feel the same way. Nice job on this and keep up the good work!
Alex,
ReplyDeleteNice post, as usual. You relatively concisely covered the important things since the last response to course materials. I personally liked R&G, but I think we discussed that last time, so I won't bother to go into depth with that again here. I do agree with you on Frankenstein. People (women especially) were portrayed as objects too much. I know this was probably a result of the time period, but it is weird considering the author was a woman. I also had trouble with the closed prompt, but I think we will probably get more practice which will help us.