Friday, February 10, 2012

paper narrowing

so in the mornings when i am getting ready for school
i normally will quickly scan through my social media feeds
on my phone and i have made a rule i cant get on the computer
well this morning I had to break  that rule when I found
this article comparing Macbeth and Harry Potter
let me tell you how excited I was

So what I have decided to focus more on is
learning Shakespeare through modern interpretations
not only may it be more engaging for students
but it also is able to show a lot of things
like how influential Shakespeare is in our society
to the point where his tales are almost ingrain into everyday life

so for example, with Macbeth
comparing it with Harry Potter -a story that most students would know- teaches a further understanding of motive and should help students to better see another way into understand complex characters
looking at art renditions should help to teach character analysis

So I want to show the importance of Macbeth in particular
not being taught in seclusion of just Shakespeare and the text
and more being taught in the context of Shakespeare is in everything

and I dont know how I would quite tie this in
but i have thought a lot about what Bri is looking into
with how Shakespeare is so much folklore
and how Shakespeare was the pop culture of his time teaching the folklore
and how our new pop culture is teaching the folklore of our time being that of Shakespeare
so she is moving backwards with that idea and i am looking forward

What do you think?
Does it sound better than my mess before?

Can you think of any other important things?

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