Deconstructing was the theory my group chose to do for our shakespeare project. And after researching information on it, I think I have a pretty good understanding of what it is; but I think we'll have to wait until we try to apply it to King Lear to really see if it sunk it. So far I gather that deconstruction is all about breaking the story apart and looking deeper into the meaning it. Especially looking at the author's intention of writing the way he did. The thing is, is that Shakespeare probably didn't write down what he made cordelia refuse to play her father's game of "how much do you love me", and that could maybe do a good thing or bad thing, I haven't decided yet.
In addition to that project, we also had to poems of the week. Both sonnets and both pertaining to life after death and what's important for you to leave behind. Shakespeare's poem went right over my head the first time it read it. But after talking it over with my group, I started to understand what he was trying to get at. Basically, don't waste your life collection material things and focus more on your character because that's what lives on after your bodies in the ground. Ozymandias on the other hand was a little easier to understand of the first read; however, everything is better after discussing it with my table. So this dude Ozymandias was not a very nice dude, but he was a really powerful leader, the "king of kings" as he called himself. But here we are a long time later and his statue is crumbling in the desert. Moral of the story: be nicer to people and maybe your legacy will live on a little longer. I was presently surprised at whole easily my PoW flowed out this week. Although, I'm still a little unsure of the style and such the college board is looking for on these types of writings. Deconstruction
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