Blood Wedding Journal 3 (Discussion)

Blood Wedding Journal 1 (Discussion)

One thing I've noticed already, just in the first act is a sense of a male dominated society. In the first two groups we see, the Bridegroom and Leonardo somewhat dominate the conversations, Leonardo especially. One example of this is when he says "(harshly) We don't care!" (24) This causes the little girl to run away crying. That's not cool at all. Leonardo also does this same thing to his wife when he says things like "Get away!" and "Leave me alone." (25).

I'm sure this motif will show up throughout the tragedy, as it is very predominant just in the first act. I'm also assuming that it will come into play later, and the males taking advantage of the females or not treating them respectfully will cause one of the central conflicts of the story.

IOP Journal 5

Well.. the powerpoint is done, the speech has been gone over, I should be ready for my IOP tomorrow, although I still feel like i'm not. Think the various analyses (sp?) of the different titles will help make my thesis make sense, I'm confident in the title I picked, why, etc. Nothin left to do but go over it some more and then present tomorrow. Oh joy.

Wild Duck Journal 4 (Discussion)

An interesting concept I have noticed throughout the Wild Duck is the idea of flawed relationships. Although many characters in this story are close to one another, they seem to all have some issues with one another in some way. Right off the bat, we learn about Gregers' and Hjalmers' issues with one another. Hjalmers thinks Gregers hates him, and Gregers just kind of thought they were still friends. "And that's why I had it in for you? Whoever gave you that idea?" (Ibsen 123) This quote just shows Gregers' ignorance towards his actions, or possibly his father and Hjalmers are simply blowing his actions out of proportion.

Another example is the imperfect relationship between Hedvig and her family. She is highly influenced by her parents, whether it be negative or positive, like most children. "No, no- you must set the book down. Your father doesn't like it; he never reads in the evening." (Ibsen 137) She, however, is so upset with her life that she ends up killing herself, which thankfully is not like most children. It is interesting to find the relationship between Hedvig and her parents so flawed that Hedvig decides she no longer cares to live with it.

These are just two examples of this idea of imperfect relationships in tragedies. Although in real life there are no perfect relationships, many of their flaws are highlighted in tragedies, such as the Wild Duck. These are just a few examples from the beginning portion of the book, to show how the author is able to introduce this idea and develop it throughout.

IOP 4

It seems everytime I write one of these my IOP gets closer and closer.. Maybe I'll just stop writing them?

Tonight I worked on how to kind of make my powerpoint/speech more interesting and not just boring talking for 15 minutes. Tried to incorporate my "choice of title" (you'll see what that means) into Camus' absurdist views, explain why it is best choice for the title of the book, etc. Got some pretty good progress done. Just need to practice tomorrow and finish up everything on the powerpoint and I will be good to go on Tuesday

Wild Duck Journal 3 (comparison)

Along with the further developing motif in Wild Duck, and the very dominant one in Oedipus, a sense of human innadequacy presents itself in both. Some outside force in overpowering both stories, and the characters in them cannot escape this force on their own. One example is Jocasta, she sends her child away to try and avoid this curse but low and behold he ends up alive, and she married him. In this sense the will of the Gods completely overpowered Jocasta. In the Wild Duck for example, when Hjalmers thinks it will be best for everyone if he leaves, his daughter ends up killing herself, so that obviously wasn't the best choice either. Neither character was able to avoid their fate.

IOP Journal 3

Tonight I did some more little things with the powerpoint, starting to organize my speech and such, working on my thesis, searching for quotes to relate to my thesis, many IOP like things. Super fun. Getting a decent start, hopefully will pan out so I'm not up all night Monday. Woohoo.