Oh Oh Othello

In class last time we watched a clip of Othello and discussed it. I would just like to say that I interpreted the reading different then the movie showed it. I think that happens a lot with reading that turns in a production. This is very evident with Twilight, I read the book before I saw the movie and there were multiple things that I interpreted differently then how the movie showed it. It just shows that people have very different interpretations of things and that not very single person is going to imagine the same thing. Harry Potter is another example of this, many people that read the books are disappointed in the movies because they feel that it did not follow the book or that they imagined something completely different. This shows that people read and imagine things differently in their minds and what you think is going on, may not be what the person next to you thinks is going on.

Othello

In Othello, I think it is highly interesting how Iago manipulates everyone in the play. It's like Iago is on the outside looking in and controlling very character in some way, yet the other characters don't even seem to notice that Iago is controlling them. It really drives me insane, at some points in the play I just want to grab some of the characters and shake them. I want them to wake up to the fact that Iago is manipulating them. Another thing I am interested in is how the situations in Othello are still present now days. Like how some people manipulate other people in their lifes and how rumors get started that cause people to want to take revenge. Like the rumor about Othello sleeping with Iago's wife, which causes him to come up with this elborate scheme to hurt Othello. This situation is highly common in society now days and many people are effected by it. Othello has multiple aspects within it that can be related to everyday life.

Girl Interrupted

Girl Interrupted was a very interesting movie and was not quite what I expected. In class we discussed certain movie lingo and terms that were present in the movie, such things as flashbacks, angle of the camera and costumes of the characters. The movie was littered with such things, one scene that caught my eye was when Lisa was down in the tunnel reading Susan's diary. It caught my eye because of the multiple camera angles, especially when Susan is looking for Lisa and the other in the tunnels and she comes to cross-roads within the tunnel and cannot figure out which tunnel to take to get to Lisa. The camera angle is amazing it pans from one tunnel to the next, to the next. It makes you feel like you are the one searching for the right way to go and it makes you feel lost and confused. Another scene that caught my attention is at Daisy's house. All the colors in her house are really bright and cheerful, when in reality her life is really sad and depressing. The house and the colors play as a mask for Daisy to hide how she really feels inside. Flashbacks were a big part of this movie, they helped viewers connect the dots and made things start to make sense. One flashback that I feel that has some importance is when Susan flashes back to a party at her house, where one of the dad's comes up to her room and tries to have intimate relations with her. The scene showed that she had already had a relationship with this man and helped to explain a scene that would come later on in the movie. The movie was very insightful and I really did enjoy watching it. I also enjoyed eating my gummi-worms during the movie!!! :)

Yellow Wallpaper

I really did enjoy reading this work of literature. It shows how some people are trapped by their society and their own minds when it comes to expressing themselves. The work also sheds some light on how the society worked in that time. If you were sick you were taken away and hidden, so you wouldn't embarrass or hurt your family's standing. It really shows how socitey repressed individual expression and creativity. I also like the part that the guy fainted when girls were the one's that were suppose to faint in that time.