Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2010 1 Comment »
Well for starters when i began reading Punishment i thought it was going to be something rather different, in that there was going to be something along the lines of enslavement punishment not punishment from the murder of a sister-in-law. The more i read the more interesting it got, the scheme to blame all the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2010 1 Comment »
Being in a joint family house and living with people who are exactly the opposite of you can be quite annoying, but sacrificing yourself for peace in a household is a very courageuos thing to do. Chandara faced a cruel punishment to the eyes of the world but within her family she was respected a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2010 1 Comment »
Loevberg = Bacchus Within the play Hedda keeps questioning whether Eilert Loevberg has “vine-leaves in his hair.” In a quest to understand Hedda’s implications I researched into what “vine-leaves in his hair” could symbolize. Upon doing so, I have gathered the following information. Bacchus is the greek god of wine and fertility. He can be […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2010 10 Comments »
Ingrid Bergman as HEDDA GABLER I feel that when it comes to a play, in order to understand the characteristics of the various characters, it is easier when watching them. For me when I am able to visualize the characters movement and hear the tone in their speech, I am able to get a better […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2010 2 Comments »
To like, or not to like… that is the question. If you like the drama, suspense and a lot of confusion then you have come to the right play. Hedda Gabler is a spoiled aristocratic wife of George Tesman. While they are newly weds they don’t seem to have the normal happy marriage that you […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2010 3 Comments »
Even though i haven’t finish reading the play, i thought the play was quite interesting and fun to read. I really like Ibsen as a playwright since i already read one of his other play A Doll’s House. Hedda Gabler is centered around this couple who just came back from a six months honeymoon and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2010 3 Comments »
What is it that scares people from pursuing what they really want? Is it the fear of change? The expectations of family or peers? The standards of society? Well, in the case of Gurov & Anna, all of the above apply, and I feel like the same can be said about many people in today’s […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2010 Comments Off on Dark Secrets
Baudelaire writes his poems in a depressing manner and the imperfections of “man”. In every poem there is the mention of darkness, a key word in describing humans and their unhappiness. It seems that people just want want they don’t have and ultimately the cause of their unhappiness or dissatisfaction with life. “Dissatisfied with everything, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2010 4 Comments »
“The Lady with the Dog” is about two people who find each other and fall in love and they end up trying to be together. Even though they are both married, they still want each other. The thing that struck me the most about the story was when Dimitri realized that he was living a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2010 3 Comments »
Throughout the Scrivener, every time the narrator asks Bartleby something, he says he “prefers not” rather than “will not to”. I think that he’s speaking more emotionally than logically. I realized that at the end he dies, and I think you can presume his death by looking at what he’s detaching himself from. Especially at […]