Jacob L Lit and Performance Blog

Success is counted sweetest (112) BY  EMILY DICKINSON - This compares the success with the nectar which is sweet.  It wasn't the sweetest nut came out with victory.   Wild nights - Wild nights! (269)  Launch Audio in a New Window BY  EMILY DICKINSON - She really shows her emotions in this poem.  The setting is taken at night and she is trying to make a statement.  Saying that wild nights are ,"luxury."  These nights are worth a lot.   “Hope” is the thing with feathers - (314) BY  EMILY DICKINSON -  She is comparing the theme of hope with the object of a feather.  She is saying how hope can be as light as a feather and go up as easy as a feather.  Feather is positive with many uses just like how hope is.   A Bird, came down the Walk - (359) BY  EMILY DICKINSON -The interaction between the bird and the man.  there is a lot of detail that seems real when it...

5. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which provides an effective introduction of an important character or characters. How would you use staging, design and acting to ensure that this introduction would have dramatic importance for the audience? In the book I would choose the scene when Daniel crashes his car into the tree and Desiree was the one too see this happen.  This was an important introduction for Daniel.  This part was important because it showed the true connection Desiree had with Daniel even though they have never met before.  Desiree knew it was love at first sight.  For staging I would have the car crash happen then I would have just Daniel and Desiree together.  The spotlight would only be on Daniel and Desiree as Desiree is trying to save Daniels life.  I would show Desiree slowly touching his face and touching the blood with her hands.  I would have some  emotion from Desiree as she is using all of her brea...

I am the Director of MLML and I would show the seperation and difference looking wise between the rich and the poor.  The rich I would have them wearing dirty old clothes that havent been washed.  i would have the rich wear fancy clothers like collard shirts with ties and khakis.  This can clearly show the difference.  8 would have the gods on the top of the stage watching over Desiree and the peasants.  By showing that they are above I would place clouds in the sky.  I yhink there should be a couple levels, the first level, the peasants because they are the lowest class, then the rich who make them look less, and then the tird level I would have the Gods watching.  The Rich watch over the peasants but do not associate with them cause they know they are better. I wnat to place the gods on the third level because of power.  I feel like the way people look effects the story and what the audience might think of them.

Blog post. 500 words. Find passages from the text that refer to the 4 gods. Describe their characters and characteristics. What do they look like, act like, sound like, etc.? Also describe how you would represent them on stage. Use direct quotes for each. When talking about the Gods I would start off with Agwe, God of water.  Agwe is for the people and is the master of the water.  I would picture Awge looking like a human but with a clear form.  Agwe would be made out of water and his body would be somewhat transluscent because of the water.  Everything apart of him is blue because that what he color of water is.  I picture most of these Gods having long hair with beards.  Agwe cares a lot about the Earth and wants the people to treat it kindly.  "Agwe, god of the sea, of our waters."  It talks about how he brings life to its fullest by making everything healthy.   Another God in the story is Papa Ge.  Papa Ge is a serious ye...

Last week my class and a few other classes went to go see the play, "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare.  This is one of the first William Shakespeare plays I have ever watched.  Before watching the performance I did not know much about the plot besides reading the study guide.  I thought it was hard to understand what was happening at times but at the end it all came together and made sense.  I thought it was a good production by all the actors.  After watching the performance I realized that there were some themes like, happiness, love, romance.  This was seen as a very romantic sort of play.  It seemed that multiple characters were in love with each other. The love brought out many of the characters souls and ending up breaking some hearts in the end. The story had lots of characters but to start off we have the two twin siblings, Viola and Sebastian.  This started off with a crash of a ship that killed many of the passengers but they happe...