Comparing writing styles. Kafka, Conrad, Camus

The writing styles of Camus, Kafka, and Conrad all differ in their own ways. Conrad's writing style takes a more discriptive view by having lots of adjectives and imagery. Kafka writing is more free flowing and not as hard to understand. The constant use of commas and semicolons complements the free flowing style that he writes in. Camus in my opinion is the most different for the other writers in that his writing is more simple and straight  forward. He repeats how "I" did this and that and "Then" she did this.

Genesis1 vs. Open

In comparing the writing styles of King James's Genesis 1 and Andre Agassi's Open both have similarities and differences in reaching their audience. Genesis and Open share the aspect of being able to easily be understood because of the non complex writing. Genesis was written in thought of reaching a really broad audience in which the sentence structure is mostly short and straight to the point," And god said,"let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good and he separated the light from the darkness." As well as Open, his writing style was along the same lines of the short/ fragmented sentences because its genre of being an autobiography.

Reading Now vs. Reading Next Year

I am currently satisfied with the current state/amount of reading at Buckley assigned for homework but I like the idea of reading in class and would like to see it applied into a daily routine rather than every so often. I feel this would tremendously help the stamina of readers to better prepare them for the harsh amount of required reading in college.

Hamlet: self assessing your writing style

        For this particular essay, the lack of prof reading is what affected my score the most. In my case I focused so much more on the story and descriptions aspect of my essay that I disregarded the quotation and grammatical errors. Normally in my writing the main weakness would be the story/ analysis parts so I tried to focus more on that to improve my essay. I strive in the future to find the perfect balance between the two. Although I feel that I have already improved a lot this senior year, my essays still need to improve to be on the same level of those assigned in college

Hamlet: Act III Scene1

"To be or not to be" the most famous line in English literature. Hamlet is contemplating what to do. At this point Hamlet knows his uncle has killed his father. So in the soliloquy Hamlet is contemplating weather or not to kill himself out of frustration with the entire situation.

From the very beginning of the scene it is easy to spot Hamlets indecisiveness, so the best way to portray it would be to display a very unsure/uncertain Hamlet. Hamlet is clearly coming from a very dark place, placing him in a dark room by himself would only help further portray his indecisiveness making the scene dark and cynical. Further adding to the dramatics of the scene dressing hamlet in dark clothes only adds the dark place Hamlet is coming from. Very low lighting and hamlet speaking slowly and softly would only make it seem more dramatic.  

Hamlet: Essay response

Dr. Forman,

I really thought this essay was easier than the last one mainly because of the introduction film. I am more of a visual learner which for this essay... made it way easier to express my thoughts on the paper. The only thing I disliked about this essay was the fact that the videos were not available to us the entire time.

Hamlet: 2nd and 3rd body

Franco Zeffirellis version of Act 1 scene 2 is presented to us from a much different approach that strived away from Kenneth Branaghs and other directors’ Hamlet. Hamlets discussions with his mom and step dad are first introduced to us at their castle in a vastly different way through setting and style. Rather than Branaghs prominate  entrance, Zeffirelli takes an opposite approach and makes the setting in a small room cluttered with books. The clothes they wore were similar to the same rags that peasants wore. Their speech was even slowed down to seem less formal. The colors around were dull and did not stand out at all to signify royalty. It could be taken into consideration that Zeffirelli wanted to strive for a less complex version of Hamlet so it could be understood by many more. Although Zeffirelli drove away from the visual shock and awe aspect of Hamlet, he made up for it by shifting more of a focus on Hamlet and Gertrudes relationship.

            Cinematography in Hamlet is a very critical to the making of the film because it allows you to see what the director wants you to see. A close, personal, facial shot could be used to capture facial expression while they speak or a wide dropped back shot could be used to amplify the loneliness of someone in a room. Both styles are used in the production of Hamlet to better familiarize you with the directors’ interpretation of the play. Franco Zeffirelli first introduces Hamlet with a lighting technique by putting him in the shadows of his room to metaphorically reveal that Hamlet has an evil side. This is also metaphorically revealed in Kenneth Branaghs version by dressing Hamlet up in a black suit. His cinematography later focused more on Mel Gibson’s face in unveiling Hamlets anger and rage caused by the murder of his father, his uncle overtaking the throne, and then his mother swiftly getting married to his uncle. This is also partially used in Kenneth Branaghs version but his dark side and anger are more so expressed though Hamlets directed lines and tone that the actor uses. In both versions as the scene closes Hamlet is left alone. Kenneth Branaghs desired more of a loneness feeling in this scene so he added a drop back shot to capture more of a wide angle to capture the greater amount of the emptiness in the room.