This week we discussed the poem "Barbie Doll" and read the play Antigone.
First of all, the poem this week really made me think. It was about a nice girl who was constantly told of her negative features. Eventually she died (either figuratively or literally) and everyone said how pretty she was because the work the mortician had done. The meaning of the poem is:
1. It's important to not pay too much attention to what people say about you. If you worry too much about criticism, it will destroy you.
2. It also condemns society's habit of objectifying women and encouraging them to alter their bodies to fit cultural standards. The poem was very well written. Here's a link to it.
The play this week also had a connection to feminism. In it, Antigone stands up to the king, Creon, who refuses to let her bury her brother. As you might have guessed from the unit we're in, it ends with a lot of deaths. Unlike the first play we read, I enjoyed the one this week. The characters were a little long-winded, but that's common for theater. It conveyed more meaning to me than Oedipus Rex, and it helped that I didn't know the story yet. The main ideas in this play were:
1. It's important to stand up for your beliefs, even if it means death
2. Making descisions out based on your pride will only lead to your misery
This play really touched me. Especially when Antigone hung herself rather than give in to the king. It was noble and well... tragic.
First of all, the poem this week really made me think. It was about a nice girl who was constantly told of her negative features. Eventually she died (either figuratively or literally) and everyone said how pretty she was because the work the mortician had done. The meaning of the poem is:
1. It's important to not pay too much attention to what people say about you. If you worry too much about criticism, it will destroy you.
2. It also condemns society's habit of objectifying women and encouraging them to alter their bodies to fit cultural standards. The poem was very well written. Here's a link to it.
The play this week also had a connection to feminism. In it, Antigone stands up to the king, Creon, who refuses to let her bury her brother. As you might have guessed from the unit we're in, it ends with a lot of deaths. Unlike the first play we read, I enjoyed the one this week. The characters were a little long-winded, but that's common for theater. It conveyed more meaning to me than Oedipus Rex, and it helped that I didn't know the story yet. The main ideas in this play were:
1. It's important to stand up for your beliefs, even if it means death
2. Making descisions out based on your pride will only lead to your misery
This play really touched me. Especially when Antigone hung herself rather than give in to the king. It was noble and well... tragic.