Backtracking

As I read back on my posts that I have done over the course of this semester, I begin to see a pattern. Though I never focus on exactly the same thing, such as the class system or anything of the sort, there is a common thread that can be seen throughout both. In both, I focus on the way that Shakespeare sets up his plays. Both focus on the first or second act and the way that things seem to be unfolding as we move forward into the action. Though both posts are vastly different in the way that they explore this, it is a common theme that I seem to explore. This makes sense, because unfolding action in plays and novels has always been a main focus of interest for me. It is what sets up what happens for the rest of the play after all, if it is not addressed properly and interest is not peaked right in the beginning, it seems to all fall apart in my opinion.

Both also seem to focus on the women of the play, and how this rising action affect them. For example, it explores the way that Hermia’s decision is affected by the moon, and the way that all of her fate seems to be planned around the moon. In the second post, attention is brought to Hero and her predicament when it comes to the Prince and Claudio’s discussion on getting her to marry Claudio. Even when I reference back to other plays, I reference using female characters, such as Viola. This makes sense to me as well because my focus when analyzing Shakespeare’s plays is usually drawn to the female characters and how they fit into the action; even though females are supposed to not have that much power in this day and age that Shakespeare wrote about. But that is where I notice the similarities stopping.

Where in the first post, I have more direct quotes and seem to have done more research on the topic; I also have picked a more general topic. In the second post, more attention is brought to the characters and how they influence the rising action, rather then the way an abstract force does the same thing. In a way both posts balance each other out. Also, by the time the second post comes around, from the way my writing has changed from the first post, it seems that the author, myself, has grown more comfortable with the style of writing that is common in blogging. The context has more personal comments thrown in with the facts, which makes the post itself easier to read. But this also makes the post seem less professional. The slew of facts that were researched and the quotes in the first one make it more professional and impersonal. Personally, for the sake of a blog style of writing, the second post fits better to this setting. I believe that my posts make it easier for me to see where my focus lies, especially when looking back on it. This makes it easier to write a research paper, because I can see where I am the clearest writing, which for me is the female roles as well as the rising action.