Reflection

What I really enjoyed learning about this first semester is how to analyze the film interpretations of Hamlet and how they go about to communicate themes and symbols. I like the fact that we were studying the play through a different medium so that we were able to analyze it in different perspectives. We were able to look at the light settings, the camera focus on faces or objects, a clearer understanding of hushed speech, and what the camera excluded from its focus to understand the film director's interpretation of the play. What I also enjoyed this semester is reading T.S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock. Even though I wasn't in class to learn about the poem, I was able to understand that the poem talks about the complexity of the modern man and the obsession with time. I haven't fully understood the poem yet, but it reminds me of similar works of literature like Yeats' Second Coming or Vonnegut's and Orwell's works that have a gloomy, but curious focus on the complexity of man in the early 20th century. And yes, I do like to read about early 20th century works that have that kind of perception on the complexity and grandeur of man.