The Bacchae Part IV

Grade for Wednesday October 28, 2009: 100- I think I should receive a 100 for Wednesday because I participated, took notes, gave my presentation, and was respectful.

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I finished The Bacchae and I have to say I thought it was going to be a lot more light-hearted. He tricks the wife into killing her own son, but yet he punishes her. Not cool. And what did Cadmus and his wife ever do to him? I thought they both believed him. It was interesting, just not too fun considering that he was the god of theater, wine, parties, sex, etc.

Grade for Thursday October 29, 2009: 100- I think I should receive a 100 for Thursday because I dressed appropriately, behaved myself, and also stayed after and brought props for Hopies film.

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So I talked to mrs about The Bacchae. Turns out I'm a generic american teenager. lovely.

The Bacchae Part III

Grade:100- I think I should receive a 100 for today because I finished outlining my section, I took beast notes of other peoples sections, and I payed attention.

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So here's the fun part. Apparently, Penthesus or whoever is tisk tisking the Dionysus followers, but not so much that he wouldn't dress up like a girl just to watch them get freaky. Nice. What I don't get is what he's on when he comes out of the palace ready to go, but he's seeing double and acting weird. Roofies? I love how he went closer just so he could get a better look at the orgies... the ones his mother and sister (? or daughter) were in.

Ew.

The Bacchae Part II

Grade: 100- I think I should receive a 100 for today because I excelled in my leadership position and got what needed to be done done. And then some.

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Does Pentheus have a little crush on Dionysus? For that is what I'm getting the feeling of at some points. After reading Lysistrata, this is really boring. no man-plotting, no sexy-torture. just chains. Do I detect a hint of bestiality in the Dionysus followers? And why does Dionysus keep referring to himself in third person? Odd play I say.

Thurday 10/22/09

Grade: 100- I think I should get a 100 for today because I performed my monologue, worked on acting notes, and teched after school.

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Unnecessary due to the fact that I stayed after school to tech for Giant Dino.

The Bacchae Part I

Grade: 100- I think I should receive a 100 for today because I helped tech, I payed attention to the movie, and I contributed to the feedback of both the concert and the movie.

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Did Dionysus drive all the women of Greece to the mountains to have orgies? Yet they serve the lusts of men. So there must be men around to serve. This guys sounds like a nymphomaniac, having sex with women to "initiate" them into his godly world. Or when he "enters" a man and then the man is "full of prophacies." Sounds a bit like a horny teenager with too much power. Still, it does look like its going to be fun., reading about the ancient hippies. The old-time Dead Heads. Thats what it looks like when this chorus is dancing around and singing for this hottie. lol

Play Vocabulary:

-Glib: readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely.

-Ether: the upper regions of space; clear sky.

-Usurped: to seize and hold by force or w/o legal right

Grade: 100- I think I should get a 100 for today because I caught on to the movie and helped out teching after school.

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I did not read today due to the fact of fatigue and unknown play.

Lysistrata Part: 4

Grade: not needed as today i was absent

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Today I finished Lysistrata. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the rest of the play. In the nortons anthology, there were some homosexual references and jokes about the spartan life style, which confused me because I thought there really wasn't a "gay" concept. Not only was it mentioned as an odd way to be, but there were some jokes about it. Could the negative connotation have started already? At the very end there is a lot of the chorus singing, and that kind of set me off from it. I still don't enjoy reading those parts, it's harder for me to follow. Over all though, I really loved this play and hopefully someone will be putting it on around here. That would be beast.