Reflection

There are many common themes in the works that we have studied this semester. One theme is love; this theme is shown in Madame Butterfly, the Marriage of Figaro, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Vanessa. We see the difference between a 'culture of shame' (Madame Butterfly) and a 'culture of guilt' (The Iliad). The Greeks and the Romans would rather live one glorious day then a life of mediocre work, and this is seen in The Iliad and the Oresteia. Dramatic irony played a big role in many of the works we studied. It was in Vanessa, when she was confessing her love to the wrong man. It was in Madame Butterfly, when the audience was able to Pinkerton for a fool who was only using Butterfly and Butterfly, who was in love with him, couldn't see his intentions and waited for him.
I prefer the blog postings when compared to daily quizzes. The postings help me better because I have to read the whole work and then answer questions and/or summarize that work. It's also helpful when we have to compare two works, it gives different views on the works.
I prefer the blog postings to formal essays. The blog postings act as informal essays, being on the internet gives students access to many different sources of information. This allows students to get many different views and versions of a piece of work, and be able to compare the difference.
I like that the blog is portable. I like being able to show my friends and family all that I have done for my humanities class. It is also posted on my personal webpage in case anyone wanted to look or follow my blogs. It will be a good tool for the future, I could use it as a reference for another class or show an employer of some of my work done during college.