Post 19- Myths in Poetry

A myth is natural through symbolic expressions. Poetry is also an expression of feelings and ideas. Myth and poetry both serve in the expression of significant emotions. Myth has several functions that such as truth, experience, and entertainment. Myth provides reason for happening, therefore through poetry you can almost feel what the writer is
writing about or imagine what the author is writing about. Myth in poetry gives a good image of the natural and social order. Myths in poetry describes the emotions of jealousy, love, or sadness of the author. Reading myth make sense that they are designed to know ones feelings.

                                             

Post 18- A symbol in one of the Poems we have read

In the poem "Root Cellar", by Theodore Roethke, the symbol is a underground storage room. You have old houses that were built with a cellar. The cellar is located outside from the rest of the house. Sometimes its very damp, filled with spider webs, and other creatures. Most people who have a cellar uses it for storage, therefore they may not go down there all the time so it may not be the best cleaned area of the house. Some cellar or most cellar you will see may be a little smelly because there is no windows or air conditioning. Some cellar was built to protect you from the storms such as tornados.

Post 17 - Someone Else Symbol

I asked Crystal Phillips' symbol is the Jamaican flag. I asked her what it means she said her entire family. Jamaica is an island that was claimed by Christopher Columbus for Spain in the 1400's. Later in the 1600's it was ruled under the Great Britain government that when it was named Jamaica. What I know about Jamaica is reggae. Reggae is the type of music in Jamaica. I heard that it is a very beautiful island. As far as the flag it's green, black, and yellow. It's looks similar to the confederate flag except for the colors and the starts. Crystal shared with me that she visited when she was little. The flag is important to her because she appreciates her culture, she appreciates her mom especially.

Post 16 - Symbol in My Life

The symbol in my life is my zodiac sign. I believe that my sign is a very independent sign. I usually examine my M shaped symbol and relate it to my life. The symbol seems very simple and easy to copy. It looks very neat and perfect. If it's broke a part you can easily put it back together. This symbol looks complacent. It looks like it happy just being. This m shape symbol, symbolizes ME.



                                                        

Post 15- Critical Perspective

Critical perspective involves adopting a viewpoint. My critical perspective story was the Yellow Wallpaper. In the Yellow Wallpaper, women did not have rights. It was a man world during those time. So my viewpoint about this story was that the wife had rights to live and give opinions if necessary.

 

Post 14 - Psychological Criticism.

Psychological criticism is an approach to literary criticism that interpets writings, authors, and readers through the ways of psychological. Reader responses can also be evaluated from this standpoint to learn more about how people respond to works of literature. The psychological state of the characters are evaluated and examine by their motivations and actions with an understanding of psychology in mind.




 

Post 13 - Poem

I love the poems written by Maya Angelou! One of my favorites is "Strong Woman".

"You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated. In fact,
it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,what you can rise
from, how you can still come out of it."

I have experience many defeats and I keep on keeping on. This poem is a great inspiration when I meet some bumps alone the way. Some poems can be very inspiring that why I truly enjoy reading her poems. She has written other poems about a strong woman, but this one I just love. Thank you Maya Angelou for being an inspiration.

Post 12 - Wiki Article

The Wiki article is moving right alone. As we were working in class I learned that research is not based on opinion but it has to be referenced if there are opinions or diagnosis based on the store I'm writing about. Wiki is short for Wikipedia. Wiki articles are a web based which provides linked based articles to related pages. The article includes reliable sources and has developed many policies and guidelines to improve the articles.

Post 11- Women Writers

I think women writers are so infuential. I love women writers like Maya Angelou. She wrote many poems. Her peoms gives inspiration to women mainly black women. Phenomenal Woman is my favorite poem, I love the part of the poem that reads "The span of my hips, the stride of my step, the curl of my lips, I'm a woman, Phenomenally". That gives me courge as a woman to be proud of being a woman and hold my head up high and embrace being a woman. I also enjoy other writers such as Alice Walker, she wrote the book " The Color Purple" which later turned into a movies. I also enjoy reading books written by Terry McMillian, "Waiting to Exhale" and "How Stella got her groove back". How Stella got her groove back was about a divorce woman looking for love took a trip with her friend and found a young man that made her feel beautiful and loved. In reading some of these stories you put yourself in the main characters shoes or you can relate to certain plots in the stories. Women are emotional individual, therefore reading a book written by a woman you might just feel the emotions in the book.

Post 10- Gender Criticism

Gender criticism is an extension of feminist literary criticism. Gender criticism perceives men and women as different. Gender roles are cultural and personal. It's determined by how men and women should think, speak, dress, and interact with society. The same thing applies with gender criticism. Gender criticism comes to play with what words are used by men or women. Criticized by how they are stereotyped are reinforced or deconstructed.

Post 9 - The Theme of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"

The theme of the Fall of the House of Usher is the insanity within the family. There are horrifying experiences which happens at the mansion of Roderick Usher. The theme shows evil within the house. The family suffers from a mental illness. The narrator describes Usher has having hallucinations, depression, and illusions.