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this week in class we did not do much learning, but we have been watching the plays Macbeth and King Leer. Depending on which play we chose, we watched one or the other, and I happended to choose Macbeth. So far, if I had not spark noted the play or had not had the preview from the teacher, I would not really understand what was going on except that there was a creepy lady and a guy killing people. A lot of it is due to the old English. I have a difficult time understanding old English on the first read, so not having anything here to reference makes this play really hard for me to follow, causing me to look up spark notes once every fifteen minutes or so. But with these resources, I can piece together what is going on, and all in all I am enjoying this play. I will admit though, there are some strange, strange scenes. We were also told that there was said to be actual "dark magic" verses, or something along those lines in this play, and it's supposedly cursed. It's very interesting I think. This play we are watching is also an updated version, set in world war two or somewhere around that time period, although the old English is still there, making it come off a little weird. But in the end it still works. When we finish watching this, I know for a fact I will go through an updated English version to get a better understadning of what is going on. This project is already going to be difficult, let alone with not getting a 100% of the play. This website, http://people.umass.edu/sharris/in/gram/GrammarBook/HistoryOfOE.htmlhttp://people.umass.edu/sharris/in/gram/GrammarBook/HistoryOfOE.html talks about old English and how to understand it, as well as the history behind it. I am very excited to see the end of this play and get started on our new project!
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