Lectures

2/15/23 “Debate On Antigone By Sophocles”

During this class, everybody was put into a group to have debates. There

were debates made on each character such as Antigone, Haeman, Creon, and

more. I was put into the group with Antigone, and the debate we wanted to

argue was if Antigone represents a good virtuous martyr. I enjoyed having this

debate because there was a good argument for both the no and yes side. I chose

to be on the no side and I was intrigued to hear what my group members had to

say to argue against my side. Not only was I interested by my group, but

everybody else came up with good arguments for their characters as well, and

everybody was active and involved.

3/2/23 “Fishbowl On Streetcar Named Desire”

This lecture included a fishbowl, which means students were to make a

circle formation so that everybody faced each other, and everybody adds into

the conversation that the professor starts. This fishbowl was for the purpose

of making a character chart on characters in Streetcar, and we discussed

Stella, Blanche, and Stanley. I enjoyed this lecture because there was an

in-depth analysis on not only the characters, but the story as a whole. Every

character had their own situation going on, and were all able to be described

in various complex ways. Streetcar was the story I enjoyed reading the most,

so I was already interested in this conversation.

4/13/23 “Theme of Silence And Dehumanization”

This lecture was straightforward, where the professor discussed multiple

themes for “Interpreter of Maladies”. One of these themes was silence, where

it was called “the most formidable of all forms of oppression”. Silence was

associated with subjugation, disenfranchisement, and most of all,

dehumanization. Dehumanization was described as disregarding a person as

an actual human being. This can be associated with things such as

dis-enfranchisement, isolation, exclusion, and even marginalization. This

lecture was enjoyable to me because silence and dehumanization are powerful

topics to speak on, and it even reflects to certain aspects of the world that we

live in.