Video Task

Video Task

http://www.nytimes.com/video/theater/100000002575787/in-performance-fiona-shaw.html

Questions

What are the symbols used in the video?

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Why there is no any drop to drink in spite of the water is in everywhere?

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What is the meaning of the albatross's hanging around mariner's neck?

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Vocabulary Questions

Try to guess the meaning of the words given.

*Crawl:

*Fathom:

*Mist:

*Wither:

Open-Ended Questions

·      What do you think about this video ?

     

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     What could be the causes of the disaster which is mentioned in the video? Why? 

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     Is the language used in this video wheater literary or metaphorically ? Write your opinions.

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     Self-Evulation of The Video Task

    

      I have chosen this video because I am familiar to the book 'The Rime of The Ancient Mariner' and I like reading literary books, mythological artifacts and ancient plays. So, I think if I choose it, the preperation comes easier to me. In this video, we can see that the mariner exposed to variety of disaster because of the anger of  the Gods. 

When the mariner looks slimy beings which are mentioned in the video with love and respect nature, the mariner's sin is lighter and it rains.

   REFLECTION TASK 3

 

I want to introduce you to my candidate Bear Grylls. Bear is one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure. He is also one of the youngest ever climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. His journey started in the UK on the Isle of Wight, where his father taught him to climb and sail. Bear spend his three years as a soldier in the British Special Forces serving with 21 SAS. After a well trained process, he is involved in a number of television series in the United Kingdom and the United States about survival in the wild. He is best known for his television series 'Man vs Wild' also known as 'Born Survivor' but it ended in 2013. He married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000.They have three sons: Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry.

In his dangerous adventures, Bear hasn't got anything except from his knife. He starts the journey without food and water. You can see his courage, ambition and love of nature in 'Escape from Hell', my favorite tv series. In this program, he struggles with the wildernes whether it be jungles, snow-capped mountains, burning deserts or steep canyons. It shows the true life stories of ordinary people who are trapped in extraordinary situations of survival from bandit attacks, to avalanches, being lost in ferocious sand storms... I chose him because Bear Grylls is very experienced, strong and bold person.

REFLECTION TASK 2/b

http://www.nytimes.com/video/theater/100000002598246/in-performance-anne-marie-duff.html?playlistId=100000001987201

In Performance-ANNE MARIE DUFF
My video is a quotation from the Shakespeare's well-known play 'Macbeth'. Anne Marie Duff who is an English actress noted for a tv series 'Shameless'  is enacting Lady Macbeth. I chose this video because like many other people, I admire to Shakespeare's works and Macbeth is  my favorite one. This part of the video is act 1 scene 5:
Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood;
Stop up the access and passage to remorse
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Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. She is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband. When I first read this play, I think how she is clever and elegant contrary to other female characters. She demonstrates that women can be as ambitious and cruel as men. For example, Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband with effectiveness, overriding all his objections when he hesitates to murder. Afterward, however, she begins a slow slide into madness just as ambition affects her more strongly than Macbeth. Lady Macbeth’s sensitivity becomes a weakness and she is unable to cope. At the end of the play she kills herself. To my opinion Anne Marie Duff enacts Lady Macbeth successfully. I find the video very impressive and fascinating. You should watch it just for a few minute, you'll like.