Post Eleven: Practice IOC

Text Analyzed: Lady Macbeth's Unsex Me Speech from Macbeth

Link to Voice Recording: http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cDn3nh1fJa

Criterion A: 9-I believe I accurately portrayed the historical information on which Macbeth is based as well as providing the context of this passage.

Criterion B: 7- I think I made some valid points about what Shakespeare's intentions were when writing this passage, however I think I could have explained more accurately what its effect on the audience was.

Criterion C: 4- My organization was fairly neat in the beginning, I gave context and then jumped into plot, the language, the audience, and then the effect of the language on the audience. However, I think my organization fell apart in the end as I ran out of time to create a solid conclusion.

Criterion D: 3- I think this is my weakest area. The language I used seems repetitive and is not on par for the level of analysis being conducted.

Post Ten: Never Let Me Go Covers

I cannot accurately describe the purposes of the different cover art, because I do not know how cover art becomes published. Is it commissioned by the author, made by the author, chosen by the publishing companies, I don't know. However, I could surmise that the intention of the different cover art is to draw in various audiences. A reader who is into more gothic literature or mystery may pick up the cover with the organs or the boat, whereas a reader who desires a romantic, positive story may choose to read the novel with the bright covers. While I find that the colors are categorized to please two different audiences, its interesting how there are no clear images in any of the four covers. There is a slight blur to some aspect of each cover, which I believe serves to highlight the blurred lines between science and humanity, and the many transitions to personal accounts in the plot of Never Let Me Go, that can be portrayed as uplifting or depressing.

Dark, broken, danger, scientific, futuristic. The cover on the left is a dark representative of the plot of Never Let Me Go. It portrays the internal anatomy of a human which is quite significant in the novel; as the clones exist to donate their major organs. This cover depicts the viewpoint of the clones, as they begin to envy their future consisting of donations as time passes. A prime example of characters who would share this viewpoint are Chrissie and Rodney as they question Ruth about delaying the inevitable donations while on their trip to Norfolk. The image is best associated with the scientific culture seen in the donations and cloning of the plot. It is likely that a book with this cover would be chosen by someone who is into medicine, mystery, science, and futuristic literature.

Romantic, cheery, unicorns that poop gold, summer, relaxation. The cover on the right depicts a bright, cheery meadow in Never Let Me Go in which a young girl appears to be thinking to herself. It portrays the students' lives at Hailsham as dainty and carefree. This cover depicts the viewpoint of clones outside of the Hailsham upbringing as seen in the first chapters donor who asks Kathy H. to tell him about what it was like at Hailsham in detail. The cover is  associated with the carefree culture of the students at Hailsham, where their education solely consists of the arts, and where they have freedom to roam as one does at a private boarding school, or in college. A book with this cover would be chosen by someone who is looking for a romantic love story, or an uplifting novel about how an individual's life changed for the better.