Christine's Arts Blog!

  I thought the different works in “Classic Poetry” as aspects of education was not far off than any other ancient teaching of poetry. The poems were all enriched (some more than others) with changing words and full of emotions. The poetry is focuses on different aspects of life more specifically that will be discussed which are rhetoric, morals and virtues. As far as teaching rhetoric the poems are full of ancient words that appear to be different languages yet one universal language. These poems also as far as rhetoric gave a voice to the people who did not have a voice. For example, in the poem “ Plums are Falling ” takes mention of how life changes daily. Focusing on the words of the poem in the first stanza gives a clear and direct indication how these poem teaches specific language. In the poem, “Plums are falling, seven are the fruits, many men want, let me have a fine one” (760), shows the indirect changing of one’s life or that of life in general. I thought this...

  The role of disguise in the story “Somadeva” is symbolic to the red lotus. It interesting that the red lotus was given to both husband and wife to keep in case the other one commits adultery. The red lotus appears that is almost used almost as a plastic love, and love should be forever. Yet, the plastic really shows the elasticity placed over the situation. One of the things the story fails to do is alert the readers to the story within the story. I think the main female characters Devasmita was used as a pawn to test her ability to remain faithful to her husband. One thing that I found fascinating in this story was that Devasmita comes off as she cares, but I highly doubt she did. She appeared to be a strong woman (even going against her father’s wishes to marry) but she also seemed somewhat aloof to what was going in the story. This reveals by some of the examples in the story and the nature of relationships between women in men, which a woman can play a man’s game ju...

Hello, My name is Christine Donofrio but please feel free to call me Chris. I have another blog that I keep where I write my poetry and about different things in my life. I am somewhat excited to use blogging as an assignment. My favorite things are movies and did I say movies. I attend movie marathons on a regular basis. I like anything from indie, science fiction, to horror films. I also write poetry and I am working on a play. I am currently working on a documentary about Gay and Lesbian families for my creative research thesis project. I have a best family and friends could ask for. Oh and I dabble in painting as well!