{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"39517428","dateCreated":"1306279544","smartDate":"May 24, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Jenny-37715","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Jenny-37715","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1282875040\/Jenny-37715-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/39517428"},"dateDigested":1531974125,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"\"Vodka\"","description":"Vodka
\nby Joel Brouwer
\n
\nThe Stoli bottle's frost melts to brilliance where I press my
\nfingers. Evidence. Proof I'm here, drunk in your lamplit kitchen,
\nbreathing up your rented air, no intention of leaving. Our lust
\nsquats blunt as a brick on the table between us. We're low on
\nvocabulary. We're vodkaquiet. Vodkadeliquescent. Vodka doesn't
\nlike theatrics: it walks into your midnight bedroom already
\nnaked, slips in beside you, takes your shoulders in its icy hands
\nand shoves. Is that a burglar at the window? No, he lives with
\nme, actually. Well, let him in for Christ's sake, let's actually get this
\nover with.
\n
\n
\nA poem is the most beautiful piece of literature in the world. It is so perfect when read aloud because the words seem to melt out of your mouth flowing like a river. It has a message that leaves the reader with an idea that sticks to you or message that is left to your interpretation. It is open to many interpretations and each and every word is chosen for a reason. It has a structure which reflects what it is trying to express, has a rhythm to it, and fills your mind with images. The poem \u201cVodka\u201d by Joel Brouwer is an unsuccessful poem because it doesn\u2019t portray the perfection of poetry. It has a structure which is like paragraph that belongs in book or novel not a poem. The fact that the structure doesn\u2019t have a meaning or it\u2019s a paragraph makes it unoriginal or insignificant. In a poem, structure is meant to reflect the poem itself. The structure of the sentences also has no connection because they go from very bit to very choppy which cut the fluidity of the poem. There is no rhyme or rhythm when the poem is read so it doesn\u2019t sound beautiful when read aloud. The poem also does not seek to leave the reader with a message for it list actions and a comparison which tramples the idea that a poem is a deep thought which leaves a message. There very little interpretation allowed by the poem because it is of being drunk and liking vodka, which makes the reader loose interest because it doesn\u2019t give anything to think about. The imagery apart from the one comparison, is very weak and doesn\u2019t really add intensity or meaning to the poem. \u201cVodka\u201d does a poor job in impacting the reader with its beauty and message which in the end is what a successful poem does.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36425688","dateCreated":"1300922379","smartDate":"Mar 23, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"fabiborelly31","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/fabiborelly31","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225493296\/fabiborelly31-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36425688"},"dateDigested":1531974125,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Noir ","description":"Macbeth, as a play, is written in such a way to create ambiguity. The play manages to cleverly fool the reader as there is more than meets the eye, not only for Macbeth, but also for those around him. Thus \u201cfair is foul and foul is fair\u201d is more than a simple, paradoxical conception the blinded reader. What most of the clips managed to do so well was to maintain this sense of ambiguity and reverse interpretation of what is actually is being presented.
\nRanging from the typical idea of the witches in Orson Welles\u2019s with the ancient and forbidden potions to the contemporary take on the PBS video, in which witches are actually nurses, there is something hidden, something lurking. Both videos are predominated by a recurring theme: the darkness. In Welles\u2019s movie, the noir presentation amplifies the idea of light vs. shade and the perversion of the witches. The simplicity of the black and white limits the vision of the viewer, and there is an emphasis not on the witches, but instead, on the potion they are preparing. Welles\u2019s drags the attention from the witches, for everyone is familiar with their ugliness and ghoulishness of their appearance and attitude. With the attention away from the physique of the witches, there is centralization on their wickedness, most specifically: the potion they are preparing. The ingredients composed mainly of body parts and an idea of suffering. The shots focus on the thick liquid and the bubbles. It manages to create disgust in the viewer and a relationship in established between the witches and the sickly products of evil conjures. The ambiguity is taken even further as the fog settles in, never giving us a direct view or analysis on the witches, leaving their appearances to the imagination of the viewer. In the case of the PBS video, the clear and obvious difference would be the setting: a hospital. Furthermore, bright colors jump out on to the screen and the scene in highly graphic (maybe a representation that modern viewers prefer violence over content). But the curious aspect of the video is that the witches are presented as nurses, and the scene is all about them. Unlike Welles\u2019s emphasis on the potion, the PBS video clearly establishes that the witches are evil for they have no remorse and they do not tremble at the sight of death. In fact, they enjoy it; they enjoy the suffering and the gore of it all. Darkness however, also plays a role in this video, as the lights go out at the presence of the macabre. But even beyond of all this superficiality, the ambiguity is the strongest aspect of the video. Nurses are supposed to tend the wounded; they are supposed to aid those in need. The nurses in this case are the harvesters of death and suffering. The nurses, in their gleaming glory, save lives and there are fair, they are just, they are good. These nurses however, are foul. The kill and reap on the pain of others. They (quite literally) rip out the hearts of men and rejoice on death. \u201cFair is foul and foul is fair\u201d has a strong resonance on both of these videos, and even though they may have differing approaches to a tale, they stress the concept that the witches are far more lethal and dangerous than they might initially appear, whether they are presented as old gypsies, or caring nurses.
\nThe video that succeeds in portraying the attitude, the spirit of Macbeth would be the PBS video. Macbeth is not a tale of happiness and joy, but instead, it is the complete opposite. It is a tale of betrayal, of dementia, and the haunted and twisted mind of a man who desired power, but the lust proved to be too much for him. Granted, Welles\u2019s portrayal of the play is one that will always be accepted and appreciated (obviously seen by the apparently never ending stories of witches and spells of the likes of Disney), but what Welles\u2019s fails to add is that same ambiguity of the story and that same violence and fear that fuels the characters. Welles\u2019s take falls on the expected while the audience is supposed to be blinded as to what Macbeth will do next. The PBS clip is violent, but it does not land of slasher film genre. Instead, the violence and the characters that portray it increase the stakes of the stories and make the viewer doubt. That should be the goal of any movie: to truly move and mess with the viewer\u2019s stability and perception. Once the idea that the nurses are evil has been impregnated within, the line between right and wrong becomes blurry as Macbeth\u2019s perception of right and wrong becomes altered and he can\u2019t tell between his friend and enemies. The PBS succeeds in this while establishing the witches as truly hideous beings and this is why this clip is the one that manages to portray Macbeth\u2019s spirit.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"36464368","body":"Fabian,
\n
\nIt is always a pleasure to read your work... insightful and fluid, but you must, must, must learn to cut the copious wordage down.
\n OK...
\n
\n1) Please provide me with the definitions of 'concept' and 'conception'.
\n2) Great phrase: 'harvesters of death'
\n3) Great use of imagery make your point.
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1300978912","smartDate":"Mar 24, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"36471908","body":"1) Concept (Noun): A general notion or idea; conception.
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\nConception (Noun): A notion; idea; concept.- Fertilization, inception.
\n
\n
\nSorry about the words Mr. Webster, but I got caught up on the topic and my own ideas.","dateCreated":"1300982839","smartDate":"Mar 24, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"fabiborelly31","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/fabiborelly31","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225493296\/fabiborelly31-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}