There's got to be something good in here...

Going back through Digital dialogue posts, I found that I was drawn to ideas concerning the historical context and the social customs and conventions of Shakespeare's day. I hadn't really thought much about historical context in ideas, but this makes me want to do more research on the interests that I have right now.

I also really enjoyed the discussion we had in class on Friday, and I'm excited at the personal applications that I've been finding and how they can translate into paper ideas. In Much Ado About Nothing, deception is a key theme that I talked a lot about with Amelia in class, and I definitely want to pursue it. I also had to watch a PBS video for my British Lit class, which discussed the deception and and cross-dressing in As You Like It. I would really like to compare the differences in deception in these two plays. As well as perhaps, look at the faked deaths in Much Ado and The Winter's Tale. These are some of the ideas that are coming to me right now. But I think that I need to do more research into the historical context, for instance about gender roles and cross-dressing, in order to really find something I'm invested in. 

Thoughts from a virgin blogger...

First of all, I found Professor Burton's outline and reading other students' posts really helpful in understanding the social networking, development and research that goes into the process of the this paper. I read over Jessica Asays's posts and found her learning outcomes very relieving. I can totally connect with being initially intimidated by Shakespeare at the beginning of the class, and now, feeling a little more capable of handling his work. Breaking down the process into different steps and having questions to be able to focus our efforts on is really helpful to making this seem do-able.

Secondly, I'm excited to be using all of these new social media and experience interaction digitally and personally with friends, family, co-workers, and classmates. I'm not very familiar with blogging and tweeting and such, and even though it's hard to put myself out there in this way, I think it will be a worthwhile and rewarding experience.