We started out today by playing a few rounds of Tribond. What do the following three things have in common? (I’ll be asking you about these images in Tuesday!)
Then I went over the Metaphorical Analysis with you guys. Remember – think of UNLIKE symbols or comparisons. Don’t say that Iago is a backstabber because he IS a backstabber. Don’t say that Desdemona is faithful – that’s not a comparison. Try to avoid animals – that’s fairly basic.
If you get stuck, see if this is helpful:
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If *character name* were food, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a car, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a toy, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a plant, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a technological gadget, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a color, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were an element of nature, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a chemical element, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a medicine, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a candy, what would he/she be?
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If *character name* were a thing you can buy at Wal-Mart, what would he/she be?
Focus on characteristics of the character – either brainstorm on your own or in your group. I don’t mind you sharing the same characteristics, but I don’t want you to share the same SYMBOL. So you may all use the idea that Iago can’t be trusted, but I don’t want to see 14 papers with “Iago is a snake.” The creative thinking here is coming up with your OWN metaphor, so try to think of something that NO ONE ELSE will think of!
So far, some of my favorite metaphors have come from Shelton!
Here are the Reflection Questions for the Metaphorical Analysis:
Metaphorical Analysis
- What did you do?
- What was the purpose behind doing it?
- What was the most difficult piece of this project? Creating metaphors? Explaining your choices? Finding quotes?
- Which metaphor are you most proud of?
- Who is the most realistic character in the play? Who is the least realistic? Use at least one embedded quote (please just use one of the quotes from your project for this) to back this idea up.
