HAMLET: To be or not to be

GOAL: To show an example without a figure, which has an aesthetic.


To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer (65)
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks (70)
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, (75)
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, (80)
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life, (85)
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of? (90)
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry, (95)
And lose the name of action.-- Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.

Dylan Soliloquy

2 Sonnets by Shakespeare

GOAL: Explore the storytelling attributes and structure of a sonnet. Find a modern example that can relate to my thesis.

sonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

Writers such as Shakespeare used the soliloquy to express some of the personal thoughts and emotions of characters without specifically resorting to third-person narration.


Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.


Sonnet 60

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned,
Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand
Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

Hypothesis (1st attempt)

Hypothesis: If the identity for New Jersey were based on everyday occurrences then it would finally have an image of itself that resonated with the public.

Brazil Flickr gallery

braziluk

Brazil Study

GOAL: Identify elements of street culture that has crossed over to products and identities. Examples include Samba that is used to sell Shakira's music, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which put the spotlight on mixed martial arts and Capoeira (a martial art disguised as a dance) that has crossed over to video games. Other examples that have crossed over to popular culture are parrots (unique animals of the region), Christ the Redeemer (landmarks), motifs, cultural painting, beaches, flags, bathing suits and an alcoholic drink named caipirinha.

gov (interesting use of the flag)

music (music associated with Brazil)

gringo (use of a distinct word from the Brazilian culture)


These videos compare Samba from the streets in Brazil and Shakira's video which is a product for the USA.




These videos show how Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art disguised as a dance, was used in a game created by the Japanese.




Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was created and refined from street fights in Brazil. It uses chokes, joint locks and leverage to beat opponents. When the UFC made its debut, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu exploited the faults of all other martial arts systems. When the UFC defends itself from being labeled as scenseless violence, it falls back on the premise of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in that it's a chess match of skill.

UFC

Selected Photos

GOAL: to refine and select pictures that compliment the main photo.