Project 1 Nick Lutz

For my project i will share the experiences I had through a class that impacted me the most. This class was acting Shakespeare. I first heard of this class and thought it would be very uninteresting because it was mostly about Shakespeare, which i had very little interest in. I went into this class with an open mind and came out with a learning experience full of wisdom. My teacher was a strange but funny man named Mr. Gowen. He filled the classroom with a presence of excitement. He made Shakespeare interesting because he put so much into the acting and reading of plays. As a class we all performed as different characters in Shakespeare's plays. Mr. Gowen made sure we all knew our lines and was able to perform it in front of an audience. The best part was were given characters that reflected our own personality. As we followed these characters we learned things not only about Shakespeare, but about ourselves as a person. At the the end of plays we were tested and asked to write an essay on what was learned about ourselves. I was always amazed about how much I could relate to every character I portrayed. In class I mostly played the character that was there for comic relief that made the right decision in the end. As an academic community we all learned as a group interacting and learning from each other. Looking back I am happy that I stuck with this class because it taught me skills that I still use today.