William Chiu

This semester has been a great for me to discover teh text fro around the world which emcompass every theme imaginable. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of this class had to have been the beginning material concerning the creation myths. The myths grabbed my attention because of the different ways the world's creation was represented within time periods and cultures. it was also very striking in the way the flood myths possessed similarities which hint at the actuality of such events looking at the assumption that the stories may be too extreme to have occurred. The stories that had the least positive effect on my enjoyment would have to be the tragedies. the content is of course gloomy and telling of acts which exemplify violence and trickery. although i didnt not take much pleasure in reading the genre of tragedy, it was very informative of the culture of Shakespearean and Greek times. By reading those tragedies i was able to not only interpret the ways in which peopled lived according to customs and religion but the way they thought and acted towards one another as well.