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Illuminated Texts: Shakespeare's Plays and Sonnets
Illuminated Texts on and related to Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Bloody Resolve: A Macbeth Illuminated Text by Elizabeth Mucha and Renee Leber
The first Shakespeare Illuminated Text on our site and one of the best. The students use Macbeth's own words to indict his bloody intentions -- the movement of the words, the letters, and the music create a masterful impression of Shakespeare's words. [We now have a Flash Video version of this presentation - if you've had any trouble hearing the sound and/or video choose that version.] Shakespeare works wonderfully for these Illuminated Texts -
A Pilgrimage to Thee: Sonnet 27, an Illuminated Text by Ariella Silverstein-Tapp and and C. Asoynec
A peaceful and contemplative examination of Shakespeare's Sonnet 27: "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed." It is night, the moon is out, and the Moonlight Sonata plays in the background. Done by two students towards the beginning of our creation of Illuminated Text, it is, as one commentator has said, an ideal example to show students the power of what they can do to explicate the text when creating an Illuminated Text. There is now an Adobe Flash Video version of this Illuminated Text - if you have trouble viewing or hearing sound with the Power Point edition.
An illuminated text on Shakespeare's Sonnet 60 by Beilin & Elaine Ye
A student Power Point presentation illuminating Shakespeare's Sonnet #60. This Illuminated Text was created before the Sonnet Research Project -- and these moving poems helped lay the foundation for that activity. There is now a Flash Video version - if you have any trouble viewing the Power Point Illuminated Text. If you do click on the Power Point edition and if you wish to hear the sound you must use Interent Explorer, on a PC, and be sure to choose Open in Browser, rather than saving it to your disk.
Sonnet 97 an Illuminated Poem by Alex Nuttall and Alex Galus
An examination of Shakespeare's Sonnet 97. This is one of the first Shakespeare Illuminated Texts and it remains one of the best. We showed it during our Macbeth Day that we have each year in the theater, after doing this a couple of years I found that it was just too much to do along with all of the scenes. As this is a Power Point Illuminated Text, in order to hear the sound you will have to use Internet Explorer on a PC.
Fevered Love - A Flash Illuminated Text on Shakespeare's Sonnet 47 by Carmen Au and Sabrina Britecevich
This Illuminated Text was created as the end product of a research project where students worked with partners and investigated one particular sonnet. The result here, for Sonnet 47, is outstanding. The students focus on Shakespeare's medical terminology and extended metaphor in their explication of his work. The music, movement, and overall effect are well-thought-out and comprehensive.
Forsaken Beauty: An Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Sonnet 12 by Luke Strom & Jordan Oswald.
This presentation, created using Microsoft Power Point, makes wonderful use of space and color to make Shakespeare's words "come alive." The words and letters become trees -- the background changes depending on the tone and meaning of a line -- in short, nothing is wasted and every movement, animation, and image has a relationship the poet's text. This Illluminated Text has also proven to be one of the most popular on the site. Also please note that there is now a Video Version of this Illuminated Text if you have had trouble viewing or hearing the Power Point Version.
Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade; Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
This is another one of Shakespeare's beautiful poems. The words just flow whenever they're read out loud so hopefully this illuminated text does too. The main colors I used where yellow, orange, and red because the whole poem is a subject being compared to a summer's day. Hope you enjoy!
The Treasured Key: A Flash Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Sonnet 52
Students, Eric Jang and Yucong Feng created this outstanding Adobe Flash-based Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Sonnet 52. For the discordant music to the choices of animation and movement -- they get everything right. As has been said earlier, the Illuminated Texts created with Flash show the potential of that medium -- it also forces the students to think about the how and why of every move and every flourish that they create. Well-do Read more »
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse - Sonnet 78 - An Illuminated Text by Richard Harris and Nicolette Pawlowski
A very early illuminated text that broke ground in many ways -- relying on words, rather than pictures, and the very appropriate music that is chosen all contribute to this wonderful presentation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 78. The creators of this Illuminated Text do a great job of focusing on the meaning of the Bard's words - and use the animation and music to bring those words to life for the viewer.
The Illuminated Sonnet - A Final Handout
Below you will find a link for a final handout filled with tips -- a checklist and much much more -- for the The Illuminated Sonnet portion of the research paper. The file is rather large so you will have to be patient with its downloading. The checklist that I created for this assignment literaly saved me hours of post-turned-in work. There is so much for students to consider when creating Illluminated Texts that they often forget the most fundamental technical details.
Shakespeare's Sonnet 98 - An Illuminated Text by L. Sanchez and K. Woods
A very heavy image-rich (expect a long download time) examination of Shakespeare's Sonnet 98. The images, music, and words combine to illuminate the poem in a vibrant, colorful, collage. When we first started creating these presentations - we had not even thought of doing them on entire works - such as poems - and this was one of the first.
Caliban & Miranda: An Illuminated Text on The Tempest by Jurgis Alvikas
The student that created this insightful illuminated text is an artist and a brilliant thinker -- both of those are reflected in this presentation that uses the painting "The fall of Icarus" as its backdrop to show that connection of oppresion that exists on Prospero's Island. The use of animation, the music, and the text are significant, appropriate, and as I said brilliant.
Sonnet 42 - An Illuminated Text by Stacy Niemec and Isabelle Davis
An illuminated text on Sonnet 42 by William Shakespeare. The students use Power Point to explicate the text of Shakespeare's Words. The story of a lost love that is regained when the speaker realizes that if she loves him, and he and the speaker are one - than indeed she must love him as well. As with all Power Point Illuminated Texts you will need to use Internet Explorer and a PC to hear the sound of this presentation.
Illuminated Research - Shakespeare's Sonnets & Doing Research
This assignment is designed to have students learn research methods using Shakespeare's Sonnets as their focus. It is also designed to be worked on in teams, though each student will ultimately write their own paper (either on the sonnet or on an aspect of that sonnet). How much they work together is up to them -but going to the library, throwing ideas off of each other, as well as editing each other's papers are some of the possible benefits. The partners will also produce an Illuminated Text (in this case it should be very informed) on their sonnet.
Sand through the Hour Glass: A Flash Illuminated Text on Shakespeare's Sonnet 126
This presentation, created by Henry Guan and Michelle Li, uses Adobe Flash to great advantage to explicate Shakespeare's sonnet concerning love and time. They use an hour glass as a central image to connect the ideas within the poem -- and utilize Flash's power of movement (especially specific to each word or letter) to explicate the meaning of the poem.
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