One artifact i could analyze using Pentadic criticism is weddings. Weddings for many years have been used to bond or tie two people together publically. Two people get married legally with the priest present at the wedding which will later be called a marriage. A wedding and/or marriage suggest feelings of love and dedication, and when two people get married traditionally they have a wedding to let others know of their sacred bond. The traditional wedding will normally be in a church with many family and friends present. The traditional colors of a wedding are black and white, and when the bride walks down the aisle it is traditional to sing "Here Comes the Bride".
Act: Publicized bond between two people legally, emotionally and financially.
Agent: The two people getting married, the priest, family and friends.
Agency: Love and dedication
Purpose: To publicize and legalize two people in love.
Scene: A church very decorative in what ever city/state of the couples choice.
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This is an interesting artifact to analyze. The general concepts which all weddings have in common seem to be consistent throughout cultures, so the broad topic can still be approached in an effective manner. I believe it will be relatively easy to write 1000 words on this if you choose this topic. Going into details and citing multiple examples of weddings in a specific way can help support your conclusions and would also make your analysis more complete. Do not forget to apply the ratios so as to come away with understanding of which pentad plays the defining role in weddings. Perhaps the dominate pentad will be different in various types of weddings.
ReplyDeleteWell first let just say that this blog is so eyecatching and fun to look at. I have alot of work to do on mine just to keep up with you!!! Nice job. But on the the artifact, I personally like the modeling idea best. The wedding artifact is nice but it could get a bit tricky because wedding are always different and it could be hard to analyze "weddings". Unless your doing a specific celebrity wedding then that would be good. Moving on, the modeling idea is good for pentadic criticism because it is a model, runway, purpose (fashion show and designers)and of course the paparrizi!!! You should use this method because you can get loads of info to write an essay or two on. Weddings would be ok for the next essay as well. I think you'll do awesome. And again, Great Blog!!
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