Reaching Out From Beyond The Grave

Why, oh why doth thou torment us so, Shakespeare! Reaching from beyond the grave to make us understand your words! Well, I don't actually hate Shakespeare, but I'm really wondering why Shakespeare has to appear all over the place when it comes to literary studies. Don't answer that. Anyway, I'd decided to rewrite The Tempest in prose, just to prove to myself that I actually understand the story, and to incorporate my interpretations into the narrative. Something like killing two birds with one stone. It also makes it easier for me to go through the text quickly without missing stuff out.

I was meditating on my poor performance on day 1. I now understand that perhaps I was actually pulling my strokes. That means that I was not really allowing my hits to land. That's a bit of self-discipline I'd believed in, which is in not landing hits to deadly effect unless you mean it. Quite forgotten about the fact that the armor actually prevents the wearer from feeling any real pain. I'll keep that in mind during the next session.