Rituals

1. What are Rituals?

Rituals are when is set out group of actions that is often related to religion, or tradition.

2. What are examples of rituals?

Some example of rituals are confirmation, mass, and evensong.

3. Why are rituals related to nature?

Rituals are related to nature because they are a way of coming to respect and love the gods or spirits that live in nature, like the a bear god or god. Also because rituals mimic nature because there is a lot of repetition in nature, and rituals are also very repetitive. 

4. Why is repetition critical to the enhancing of a ritual?

Repetition is critical to enhancing a rituals because in essence each religion is trying to engrain their beliefs in there heads.

5. List events that are repetitive in your lives or the world around you.

Brushing your teeth

Sleeping

Going to school

Eating dinner

Going to the gym

Driving to work

6. What action would you repeat on a regular basis?

I always get out of bed, go to the bathroom, have a shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush my teeth, go to school ect.

7. Do Rituals have a symbolic value? Explain the value of symbolism in ritual.

Yes, a lot of rituals do have symbolic values. A lot of rituals use the moon and the sum to represent different things. Some also use fire and water.

8. How are rituals associated with theatre?

I think that there are a lot of rituals that are used in the theater during a performance. I think that we use rituals in theatre to try and attract people to there primitive nature. Also I think that we try and associate rituals into theater because rituals a very pretty, and prestigious things to be a part of.

9. How are rituals related to memory? 

I believe that a ritual is related to memory because with all of the repetition in rituals they are basically brainwashing us into believing what they want to believe. 

How are hierarchies related to status? How does one assert one's status over others?

 

Hierarchies are related status because they show your position. The higher up you are on the hierarchy the more power you have. The lower you are in the hierarchy the less power you have making you lower in status. One may either use a person lower on the hierarchy for a slave or a servant. Also they may bully and or hurt others because they are higher on the hierarchy and they can. Also one may boss people around because they are trying to move themselves up in the ranks because they impress the other people. 

Individual Role Play

Which of your faces/masks/personas is really you?

I think that all of the personas that I played are really me. I think that i am not just a single celled organism. I am more the just one thing. I will show different sides of me to different people. I will be caring, and thmughtfull and other things to my girlfriend. This side of me i have never shown, and highly doubt will show to any of my teachers. I think that we have different sides to use because that is what makes us who we are. If i was one person to everyone i would not have that many friends, and my parents and teachers and friends would all think of me as a different person. I think that when we act differently around others we show who we truly are because as an individual you think that you are acting very differently, but really you are still the same person, and all of you will shine, it just depends on who is seeing it, and from what perspective. I think as a person we try and portray a different person to different people, but i think that is just human nature, and trying to make ourselves recognized, and loved. In a whole I think that no matter what face we put on we are still the same person, and we shouldn't try and be exactly the same around everyone because you will not be successful because you will be so 1 sided, and uninteresting that people will not want to be incorporated with you.