Renaissance Interview Reflection
1. Reflection on the various presentations.
My classmates did interviews on the following Renaissance persons: * Leonardo da Vinci
* Marco Polo
* King Henry the Eight
* Martin Luther
* Miguel de Cervantes
* Queen Elizabeth the First.
I learned many new interesting facts about these Renaissance persons from my classmates interviews. For instance, on Leonardo da Vinci, I learned that he hated wars, studied astronomy and that he left Italy for ever in 1506 and died in 1509 in France.
On Marco Polo the only information I heard which was new to me was that Marco Polo was born in Venice.
Some information I heard about King Henry the Eighth was that he liked his third wife the most, and that he changed the way the church was organized in England by declaring himself the leader of the church instead of the Pope.
About Martin Luther I learned that he was born in Germany, that he was a great speaker and that he criticized the Catholic Church for not doing its true job well. They were only interested in money and power instead of the true meaning of the Church.
What I learned about Miguel de Cervantes is that he started as a slave and that he was a great storyteller who touched the hearts of a lot of people. He wrote many books, but the most famous is his one about Don Quichote.
Finally, I learned some interesting things about Queen Elizabeth the First. I learned that she was not the tyrant I thought she was, and that she was actually a very good queen who ruled over her kingdom carefully. What I also learned was that Queen Elizabeth became queen by saying that her sister Mary (who was the actual queen) was a tyrant and would lead England to its doom.
What I found interesting about all the interviews, was that many people were embarrassed by their interview, while it was just perfectly fine.
2. What would I change to improve my own interview/presentation, if I were to do the assignment again?
After listening to all the interviews of my classmates, I would make a few changes in my interview as well. These changes include: * Make more questions, because it was shorter than some other interviews that I heard.
* At one point I did ehh for a while, and I wanted to change that, however, it was too late.
* I would speak in a deeper voice, because my voice was pretty bad and sounded like a girl.
But I’m still satisfied with the way I did the interview. I wanted to show Michelangelo as a person who thinks highly of himself (maybe even a bit arrogant).
