This past week was my senior oral. It was extremely fun and rather successful, in that it was an excellent conversation and I passed. Hurray! The senior essay and oral examination is the culmination of the program and drives many people up the wall. We’re given a month off to write our essays, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief when we turn them in. Orals begin after the Registrar frantically assembles a schedule between everyone’s conflicting schedules, and students and tutors alike both begin to fray at the edges. The oral committee is composed of the Chair, who directs the conversation and asks the opening question; the Presenter, who announces the senior to the Chairperson; and the Member, who acts as another questioning presence. Everyone processes in and sits in formal regalia, and the conversation begins. I had a ball talking about King Lear for an hour with extremely intelligent people. My presenter asked a very intriguing question about the nature of parenting and how it deepens the pathos of the play. This is not an experience that I have access to, so I was quite pleased to have the opportunity to view the play through an entirely different lens. I wish everyone else luck for their orals and look forward to more fascinating conversations.
Check It Out: Shakespeare After All, Marjorie Garber
Elise Kutsunai
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