Langston Hughes’s poem Suicide Note is a very short, deep poem that talks about a man deciding to commit suicide. In this particular medium of the poem, it is being machinima-ized to greater embody the tone and seriousness behind this work of literature. By being presented with graphics from the popular video game “Halo,” it shows the lonesomeness that can take over one’s soul when in desolate places where no one is around. Also, by using the song “Mad World” by Gary Jules, the tone is revealed as being one of sorrow and contemplative thoughts because the song is about suicide. The words of the poem appear just as the song lyrics “drown my sorrow, no tomorrow…I find it kind of funny, I kind of sad…” as the character looks down into the river before jumping in. Thus, the machinma version keeping in line with the original vision Hughes had for this poem. Overall, this version of the poem adds to the original literature by setting the mood of the poem before actually showing the lyrics on the screen. As a viewer, I felt the sorrow the character was feeling by seeing the open, vast spaces and hearing the desolate lyrics of the song playing. Then when the poem verses finally appeared on screen, the impact was much more powerful because I felt I had made a connection with the character already.
This comic strip uses William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” to create a satire of the woman’s beauty. In this particular picture, you notice it is raining outside, and that infers bad, ugly weather. The poet is reading to this woman Shakespeare’s sonnet to try and gain affection from her, yet she is detested that she be compared to such bad weather. This comic strip appears to be very satirical which is common in today’s pop cultural era where the entertainment industry (movies, TV, novels, music, and even comic strips) play off of popular culture from the past as well as current events.
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