Romeo and Juliet, a timeless classic. I do think that this story has endured for so long because it's about things in humans, like mistakes and love, that shall never pass. Bad decision-making is the fuel that drives the plot-truck carrying a shipment of love to the reader. (It crashes on the way there.) Overall, the themes present in this story are about basic fundamental truths of humans, and that might just be why said humans enjoy this story to the extent that they do.
Although I cannot think of any connections, probably because I rarely read novels that contain star-crossed lovers with problems, but apparently some Twilight book has two warring factions that make happy peace time because some person or people die.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
The Shakespeare Code
Decoding Shakespeare, while it is something I am not too shabby at, is not something I really enjoy. I prefer to read things that I can understand at least the surface level of. However, it feels pretty good when I can figure something out. My greatest personal triumph happened when I was attempting to figure out what Friar Lawrence was talking about his lovely flowers. I spent a few minutes poring over the text with steadfast determination, and I finally figured out that he meant that flowers and herbs have great healing powers, but sometimes people use them for this noble purpose too much, which corrupts them; people should only use what they really need. This is foreshadowing not for the play, but for REAL LIFE. Many years into the future, the year 2012, mankind is running out of resources, and Friar Lawrence predicted that and he's not even real. MIND BLOWN. I felt absolutely brilliant, as if I were the smartest person in the world.
...until I learned that I was wrong.
RAAARGH! WEIRD WORDS NOT MAKE SENSE! FILIP CRUSH PUNY BOOK!
Friday, May 4, 2012
This Title Will Not Contain the Word "Character"
...Oops.
I've had some trouble connecting to characters in Romeo and Juliet, but that's true of anything I am expected to connect to. A traditional "character" is usually nothing like me. I fit quite a few different roles, not one, and not the same one all of the time. I, like Tybalt, am prone to sudden flashes of anger, however I am not short-sighted and thick. Most of the time, in fact, I'm not at all like him. Like Friar Lawrence, I am often the one who holds back and gives sagely advice about the future. I could identify as sort of a cross between the two most different characters in Romeo and Juliet. I guess that says something about me, doth it not? I will, however choose Friar Lawrence as my character, since it is hard for me to say that Tybalt made a right decision when he represents the side of me that acts rashly and makes bad decisions. I agree with Friar Lawrence in marrying Romeo and Juliet, because a way to connect the two warring houses with love and a union of two young people may be just the thing to keep the peace.
Also, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is turning out to to be a very interesting book. I've read three words so far and I am very frightened, but intrigued.
I've had some trouble connecting to characters in Romeo and Juliet, but that's true of anything I am expected to connect to. A traditional "character" is usually nothing like me. I fit quite a few different roles, not one, and not the same one all of the time. I, like Tybalt, am prone to sudden flashes of anger, however I am not short-sighted and thick. Most of the time, in fact, I'm not at all like him. Like Friar Lawrence, I am often the one who holds back and gives sagely advice about the future. I could identify as sort of a cross between the two most different characters in Romeo and Juliet. I guess that says something about me, doth it not? I will, however choose Friar Lawrence as my character, since it is hard for me to say that Tybalt made a right decision when he represents the side of me that acts rashly and makes bad decisions. I agree with Friar Lawrence in marrying Romeo and Juliet, because a way to connect the two warring houses with love and a union of two young people may be just the thing to keep the peace.
Also, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is turning out to to be a very interesting book. I've read three words so far and I am very frightened, but intrigued.
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