I think that Juliet is an interesting character because of her relatioship with her parents. She feels obligated to please them but she also has her own wants. She feels like she has to please her parents and keep them happy. She is a people pleaser but to a much lesser degree, because she only does that with her parents. I think that her meeting Romeo will be good for her because it will help her stop feeling like she has to do what her parents say and she can't speak up for what she wants. She is obediant to her parents but she wants to do the complete opposite.
In the beginning of the play Juliet's dad and Paris have a conversation about Paris marrying Juliet and then her family has a conversation about it. While there is a conversation between the nurse Juliet and Juliet's mother Juliet is willing to marry Paris just because her mother and father might want her to. She doesn't tell them her feelings at all, she just listens and agrees with what her mother says.
Romeo is different than Juliet because he is willing to express his feelings and emotions about the things in his life. I think that he will teach Juliet to eventually speak up for herself and let known what she really wants.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Benvolio vs. Merchutio
In the play Romeo and Juliet the two people who are close to Romeo try and support him after he is rejected by Rosaline. But even though they both try and comfort Romeo they do it in two very different ways even though in effect they are both saying the same things. Benvolio is more tender and understanding he tries to reason with Romeo to get him to see the situation his point of view. Mercutio on the other hand is more mean and pushy about having Romeo see it his way. He is meaner to get Romeo to forget Rosaline.
In act 1 scene 1 lines 233, 235-236 Benvolio tries to get his point across to Romeo and tell him that he should examine other women and completely forget about Rosaline and even though Romeo protests Benvolio still remains calm and reasonable with Romeo. He doesn't get harsh with Romeo even though he insists in wallowing in his sorrow and not listening to Benvolio.
In act 1 scene 4 lines 27-32 Mercutio tells Romeo be rough with love and defeat it. He is more forceful and even though he also tells Romeo to examine other women he is harsh. I think that by telling romeo to be rough with love he isn't being sensitive to the way Romeo feels about love. Romeo thinks that love is important and he puts a lot of emphasis on it and it seems to be his life. He is more forceful with his want of making Romeo forget about Rosaline.
In conclusion I think that Benvolio and Mercutio are the same because they want to get the same message across to Romeo but they are also different because they express their feelings for that in different ways. Benvolio the reasoning compassionate one and Mercutio the aggressive harsh one. In the end I think Benvolio would have a better chance of getting Romeo to change if he didn't do it on his own because he would want to listen to Benvolio more than Mercutio and I don't blame him because I would too.
In act 1 scene 1 lines 233, 235-236 Benvolio tries to get his point across to Romeo and tell him that he should examine other women and completely forget about Rosaline and even though Romeo protests Benvolio still remains calm and reasonable with Romeo. He doesn't get harsh with Romeo even though he insists in wallowing in his sorrow and not listening to Benvolio.
In act 1 scene 4 lines 27-32 Mercutio tells Romeo be rough with love and defeat it. He is more forceful and even though he also tells Romeo to examine other women he is harsh. I think that by telling romeo to be rough with love he isn't being sensitive to the way Romeo feels about love. Romeo thinks that love is important and he puts a lot of emphasis on it and it seems to be his life. He is more forceful with his want of making Romeo forget about Rosaline.
In conclusion I think that Benvolio and Mercutio are the same because they want to get the same message across to Romeo but they are also different because they express their feelings for that in different ways. Benvolio the reasoning compassionate one and Mercutio the aggressive harsh one. In the end I think Benvolio would have a better chance of getting Romeo to change if he didn't do it on his own because he would want to listen to Benvolio more than Mercutio and I don't blame him because I would too.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Romeo and Juliet
Dear Joe,
I just started reading Romeo and Juliet and it has been really interesting. Romeo ran into the woods when his cousin Benolvio started trying to spy on him. Also in the beginning a fight starts between the montague's and the Capulet's and the prince has to break it up. Many of the people in the story use puns to make sexual references when it can also mean something else.
Romeo is so sick because his love Rosaline doesn't love him back and he feels so sad that he went to hide in the woods and his cousin tries to tell him to get up and look at other women. Romeo feels like he only loves Rosaline and he will never forget her no matter how hard he tries. Benolvio tries to keep the peace and even in the beginning when the two sides were fightinng he tried to make peace and calm everyone down.
I just started reading Romeo and Juliet and it has been really interesting. Romeo ran into the woods when his cousin Benolvio started trying to spy on him. Also in the beginning a fight starts between the montague's and the Capulet's and the prince has to break it up. Many of the people in the story use puns to make sexual references when it can also mean something else.
Romeo is so sick because his love Rosaline doesn't love him back and he feels so sad that he went to hide in the woods and his cousin tries to tell him to get up and look at other women. Romeo feels like he only loves Rosaline and he will never forget her no matter how hard he tries. Benolvio tries to keep the peace and even in the beginning when the two sides were fightinng he tried to make peace and calm everyone down.
From your cousin,
Erik
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Response to Another Sonnet for Stephan
I think that this sonnet is about a boy who grows up to be a man and that this sonnet was written by someone who was a close family member or friend that had a good relationship with him and was involved in his life. I think this because in the poem the person who wrote the sonnet knows a lot about his life and he seems to have kept up with him for his entire life. I think that this sonnet is like a tribute to Stephan to show all the good things he did in his life before he died because the line in the poem "Th boy, the youth, and the man are each now gone. Except that in my heart they linger on." Shows that Stephen died and the periods of his life still live on in his heart or memory that he will never forget.
In the first 4 lines of the sonnet it shows that Stephan is a young boy who makes the writter happy and it seems that they played together at a young age. He really seemed to like Stephan and it made it seem like they had a connection. I think that it shows that they connected at a young age and based on thge rest of the poem that they kept in touch and communicated throughout his life. Also with the next 4 lines it shows that he grew up to be a good person who was very smart and had a bright future. Also in the 9 to 12 lines it shows that he grew up to be very successful but it also makes it seem like he had a disease that he was fighting and that was what caused him to die.
In the first 4 lines of the sonnet it shows that Stephan is a young boy who makes the writter happy and it seems that they played together at a young age. He really seemed to like Stephan and it made it seem like they had a connection. I think that it shows that they connected at a young age and based on thge rest of the poem that they kept in touch and communicated throughout his life. Also with the next 4 lines it shows that he grew up to be a good person who was very smart and had a bright future. Also in the 9 to 12 lines it shows that he grew up to be very successful but it also makes it seem like he had a disease that he was fighting and that was what caused him to die.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sonnet #1
Swinging from tree to tree, flying so free.
Beautiful colors of fur all so bright.
Crying out with calls loud and full of glee.
Their limbs grappling from day to night.
It’s not right for you to have to cower.
It is you who they so demoralize.
You are beautiful and full of power.
It is them though who you truly despise.
It is you who they badly violate.
They tell you things but they are all bad lies.
The only thing you can do is to hate.
All we see is the sadness in your eyes.
It is you they still so callously slay.
They kill you for parts so petty, for pay
Monday, February 6, 2012
My poetry
Poetry is
Poetry is the bridge between creativity and your thoughts.
It allows you to mix your felings and interests with your fantisies and wishes.
What happens when summer turns into fall
When the wind breaks out and the leaves start to change we blow the dust off of our coats and put them on, but we continue with our daily lives.
But what about the other animals?
Do the animals hate the wind freezing the wind on their face?
Do they appreciate the beauty of the changing leaves? Or do they go on with their daily lives like us, walking past the beauty of fall?
Michelangelo and David
You both started out young your experience and age not a factor.
You both aspired to greatness early,you did your job well you were a master an expert at what you did you were praised by the highest and most respected. That is why you are together, it is because you are so alike so powerful yet so young.
Poetry is the bridge between creativity and your thoughts.
It allows you to mix your felings and interests with your fantisies and wishes.
What happens when summer turns into fall
When the wind breaks out and the leaves start to change we blow the dust off of our coats and put them on, but we continue with our daily lives.
But what about the other animals?
Do the animals hate the wind freezing the wind on their face?
Do they appreciate the beauty of the changing leaves? Or do they go on with their daily lives like us, walking past the beauty of fall?
Michelangelo and David
You both started out young your experience and age not a factor.
You both aspired to greatness early,you did your job well you were a master an expert at what you did you were praised by the highest and most respected. That is why you are together, it is because you are so alike so powerful yet so young.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Michelangelo
"By 13 he had decided that he wanted to be an artist." Famous artists: Michelangelo pg.6
At an early age Michelangelo decided that he wanted to be an artist and even though his father opposed him and beat him for wanting to do that at first he learned to accept it. I think that had a lot to do with why he chose to make a sculpture of David. Michelangelo started to work on art at a very young age and he was really good at it too. He was also an architect and a poet. He was also noticed by Lorenzo the magnificent who invited him to be educated in sculpting along with his son and his nephew. He was also given a purple cloak to wear which means that since purple is a color that represents royalty he was really good at his artwork and was appreciated by Lorenzo. Michelangelo was known for his attention to detail and his facial expressions in his sculptures. He made each and every detail like the fold of skin in someone's arm to the expressions of someone's face to show their emotions in a sculpture.
The work of art that I chose was David which was a sculpture started by Michelangelo in 1501 and finished in 1504. On page 11 of Famous artists: Michelangelo it says that the facial expressions that were put onto his face and the way he stood made him look relaxed yet ready for action. It took a lot of different carving tools to make the detail in his sculpture look so real and lifelike. Unlike the 1473 David by Verrocchio Michelangelo's sculpture is of a young man and not of the boy David.
My interpretation of David by Michelango is that the reason that he chose to make this piece of art was because he could relate to David. In the story David as a young person kills a giant called Goliath who is favored to destroy David in a fight, but instead David kills Goliath with his slingshot. I think that Michelangelo felt like he was David starting out so young and already doing great things and being put in such a high place that he didn't have anyone who was like him so he gravitated to David because he felt like they were really the same. I think that it shows that even if you are young you can do great things and there is no age limit to when you can be great.
At an early age Michelangelo decided that he wanted to be an artist and even though his father opposed him and beat him for wanting to do that at first he learned to accept it. I think that had a lot to do with why he chose to make a sculpture of David. Michelangelo started to work on art at a very young age and he was really good at it too. He was also an architect and a poet. He was also noticed by Lorenzo the magnificent who invited him to be educated in sculpting along with his son and his nephew. He was also given a purple cloak to wear which means that since purple is a color that represents royalty he was really good at his artwork and was appreciated by Lorenzo. Michelangelo was known for his attention to detail and his facial expressions in his sculptures. He made each and every detail like the fold of skin in someone's arm to the expressions of someone's face to show their emotions in a sculpture.
The work of art that I chose was David which was a sculpture started by Michelangelo in 1501 and finished in 1504. On page 11 of Famous artists: Michelangelo it says that the facial expressions that were put onto his face and the way he stood made him look relaxed yet ready for action. It took a lot of different carving tools to make the detail in his sculpture look so real and lifelike. Unlike the 1473 David by Verrocchio Michelangelo's sculpture is of a young man and not of the boy David.
My interpretation of David by Michelango is that the reason that he chose to make this piece of art was because he could relate to David. In the story David as a young person kills a giant called Goliath who is favored to destroy David in a fight, but instead David kills Goliath with his slingshot. I think that Michelangelo felt like he was David starting out so young and already doing great things and being put in such a high place that he didn't have anyone who was like him so he gravitated to David because he felt like they were really the same. I think that it shows that even if you are young you can do great things and there is no age limit to when you can be great.
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