Brokeback Mountain: Video Post

I found this video by searching star crossed lovers on you tube. Brokeback Mountain is a Movie about two men who fall in love. It's incredibly hard for them because of the place and time they lived in. No one would ever except their relationship and it takes some time for them to accept it as well. They want to be together however they try as hard as they can not to in fear of one an other.

Romeo & Juliet Photo Post

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This photo reminds me of the fight scene in Act Three in Romeo and Juliet. This picture is from West Side Story, a movie based on Romeo and Juliet. In this picture The two rival gangs are about to have a fight. The men on the left side of the photo are based on the Montagues and on the right the Capulets. They are having this fight because one of the members of the gang based on the Montagues has fell in love with the sister of the leader of the gang based on the Capulets. The fight in Romeo and Juliet ends the same way as it does in West Side Story.

Romeo & Juliet: Act Two

I think the that the most interesting thing that happened in Act two was after the party when Romeo went looking for Juliet and found her on her balcony. At first when Romeo saw her she was talking about him and how she wishes that he wasn't a Montague so that they could be together. After he listens to her for a minute he reviles himself, startling her for a moment. Romeo then tells her that they can be together. At the end of their conversation Juliet tells Romeo that she will send one of her men tomorrow to find Romeo and to Discuss what they should do. This scene effects Romeo and Juliet a lot because the next day when Romeo speaks with Nurse, Juliet's man he tells her that Friar Lawrence will marry the two of them later that the day.

I've never been in a situation like this but i don't think i would have acted the same way romeo did. If i was in Romeo's position i don't think i would have left my friends and risked possibly even my life to go see the woman that i am in love with. I don't think i would have decided that i was in love with someone so fast either. Romeo's Actions are very interesting in this scene and i think are the most interesting in Act Two.

Characters in Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio is a witty comic. He is very humorous and will likes to make others laugh. He is a master at puns and is very clever. In act one Mercutio mocks Romeo's views not to insult or act mean towards him but to get a laugh out of him and there friends. It would be fun to be friends with someone like mercutio.

When i think of Mercutio when we are reading i accally image my friend Cosmo. He is also very funny and likes to entertain my friends and i with jokes and puns. If Mercutio was from our time and existed i think that he might be a lot like Cosmo. People, including myself are drawn to people like Mercutio because they social, almost always happy, and want to have fun with there friends. Mercutio is hylarious and genious.

Romeo & Juilet Premonitions

From the age of six to ten i lived at a indoor skate park in Olympia called Capital City. The skate park shut down before the summer of 2004. i had thought the park might shut down because there were fewer and fewer people coming on a regular basis. also we were approaching the summer (a time that people want to be outside and not at the park.)

there was nothing i could have done to prevent this from happening however i should have believed my intuition so i could have been prepared for the park's death. i never wanted to believe believe that it might close but i should have prepared myself. My life was completely different after "CCSP" closed. i wish i hadn't but for the next year For the next year i quite skateboarding and it was the worst year of my life. i can't get by with out skateboarding. for me it was starting all over again but i had to.

Shakespearean Stories

The movie She's the man is based off of Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night written 400 years ago. The movie is set in current times however follows the same plot as the original play does. In the movie the main character Viola descises herself as her brother, who has left home and asked her to go to school for him. She agrees to go to school for him in order to escape her mother and play soccer. Viola falls in love with a boy named Duke who is also on the soccer team. The only problem is that he thinks that she's a man. there is a big love triangle formed by all of the main characters but in the end everyone is able to find the right person including viola who has to give up her charade and tell everyone who she really is. She's the man the movie is based completely on Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night and uses two of his favorite plot ideas mistaken identity and love triangle.

Shakespeare's plays have inspired many directors. There have been many movies made that are based almost completely or made loosely on his stories. Shakespeare's ideas however can be found in many other films and tv shows. he had some of the most entertaining and genius work of all time and he still does. his plots will be seen forever in new films and books.

Anticipating Shakespeare

I have enjoyed Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream the movie. I have enjoyed this this movie because of the interesting language and because of the many twists this story takes. Shakespeare uses poetic language which can become confusing at times but adds greatly to the setting and makes his literature unique. The basic plot in this movie is simple but there are many details. I enjoy the characters sometimes however it is hard fore me to remember some of the characters names because they are somewhat strange. I have enjoyed the characters and there language  in this movie although it is sometimes hard to interpret.

i am excited to be reading Romeo and Juliet this next week for i have only heard good things of this story and i have been enjoying Shakespeare's other story A Midsummer night's Dream. I also look forward to be reading this story in class because it is in play form. I enjoy acting and hopefully we will be doing some. After watching the movie A Midsummer Night's Dream i think that myself and the rest of the class will be ready for the language in Romeo and Juliet. I think i will like the book because i'm am enjoying watching one of Shakespeare's other stories and because the books are always better than the movies.