THEY'RE ALL DEAD!!

Before I talk about R+J I have a little story about the last two hours of my life. I was eating dinner and finishing R+J. I knew what I wanted to post on my blog so I came upstairs to type. I had left my copy on the kitchen table so I went back downstairs and my mom was watching design shows so I stopped and watched that for a while then came back upstairs. I had forgotten R+J so I went back to get it but then the Academy Awards were on so I watched that, came upstairs, forgot my copy, went downstairs, watched people walk on the red carpet, came upstairs, forgot my copy, went downstairs, watched more people on the red carpet, came upstairs, forgot my copy, went downstairs, Justin Timberlake, and then I finally made it back up stairs with R+J and am now blogging.

Alright time for what I thought about Romeo and Juliet:

-So everyone's dead now? That's how you end a story :D

-Why is everyone calling everyone else ho's all the time? How rude :P

-Everyone seems to come at the wrong time (Friar John, Romeo, Friar Laurence)

-The ending reminds me of a movie that ran out of money. Just so sudden.

Quotes:

"Peace, ho, for shame!" (Friar Lawrence Act 4, Scene 5)

"Holy Franciscan friar, brother, ho!" (Friar John Act 5, Scene 2)

"Oh, I am slain!" Dies (Paris Act 5, Scene 3)


-Madalynne

"I don't necessarily agree with everything I say"

<Marshal McLuhan>

Romeo and Juliet Act 3

I still am really liking Romeo and Juliet and am glad I haven't lost interest. It's too bad Mercutio(Steph) and Tybalt(Anna) are dead. Mrs. Wierenga are you trying to send them a message? I was trying to watch the movie today on Netflix and I found this other version. It was a cartoon but instead of people they were seals. It said it was a kids movie but they still had a lot of old english in it. It was really bad and quite disturbing, not something I would suggest watching. Well I guess that's all I have to say for today. Hope everyone is having a good snow day :)

-Madalynne

"I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific."

-Jane Wagner

The Night I Disappered

I just realized that the title of this blog might be confusing but don't worry it's just a book I haven't actually disappeared.

Anyway moving on. I found this book in the school library on Wednesday (I think). I haven't read any non-school related reading in a while so it was surprisingly nice to just pick up a book. It's called The Night I disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver. It's about a girl named Jamie and her mom who is a famous attorney. Jamie is forced to live in Chicago with her mom for the summer because of a case her mom is working on.  Jamie has to leave her only friend, Webb, and they haven't been apart since she was nine. When she arrives in Chicago she starts having strange daydreams that she can't control. So we follow Jamie as she gets sucked farther into her inner world which reveals long-forgotten horrifying secrets from her past. I

I'm mostly done with the book so I'm going to leave you now so I can go finish it. :)

-Madalynne

"Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there's no gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like?"

-Josh Brand and John Falsey

Romeo and Juliet Act 2

Well I finished my reading in record time this week. I spent Wednesday night babysitting so once the kids went to bed I had an hour to read. At first it was really quiet and creepy but then their fat cats came out of nowhere and kept me company. I liked the second act but it wasn't anything overly spectacular. I did love that Friar Lawrence was in this act though! My favorite part was when Romeo was telling the friar about Juliet and the friar said "Holly Saint Francis!" I think that the story might have felt a little bland this week because I read over it a lot. I started to stop noticing the little details and really tried to concentrate on the overall story so that I wouldn't get strung up on little words. It wasn't so great when I would read an entire page and not understand what was going on because of all the crazy words. Hopefully next week I can find a happy median between the two.

-Madalynne

"Action is eloquence."

-William Shakespeare 

Romeo and Juliet Act 1

This play was easier to understand then I thought it was going to be. I really like the story line and-- wait what's going on.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

"Let's attack that guy"

"Alright!"

More random people enter from nowhere and start a battle.

:)

This is how I felt the beginning of the play started because we were just listening to Sampson and Gregory (cool name) talk then suddenly everyone was fighting. It made me confused at first but then I was just smiling. 

I had three favorite lines from this act,

Gregory: I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as they list. (Pg. 10)

Servant (to Romeo after Romeo read for him): Now I'll tell you without asking. My master is the great rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry! (Pg. 21)

Nurse (to Juliet): Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days. (Pg. 25)

At one point Juliet had asked who had called her and the nurse replied "Your mother" but I read it as"Your mom" and it reminded me of when we read that Final play. 

When Romeo was talking to Benvolio they kept calling each other coz instead of cousin and I thought it was really weird. 

Before they entered the Capulet party Mercutio was explaining a dream to Romeo and none of it made any sense to me. Then when they were inside Capulet was greeting everyone into the party and he said "Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes." and I just stopped and looked at it for while.

One of my biggest confusions was when Romeo kissed Juliet after talking to her for less than a minute. It  was really weird! I laughed when he realized she was a Capulet because I could see him thinking "Oh shoot! That did not just happen!"


I found that it being in play form made up for the fact that it was in old english. Because unlike when we were reading the Odyssey they didn't have to describe the set, they just had to talk. That had one downside because I wasn't ever able to picture a real set. Did anyone else feel this way?

-Madalynne

P.S. Sorry that I just wrote a bunch of sentences and didn't really tie them together.

"There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers."

-William James