Extra Credit Blog

I think that the ending of Romeo and Juliet(act 5) is so unfortunate and unlucky, it is almost comical. Every single thing that could have gone wrong, did. The message didn't make it to Romeo, his friend saw Juliet's funeral, Romeo took the poison only seconds before Friar Lawrence could have stopped him, and then just a few more before Juliet awakes. It almost makes me feel sad, the whole tragic thing, until I remember that there is close to a zero percent chance of it ever happening in real life, but I suppose that's why we like to read about it so much.

Romeo and Juliet has influenced pop culture so amazingly much. Almost all of the dramatic love stories we read and watch now a day can be traced back to it, whether the author realizes it or not. If they haven't even ever heard of Romeo and Juliet they most likely got their inspiration from another story that was inspired from it. Shakespeare definitely hit just the right spot for entertainment, the plot is absolutely perfect. It can be (has been, and will continue to be) easily shifted to fit whatever the present social standards are. Whatever the problem between the two "star struck lovers" is, it can always be made to fit, so you have the same predictable plot, but with different twists to keep you entertained. I don't believe anyone will ever be able to write a more influential story than Shakespeare has managed to do.

Late Picture Blog

This is Friar Tuck from Robin Hood...I think it might be the name, I'm not sure, but every time I here or read of Friar Lawrence, I imagine this guy. I know he's a mole or badger? Or something of that nature, but he just fits the stereotype in my mind of Friar Lawrence. The clothes, the white hair and bald head, chubby, smiley and cheerful. A good personality, always trying to help people and coming up with all these plans how to. That is kind of like both Friar Lawrence and Friar Tuck. Except, I don't imagine the badger part, usually in my mind Friar Lawrence is human. Usually.

Pride and Prejudice; You have bewitched me.

So this is the end scene from Pride and Prejudice. It's been my favorite movie/book since I don't know when, so I don't really know how I found it...? Well, where...youtube. Sure.
I relate this to Romeo and Juliet for many reasons. That's Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Pride and Prejudice is a star crossed lover story really, but it ends happily. They are seperated by class, he is very rich and powerful, and she is very poor. Therefor their families do not approve of eachother. They also keep everything that happens between them a secret up until the very end. In this scene she kind of tells him without telling him that she loves him back. They both have for a while, but there were always things in the way. It's very early in the morning, they never slept, and they are engaged to be married the next day. In the end Elizabeth's family like Mr.Darcy very much, and leave behind all those old opinions of him.

Characters in Romeo and Juliet

It's kind of hard to think differently of what any of the characters would look like now that I've seen the movie, I always just think of the actors. However, I think Juliet would look slightly different, well, I mean the image in my head of her. I think she would have wavy, darker hair, she would have big eyes, but not scary big, just pretty big. She would be as tall as Romeo, yet I think she would be much younger than how she is in the movie. I know we talked about how they used older actors in the movie because it's more 90's, but really she's supposed to be thirteen, almost fourteen, and there aren't many fourteen-year-old's I know that look twenty.

I think If I met her she would be very quiet. I think she would make a nice friend, but she seems like she might be boring. Like(in the first scene), she's listening to her parents all the time, not disobedient at all. She just doesn't sound like a fun person. I think though she would have some good friend values like kind, good listener, honest, patience, that kind of thing, but I think I would rather a friend who had that mixed with spontaneity and adventure.