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Act 2&3 Impressions

My impression of act 2&3 was that there was a lot more drama and feelings that came through. The scenes were filled with love and compassion. While reading it was easy to see the longing that the two had for each other and how willing they were to risk it all to be together.

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Reading Romeo and Juliet could be confusing at times. I often felt confused by the language. This made me create my own imagination of the story. So when it came to watching the movies I was very excited, as I got to finally see if my imagination was similar. Watching Romeo and Juliet was also a lot more interesting to watch Baz Luhrmann, it was a more modern sense to the movie. A bonus was that Leonardo Dicaprio portrayed Romeo. Zeffirelli’s movie seemed more accurate to Shakespeare’s writing and vision.

One thing that is still confusing to me is the Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt fight. The whole situation did not make any sense. Mercutio fought Tybalt, and Mercutio died. Romeo was so upset about his friend’s death that he fought Tybalt. Then Tybalt was killed by Romeo. This was confusing because just a few moments previous Romeo said he loved him. Romeo had married Juliet the night before and they became family. Romeo told Tybalt that they should love each other now and end their feud.

Mapping out Juliet

Throughout the entire play, I’ve been taking lots of notes on Juliet’s character and how that interacts with her family. After reviewing my notes I have concluded that Juliet is a self-determining person. She doesn’t let other people’s opinions or directions control her. She would even lie to get her way. For example, Juliet’s father told her that she was to marry Paris and the nurse said that she should as well, knowing that she was married to Romeo. Juliet said

“Ancient damnation! O most wicked fiend!

Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn,

Or to dispraise my lord with that same tongue

Which she hath praised him with above compare

So many thousand times? Go, counselor.

Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain.

I’ll to the friar to know his remedy.

If all else fail, myself have power to die.” (Romeo and Juliet 3. 5. 236-242) This meant that she was completely disagreed with what she was told. She was going to get advice from the Friar but she knew that she couldn’t do wrong to her husband. She also says that she wouldn’t let the nurse tell her what to think and feel.

The Beginning of the End

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Back to the Mercucio and Tybalt fight, this is where the end of Romeo and Juliet’s future ends. I thought about a few more things. They were each other’s demise. They were both likable characters and were killed off pretty quickly. I think that they were killed off because they both have a good bond with one side of the family. This would make the Capulets and the Montagues very angry thought they were killed. The capulets would be very angry with Romeo in the Montagues would be very happy with Romeo for seeking vengeance for Mercutio. I think that their deaths were necessary to thicken the plot of the story. It will also create more tension for both sides of the feud as well as Romeo and Juliet.

Zeffirelli vs. Luhrmann

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I think that both Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s movies had good and bad parts of their representation of the hatred and misfortune of these two. The one that best portrayed it, along with being my favorite was Zeffirelli’s. I like that this one or more like the play and it was less modern. He had the actors act the way Shakespeare wanted them to be. The only thing that was different was that Zeffirelli made his fight scenes longer and more intense. The fighting went on for a while and they made a few jokes. Romeo later chased down Tybalt to fight and kill him. The rest of the scene was very accurate to Shakespeare’s play.

Whos fault?

After I have read a majority of the play with knowledge of what’s left I believe that the blame of how the events occur has to go to Romeo and Juliet. They both knew what they were doing would not go well with their families. They had their goal to be together and did not plan their future well enough.

Anthem was written by Ayn Rand. Ayn wrote her book in a very interesting way. I have never seen a book that was written with all plural pronouns. instead of saying “I did” it would say “we did”. When describing other characters it would always say “they” and never he or she. The characters also did not have normal names. For example the main character’s name is Equality 7-2521, all of the character have a name and a “serial” number. These two things made reading the book very difficult to understand at first. After I realized what Rand was attempting to do I finally understood the book. Image result for anthem ayn rand

After I overcame these complications, I could easily read the book. I really liked the character development throughout the entire book. Equality 7-2521 grew and changed for the better and in some ways for the worse. I agreed with his belief that the people should be able to freedom and their ego. I disagreed with him leaving with the Golden One to live a life together. He said that maybe some day in the future he would go back to the State and try to fix it. The ending was not as satisfying as I wanted it to be. Overall the book has a developed plot, interesting characters, and is a challenging read. Image result for anthem ayn rand

Throughout the entire book Equality 7-2521 was pitched to be a hero. There was struggles he overcame and goals he accomplished. Most of the things he did was selfish. He had high hopes to help the society and free them. In the end he ends up only helping himself and his love, the “Golden One”. His intention since he met her was to be with her. At the end of the book he said “For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his life. For his honor.” Equality 7-2521 has the potential to be a hero. He has goals to go back and save mankind. Where the story left off he escaped and started to raise a family. He also was learning long forgotten words and making himself more wise and powerful. He left his “brothers” behind, this is not hero like. Most heroes fight the “villain” until they are defeated, this is not the case for Equality. Equality hints that he is going to go back and change the society, until he does this I do not see that he has really followed the hero’s journey.

Image result for man hiding in woods — This is what I think it looked when Equality 7-2521 escaped.

Image result for hero clipart — This is what I picture when I think of a hero. Someone who swilling to do anything to defeat the “villain”.

I believe that in life we all have the chance to be a hero, and we all have opportunities to be the “villain”. In the poem “Invictus” the poet wrote how we decide our own fate. I completely agree with that. Every decision we make effects our fate. We decide if we are going to be the hero in the story of our life. We decide if we are going to be the villain in a different story. I believe that your fate is never locked in place and there is always something you can do about it. If there is a chance for me to be a hero I will take it. Invite that girl to your table, let him join your group, listen to Susanna’s problems, and make let them know you care. There is a million thing you could do a day to be a hero to someone.

My story has barely begun.

I’m going to make my story mine.

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A great Anthem blog post

“Invictus” the poem

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