Sunday, June 14, 2009

Taming of the Shrew/10 thigs i hate about you

1.Bianca is liked by many boys in both
2.Takes place in a large town
3.The older sister's name has something to do with Kat. Katarina/Katherine
4.Bianca's suitors get a suitor for Kat.
5.Father can't/won't let Bianca marry/date untill Kat does
6.Lucentio is like Cameron. They both go to school but fall in love with Bianca.
7. Both girls get changed by love in the end.
8. Kat is considered a shrew because she speaks her mind.
9.Petruchio/Patrick care more about the money untill they fall in love
10. Show that woman have as much power in a relationship as men.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Friday, April 3, 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

Video blog

This video reminds me of Romeo and Juliet because it is a story of forbidden love. Set in Italy, the story involves a beautiful princess who falls in love with a journalist. They can never be together because her family wont allow it, and even though they dont die in the end, the ending is still very sad. Like in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet grows up a little from the influence of Romeo. In Roman Holiday, the princess is a baby in the beginning but becomes a real princess at the end. I found this video on youtube after watching the movie myself.

Thursday, March 19, 2009



This picture reminds me of Romeo and Juliet because it shows two rivals fighting. In this comparison of the book and movie, Darth Maul represents the fiery Tybalt and Obi-Wan Kenobi portrays the lovesick Romeo. In Star Wars, Darth Maul kills Qui-Gon Jinn which forces Obi-Wan to kill Darth Maul to revenge the death of his friend. This scene is played out in Romeo and Juliet when Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo must revenge the death of Mercutio. Although both stories are utterly different, they both share the same idea of arch rivals.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Romeo And Juliet: Act 2

One of the most interesting scenes in act two, is the obvious balcony scene. My favorite part of the balcony scene is after Romeo and Juliet declare their never ending love for each other, Juliet's nurse calls from within the Capulet mansion. I think that the nurse's call had perfect timing. It seems to me that whenever Romeo comes close to Juliet, they are interrupted by some outside force. So in the future of the book, I think that Juliet and Romeo will get interrupted by something or someone, if the play follows the same pattern.
This part of the play strikes me close to the heart because it seems to me that my mother has the same kind of timing as Juliet's nurse. For instance, I was finally talking to the guy I had a crush on when my mom started telling me it was time to leave the class. Even though I gave her a few " please go away" looks, she never let up. This is how I feel sorry for Juliet with her embarrassing nurse.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

I remember about a year and a half ago, I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen in Tacoma, which is where my dad works. Not wanting to ruin my sisters homecoming rush which was on the same day, I asked my dad if he could stay home with me. Since he smiled. hugged me and went to work, I let the feeling go and didn't think about it again. Around 3:00 pm, my dad called and told us that there was an explosion at the old factory right next to his office. We turned on the news and watched the re-runs of the explosion. Luckily my dad was alright, but the fact that he could have gotten hurt scared me.

I know that there wasn't anything that I could do to stop the factory exploding or my dad going to work that day. I wish I would have insisted on my dad staying home, but that wouldn't have worked since he needed to go to work and I would just have ended up getting in trouble. I probably could have handled it better being that I was 13 years old at the time, but I think that the emotional pressure of having my dads life in danger was something I couldn't keep bottled up.