The End of Romeo and Juliet (Literally)

^^Haha I think my title was pretty clever :) Anyways, all this dying at the end came really fast. Paris dies, Romeo dies and then like 2 seconds later Juliet dies. Three people died in under four pages. I can't believe Paris and Romeo would kill themselves because they *thought* Juliet was dead. You think that people would be able to tell that Juliet actually wasn't dead, she was just under sleep potion. But I guess this was a looooong time ago. And Juliet killing herself came as a shock to me, I mean I knew she was going to do it, I just thought she'd think about her decision for a second. On page 111 I kind of did a double take when it says she stabs herself and falls on Romeo's body. When barely two minutes before she JUST found out Romeo was dead. Surprisingly, I don't really feel bad for Romeo and Juliet. I thought they were both kind of dumb. Loved the play as a whole though! First Shakespeare I've ever read, and man, he's pretty darn good. :)

Romeo & Juliet: Act 3 and Starless Sky

 Ehh I didn't really like this act. I hate it when people die. Why did Tybalt kill Mercuito in the first place? Also, I can't believe Juliet didn't really care that her cousin was killed by her own HUSBAND! Poor Tybalt. I know I would've cared, especially if I'd only known my husband for a couple days. I wish there would've been more about their actual marriage, it seems like it wasn't even really a marriage. Probably my least favorite act so far, I'm hoping the next one is better!

I'm really really really close to finally finishing Starless Sky! (It's about time). I'm delaying finishing it,  though, because I really really really don't want to be done reading it! But I really really really want to find out what happens! What a crisis. I think it's funny that I've been able to find quite a few grammatical mistakes, probably because the author's 15 and it was published by a small company or something, I don't know.

Happy early President's Day (a.k.a "winter break")

~30N!k@

Romeo and Juliet: Act 2.

I can't believe Romeo and Juliet want to get married already! They've only talked a couple times and they barely even know each other! I liked the part where Romeo's dad was mad at Romeo for not being home because that sort of thing still happens today, unlike the marrying after talking twice deal (I hope.)

My favorite quote from this act was on the bottom of pg. 50:

MER: "Why is not this better now that groaning for love? Now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature. For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole."

I have no idea what half the words mean, but I just thought it was funny how it says 'art thou' sooooo many times! It's kind of like 'Rosy-fingered Dawn' in the Odyssey.

Another quote I liked was on pg. 56:

JUL: "How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath to say to me that thou art out of breath?"

I literally started cracking up when I read that. :) Even though the language was still VERY confusing, I laughed at it a lot just because I can't imagine ever talking like that.

~30n!k@~

Romeo & Juliet: Act 1 & Starless Sky!

Wow, I actually like Romeo and Juliet more than I anticipated. At first the language was hard to understand, but I'm a little more used to it now. What really bugs me though, is when characters say something like "I know not." It just sounds bad to me! As for the actual story, I'm kind of confused on exactly why the Capulet's and the Montague's are enemies. Also, I found it odd that Romeo and Juliet barely knew each other and already they were kissing.

Now on to Starless Sky! I really really really really love this book! And I'm only a quarter through it! But it's so easy to relate to--for me anyways. Everything is all happy right now, but I made the mistake of reading the back cover and I'm sort of putting off continuing to read because I know whats going to happen and I really don't want it to happen! :/

Until next week,

~30N!k@~