Jews vs Christians. oh, god.

I believe that this is one of the more entertaining plays. There is so much going on at one time. at first, when reading the play, you just sit and wonder how a play can continue to have 5 acts when it seems it could end on the third. This is one of Shakespeare’s best works in my opinion (from what I’ve read anyway). Bassanio’s character is my personal favorite. Being one of the more real characters in the play. He’s a very laid back character; especially for all the things that have gone wrong in his life. But he is also very wise. In the movie, when he was giving his speech about which chest he will choose, I just sat there in awe. For such a simple character to give such an elaborate speech just blew my mind. I barely even understood half of it.

I also like the relationship of him with his friend Gratiano. They seem to be like fric-n-frac. Like a buddy-buddy type relationship, which I can easily relate to because those are the friendships that I value most. Even though he seems to like his friend, although not with much respect. When Gratiano informed Bassanio that he was going to get married as well, Bassanio laughed like, “what is going to marry you?” kind of way. But they stuck together no matter what obstacles they faced throughout the play.

One of my favorite scenes in the play was when Gratiano and Bassanio were being confronted about how they gave away their rings to random men. When Portia and Narissa were drilling Gratiano about how he gave away his ring all he could say in defense, was that Bassanio gave his away too! Of course, no REAL friend would ever want to take the sole blame for something; he must bring his friend into it also. Bassanio, knowing that he was in trouble, was like, “screw it, ya you got me…” this play has too many facts to just talk about just one! The movie is also very well done in my opinion of capturing everything that had happened in the play.

King Lear

King Lear definitely is not as enjoyable to read as Much Ado About Nothing was. It just lacked sort of everything to say the least. Although it did have great potential, it was a little too slow for my taste. It seems as if the play could have started and finished in 2 acts, but it just kept going for 3 more. There were a few aspects of the play that I did like thought.
Kent, obviously the best character because he ‘twas mine, had a fairly sweet roll in the play. I liked that he was pulling a “splinter-cell” type move by, after being banished from the kingdom he managed a way to disguise himself as a peasant and sneak his way to being the king’s right-hand man once again. Kent was a good character because he was way smarter than anyone and always can own people in arguments. ALSO, he is a total thug because he challenges everyone to a fight even though he is all-old and stuff.
King Lear is also a very kool character because he is becoming old; he is also becoming a little senile which adds to his essence of a character. Towards the beginning of the play he seems to be fine, but towards the middle and the end of the play he started talking for the sake of talking. He just would go off on tangents and get sidetracked by everything. Not even THE Mr. Coon could identify what King Lear was talking about in some of his passages.
The play King Lear was definitely not my favorite Shakespearean play I have ever read, but it was somewhat enjoyable. Hopefully the next play will be up to the same level as Much Ado About Nothing.

2nd G'd up Poem

Sloppy Love Jingle, Pt. 1
By: Travis McCoy

Bartender!
"Yeah I hear your wise ass, give me a minute."
I'm trying to get this round over here.
"What do you think I'm just working for you here?"
Actually, will you, will you send a drink, to the lady at the end of the bar? Yeah that one right there.
"Here you are man."
Yeah, yeah. It's on me. Tell her it's from Travie.
"It's from this guy over here."

From the second she shimmied in
I was intrigued by her essence
And my first instincts to make sure that my presence was felt
Simple and plain
I'm probably jumping the train
But all I could see was my name engraved on her belt
Hit the pause button
Damn!
I don't even know this girl
And I'm already practicing my sweet-nothins
But that's a classic trait of a soft-spoken, heart-broken, fellow like my self best believe (pussy)
I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve
But that night the Jagermeister had my sleeves rolled up
Wait a minute, hold up
I think she caught me grillin' now I'm spillin' my drink (don't look don't look)
I knew our feelings were in sync so now she gave me the wink
The only problem is, I'm not your ordinary, average Romeo
A Cyrano de Bergerac (shut the fuck up)
In fact, I remember back in fifth grade
I tried to read the book of love, but sadly
The introduction didn't grab me
So I left it on the shelf and kept moving
Assuming that this planet rotates
I'll just procrastinate until the day I bump into my soulmate
Who would've thunk I would be pissy ass drunk when time came for collision
So I made the decision to just keep my composure (cool cool)
Until she started getting closer
And then I felt this weird feeling underneath my left shoulder, and then I
Slipped, tripped, busted my lip and fell in love
The minute that she stepped in the door
The type of girl I'd have to make a couple mix tapes for
To me she equaled MC squared and everything else was mathematics
I never took the time to practice

SHAKESPEARE

The relationship between Beatrice and Benedick is a very entertaining. Seeing how they both absolutely “despise” each other in the beginning of the play, and then dramatically changing their opinions into an extreme case of love gives quite a plot scheme. Beatrice is not the kind of women who takes crap off of anybody especially a man. She is strong willed and very intelligent, giving her a heads up on any man who unknowingly challenges her. It is revealed that before the time of the play, Beatrice and Benedick married for no more than a weeks time. There is always a lot of tension within the group whenever the two are together. Benedick knows that in a straight up argument, he will eventually lose to the wit of Beatrice’s words, so Benedick always tries to end the lexicon by walking away from her, which annoys here even more.
I like Benedick because he is a little cocky and stubborn about who and what he is. But I like the way he caries himself. Because even though he is always thinking very highly of himself, he has much humor to whatever he says. Even when he is alone, he seems to be trying to make himself laugh, which I can relate to because everything must be entertaining in order for me to stay focused. Also, the relationship is very funny because thy act like kids in 4th grade because of how they argue. The movie also depicts the scene where they find out about the other one loving the other very differently. In the actual play, it seems as if it was very cal m when each heard the news. But in the movie, they both were like “hi” or something. I mean Benedick was playing in a fountain while she was singing and swinging on a swing-set.
Benedick is one of my favorite characters in the play. He is very entertaining and also very smart which is always a plus.

POEM OF THE DIA

i carry your heart with me by E. E. Cummings

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

Shake 'n' bake Shakespeare

My previous experiences with William Shakespeare have been phenomonal. As you already know, I read Hamlet in the fall of 2007, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Upon my reading of Hamlet, I discovered something about myself. I love Shakespeare. He has a really, really, really attractive first name. Furthermore, understanding Ye Olde Englishe comes very naturally to my intellect. The lexicons within Shakespeare’s plays are entirely reminiscent of those within my own, personal play, The Tragedy of William Ye Hadley Bixby. I feel like the merchant in the Merchant of Venice because everybody only sees him as a Jew. I am not a Jew. However, people see nothing more of me than dashing good looks and a spectacular physique. But, after having read the ending to the Merchant of Venice, I found out that the things that people say or think about you are not the most important aspect of life. Shakespeare helped me mature into the dangerously good-looking and classy young man that I am today. He shaped the bildungsroman of my life. Not only as he influenced my life, he has influenced that lives of other writers throughout the ages. I love Shakespeare, and I am looking forward to participating in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of a class.

COAD-F

In “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”, the murder of Santiago Nasar occurs due to many people not doing what should have been done. Because the novel begins with Pablo and Pedro Vicario having already committed the murder of Santiago, the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, must have another idea in mind. The novel focuses on what people could have done to prevent the murder, and also what people thought while doing nothing.

There are many characters in the novel that could have influenced the outcome of Santiago, but they did not have much momentum to stop it. Victoria Guzman is one of them. She was the cook in Santiago Nasar’s home. When Victoria was a teenager, she had had an affair with Santiago’s father causing a slight hatred of the family. Also, Victoria has a daughter named Divina Flor. Santiago is very sexual with her but in an inappropriate manner. Santiago believes that because Divina is poor and works for him, that he can do anything he wants with her. Having these two as enemies was not the greatest idea for Santiago. Later on in the novel, we find out that Divina and Victoria both new that Santiago was going to be murdered but they chose not to say anything. Showing the reasons that they had not said anything because, “hadn’t said anything to Santiago Nasar because in the depths of her heart she wanted them to kill him. Divina on the other hand, didn’t warn him because she was nothing but frightened child at the time.”

Clothilde Armenta is the owner and proprietress of the “milk shop” in which the Vicarios brothers are before they go out to kill Santiago. Clothilde gives the boys more alcohol than they probably need, trying to prevent them from been physically able o walk out of the shop to find Santiago. Also, she took their knives away from them thinking it would stop them. But the brothers return home to get different sharpened knives. This attempt by Clothilde obviously fails.

Two others fail in warning Santiago about the attempt to murder him, but these are for slightly less excusable reasons. Father Amador is told to warn Santiago but he forgets to do so because of no real reason at all. Colonel Lazaro Aponte forgets to do the same as Father Amador, but not only does he forget, he does not tell him because he became distracted with the games of dominoes he had been previously in. Many people in the novel had the full opportunity to save Santiago’s life but it does not seem as if they wanted to. After reading the novel, it does not seem as if many of the characters really liked Santiago besides his sister, Margot.

Honor is a key fact in the novel because it is pretty much the reason for Santiago’s death. Angela Vicario was a dishonorable bride because of the fact that she was not a virgin. When Pablo and Pedro received word of this, they commanded her to tell her who was the man. She soon after replied, “Santiago Nasar,” and that was it. Realizing that they must kill Santiago in order to restore their family’s honor, they quickly find knives in order to do so. Prudencia Cotes, Pedro’s fiancé, said about the murder, “I knew what they were up to…and I didn’t only agree, I never would have married him if he hadn’t done what a man should do.” This shows the value of honor within the Columbian culture. Even the priest agreed that the two brothers were innocent before god and before men because it was a matter of honor, which applies before all else.