Much Ado About Nothing Review

          We went to go see the play Much Ado About Nothing earlier this week. I loved this play, it had a combination of humor and seriousness. It took place in the 1920's where soldiers were returning from World War I. The props used always fit with the scene and sometimes added some feeling to the scene. The lighting on the big circle was used well because it turned red sometimes so it looked like it was night time, it was partially covered to look like a moon, also, it had light shown on it to look like it was a bedchamber window. The music was used well because the characters were aware of the band playing the music. The costumes were always changing with the scenes, they always fit along with what was going in the scene at the time. This play did everything right when it comes to preforming a play. 

My Favorite and Most Disliked Characters In Romeo and Juliet

          My favorite character in Romeo and Juliet is Mercutio. He is my favorite character because he has really deep thoughts and is really good at trying to make people feel better when they are sad. He is a really good motivational speaker. Mercutio sometimes gets lost in his words and that shows that he always has something to say. He is very thoughtful and descriptive with his speeches. He is not afraid to express his opinion and his desires when he feels they need to be expressed. 


          My least favorite person in Romeo and Juliet is Tybalt. I like him the least because he is really judgmental, he wanted Romeo and Benvolio thrown out of the party that Capulet threw. He thought that they were there solely to make trouble and be a nuisance. He seems like he really only cares about how much he hates the Montagues. 

Letter About Romeo and Juliet

Dear Friend,

          I have been reading Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and it is fantastic! There are so many puns that are so funny. The text itself is a little hard to understand, but thankfully there are translations to some words on the opposite page to make it easier to understand. The Montagues and the Capulets are bitter enemies and they insult each other whenever they come across each other's paths. They use a lot of vile insults against each other. There are many characters in the book, the characters in each act are listed at the beginning of the act. 


          From reading some of Romeo and Juliet, a piece of advice I can give you is, to use the translations on the opposite page to help you understand what Shakespeare is saying. It is really hard to understand it unless you know a lot about the old English they use because you never hear these terms anymore and they are confusing. It was definitely confusing to me and a lot of other people I know who read it as well. They should make a new version of Romeo and Juliet where it has modern day terms and is easy to understand.


          I feel that this book has deep meaning and will show some very common problems from that time period. It will also show a very deep love story about two lovers on different sides of a war. I wonder how the story goes after they kill themselves, or does it just end there?

Sonnet 27 Response

          We read Sonnet #27 by Shakespeare in class recently. It is about a man that goes to bed exhausted and dreams. He is tired all thee time, at night because his mind can't rest because of his dreams, in the day because he has to do hard work. He dreams of things far away from where he lives. He says that there is a darkness that blind people can see, where his soul can see when someones "shadow" is in his sightless view. This seems to me that this is he is describing how he feels dreams are like, something everyone can see through darkness even if they're unable to see. He says that his dreams take him far away from where he lives and works.

          Shakespeare says that his dreams make the night look and feel new. This makes me think that the night is a timeless beauty that never people never get bored of seeing. He says that for himself and someone else, there is no peace of mind. I think this is because they can't stop thinking about each other and they both have a lot of work to do during the day. He loves this person so much that even while asleep he tires himself, thinking of this person.

          I think this sonnet relates to life now because some people might feel like this too. Some people might be so madly in love that they cannot rest because they are thinking of one person constantly while they work or sleep. Also I think that it could also be the other way around, someone could hate someone so much that they cannot sleep because of how much they focus on the one person they hate. It is a matter of how the person affects your life and how you react to it.

Sonnet

School

As much as I don’t want to go, I must

To get the grades I need to graduate

To get that diploma for which I lust

To get out of school on the exact date

I really want to leave this horrid place

And go out and have fun with my great friends

The extremely long school year ends without haste

Before school year ends, we must tie loose ends

Summer cannot come fast enough for me

When it does it passes by too quickly

People in summer have no time to meet

For half the time we get, we spend sickly

Please get me out of this wretched kid trap

And let us stay in a place to play taps

Michelangelo poem

You made the world beautiful
With your works of art
The statues
The paintings

No one was as great as you
Not even Leonardo
He might have tried
But he tried in vain

The David,
The Creation of Eve,
Just two of your famous works
And there are many more where those came from

Goodbye to you Michelangelo
You were and are venerated by many people

Michelangelo

"The Creation of Eve" by Michelangelo

          Michelangelo was born on March 6th, 1475 in Florence, Italy. He made many works such as "The Creation of Eve" and "The David". Many of his works are in the Sistine Chapel. His works are mainly from parts of the Bible. He was rivals with another famous artist, maybe you've heard of him, Leonardo Da Vinchi. Michelangelo was also an inspiration to Raphael. Michelangelo died on February 18th, 1564.

          The painting "The Creation of Eve" is cracked in some places, I think this helps show how old this painting and how long ago this was painted. The colors are dull which shows the mood of the painting. Eve is begging God for something and he's explaining something to her (I don't know Bible stories because I'm not Christian). God is the only one in clothes, i guess he doesn't want Adam and Eve to start with anything. 

          I think this shows that even when we are in desperate need of something, people won't let us have them, even when they have enough to spare. This is different because this takes place before money was really important  and all they needed was food, clothing, and shelter, all of which they do not appear to have. I think that shows modern day homeless people, they don't have food and shelter, so they beg for it from people who are better dressed and fed.

          After researching Michelangelo, I really want to go to Italy and see his work in the Sistine Chapel. I want to see this painting in person, I want to see if it looks the same online or if it's more cracked in person.