1. Romeo’s best friend Mercutio is lively, funny, and witty, while Romeo is melancholy and thoughtful. Write about a friend who is different who you, but who you like because of those differences. Why is it fun to be around this person?
2. In the balcony scene, Juliet claims that her and Romeo’s love is “too rash, too unadvised, too sudden” What does she mean by this? Is love more stable when it takes time and effort to develop? What happens when love moves too quickly? Do you agree with Juliet? Explain your thoughts.
3. Friar Laurence advises both Romeo and Juliet in this play. Everyone needs someone to talk to at one time or another. Is there someone in your life who you can always go to for help? Who is this person and how does he or she help you? Tell about a time you sought advice from this person. Did you follow the advice? What happened?
4. Romeo and Juliet marry without their parents’ knowledge. Do you think this is a good idea? How would your family be affected if you or one of your siblings did this? Do you think keeping secrets like this lead to positive or negative results? Why?
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ReplyDeleteWhen someone is rushed into love like Romeo and Juliet were then when they marry and they actually get to know each other after their married they might not like each other. If they would wait and get to know each other instead of rushing into the situation they might actually get to know each other better. If they marry and dont like each other then they will never be happy in their marriage.
If they rush their love too much then they might get too caught up in their plan to actually get to know each other than to barge right in. Juliet says when she is on the balcony looking down at Romeo that he might be rushing too fast with wanting to get married. They only meet each other that night and they wanted to get married and thats really rushing it too fast.
I agree with Juliet that they are moving too fast. They have only seen each other once and she is already expected to marry Paris. Romeo wants to get married now so then they dont have to think about it later when they are already married. At the pace their moving though it seems too fast even for them to get married the next morning that they just saw each other.
1. I have a lot of friends that are different from me. Also, they're the same as me in many ways. One of my friends that is different from me but at the same time likes the same things I do is Tony Thompson. We both like snowmobiling and riding quads. The reason were different is because he is always full of energy.
ReplyDeleteTony is fun to hang out with for many reasons. One thing we probably have the most in common is the enjoyment of riding snowmobiling and quads. Whenever we hang out were always working on snowmobiles or out riding. We enjoy doing this because it's very entertaining and fun to do. Also, we are different in a few ways.
Another reason it's fun to hangout with Tony is because he is always energetic. Theres always something fun to do. We both always think of something fun to do wether it be good or bad. Last time we were lighting fireworks off in the street at 1 a.m. and that was a very fun night. Also, we go to Boyles' house and mess around.
I think it is good to have friends that are different from you. It's good to have different friends because you'll both do different things and then theres more fun stuff to do. If your friend was 100% exactly like you, it would be boring. I have a lot of friends with different personalities. That is why Thompson is one of my best friends.
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ReplyDeleteMercutio and Romeo are both complete opposite people. Romeo is more sophistacated, while Mercutio is, well, wild. The truth is that they are best friends even when they are both very different. Truth is, this isn’t really uncommon. In fact, I actually can relate to his friendship with my very own.
I am more of a lets don’t do anything to get us in trouble. My best friend, Sammy, is more of a, “ Lets go tee-pee the courthouse kind of person. I care alot about school and he really wants to go to the marines. Although we are very different, we really get along. We both have our strengths and weaknesses, but since we are very different, we can overcome just about anything. I am Romeo and he is Mercutio, both very different, but the best of friends.
To me, Mercutio and Romeo’s relationship is not very strange. A positive and a negative still makes a positive friendship. We all have those kind of friendships. Most people probably don’t get the chance at a relationship with someone so different. I’m glad that I have Sammy for a best friend and Romeo to Mercutio. They both have each others backs and I have his.
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ReplyDeleteRomeo and Mercutio are very different from each other. I also have a friend that is very different from me. She is fun to be around and likes to talk all the time. She is a wonderful friend and will never leave you hanging. “Sofie” is very different from me but she is one of my closest friends.
Sofie loves to talk she could talk for hours and hours. I like that there is never an awkward silence when you are around her. I don’t talk as much. I am more of the quiet one that will sit and listen to what someone has to say. When we are together she does most of the talking but that’s okay with me.
Sofie also loves to sing. I love to sing to but she like to sing more of the jazzy music where as I like the more modern songs. I love that she isn’t afraid to sing what she wants to sing. She is very open with her singing also, she can get on stage and belt it out. I am not the one to go on stage and sing I would rather watch the performance instead.
Sofie is also very outgoing and will talk to anyone. She would go up to anyone and start a conversation with them. I am very shy so I wouldn’t just go up and talk someone that I didn’t know. I admire how she can do that and I wish sometimes that I wasn’t so shy. Sofie will talk to anyone who will keep a conversation going with her.
Sofie is one of my best friends and even though we are quite different in some ways she will always be my friend. She will be there for me. I will be there for her. We will be there for each other. Sofie may be different but she is a good different.
*changed name
4) I don't think this is a good idea because usually your parents have to like who you are marrying but in this case if they do find out then they will probably kill Romeo because they are enemies. If I ever got married without telling my parents they would probably kill me. If they don't know who I am dating and they have to find out from somebody else they get mad.
ReplyDeleteIn this case I can see why they want to keep it on the down low because they are supposed to hate each other but they are blinded by love. I think that this secret will keep positive results until someone else finds out like her parents then they will have negative results. Your parents should have to approve who you marry because now they are a part in their life to. This is a bad idea because their parents are going to freak out. Even their friends might freak out. Especially since this feud between the montagues and the Capulets has been going on for generations. It may be a good idea because they could end this feud, but many people may not agree with this. If they get people to think that this is okay then this could be huge and maybe get the capulets and the montagues to like each other.
I also believe that you can love someone and a lot of people wont like you two together, this happens a lot. So not everybody has to like you two together just as long as you are happy. Overall I don't think it is good to keep big stuff like getting married from your family and friends. Most importantly your parents.
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ReplyDeleteMany people have that one friend that’s just loud and crazy or way too immature as your parents put it. It’s nothing they can really change about them but, you end up loving them anyways. My friend “Nicole”, is one of those people. She’s just really out there and loves to do whatever she wants. She can be loud and crazy and the next minute mad.
She’s super loud, and I’m super quiet, so she makes up for my quietness. She talks to so many people and because of her I’m friends with people I would have never expected to be so close with. She loves talking, and I can get that way sometimes, but she does a lot of it and I just go along with whatever she wants to do.
She’s also a crazy girl who goes out and just has fun with life. She makes the best of it everyday. I do too, just not as much as she does. I don’t put myself out there like she does. She’s not scared to do a lot of things. If she wants to do something she will. I, on the other hand, just sit back and watch. I don’t do things that I know are going to get me in trouble, except when I’m with her.
She also stands up for herself. She doesn’t take any crap from people and if they give her any, she throws it right back in their face. I, on the other hand, just take it all in. I’m not a person to go around and throw negative stuff at people even if they did say something bad about me. I just sit back and take it all in. I don’t usually tell people about my problems either. I just store it away into an old memory that’s in the past. People forgive and forget anyways. If it does hurt me, she’s not scared to go and tell that person off.
Just because people are totally opposites of each other, doesn’t mean they can’t be friends or even best friends. They learn to live with each other, and grow stronger together through thick and thin. Sometimes you need a loud friend, so things aren’t always so quiet. Sometimes you just need a loud friend to go out and have a great time with them.
*I made her name up “Nicole”
Romeo and Mercutio are best friends, but from a bystander point of view, some might question why. Romeo is quiet, thoughtful, pleasant, and calm while Mercutio is wild, lively, lives on the edge, doesn’t care what people think about him, and is just insanely out of control. I believe that both Romeo and Mercutio need another person to balance out their personality with liveliness and a touch of calm reality, so they have each other. Romeo very well could use a little excitement in his life, and that’s Mercutio. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Mercutio needs calmness as well as a few reality checks. Some people do not mix well with other people that have opposite personalities, but these two friends balance each other out just right. I am the same exact way, and my opposite is Riley Sternhagen.
ReplyDeleteEver since we were little, Riley and I had an on-off relationship. One week we’d be best friends, the next week we’d be complete enemies. We were so similar yet so different when we were little, and that’s why I think we clashed a bit. Riley has always been the crazy, curly-haired blonde that doesn’t care what people think of her and does whatever she wants to a certain degree. She has no limitations on herself, and she’s always got a smile and a cute little giggle wherever she goes. I used to be similar to her, but I was never as on-the-edge as she was. She was all-out and completely original. She’s never wanted to fit in, but sometimes I did. I was more reserved, especially as we grew up into middle and high school. I don’t exactly want to fit in, but my personality was never crazy enough to stand out as much as she does, which is a very good thing. She’s crazy, and I’m reserved. I picture myself as Romeo and Riley as Mercutio in our situation because she brings liveliness to my life, and I bring calmness to hers at times. Riley is one of my best friends, and she keeps me in check just as I keep her in check.
Even though there are two completely different time periods as well as people (especially gender), I believe that in certain situations, people need others opposite themselves to balance out their emotions and keep them on their toes. It’s important to have a good mix of emotions and traits in your life, and Riley helps me keep an open mind just like Mercutio keeps Romeo on his toes. I’m very glad that I have an opposite like Riley because she makes me who I am today.
4. Was it a good idea for Romeo and Juliet to get married without their parents knowing? No, I don`t think that it was a good idea for them to get married without their parents knowing. Their parents should have been to first ones to know, and they met the night before at a party. I think that my family affected greatly, because they would not know until after it is done. Given the state of the two familys` relationship, things would be very tense for a long time.
ReplyDeleteThere would be negative results, because they were lied to and also because they were not friends with each other. I think that more of the negative results would have come from being kept in the dark about it.
Normally you always hang around people who are a lot like you are, or there is something that you each have in common. Such as you both go out for the same sport, or your parents know each other, so you have just become friends overtime. But sometimes there are people that you meet that aren’t like you. They like to do a lot of things that you don’t or at least haven’t tried to do yet. I think that it is fun to have a friend that does different things than you, because you can show each other the different things that you do and form a good friendship.
ReplyDeleteOccasionally my family and I go up to Waukon so that my dad can see all of his old friends up there, because he used to live up there when he was a kid. When I went up there I met Lane, my dad’s friend’s son. He is a lot of fun, and kinda wild! Whenever I went there we would ride dirtbikes or get on their four-wheeler and ride down to the creek they have. Me and him are a lot alike, we both like to play xbox when we are bored, and be outside doing something. When I finally met all of his friends, they were a lot of fun! We would go to a party at one of his friends houses and they hang out in his cool little cabin that he built. They did a lot of different things that I haven’t ever really done, but it was fun and I really enjoyed it, and now i can’t wait to go back up there nextime.
1. Mercutio and Romeo’s relationship is a lot like the realationship between Taylor White and I. She is crazy, and always doing something dangerous or causing trouble, and I rarely cause trouble or do anything dangerous. Taylor is fun to be around, because she’s so much different than me. She always makes me laugh.
ReplyDeleteTaylor and I have been friends since daycare. We used to do everything together, until she got held back. We still hang out sometimes, but not as often. She is so unpredictable, there is always something new she will do. I have done many crazy things with her, some dangerous. She doesn’t think things through, and basically fends for herself. She eats raw hot dogs, something I would never do, but we get along really well.
Some people say opposites attract, and in this scenario, it’s true. I have found myself saying many times “I can’t believe we’re friends, we’re so different.” There are so many crazy stories I could tell you about things Taylor and her family. I like Taylor because she is so different from me and my other friends, she is carefree, something I am not, and she doesn’t have any younger siblings to watch out for, so that changes how she is.
Everything she does is ridiculous, and she knows it, but I think she just enjoys people’s reactions, she doesn’t care about what people think about her. Of all the insane and dangerous things we have done together, I wouldn’t take one of them back. Taylor is a great friend, and I’m lucky I got to know her.
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ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, as a teenage girl, i’ve been stabbed in the back. I’ve had girls be nice to my face, and a total stranger behind my back. I’ve had not so kind things said to me, and cried wondering what the hell I ever happened to do to deserve to be treated so terribly by my peers. It was then i realized, i never really did anything. I was simply a teenage girl who was bound to go through such things because teenage girls are a mean species. I was surrounding myself with people who were not true friends, and it was killing me. It was then I met somebody who was nothing like the girls in my class. Kelsey Elledge was a physically awkward, raunchy, inappropriate, yet brutally honest girl from Ed-Co.
It then happened this girl became one of my best friends. Girls at Maquoketa Valley pretty much hated her, but I did not care at all. While I am in a class with a lot of girls who will be nice to your face and talk hogwash behind your back. If you were to walk up to Kelsey and ask “Did you say I was spoiled?” she would look you in the eye and say “Yes, because you are.” I don’t think girls in my class really knew how to deal with that, seeing as they’d never have anybody be that honest to their face.
Kelsey became my friend for a few reasons. 1. She’d be straight up with you and tell you as soon as she had a problem with you and would let you talk it out with her. 2. Her inappropriate humor could kill me with laughter no matter how terrible I felt. 3. She doesn’t judge you on your personal decisions. & at that specific point in my life, that was exactly what I needed. I didn’t need somebody who would give me advice, I needed somebody who would just listen.
What really ticks me off the most is when people look at me and judge everything I am and everything I am not because of my past. It seems like because I’ve gone through terrible things it gives everybody the right to say whatever they want to me because they’re ‘worried about me’ and ‘don’t want me to go around making decisions i’ll regret.’ when the truth of the matter is that everybody just likes to wedge themselves into other’s business because they’re too freaking afraid to deal with their own. So when I finally acquired a friend who would let me be me, it was really great.
I honestly don’t care what people say about Kelsey. She has her flaws just as I have mine. I’ve made terrible decisions in my life just as she has. I’m not going to make you like her, because I know sometimes it isn’t easy, just as I know that she wouldn’t make anybody like me. Although we are both different, and we have had our ups and our downs, I truthfully am grateful to have somebody like her. I have done things to really screw up our friendship, but in the end we really didn’t let that get in the way, even when she really should have. I am thankful to have somebody like her.
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ReplyDeleteAre you very close to your parents that you want them at everything even your wedding? Well some people don’t want to let their parents know they are getting married like Romeo and Juliet. I think you need your parents in your life because they are the ones that raised you to be who you are. They want to see you grow up at much as they might hate it. Your parents are always there for you when you need them most.
Personally I don’t think it’s a good idea to not have your parents there for you wedding. Some people go out and marry in a different state, but they still at least tell their parents. That is something that your parents are looking forward to when you go up is to watch thier child getting married. I know some parents might not want their child in their life and I get why some people don’t want them at their wedding. In Romeo and Juliet’s situation I think it could be good because they done have their parents, but it could also be very bad. It could be very good because they could actually marry each other because if their parents were there they would be so mad they probably won’t let them marry. If they didn’t tell their parents and got married they would find out sooner or later and it would be even worse then the whole fighting on both sides becuase they would blame it on the other family and the “war” would never stop. I don’t think this would happen if one of my siblings would get married without telling anyone. We would probably be mad for a little bit because one of them didn’t introduce them to us before they got married, but I think we would get use to it and let them be in our family. If you keep secrets like getting married it could lead to both positive and negative results. If your parents never found out it could be positive because they would never get mad and judge the person on what side they are on. On the other side, it could be very bad. Your parents could find out who you are married to and they could do many things to hurt you like not ever talking to you or trying to take him away from you. So I don’t think it’s very good idea to keep secrets because the longer you hold on to them the more worse it’s going to get.
In the end you you get married with your parents by your side or not, it’s you decision. Some people don’t think they need them but other people think they do. In my opinion everyone needs someone to be there no matter who it is at their wedding. It might affect the your family and the people you are friends with overall. You can always change how your family thinks of you in very small actions.
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ReplyDeleteNow if we think about this book, and the different perspectives that took place in the late 1500s, and then now, it is totally different. We would be in so much trouble if we were to marry without telling our parents, let alone anyone. We would never be able to just run out of the house whenever we want to. The 1500s was a whole different story, they could do whatever they wanted, they could go out, and do so much more stuff, but there was just one thing holding Romeo and Juliet back, and that was because one was Capulet and the other a Montague.
When you are eighteen and you can take care of yourself and fend for yourself, but Romeo and Juliet are only sixteen and thirteen. That is way too young to be getting married in the time period we are in right now. Romeo and Juliet think that this is the right choice, but in our century, you see couples date for over four years, then get married, and then get a divorce. That is one of the main reasons I think that it is way to earlier. Another big factor is the only people that know are Friar Lawrence and Nurse.
When I think about what my parents would do if I were to run off and get married at the age of thirteen. I really do not think that I would be able to live. If I am not home by my curfew I get in trouble. I cannot even possibly think of all the punishments I would come to. Now on the other hand Romeo and Juliet don’t even seem scared. They act like they are so in love to actually care what anyone else thinks. You don't even ever hear about Romeo's parents, so who knows what they would think. Juliet's parents on the other hand would hate her even more, especially because Romeo is a Montague.
Keeping secrets not just like Romeo and Juliet, but anything will lead to bad results. For example, if Romeo were to cheat with Rosaline and not tell Juliet, that would lead to a huge problem. I guess when I read on and on about Romeo and Juliet, they do not want to tell their parents, and that they are too in love to even notice that they should probably tell their parents. This all has to do with responsibility, and when you are sixteen and thirteen, you do not really have enough responsibility to live on your own. Again, this is in the 1500s and times have changed, but I feel that they can make some better choices. Friar Lawrence thinks that it will end the fued. Maybe they should wait just a little longer to see if this is actually the right choice, and that this is what they are for surely doing. When you think about it, I wake up at six, go to school for eight hours, go to practice, and come home, that is already 12 hours, then I sleep for 8 hours, and do that same exact routine, and in all this time that I just school, sleep, and practice, Romeo and Juliet are getting married. That is way too fast. And they are the only ones who think it is the right choice, and that it is okay to rush, when it is not.
Romeo and Juliet have made the wrong decision and should have thought more about the future, and if they want to live it with each other, and what would happen if anyone figured out that a Capulet was married to a Montague. The late 1500s is way different than the 2000s but everyone, even thirteen year olds should think about life, and what the future holds, before they do anything they regret.
Essay 4
ReplyDeleteThere are many things you have to say to someone to either get it off your shoulders or to protect someone. Sometimes it is better to keep it inside so no one will get seriously hurt. Some point in time they will find out though, in good circumstances or bad. That is when it may become the breaking point in a relationship. One of the things most heard of is not telling your parents you’re not getting married. The hardest part though is they are enemies where nobody on each side gets along except them. Do I think this is a good idea? No.
Most people only get married once in a lifetime and have a big wedding. They don’t have a secret and very small wedding like Romeo and Juliet. I don’t think this is a good idea because either side gets along and who knows what either side will do when they find out. On the Capulet side you have Tybalt who knows what he will do considering he wanted to kill Romeo in the first place. Then you have Mercutio who has a dirty mind and lots of energy. They both think highly of themselves. We all know if they were going in a fight this can’t be good for either side.
I don’t know what my family would do if I got married without them. They all would probably be upset and mad at me but I know that there is a 99.9% chance I won’t get married without them. I can keep secrets but one of my own that big I probably couldn’t. On the other hand though, if Katie or Kelsey did that I probably would be very, very disappointed. I wouldn’t know what to think whether they are mad at me or they don’t like me any more. It would make me think like they don’t want me near or around them. My family? They would all probably be very disappointed too.
In Romeo and Juliet I think this marriage idea is really bad. It’s really bad for only one reason, their families have never got along well. The story started out with them fighting and the Prince said if they fought again they would all be killed. Just imagine what the scene will look like when they find out that Romeo and Juliet are together. In reality we hope the families love them both that they will just get along for them but I don’t think that will happen. So I think Romeo and Juliet being together will only bring negative results.
To me if you are going to get married you need to tell everyone. You can not just keep it a secret. The only exception I think is if you have no family. If you fall in love with someone do marry them but don’t marry them because your families don’t get along. If they really love you they will make the right decision and choose to try to get along.
Essay #1
ReplyDeleteThe friends I hang out with are very similar. We all like sports, having fun, and doing crazy stuff. We all love each other and we’d do anything to help one another out. But, one of my friends is different.
Her name is Megan Staner. She goes to my old school that I moved away from three years ago. Megan loves life. When you’re sitting in class trying to pay attention, your eyes may drift towards her. She’s always got that smile on her face that will brighten up your day in a split of a second. She’s kind in every which way. Say you’re walking to class all by yourself, you’ll hear someone in the distance say ‘Hey! Wait up!’. It will be Megan wanting to walk with you. Putting a smile on someone else’s face because of hers is what makes her special.
The point of this essay is to write about a friend that is different from you. Megan’s different in a way that’s not so much towards personality, athletic ability, or intelligence wise. Megan suffers from RET syndrome. This disease keeps you from being able to control everything your body does. Megan cannot control her hands, her small gestures, or her head. She cups her hands because that’s the only movement she can really make of them. She can hold pencils and crayons, but they are specially made so that she is able to do the things other students can do; like writing and drawing. Megan also moves her head a lot. Sometimes she makes small sudden movements that may scare some people. Megan’s special in her own way. Her speech is just like everyone else, but it’s hard to understand. But if she wasn’t this way, then she’d be a totally different person. I like Megan just the way she is.
Megan’s one of those people where if you are having a bad day, she’s there for you. Even though she’s the one with the disease, and she cannot control her body movements at times she’s the one to cheer you up. It’s mainly because of her smile. She probably has the best smile there is out there because when she does her whole face lightens up. This causes yours to too. I love Megan for all the right reasons. She’s caring, forgiving, and she loves life. Megan won’t live as long as most of us because her disease keeps her from doing that. But I know that that won’t stop her.
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ReplyDeleteIf I compared my classmates and friends to the literary characters in Romeo and Juliet, there wouldn’t be much to say. There is no Mercutio and Romeo foils in my group of friends nor is there a Benvolio and Tybalt. My classmates are lacking a Capulet and Montague rivalry and intense fighting isn’t an everyday occurrence; it’s not even a monthly occurrence. While there may not be an abundance or foils or rivals in my class, we all have our differences.
To start with, Jazz and I didn’t always get along, especially in middle school. She had a confidence that said I don’t care what people think while I strived for acceptance. She not only accepted her differences but revelled in them. I just wanted to fit in. I would betray my friends to seem more popular while she had a loyalty that would never be fazed. As time passed, we became friends, not because she changed but because I did. I stopped caring about gossip and popularity and started being myself. In middle school, we were definitely foils but now, not so much.
Jazz isn’t the only friend I stopped being a foil to. Riley, Taylor, and a majority of the friends I have now changed me from the little snot I was to someone I enjoy being. Now, simply because I’m a lot like them now, we still have our differences. Jazz is lively and boisterous and willing to say the first thought that comes to her mind. I may be boisterous at times but I can also be reserved. I put people’s feelings first before I say something.
As for Taylor, we’re quite a bit different. If she’s having a bad day, she sometimes lets it show while I’m more of the person who tries to keep it to myself and pretend it doesn’t exist. Taylor and I can be similar as well, though. When she’s in a good mood, there is nobody more fun to be around. Giggly, silly, and energetic all describe her when she’s in one of these moods. When she’s like this, we’re a lot alike.
Then there is Riley. We’re not much foils, even if we are different. We both can be clever, giggly, and talkative, especially when we’re around each other, making us a deadly combination when put together. Now, like I said, we have our differences. She’s more music oriented, while speech and drama will always hold my interest. She’s rarely caught not talking while sometimes I can be quite quiet. She can live on three hours of sleep. I can barely live off eight. We’re not exactly twins, to say the least, but that’s what makes her fun. Our differences make us grow as people when we’re around each other.
Differences set us apart as people in my class, even if our differences aren’t that major. No rivalries, no fighting, no great conflict, but that’s okay. We’re all a little different and it makes us better people. It gives us the ability to get along with people who aren’t necessarily like us and maybe even become friends with those people. The most important part though, is that we get along. Like Romeo and Mercutio, our differences make us grow closer.
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ReplyDeleteBlog number three is a very important life style that you need, TRUST. Trust is something that everyone needs. You may have a sibling that you trust or even one of your friends. Many people think of a family member that you trust and can talk to about. My mom is my major person that I trust.
My mom has always been there for me. She understands how things work and always has great advice. My mom is like my best friend. Whenever i need someone to talk to, I immediately go to her. My mom was once a young teenager, so she has obviously gone through some of the same stuff that I go through. Whenever my attitude seems "fishy" she always pulls me aside and we talk through the situation. My mom always makes me feel better and I'm glad that I can talk to her about anything.
Last night I had to sit down with my mom and talk about something that has been making me not be my normal self. I usually don't worry to much about this topic.... boys. There has been a boy I have been texting who likes me and really wants to date. I'm very uncertain of what to do. I can see him making me happier but yet I can see the outcome being not as well. I respect my moms decision and she has obviously been in love and had past relationships, but I need to follow my own heart. My mom knows the right kind of guy for me and I think I will eventually find the guy that I want to marry. I think that I am to young to be worrying about all these options. My mom knows me to well to tell me an option that I don't want to hear. I respect my mom dearly and went along with her choice. The option, for me, was hard to swallow. Him and I have talked a lot over the past few weeks and I feel like he knows me very well.
Like I said, my mom has obviously been through this when she was younger so she knows whats right at my age. I understand you may make some choices you wish that you never would have, but making mistakes only makes you better. I value my moms opinion, but sometimes I just need to do my own thing. She has been there for all of my life, and I still plan on relying on her in the future when I'm stuck on a big decision or just need to call her and gossip. I love my mom to death! I wish everyone could talk to their parents like that and have great respect for them. They do a lot of stuff for you-clothe you, provide food, have a shelter, and make sure you get an education. Everyones parents are different, I understand that, but you should be thankful for what you have!
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ReplyDeleteIn my group of friends a lot of them aren't like me, and I think that is why we are such good friends. This relates to how Romeo and Mercutio are friends but are really completely opposite. Rome is thoughtful but sad, and Mercutio is kind of more outgoing, funny, lively.
One of my best friends and I are really not alike at all. He is more of the sports and weight room kind of guy that goes out for all sports, and I really only go out for two. I live on a farm and he lives in town, but that doesn't stop him from coming out and learning about the farm and helping me get stuff done. He is more of the think things through and look at it from all angles kind of person and I get a idea and start it and change it as I go to make it work the best. The thing is we usually end up with close to the same idea, and a lot of time he is the one that stops me from doing to stupid of things. I also like to do more crazy thing and have crazy ideas (like pulling a couch behind a four-wheeler as a sled). These differences are what make us even better friends. We think alike but we are really completely different.
Rome and Mercutio are good friends but yet so different kind of like the saying opposites attract and I think that is really true for friends. I think that it really makes a friendship stronger. And makes them funnier to be around. I think this is because you finish each others ideas and you end up with the best combination. So the way I look at it I am Mercutio and my friend is Romeo because he is more thoughtful and thinks things through more.
I do not think getting married without your family's knowledge is not a very good decision. One thing is they have never met the person. They also do not know who they are related to and who they are the children of. I think it is a very bad thing to do to your family because they do not have any idea and it could cause many problems with their family
ReplyDeleteBeing married is a challenge in itself, but being married without family knowing that is a whole different ball game. You would have a whole lot more challenges. Some for instance keeping it a secret. It may also be trying to tell someone. They may over react like your parents. Your parents want to be involved in your life's big moments. I would not get married without my parents knowing.
Getting married is a very sacred thing and should be celebrated with all people who you are related to or are good friends with. In Romeo and Juliet's case though I can see why they got married without their family knowing, because they are such big rivals. I think that marring in private would just lead to more troubles.
I know if one of my brothers did that I would not be happy. I would want to be part of their day were one of them became married. Wouldn't you want to be part of a day like that. I'm sure they would feel the same way if I got married and did not tell them.I know for sure our bonding brother hood would not be so bonding any more. They might not even want to talk to me any more.
I think keeping secrets that big would have a negative impact. On who ever it happened to. What ever happened would ruin relationships with anyone I knew. It may even impact the relationship you had with the person you just married.
Either way you put it being married in private is not a good thing. It will ruin your relationships. It could be with your parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and maybe even grandparents. It may even ruin your job because you may not act the same. Which will cause you to not be so productive as you were before that and you maybe fired.
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ReplyDeleteIt is good to have friends that know different things and like different things like Alex Vorwald. He is very quit tell you get to know him then you cant get him to shut up just kidding. Well we like the same things and when we get a snowmobile or quad we are always working on them together Or We are just out on the trails riding together with david boyles. Also like I like Racing he thought it was stupid tell I took him to a race and now he wants to come along with me when I get my car done. and Well some of the stuff we do may not be the most legal thing in the world we have fun and have yet to get caught. Like one night we were bored so we went outside and started shooting fireworks off in the middle of the street at like 1 A.M. The stuff we do together is always fun and We are always up to buying something new to work on or we are out causing trouble. We are both interested in the same stuff which keeps us as friends but we disagree on some stuff like he thinks yamaha is the best sled I mean I like them but I would rather have a Polaris. The reason we are friend with david is he's fun to hang around and will do just about anything and he can make you laugh anytime about anything But alex and I do not always agree with Boyles like he likes ford and we all know that ford sucks and will never be anything but a little wimpy truck thats good for nothing GET A REAL TRUCK DAVID A DIRTY MAXX!!! All tho David can't get it threw his thick skull that Ford's SUCK We are still good friends with him. I believe it is good to have friends that are not exactly like you. It's good to have different friends because you'll both do different things and you may like something the other dose and then theres more fun stuff to do. If your friend was even 90% like you it would be boring. That is why Vorwald is one of my best friends.
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ReplyDeleteMost of my friends are different than me but thats only because no two people are alike so all my friends are different than me like my friend Jacob who I met when I was in about third grade. I met him once and thought nothing of it but when one of my other friends introduced us to each other we started to talk a lot. He is different from me in a lot of ways he likes base ball I don't like it as much, he likes basketball I used to not like it and little things like that we don't have in common but we are still friends and now he got me more and more interested in it. Now recently he moved to illinois and thats another thing we don't have in common where we live. We still see each other every so often and we talk over the phone but I usually what we do is when the fair is coming up I go over to his house for a while, like a week or so and then he come over to my house.
Another thing is every one is different and if you become friends with some one you will get over most of your differences but some will stay the same like him and I he likes base ball I don't, he likes basket ball I do now that we met but either way we still are friends. Just like in romeo and Juliet I am like Romeo quiet and he is like Mercucio louder and lively but thats why I like him because he is different if someone was the same as you that would be really boring and get old really fast. I like hive even though he is different though if he wants to like something I don't he can go ahead and do it i don't care because thats why I have him as my friend.
When I read that Romeo and Juliet were getting married without either of their parents knowing, I thought it was a bad idea because I would think their parents would want to see the wedding, but yet I think it was a good idea because their families are enemies and Romeo and Juliet may cause fighting between the two sides. I think if I were to get married without my parents knowing it would affect my family in a big way. I would have to stay away from my family or I would have to leave my husband behind. It wold tear my family apart not knowing where I am or What I'm doing, I think having a secret marriage would put my family into a lot of stress. Romeo and Juliet's marriage could lead to both positive and negative results. The negative results would that their parents would be really mad because parents always want to see their children get married and see them grow up and finally take another step towards life. Some good results in the two of them getting secretly married is that maybe when Romeo and Juliet's parents find out then both Capulets and Montagues will finally get along and realize that them fighting is just them being childish and that they need to start getting along. both sides may also realize that if Romeo and Juliet can get married and their marriage last forever than why cant we all just get along. I say both good and bad because people think different about different things and their thinking may not always be positive.
ReplyDelete4.) Romeo and Juliet are being married without their families knowing about it. Plus they just met the night before. I think that this will be dangerous in the story and it is going to make the Montagues and Capulets VERY angry with each other. Even more than before! Or maybe, they will just get along!
ReplyDeleteI think that it this marriage is a good idea. Of course, when the families find out about it at first, there will be a lot of negative results, but after a while, it will get better. If they told their parents, they would lock Juliet in her room and Romeo would probably get locked up as well. Both of them would always have someone watching them to make sure they weren’t seeing each other.
There are only two people who know they are together in the story. There is the Nurse, who helped them get together to get married, and the priest who is a father figure to Romeo. The Nurse could lose her job when the Capulets find out that she helped their daughter get married to the enemy. The Priest could get in trouble with both sides for not letting them know either. That is my downfall on this idea.
If I or my brother pulled this stunt on my parents, they would probably be mad at me and tell me all the responsibilities that I now have, how I don’t even know her that well, and that I should have said something to them. It would be a huge downfall for me and I can never see myself getting married while still a teenager. It would affect my whole family! When we go to Christmas, everyone would expect me to bring my “wife” and all that. No thanks! I’ll wait until I’m older!
So again, there are many pros and cons for Romeo and Juliet. People could get fired, yelled at, or even killed. The prince will probably come in place again because of another street battle caused by the two families and there may be consequences! But yet, there could be peace between the two when they see that the other side isn’t so bad. When they see Romeo and Juliet, they will start thinking about how they should be enemies, then in the back of their head, they will think of why they should be enemies. I can’t wait for the rest of the story to play out!!
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ReplyDeleteWell, I have many friends that are totally different then I am but thats what makes it fun. My friends are all different, if we were all the same that would be no fun! But my best friend Aubrey really sticks out, we don't share a whole bunch of simililarites but thats okay! She's very shy sometimes and I could just go up to a random person and have a conversation about anything. She's pretty much my "partner in crime". When were together who nows what trouble we will get into. I'm more like Mercutio because I give great advice, I tell jokes, and I love to have fun. She's like Romeo because she always talks to boys (except Romeo talks to girls not boys), she's kind, and always claims she's "in love" which is cute but sometimes annoying. When ever I'm in Anamosa I'm at her house, we tell jokes, stories, and talk about normal day stuff which will never get old. Mercutio and Romeo are like brothers, just like Aubrey and I are sisters, were inseparable no one can keep us apart, and I love that. She's always there for me and I'm always there for her which will never change. Aubrey's family treats me like i'm there own and it's very hard to find a family like hers to call me one of there own, is special and I love that. We might not have the same opinions but you know what? Thats what makes us grow closer and she's the best friend i"ll ever have just like Romeo will always have a friend like Mercutio.
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ReplyDeleteRomeo and Juliet getting married is a secret that is good yet bad. It is good because then they won’t have anyone stopping them from getting married to the one that they love. It is bad because it will turn out bad with their family. Also, if they told, they might stop the wedding and the two would get to know each other better. Then again, it might make it so bad they never see each other again. Them getting married is just like the secret. Their parents should be okay with it because if the ones that knows the most about them realize that they are happy and should be together, then they should agree. It is bad because they are young and it won’t be a very good relationship. Their families need to get over what is making them fight so everyone can have peace and not have to worry if the one they love is from their enemies family.
I know if I did this, my whole family would be mad. They would get mad because I didn’t tell them and that I would be too young. They can be open minded about things but only with certain kinds of situations. Doing things too young isn’t one. I know that if I did this, I may be disowned from my family. I think this is how it might turn out for Juliet and I would lose any person over losing my family so I think they need to tell their parents.
Keeping secrets is not good. They normally end in negative results. You have to spend a lot of time on trying to keep everything hidden. If one things is said, your secret can be out and will hurt you just as much as if you wouldn’t of tried to hide it. Keeping secrets also tears people and their friends and family apart. That is definitely a negative thing. If one person finds out, it can hurt your relationship with other people. In this case it would tear Romeo and his family apart along with Juliet and her family.
This secret is a bad idea in the end. Yes, it maybe what they think is right and what may help them get married but then again, are they one hundred percent sure they should be getting married. After everything happens it will turn out very bad. It will turn out the worst between the kids and their families. They should just tell their parents how they feel. If it was true love and their parents knew them and wanted the best for them they would help them understand.
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ReplyDeleteDo I think that it is a good idea that they get married. No because if I go married without letting my parents know. They will kill me or disown me either way it will not be good. Like the stuff that is going on between these two families is crazy. Way would you risk your own life just to get married.
It maybe find peace between the Montagues and the Capulets I do not know,but I do know this. They can’t fight about it because then they will be killed the the Prince. So they will not fight over the situation. So what are they going to lose. Potentially Juliet will be disowned by her parents or be killed, but don’t sweat small stuff.
If I was Romeo and Juliet I would wait until the two families calm down. Hey if I was Romeo I would just wait a little bit because you were just in love with Rosaline. Now you are getting married to Juliet. I guess I am not you so it is your decision. Why risk your jsut to get married.
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ReplyDeleteA person who I can trust and look up to is my Mom. My mom helps me with all my homework and other things I need help with. Mom gives me advice on things to do so I turn out to be a person that people respect and don't turn there heads when they see you or turn the corner in the store so they don't have to run into you or have to talk to you.
One time I was having troubles getting along with a kid at school and we kept getting into fights. My mom gave me the advice to be the better man and not try to fight with them just walk away and people will respect you more if you just walk away and not fight. I stopped fighting with the guy and I just left him and stopped going around him so that everything cooled down. Now we are friends again and hang out all the time in school.
I also take advice from my aunt Chloe. My aunt Chloe helps me with totally different things then my mom does though. My aunt gives me advice on things about school. My aunt tells me advice on what classes to take that would help me in school. and when i get out of school and move on to college and get out on my own in the real world. I like the fact that i have people i can look up to and relay on them to help with things i need help on.
4- Romeo and Juliet marry without their parents’ knowledge. Do you think this is a good idea? How would your family be affected if you or one of your siblings did this? Do you think keeping secrets like this lead to positive or negative results? Why?
ReplyDeleteI have no siblings, but if one of my cousins did this, and ran off and got married with someone our family looks down upon or doesn't like, and especially with out their parents knowing that they were going to get married, it would lead to a lot of negative results.
If one of my cousins did this I don't think it would be a very bad situation with my family because, my family gets along with about everyone, thats just how we are, but lets say we didn't like someone from a different family and one of my cousins ran off and wanted to get married to them. I don't think in the long run it would be a big deal at first because in the end we will just get over it and realize its not that big of a deal. Especially if we didn't like the family for a dumb reason that happened in the past. At first we definitely wouldn't think it would be a good thing because all we do is try to look out for each other and that is probably the only reason we would be mad at first because were just trying to look out for our family members. I think that it would lead to more of a frustration in the beginning, we would be disappointed, but like I said before we would just have to overcome the negatives in the past and just learn that what ever they were fighting about was dumb and they can learn to not be mad at each other. This is how my family would handle the situation. For Romeo and Juliet's case, not so much.
Romeo and Juliet are somewhat rebels. They are going behind their own parents backs and also the fact that they have a family feud between the two of their families, the Montages and the Capulets. I don't think that its such a smart idea because if their parents find out that they were and are sneaking around, considering the time it took place in, that is not a very smart idea because they could be in huge trouble and they could be one, dismembered from their family because they would look down upon them very much. So for Romeo and Juliet's case I don't think it is such a smart idea to go threw with the idea. With how long their feud has been going on, maybe because Romeo and Juliet are doing what they are doing, maybe it will be a real eye opener to both of the families and make them realize that its dumb that they are fighting and can change everything between the two families and make the fighting stop.
My family situation is different from Romeo and Juliet's because I think that Romeo and Juliet's situation is going to be worse then if that were to happen to my family. My family would eventually get over it, and Romeo and Juliet's I don't think their family will get over it.
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ReplyDeleteIf you were to get married without your parents consent today, it would be a much different story than if you did it back then. Times have changed quite a bit, and the consequences would also be different. At some time or another, we all need to learn how to make our own decisions, but to make one that big when you’re that young probably isn’t the best idea.
In the play, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, arrange the marriage, and get married without their parents ever knowing about it. There are only four people that know about Romeo and Juliet, and neither of their parents are involved in that four. Juliet’s nurse knows about it, but she is kind of like a mom to Juliet, and the priest who is going to wed them knows. Their parents have no idea that they are in love much less getting married. They didn’t tell their parents about the wedding and who it was with, because they both knew that their families wouldn’t like it, so they decided to keep it a secret. They probably should have told their families, but since they were so in love, they didn’t want to take the chance of not being able to be together. If they were that much in love, maybe they did do the right thing, because you shouldn’t let other peoples’ opinion effect your future and what you want. They met the night before, but already knew that they were in love.
Today if you were to get married that young without telling your parents, it wouldn’t be that easy. You have to be a certain age, and if you’re not, you at least have to have your parents sign off on it that it’s ok. It would be really hard keeping something that big a secret. Even today in the halls of school, you can’t keep a secret from anyone. If you and your boyfriend break up, the whole school knows about it within a matter of days. You may want to keep a secret such as you getting married private, but sometimes you have to tell people. You can’t always keep everything inside and let no one know what’s going on. Everyone likes knowing something other people don’t, but you have to choose who the important people are and who you can trust, such as your parents. I can’t imagine if I or Parker went off and got married and told no one. Our families would be changed, because now you have a whole new side of the family that we had never even met before.
If you are truly in love with someone, and want to marry them, you shouldn’t keep it a secret, but instead tell your parents and let them feel the love that you two do. Keeping secrets can be good, but when they are something as big a marriage, they should be told.
3. Friar Laurence advises both Romeo and Juliet in this play. Everyone needs someone to talk to at one time or another. Is there someone in your life who you can always go to for help? Who is this person and how does he or she help you? Tell about a time you sought advice from this person. Did you follow the advice? What happened?
ReplyDeleteThe one person that gives me the most advice is my dad. If I have a question I would go to him and he would help me or do it him self. The time I wanted advice from him was last fall into this spring. We built a new shop and we were wiring. I was watching him for a little bit and I said I would help him out. So I got the stuff I needed. I got started then I had a question. He came over and helped me out and told me to do a couple things different. I did and it made me go a lot faster than the first time I did it. Know I can wire a pug-in in about three to four minutes. So he gave me advice and I learned from it. Know when ever I have a question I would go to him (in less I am in school) and ask question, and yes it did work.
I am doing number 1 so yeah.
ReplyDeleteMy name is David Boyles if anybody didn't notice my name up above to the left. I am doing number 1 because it reminds me of my friend Tony. We are the same in all kinds of ways because we both like doing hunting and make jokes and what not. If I need help on the farm or something I know who to call. He likes doing stuff on the farm same as me.
We are different in one way, he likes Chevy's and I like Ford's. I try to talk him into choosing a side that will be good for him and not break down all the time but he just doesn't understand it. I try to show him that Ford is the way to go so you don't have to worry about the frame breaking on his Chevy's. He tries to tell me that Chevy is the way to go but really we both know the truth and the truth is Ford is the best truck.
Like I said "We have all kinds of similarities but one". Maybe some day he will see the truth but for right now he doesn't. I mean he will realize it when he is driving and his truck just starts falling apart piece by piece. He might realize it to when i get a sweet Ford truck and so him what it is like to be in a real truck. He just might think about changing then.
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ReplyDeleteIn my opione I think you should ask for the girl/boy parent's. If you don't ask and they don't like you, what will happen? Will they take the boy/girl away and not let her marry you? Parent's are a big roll in our lives, we need them for certain reasons. We call them up if we need to change a tire, or just simple stuff like what car is best for you. Parent's guide us through our lives, if we didn't have them, life as we know it wouldn't be the same. The family members would proably be upset, well attest my parents would be. My sister would be upset if she hasn't approved of her worthy. Everytime I bring a girl over she has to investigate her and see if she is right for me. I hate to say it but I get angry about it, but she's my sister, and some stuff she needs to know, not all of it though,haha. My brother in other hands would proably be happy for me, yeah he'll say some advice and all, but other than that he will be cool with it. My dad would have mixed emotions. He would be happy to get rid of me from the house, and i'm becoming a man. He also would be disappointed is he thinks the girl I marry isn't the one. He wouldn't stop the marriage, but he just wouldn't be happy. My mom, well that's a whole different story. If you know my mom, than let me tell you, I get a life time speech about something. I get speeches for something that I ate, I can't go one day with my mom giving me a life time speech, yeah know? Keeping secrets from your family isn't the best idea, you might think it is, but in the long run, it isn't trust me, I find out the hard ways. I keep secrets from my parent's, but it's not like I did anything I feel so guilty about, that I have to tell them. They usually find out sooner or later, I promise you that. I believe you should ask their parent's before you marry them, becusase in (Romeo and Juilet) they married the first day and plus they didn't ask for their blessings. So remember always ask the other parent's if it is ok to marry, or it will go down hill from there.
4. Romeo and Juliet marry without their parents’ knowledge. Do you think this is a good idea? How would your family be affected if you or one of your siblings did this? Do you think keeping secrets like this lead to positive or negative results? Why?
ReplyDeleteRomeo and Juliet getting married can be good and bad for bolth them and the families, it could be good because they could bring peace to the families and they wouldn't fight anymore. but it could also get very angry and want to kill each other even more. The priest agrees to mary them because he thinks it will bring peace. The families might not understand that romeo loves juliet and they want to be married the families could try to seperate them and make them find other people to marry. if juliets parents don't know that she is married they could try to arrange her to be married to paris who she doesn't want to marry. If Romeos parent find out that he is married to a capulet they could start a fight between the families. They could bring peace to them also the 2 sides could see that they are not different and stop fighting.
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ReplyDeleteIn my line of friends a lot of them aren't like me, and I think that is why we are such good friends. This relates to how Romeo and Mercutio are best friends but are really completely opposite. Rome is thoughtful but sad, and Mercutio is kind of more outgoing, funny, lively.
One of my best friends and I are really not alike at all. He is more of the think things through kind of person and I get a idea and start it and change it as I go to make it work the best. The thing is we usually end up with close to the same idea, and a lot of time he is the one that stops me from doing to stupid of things. I also like to do more crazy thing and have crazy ideas jumping of a cliff and landing on a trampoline These differences are what make us even better friends. We think alike but we are really completely different.
Rome and Mercutio are good friends but yet so different kind of like the saying opposites attract and I think that is really true for friends. I think that it really makes a friendship stronger. And makes them funnier to be around. I think this is because you finish each others ideas and you end up with the best combination. So the way I look at it I am Mercutio and my friend is Romeo because he is more thoughtful and thinks things through more.
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ReplyDeleteBack in the day people got married without even knowing a lot about their spouse. Today that hardly ever happens. You used to get married very young compared to today's society. People usually get married around the age of 25 not 15. Times have changed a lot since then.
Romeo and Juliet got married without their parents even knowing about it. I think that is a very risky move because you are getting married to the person by their looks rather then their personality. You never know what the other person is going to turn out like. Since they are supposed to be enemies, they could get in big trouble. They could even be put to death since Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Romeo didn't tell anyone he was getting married, and Juliet only told her nurse. If I was the parent of one of them I would want to know that me son or daughter was getting married. I might not be happy about who they're getting married to be I would still want to know. If anything, this secret marriage will have a negative effect on Juliet's and Romeo's family. Everyone will probably be mad at them and they're family could be in danger as well. Romeo and Juliet should still tell people they'er getting married.
If I was to do this in today's society, I would probably be looked down upon. No one meets a person and on the next day gets married to them. If I did it my family would be disappointed in me and tell me I made a big mistake.
Romeo and Juliet don't know each other's personalities very much. They should have waited a little bit longer to get married and they should have told people they were getting married. Romeo and Juliet made a big mistake getting married and should have waited.
Romeo goes to Friar Laurence for advice all the time. He trusts him and his knowledge. He goes to him for help in troubling situations. When I am in a troubling situation, I go to my mother for help. I think she is a reliable source and cares about what is going on in my life.
ReplyDeleteMy mother really cares about my feelings and what’s happening in my life. She doesn’t want to see me get hurt, or pushed around. These are reasons I feel like she is someone I can go to when something is happening at school or in our house. Every night I go home and make supper while I wait for my mother to get home. When she finally arrives at home, she eats and then we sit down and talk about my day. I will tell her all the things that went wrong in the day and she gives me advice for how I can fix them the next day. I follow all the advice she gives me for the following day. Many days I fix everything that went wrong the day before, but there are always those days when you just can’t seem to get anything right.
Sitting down every night and talking has brought my mother and I closer. We want to do almost everything together, but there are those days when we get on each others nerves. We are always going to disagree on who I should and shouldn’t be friends with, but she has her opinion and I have mine. She has been a great help in my freshman year of high school, and I hope she continues to be such a great help all through my high school career. I hope Romeo and Friar Laurence will learn about how to create a great bonding relationship like I have with my mother. It would be great for both of them, and they would both learn something.
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ReplyDeleteI have more than one friend, and I am close to many different people. Most of my friends are just like me. They are quiet and shy, and don’t really like attention. They would rather keep to themselves. Although, I do have one friend who is not really like me at all.
One of my friends is Shalyn Trenkamp. I love to be around her, and I don’t know what I would do without her. Shaylyn isn’t really like me at all. Shaylyn is definitely outgoing and wild. She doesn’t mind being the center of attention, and she loves to talk to people. In a heartbeat, Shaylyn would go up and talk in front of a crowd and not even think twice about it. She loves adventure and trying new things. Shaylyn is a very fun person to be around. She can always make me laugh and feel better.
My friend, Shaylyn, is the total opposite of me. I, on the other hand, hate being the center of attention. I can be outgoing when I’m around certain people, but that doesn’t happen very much. I don’t really like talking to others very much, and especially not strangers. I very much dislike talking in front of crowds. You would have to bribe me to get in front of an audience. I like to try new things, but I’m not very adventurous.
As you can tell, me and my friend, Shaylyn, are not like each other, but we love being together. She is very sociable, while I like to be by myself. We complete each other by giving ourselves a little taste of something different. I have many friends who are similar to me, but Shaylyn makes me a better person for who she is
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ReplyDeleteIn the story of Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers get married without their parents’ knowledge. I think that the two should have thought about it more before they got married. They only knew each other for a couple days and they got married. I think getting married without your parents’ knowledge is a terrible idea.
When you get married, you want your family to like the person you marry. You want your family to want that person to be a part of your family. You don’t want to get married and have to hide it from your parents like Romeo and Juliet did. Sometimes, like in the story, you are left with no other choices though. Romeo and Juliet’s parents would not have allowed these two to get married.
My family would be torn apart if one of my siblings or I did this. My parents would want to get to know the person before we marry them. If one of my siblings or I were to get married without them knowing, our parents wouldn’t have any trust in us. They would also think that the person we married wasn’t a good person if we had to hide the marriage from them. I would want my parents approval before I ever even thought about getting married.
If I were in Romeo’s shoes, I’m not sure what I would do. If I really loved a girl, I would want to get married and spend the rest of my life with her. But if my parents didn’t approve of the person I was about to marry, I’m not sure if I would feel the same way about it. Hopefully, someday when I really love a girl and want to marry her, I will have my parents’ approval.
In a perfect world, you fall in love with someone, have your parents meet them and like them, and then get married. Romeo and Juliet obviously don’t live in the perfect world though. I see why they ran off and got married without telling their parents, but I’m not sure if I would have done the same thing. I might have just tried to explain it to my parents that we were in love and that we were meant to be together. Either way though, I think if you really love someone, you should get married. No matter what anyone says.
4. Is marrying without permission ok? It could be. But it could also not be a very good idea. There are many reasons to get married, but to get married without your parents permission might get you in a heap of trouble. Here are some reasons why.
ReplyDeleteIf you get married without your parents permission they would be furious. At Least mine would be. They would make me get a divorce and probably not let me see her for three years. It would ruin my family because it would just be a big fight about it. Nobody would get along with each other if I got married without their permission.
I think that if I got married without my parents permission and kept it a secret it would be ok. But I would have to keep it a secret or they would freak out on me. When I keep secrets from my parents its always a negative result. They don’t like it at all when me and my sister keep little secrets. So if one of us got married without telling them it would be a world war 3.
Keeping little secrets from your parents is ok from time to time. But never keep a secret that is as big as getting married. That would not be a very good idea. You would almost definitely get in a lot of trouble. Don’t keep your marriage away from your parents, it’s not a good idea.
4. If you got married today with permission from the parents then they would be really mad and you would probably get in big trouble. Things like that are not the same from back then. Half the stuff they did back then is a lot different from what we do know.
ReplyDeleteDo I think this is a good idea? I don't think this is a good idea because they are russing it like what the friar said. They need to slow down and she if they even like them. Just because he or she looks good on the out side doesn't mean your going to like there personality. So then you wouldn't want to marry them. So they need to slow down and get to know each other and see if they want to spend the rest of there life together or not.
How would your family be affected if you or one of your siblings did this? My family would be really mad and they would be very disappointed in me. They would yell at me and tell me i'm going to regret it because they will say she not the one you wanted after all. They will probably not give me as much trust and not respect me as much anymore cause I would of did the wrong thing and not like her after all.
Do you think keeping secrets like this lead to positive or negative results? Why i think this will lead to a bad thing because they will find out sooner or later and when they do find out they will be really mad because they will be mad that you didn't tell them right away and stuff.
Romeo and Juliet marry without their parents’ knowledge. Do you think this is a good idea? How would your family be affected if you or one of your siblings did this? Do you think keeping secrets like this lead to positive or negative results? Why?
ReplyDelete4 Romeo and Juliet need to pick weather to keep it a secret or telling their parents.
Romeo and Juliet are going to get married without the parents on both sides knowing about it. This may be good and bad in many ways. Both sides might think about Romeo and Juliet's marriage and think wow. If Romeo and Juliet get along so good then the other montagues and capulets and get along just as well as romeo and juliet do.
But this marriage may be bad as well. The marriage between Romeo and Juliet could cause the biggest fight between the Montagues and the Capulets and then the death penalty will go to every on who was fighting over the marriage. The death penalty would kill almost 90% of the Capulets and 90% of the Montagues. Another good thing is that both sides might just leave Romeo and Juliet alone. Or both sides don't fight but argue so much about the marriage that they don't get the death penalty, but instead the arguing causes the death or Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet need to tell their parents because if they don't tell it might make a bigger mess at the end when Romeo and Juliet do tell their parents. Secrets are not good to keep because if the secret is bad enough it could cause Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide in the end. If I was Romeo and Juliet I would tell the parents.
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ReplyDeleteWhen Juliet states “too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,” she is talking about her love with Romeo. I think she is right, even when she is doubting herself, she is right. She knows what feels right, but when she does question herself, I believe it makes her look responsible. She is aware what she is getting into, and she is cautious about if she should follow through or not. What she is saying is; “Are they going too fast?” We can tell from the audience that they (Romeo and Juliet) are falling in love, getting married, and planning a honeymoon, in less than twenty-four hours. The question is though is; Does Romeo and Juliet see this? When she states that line up at the top, it shows us that Juliet is questioning if Romeo and her are taking it too fast.
I have always believed that you can fall in love with someone at the first glance, but you can’t get married at first glance. I think love takes time, you have to build that relationship and make it sturdy before taking a huge step like marriage. You can fall in love at first sight, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t just take it slow and build a healthy relationship. Especially when you don’t fully know who the other person is, you need to give them time to really see who you both are. When love moves right along and way too quickly, it doesn’t seem pure. If you both love each other, wouldn’t you have the patience to wait? Be patient. Rushing into love is a sign of disaster, if you have to rush into marriage there is a sign that reads, no trust. You should be able to put that trust into somebody elses hand, and they are going to hold it tight, and have the patience to marry that other person, and truly love you.
I do agree with Juliet. They are rushing, and in the book it describes both of them as impatient. How I wrote up above, impatient is a sign that they are not really in love. If they were to wait at least a few more days, and their love is still as strong, then you would know, but that isn’t the case here. In surprise, Juliet is taking the reigns on this one, and is questioning that maybe, yes, she thinks this marriage thing, and love thing is all going by way too fast.
Sooner or later in life problems tend to arise. With these problems some people need someone to talk to about them. Everyone has someone different that they go to for comfort, or advice. It could be a spouse, a peer, a family member, or even a very close friend. People talk to other people that they trust and sometimes even love. Sometimes they give advice that could help, and sometimes they give advice that can hurt.
ReplyDeleteSomeone close to me that I always go to with my problems is my mom. I also go to my close friends if something is going wrong, but I know I can always depend on my mom, and that she will always be there for me. When there is drama going on at school, whether it involves me or not, I know that she will always have advice for me. Occasionally I don’t agree with the advice, but nine out of ten times I definetly do, and it always ends up working out in the end. I also am aware that any of my other siblings always turn to my mom for advice because she always knows how to help us throughout life, in all different ways.
Everyone needs someone to turn to in life, and my someone is my mom. She helps me through all speed bumps that pop into my life. I know that she will always be there for me. Even though I tend to disrespect her once in a great while, I never intend to because I know that whenever I need something, she will always be there to turn to.
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ReplyDeleteRomeo and Juliet are in love. The only way they can get marred is in without there family knowing. In this case yes I think it is a good idea. The secrets are not good because it could cause people to hate you . The way that the family would be affect is way different now then it was then. I think the couple make a good chose.
If someone in my family got marred without telling are family we would be affected. They way we would get affected would be a lot different then the way they were. They would get killed or injured badly. Today the parents would me mad and upset but get over it. This is a secret could be vary bad if it got out parents could kill there own or disown the kids. It could also be a good thing for the couple like Romeo and Juliet because this is the only way that they could every get marred. Now they will have to leave there town and never see they family again so you should tell your family almost everything that is important.
Romeo and Juliet are doing the right thing. Even thought the secret is not good to keep. Sence they are in love and the secret is the good thing and the only way to get marred. It would be best if Juliet would get marred and leave town. The Secrets wound kill anyone .
Question: # 4
ReplyDeleteLove can sometimes distract you from some things in life that are important. In this play Romeo and Juliet are blinded by each others love that they don’t know what to do but get married. Romeo and Juliet have made a descision to keep the love for each other a secret so only Friar and the Nurse and the two of them, and Peter the servant sort of knows about them. Since the two families do not get along, it was a good idea to keep the marriage ceremony a secret.
Romeo and Juliet love each other so mcuh that they don’t care how much trouble they could get into, they just want to be with each other forever. I am sure that they both realize how big of a risk this is. Since both families do not like each other they try and keep this a big secret so that they do not get into any trouble. I think that if someone finds out about their wedding, they will tell someone and that will then cause a fight. Once the predicted fight has occured, the death penalty will take place.
I know that if I was in a situation where my brother or sister got married with our my parents knowing, Mom and Dad would not be happy. Both Mom and Dad would come up with such a big punishment for them. If this were to happen in the time this story is taking place I am sure that either one of my brother or sister would be prosecuted. Adding to the situation, Romeo was Montague and Juliet was a Capulet and neither family got along, I know that if this was the case for either my brother or sister back in this time period, Mom and Dad would have someone kill them.
Keeping this a secret I think is a good idea even though I still think that it will lead to negative effects. I think it is a good idea to keep it a secret for right now because then they can do what they want to do, and Juliet can tell her mother that she has fallen in love.. just not with the person of her mother’s priority. Although, keeping this a secret will end up causing someone to be killed fpr dating on of the enemy. Like Romeo had stated in the reading that after he has married Juliet he doesn’t care if he is killed. Romeo and Juliet like each other a lot where as long as their married they don’t care what will happen.
Romeo and Juliet have a love they want to share with each other. Romeo and Juliet would be okay with dying as long as they are married, so that’s what they go off and do. Keeping this a secret would be a good idea because then they can get what they want to do out of the way.
When preparing for a marriage, it is very important to pick someone you love, but yet it is even more important if your parents like them as well. I would also never keep a secret away from my parents because guilt would slowly build up, and you may not act the same after that day. I feel that all this could be utilized in small portions, but never in big portions, or you should never do it at all.
ReplyDeleteI think that this could end up being a disaster if the parents never had the final say in their marriage. This could also be the chance to finally stop the separation between the montages, and the capulets. Since Juliet is currently a capulet, it would be terribly hard to explain to her parents how she has fallen in love with a man on the other end of the rope. Romeo is a part of the montage family, and used to be in love with Rosalyne until he discovered Juliet, at the masquerade ball that was held at the capulets house.
If someone in my family ever got married without our parents knowing, it would not be good. It is always nice to introduce the woman or man you like to your parents, to see how they interact with family members, and just how they like him/her. It is obvious to see that Romeo and Juliet have not even told their parents about the relationship, let alone introducing them! Right now only the Nurse, Friar, Romeo, and Juliet know about the love and emotion, also the marriage of the two.
I think that if the couple is to try to keep the marriage a secret, then sooner or later the parents will find out and get mad. Right now it will be better off to just keep the love and affection a secret. When the parents find out, if they ever do, they may say that it has been a long time fighting against each other, or they could say, i don't like this and choose to fight again. When you hide secrets from each other, it is usually because you don't want someone to find something bad out.
I feel the marriage of Romeo and juliet will lead to bad things, just because of the families disliked each other so much before the affair. They may get to the point to where some people actually get killed. I t is always okay to find that Mrs. Right, or the Mr. Right, but it is never okay to bring home the Mr. Wrong. I feel that is a message that everyone can live by, no matter how old you are, or how long of a marriage you have had.
Right off the start I thought Romeo and Juliet getting married was not the best idea. First off they started off way to fast and already made plan to be married the day after they meet. Another reason is both there family’s are not on best terms with eachother. In fact they hate eachother and want to kill them. So if you put all that together it doesnt spell the out “happy ever after”.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that is keeping the familys from not fighting about there marriage is that they dont know about it. Romeo and Juliet haven’t told anyone about the plans to get married. The only people that know is Romeo, Juliet, Nurse and the Friar. Their marriage is all a big secret and probably for the best. Because if the familys knew about what was about to take place they wouldnt let it go on.
There is both a postive side and a negative side to them keeping this all a big secret. The postive side is that they get to be married without anyone trying to stop them. But there is also the negative side and that is that none of there family gets to come see them be married. Getting married is a big part of a young girls life and also a mans life. Usually you plan for months and sometime years to get married. And all your friends and family come to see this big day happened. But there marriage is all in secret so none of this is possible.
You also have to think about your family on both sides of the couple. I know that my mom would be heart broken if see wasnt there to see me get married. Even if my parents didnt like the person I am getting married to they would still want to be there. So them keeping it a secret would hurt the family to and just not make the anger. My family would both be mad at me and hurt bye the fact that I didnt want them to be there. I think that they would be more hurt then mad at me, so I would never do something that big behind there back.
If they were able to look back on what they have done, I think that they would see them getting married was not the best idea. Romeo and Juliet both died because of this marriage, it did not work out. Them keeping the marriage a secret didnt work, them not telling there family about it didnt work. And in the end both of the familys got hurt, both of them lost someone on there side. Both of the family’s lost the fight and lost more than they ever thought they would.
I think that is is not a good idea at all. Perhaps their parents don’t like each other, but their parents should know that they are married. It isn’t fair to them to not know what is going on behind their backs. Every parent deserves to know who their child is going to marry. Then again, every parent should know what their child is up to at all times.
ReplyDeleteIf my family were to figure out that I was literally married at the age of 14, questions would be flying through their mouths like white on rice. Then, they would probably shun me for the rest of their lives. Then, I would have to explain why I had gotten married at such a young age. This here is one reason why you stay away from marriage in the first place.
When it comes to secrets, it depends on what the secret is. If I were to keep a secret as big as marriage, I would probably have a cow. Or at least, my mom would. I personally am against certain kinds of secrets. I would say against them, but then I would be lying. However, If my sister, Jordyn , were to get married at the age that she is now, that wouldn’t bug me as much. My parents maybe bugged by it a bit. But Jordyn is the kind of person who will literally wait until she is ready.
Keeping secrets can lead to both positive and negative results. Keeping secrets is not the smartest thing to do. Keeping secrets is what causes the separations and divorces. So, are keeping secrets positive or negative? Either way. As we say in our house, “ Secrets don’t makes friends,” and “Don’t keep secrets unless they are about gifts.”
Why. Why what? Why is it a bad idea to keep secrets? Why is a bad idea to get married when you are 14? Well, to answer your question, it’s all stupid to do. So why do it? Because some people do not know what to do or why they do it. I do not, as you can see, have a direct, (let alone a response at all,) to this question.
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ReplyDeleteRomeo and juliet run off and get married within less than twenty four hours. This is probably a risky thing to do especially considering the circumstances in the story and the time period. There really isn't much to stop them though. Is this a very good idea on Romeo and Juliet's part? How would this go over now days? Will the outcome of this secret be positive or negative.
It probably isn't the smartest thing to meet a girl one night and only talk a little bit. Then send a message to her the next day saying where and when you are getting married. Especially when you decide to get married that same day, one day after you meet, and you barely even know each other. Doing this is pretty risky because once your married you are married for the rest of your life and when you barely know somebody how are you supposed to know if you want to live with them for the rest of your life. Thinking your in love isn't how you should the best way of knowing that you should get married. You need some time to be together and to form a connection between the two you.
If this kind of thing happen know days in a family it probably wouldn't go over very well if the children give the parents any respect at all. The family would probably be mad they had no say at all on who the new person added to the family. The reason kids would get married really fast with anyone knowing is probably because the family doesn't really care for that person and the kid knows that so the make a mistake and marry the person. Now days marriages can be spit and they are not cheap. The family would probably know this and that is why you wouldn't do this today.
There is very few chances that this marriage in the book will come out positive. Getting married without knowing a person is just a recipe for disaster. When the families find out the will not be happy and someone will have pain. I really don't think this marriage will come out positive because of the circumstances.
This story is a bad example of how marriage is supposed to be. The risk they are taking in the story wouldn't be worth it to me but it is really worth it for the two in this story. The Marriage is just not a very good idea with the feud and everything else that could go wrong.
2. When Romeo and Juliet are together, Juliet states that their love is “too rash, too unadvised, too sudden.” I agree with this statement Juliet made. Before two people get married I think they need more time to get to know one another. Their love for one another was very sudden. Even though they are both in deeply in love, sometimes you just need to slow down and get to know the other person.
ReplyDeleteRomeo and Juliet fell in love and wanted to be with each other for the rest of their lives within a matter of minutes. I mean that morning Romeo had been crying over Rosaline and went to the ball that night because of her. That night when Romeo saw Juliet at the ball, he was in love. Forget about Rosaline, the love of his life was now Juliet. At the ball they were only able to talk for a little while, and before they knew it they had fallen in love with their enemy. This is a great example of showing how fast they fell in love. Here are two enemies that just happen to be at the same place and suddenly they are in love with each other. Even though they are in love, I think you need to build a relationship and get to know the other person better before you start talking about marrying them. When people rush into relationships, sometimes it can lead to them splitting because they didn’t even know each other that well from the beginning.
Like Juliet says, the love between her and Romeo is “too rash, too unadvised, too sudden.” I believe Romeo and Juliet need to slow it down. When they get to know each other a little bit better and build a relationship, then they can get married. For now I think they should just slow it down and get to know one another.
2.) The Balcony Scene
ReplyDeleteIn the balcony scene many things were discussed, including their plans to be wed the next day. Juliet was all for getting married as soon as they could, but she thought about it a lot, and soon had slightly mixed feelings about the marriage. Those feelings were quickly brushed aside, but not after they had been voiced. She thought that the love was moving much too fast, but wasn’t going to doubt it, because it was love after all.
Juliet means that their love isn’t real, or at least she was considering that is might not be. It’s nothing just lust. But Juliet is too stupid to act on her instincts, and is a complete moron when it comes to life. She is much too young to even know what is going on, and her stupidity doesn’t help at all. She needs to get some sense knocked into her, Romeo only thinks she’s pretty, and thats it. She is much too dense to see past his “good looks.” She needs to grow up, a lot, she is, frankly, pathetic and so obsessed with Romeo that the poor thing can’t see straight.
I think that under the circumstances, their “love” was indeed rushed and should not have resulted in marriage so quickly. They may have had feelings initially, but they were both teenagers that don’t know what they are doing. Romeo seems to fall in love every five minutes, while Juliet never has. The quick marriage is even more irrational if you take those factors into account. Juliet has never felt this way because she was only thirteen at the time, and that is when most teens are confused and there are hormones raging through their bloodstream. Romeo may have been a few years older, but still is just as hormonal he falls in and out of love with Rosaline within a few days and only when he sees Juliet does he forget about Rosaline. His idea of love doesn’t seem to be much more than, “oh she’s pretty, I love her,” and that should concern everyone involved in the marriage.
What if they both fell in love with someone else after the marriage? They knew each other for less than a day and they feel as though getting married is a good idea. Juliet’s initial feelings should have been added into what she thought was wrong with the marriage. I agree that “love” needs to be gained not given. When it is given it is not love, but lust. If there is no prior relationship then there is nothing to the relationship now. So, it is easily forgotten or then becomes an inconvenience to all parties involved. Both of them should forget they ever met, the marriage is a ridiculous idea that has no real reason to even be an option. Both of them are dense and have no clue what is going on, they need to sort out their priorities, family first, people they only met ten hours ago, dead last.
The end of their relationship is very near because they aren’t even in a real relationship, it was much too soon for them to even learn the others last name, and by then they were already “in love.” It was far too quick for it to have been anything let alone “love.” They are completely ridiculous for believing that it is anything at all. There is no way that they knew each other long enough to have any feelings for each other.
1) As much as Romeo and Mercutio differ from each other, I have no problem seeing why they are such close friends. As I noticed recently, I have a couple groups of close friends: one group being mostly shy and not as unique as me, the other group being great individuals who speak their minds in a like manner. Sometimes, I question why I'm actually closer to the group of shy girls, but then I realize that I couldn't live without them. One of my best friends is almost the exact opposite of me: Sienna.
ReplyDeleteThe obvious reason that Sienna and I differ is that I talk to almost anybody, anywhere, and anytime. She, on the other hand, is very shy and much more tentative to talk to others. This year, she was in both group and individual speech, and while I personally saw it improve her "stage fright" I still noticed how she wouldn't be Sienna if she wasn't at least a little shy. I think that we fit together very well: of course, I fill up the time she doesn't spend talking which could be annoying to her at times, and she will be there to point out if maybe I'm going a little too far, but she knows that if she ever is a little to shy to take on something I'll be there to help her use her voice to show off her wonderful personality.
Sienna also is more attentive and on-task than me. Everybody knows I can get a little distracted... okay, very distracted at times, and take a little longer than I need to for a task. Sienna often helps me focus on what I need to get done, or reminds me in small ways to manage my time a little better. Of course, when the topic isn't incredibly important, I can help her let loose and we have a lot of fun together.
Sienna is one of my closest friends, and this wouldn't be if it weren't for our huge differences. As they say, "opposites attract." (:
It is said that opposites attract. It is also said that people tend to change when they’re around certain people. Being a person with a large variety of friends (each one having their own distinct personality), I can say both statements are true. I fit in with most of my friends because we’re somewhat similar, yet completely different. I also fit in because I am slightly altered by the people I’m surrounded by. My personality depends greatly on who I am with.
ReplyDeleteWhen I’m with Taylor, I’m content. I don’t act out too much, and I don’t act like a wallflower. I’m relaxed. When I’m with Katlyn, I’m happy. I get to laugh at things I wouldn’t when I’m with Taylor (Like Katlyn singing “Oh Darling, I Love You So,” to a brownie). When I’m with Lawson Roof, I’m smart, really smart. Her great vocabulary and extensive knowledge really puts my brain to test. We say things that seem stupid, but are actually quite intelligent, and it makes me smile to know my brain gets a workout every once and awhile. One of my other best friends, though, brings out my favorite quality in myself: My slight immaturity.
Meet Keegan Jae Hayne. She’s a girl with deep, deep brunette hair that looks almost black. Everyone loves her hair, but more than her hair, they love her personality. Keegan is a girl who will have a million things on her mind, but will walk up to you with a giant smile on her face. She always has some sort of music playing (usually rap or hip hop) on her phone. Keegan knows how to make even the grumpiest person laugh because that’s just how she is. She’s caring and fun, and a lot like who I used to be. She’s not extremely intelligent like Lawson, and the last time I checked, she had never sung to a brownie like Katlyn. She’s not the typical girl I would be friends with, and I think that’s why we’re so close.
Now meet me. I, Riley Kay Sternhagen, am a curly-haired blonde girl who is never focused on one specific thing because I have a thousand things on my mind. I try to always have a smile on my face, but sometimes I don’t. I try to be super caring, but sometimes I’m not. I try everyday to possess the same great qualities that Keegan has, but I fail. Honestly, I’m okay with knowing that.
Keegan is the closest thing I have ever found to my polar opposite, and I like that fact. I like knowing that I can just start a conversation with her, and after two seconds, I’ll already be smiling and laughing. I go through many days when I hate myself for being mature and acting grown-up, and I hate all the people that made me grow up faster than I had to. When I hang out with Keegan, though, she brings out the inner child I’m always looking for. She brings me back to the fun-loving person that I was before I had to grow up. We say a lot of crazy stuff and laugh so hard that we cry.
Much like Romeo and Mercutio in the story, we both bring out the best in one another. We bring out each other’s inner self. When we’re apart, we’re ourselves. When we’re together, we’re our funniest, happiest, best selves. Our few similarities made Keegan and I friends in seventh grade, and our differences have kept us close ever since.
Essay #4
ReplyDeleteI choose to do essay number 4 because, I feel I can relate to the frustration that the family would feel about Romeo & Juliet. Romeo fell into love as soon as he laid eyes on Juliet and not but minutes later Juliet also fell for Romeo. Juliet and Romeo were in love and she was faithful to marriage so they had to wed as soon as possible. They had to be married, before someone caught wind of the situation and put an end to it
They kept the marriage a secret because the two lovers had been brought up to hate each others families. Romeo a Montigue, Juliet a Capulet. Montigue and Capulets being mortal enemies, this marriage in their eyes had to be kept to themselves. If Capulet found out his daughter had married without consent or notice she would be a disgrace to the family! Juliet, in this time, would have been punished and possibly beaten. If Montigue found out, I feel as if Romeo might been sent away or possibly disowned. There is no happy ending in my eyes even if that is why the friar married Romeo and Juliet.
Say my family had an enemy and my sibling, younger or older, fell in love with the enemy's son. They run off and wed without anyone knowing, like Romeo & Juliet. My family wouldn't put up with our enemies suddenly becoming family without and planing or notice. That would be the shortest marriage ever if it was my family in the Capulets place.
Let's switch it up, what if I was the one that falls head over heels for the enemy's son. I don't think I could go against my parents on that level of intensity. What if it was me in Juliets place, and all I wanted was a life with a man that I meet less than twenty-four hours ago who was also the enemy. Even the one time I dated someone my mother didn’t like, we ended it because we couldn’t see each other. It was hard to even talk because my mother didn’t want me to and it was like pulling teeth to get phone time after she took my phone away. Parents have a way to completely control their kids lives. If her parents found out they would be extremely upset.
So in a nut shell, if he is caught he would be sent away, and if she is caught its a life without any separation to her parents wishes and she would probably be hit or worse.
#3 There are many people that change throughout this story. Nurse, to me, is one of the biggest ones that change. One reason is because Nurse is pretty much the only person that cares about Juliet but at the end it’s a bad thing. Who will Juliet turn to for advice? Who will support her choices besides the Nurse?
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the story the Nurse and Juliet have a mother-daughter relationship. They tell each other pretty much anything and everything. The Nurse gives Juliet advice as a mother would do with her child. She also supports Juliets choices and makes them work out in the end. One example is when Romeo and Juliet get married. Nurse helps them organize it and make it work for the both of them. She does all of this to make Juliet happy because it’s what Juliet wants.
When Romeo has to move out of town that all changes. Nurse goes onto the parents side at this part of the story. Nurse now doesn’t really support Juliet at all she supports her parents, the people who haven’t really supported Juliet all her life. Nurse now thinks she should marry Paris and forget about Romeo because not only is he moving out of town but Nurse doesn’t ever think they will see each other. At the same time, that’s what her parents like and Nurse now wants the same now also.”I think you are happy in this second match, for is excels your first; or if it did not, Your first is dead-or ‘twere as good as he were as living here and you no use him,” Nurse said. This is proof that she no longer supports Juliet but supports Juliet’s parents.
Nurse is changing and it’s not a good change. This change makes it so Juliet doesn’t have anybody to talk to know. She has no one to tell her troubles to and to get advice. In other words, she has been left in the dust. Everybody wants her to do what they want and doesn’t care about what she wants. Now that Nurse is agreeing more with her parents now Juliet now really doesn’t have a mother since Nurse was that mother figure.
This all isn’t good. It isn’t just not good for Juliet but it’s not good for Romeo either. Juliet might kill herself since Nurse isn’t by her to give her advice and to support her more. That would hurt Romeo if he found that out. So in the end it might kill Juliet because Nurse abandoned Juliet and started to agree with her parents. Plus Juliet now has no one to turn to.
blog #1 I think that her parents showed sorrow, but not in the way that most parents would. Most parents are depressed for a while and don’t know what to do. Juliet’s parents on the other hand are just mad that she didn’t get married and become rich. I think that this is kind of selfish of them because all they want for their daughter is to become rich and they don’t even think about what she really wants and needs. I will explain more in this passage.
ReplyDeleteJuliet’s parent ran her life more than she did. They told her who she was going to marry even if she didn’t like it they made her anyway. I think that they were more sad that she actually didn’t get married then they were that she actually died. The nurse was more of a mom to Juliet then her mom was because Nurse was always there for Juliet and helped her a lot with Romeo. She knows its wrong, but she still agrees with it because thats what Juliet wants. If her mom found out then she would freak out on Juliet and probably kill her or make her leave the town. I feel like they mourned more when Tybalt died and he was their nephew and this is their daughter and all they are worried about is that she isn’t going to become rich when she marries Paris. Paris reacted more to her death then her parents did. I still think that her parents were still mad at her for the whole episode of when they were fighting about her not wanting to marry Paris. Parents should be happy for their children and want what is best for them not what you want for them. I think that they loved her, but they always wanted her to be better or want her to do things differently.
Overall I think that they should have been more sad than what they were. If I were to die I would hope my parents would be sad and mourn not be mad that I didn’t get married to a rich guy and have a great life with him. I think they still love her and always will.
Do you have someone you can look up to?because the person who I can trust and look up to is my Mom. My mom helps me with all my homework and other things I need help with. Mom gives me advice on things to do so I turn out to be a person that people respect and don't turn there heads when they see you or turn the corner in the store so they don't have to run into you or have to talk to you.
ReplyDeleteOne time I was having troubles getting along with a kid at school and we kept getting into fights. My mom gave me the advice to be the better man and not try to fight with them just walk away and people will respect you more if you just walk away and not fight. I stopped fighting with the guy and I just left him and stopped going around him so that everything cooled down. Now we are friends again and hang out all the time in school.
I also take advice from my aunt Chloe. My aunt Chloe helps me with totally different things then my mom does though. My aunt gives me advice on things about school. My aunt tells me advice on what classes to take that would help me in school. and when i get out of school and move on to college and get out on my own in the real world. I like the fact that i have people i can look up to and relay on them to help with things i need help on.
Many kids have people to look up to but some kids the people they look up to show them a negative way to act. When it should be a positive example. Do you have a person that is a positive influence for you to look up to when you need help or have a question.