For my assignment I have chosen the theme about Romeo and Juliet which consists from 9 photos and I’m going to describe them step by step.
In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet are tragic heroes with tragic flaws. They both share the same tragic flaw, which is immaturity. This is illustrated when they “fall in love” before even getting to know each other. Also, their immaturity is shown when they fail to think their situation through before getting married without their parents’ consent. Romeo’s immaturity is what caused him to kill Tybalt; Juliet’s immaturity is what caused her father to push her wedding to Paris ahead. If Romeo and Juliet had maturely thought about Romeo’s banishment before going to extreme measures to see each other again, they most likely would not have had such a tragic ending.
When Nurse tells Juliet who Romeo is, Juliet says, “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me that I must love a loathèd enemy” (61). When Romeo sees Juliet on the balcony later that night, or possibly the next morning, he says, “It is my lady. O, it is my love” (69). In real life, two mature people don’t know for sure that they’ve fallen in love after talking for just a few minutes. Their immaturity is shown in these quotes because they think they are in love before they have spent any time together. Perhaps Romeo thinks he loves Juliet because she is the first girl he has approached who seems to like him back. Maybe he just likes her because of her beauty. Either way, if he were mature, he would not think he felt love for her so soon after first laying his eyes upon her. Juliet could think she loves Romeo because she is so used to being kept in her house and has not been exposed to many young men. This most likely causes her to think, since he could be the first boy who has directly flirted with her, that she loves him. Juliet is very immature in suggesting marriage to Romeo, not only because she is a girl, but also because she hasn’t introduced him to her parents and because she doesn’t know him well enough to even think about marriage.
Romeo and Juliet show their immaturity when they decide to get married the day after they meet. They do not think their situation through before their wedding. If they were mature, they would have thought of the fact that their parents were going to eventually find out about their wedding. Therefore, they should have found another way to see each other and after getting to know each other well, discuss marriage with their parents.
Romeo’s immaturity is what caused him to kill Tybalt and be banished from Verona. When Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo decided to avenge his friend and kill Tybalt. This was an immature decision because, if he had taken time to think about what else he could do, he would have known that the prince would punish Tybalt, and he would have decided not to kill him. Also, Romeo should have thought of the fact that he would be severely punished for killing Tybalt, after what the prince had said about what would happen if he discovered that there was still fighting between the Montagues and Capulets, and he probably wouldn’t be able to see Juliet again.
After Romeo is banished from Verona, Juliet assumes that she’ll never see him again. Immaturely, she cries and cries. Her parents think that she is crying about Tybalt’s death; however, she is not. Juliet’s father then decides that to cheer her up, he should arrange her wedding to Paris that week. Therefore, the arrangement of Juliet’s wedding to Paris so soon is her own fault. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Capulet tells her that she must, or else leave the house. If Juliet were mature, she would have tried to make a compromise with her father, rather than running to Friar Lawrence’s cell and threatening to kill herself. When Friar Lawrence offers the potion to Juliet, she says quite immaturely, “Give me, give me! O, tell me not of fear” (185). Juliet shouldn’t have wanted to cause her parents so much grief, thinking she was dead, by taking the potion so that she could be with a boy she hardly knew.
The immaturity of Romeo and Juliet is what lead to their downfalls, which makes Romeo and Juliet a tragedy. If they had been more mature and hadn’t rushed into things before thinking them through, they may have been able to get married, with the consent of their parents, and live long lives together without ever having to leave Verona.
woensdag 24 maart 2010
My second English book
The second English book that I’ve read is “The Old Man and the Sea” .
The “Old man and the sea” is a unique book which was written by Ernest Hemingway.
The Old Man and the Sea takes place entirely in a small fishing village near Havana, Cuba, and in the waters of the Gulf Stream, a current of warm water that runs north, then east of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea. The central theme of the book is manhood. Hemingway's ideal of manhood is nearly inseparable from the ideal of heroism. The old man was a person with honor and dignity: to not succumb to suffering, to accept one's duty without complaint, and most importantly, to display a maximum of self-control.
I would recommend this book to my classmates with great pleasure, because it’s a very interesting book which tells us about the manhood of the old man who fights till the end and didn’t give up. Another good thing about the book is that it has a very nice story behind so one wants to know what is going to happen next. I liked the book very much and I’ll read it again as soon as I’ll have free time for that.
The “Old man and the sea” is a unique book which was written by Ernest Hemingway.
The Old Man and the Sea takes place entirely in a small fishing village near Havana, Cuba, and in the waters of the Gulf Stream, a current of warm water that runs north, then east of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea. The central theme of the book is manhood. Hemingway's ideal of manhood is nearly inseparable from the ideal of heroism. The old man was a person with honor and dignity: to not succumb to suffering, to accept one's duty without complaint, and most importantly, to display a maximum of self-control.
I would recommend this book to my classmates with great pleasure, because it’s a very interesting book which tells us about the manhood of the old man who fights till the end and didn’t give up. Another good thing about the book is that it has a very nice story behind so one wants to know what is going to happen next. I liked the book very much and I’ll read it again as soon as I’ll have free time for that.
Christmas blog
Dear readers,
This year we had a Christmas tree in our living room. There were a lot of toys on it, and there is a small train under the tree. Furthermore, I brought some fireworks, which we used at the night of new year. We had a lot of presents from Santa Claus and we were appreciated. We liked to receive so many presents. It was really a good Christmas for our family , especially for my sister because she enjoyed it so much. There was also some snow that day.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!
David.
This year we had a Christmas tree in our living room. There were a lot of toys on it, and there is a small train under the tree. Furthermore, I brought some fireworks, which we used at the night of new year. We had a lot of presents from Santa Claus and we were appreciated. We liked to receive so many presents. It was really a good Christmas for our family , especially for my sister because she enjoyed it so much. There was also some snow that day.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!
David.
The Kite Runner
I have read the book: The kite runner well exually I did not read it all i have read just some of the chapters. Chouse I have Dyslexy and the teacher said it was ok so
The book is about a boy, Amir, who loves kite running.
He has a friend, Hassan, who is the boy of the housekeeper. They play a lot and were very good friends.
One day Hassan gets reaped by bad boys because he did not want to betrayed Amir.
And Amir saw this bet shut his mouth about it.
The father of Amir had problems in Afghanistan so they have to go away of Afghanistan. They did end left the housekeeper and his son in Afghanistan.
Amir and his father lived a poor live in the USA, this was a bit of strange for them because they were rich in Afghanistan. The health of Amir’s dad was not so good and on a regular day someone called Amir. It was the dad of Hassan. He said that Hassan was dead and that he was the brother of Amir.
He also told him that Hassan had a boy and that he was taken captured by the people who killed Hassan.
Amir made his choice and goes to Afghanistan to bring the boy to the USA so he can live a good live.
But while doing this he had to face the bad people who have done bad things to Hassan and his son.
I can’t say anything about the book, because I have not read it but I can tell something about the story and the movie. I liked the story very much, this was because the story was very exciting. I wanted to know what was next and I think this makes a story good. The move was also very nice it was filmed very good so one can feel the emotions of the persons, I think this is also a very important thing in a movie.That is why, I think I would recommend this movie/book to my classmates. It is a very good book for report to write about.
The book is about a boy, Amir, who loves kite running.
He has a friend, Hassan, who is the boy of the housekeeper. They play a lot and were very good friends.
One day Hassan gets reaped by bad boys because he did not want to betrayed Amir.
And Amir saw this bet shut his mouth about it.
The father of Amir had problems in Afghanistan so they have to go away of Afghanistan. They did end left the housekeeper and his son in Afghanistan.
Amir and his father lived a poor live in the USA, this was a bit of strange for them because they were rich in Afghanistan. The health of Amir’s dad was not so good and on a regular day someone called Amir. It was the dad of Hassan. He said that Hassan was dead and that he was the brother of Amir.
He also told him that Hassan had a boy and that he was taken captured by the people who killed Hassan.
Amir made his choice and goes to Afghanistan to bring the boy to the USA so he can live a good live.
But while doing this he had to face the bad people who have done bad things to Hassan and his son.
I can’t say anything about the book, because I have not read it but I can tell something about the story and the movie. I liked the story very much, this was because the story was very exciting. I wanted to know what was next and I think this makes a story good. The move was also very nice it was filmed very good so one can feel the emotions of the persons, I think this is also a very important thing in a movie.That is why, I think I would recommend this movie/book to my classmates. It is a very good book for report to write about.
My first blog
Hello,
i am David Buniatian and i have made this blogspot for my teacher English.
We have to please bloges on our blog so she can give us grades for our English
I am 17 years old and I do Gymnasium on the Johan de Witt-Gymnasium.
I am in the fourth graide and my English teacher is Miss Abcouwer.
i am David Buniatian and i have made this blogspot for my teacher English.
We have to please bloges on our blog so she can give us grades for our English
I am 17 years old and I do Gymnasium on the Johan de Witt-Gymnasium.
I am in the fourth graide and my English teacher is Miss Abcouwer.
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