Soliloquy

The soliloquy I chose is in act 2 scence 5 lines 1-17.   In the soliloquy Juliet is waiting for the nurse to come back.  The nurse had been gone for 3 hours taking a message to Romeo.  Juliet is thinking maybe she could not find Romeo, she is wondering what could have happened.  Juliet thinks the nurse should be faster delivering the message to Romeo that she should fly back and forth like cupid with wings.  If the nurse had any feelings she would travel fast like a ball bouncy back and forth between Romeo and Juliet.  But the nurse is old and might as well be dead.  She is clumsy and slow and moves like lead.  Juliet keeps looking out the window waiting to see if the nurse is coming back.

I think the significant of this soliloquy is that Juliet is waiting for Romeo's response to whether or not he is interested in her or if she should forget him and go marry Paris.  His response could change the play completely if he was not interested in her.  Juliet is very anxious because she wants his answer to be yes that he loves her.  This is a very important part in the play.

I liked this soliloquy because it was a time that could change the play.  It is an important decision that she is waiting for.  I also liked the way it showed how anxious Juliet was and even though she truly likes the nurse she was getting upset because she felt it was taking so long.  It was funny how Juliet felt the nurse should fly like cupid, and not be so slow like she was dead.

Relationship

The nurse and Juliet have a great relationship. Their relationship is like a mother and daughter.  The nurse has been with Juliet's family for at least 14 years, all of Juliet's life.  Juliet is very formal when talking with her mother even calling her "Madam" but shares everything with the nurse.  Getting advise and opinions from her.  The nurse and Juliet are so close that she is the only one that knows Juliet is getting married and the nurse did not tell Juliet's parents.  The nurse calls Juliet "Lamb" and "Ladybird" has terms of endearment.

A bad relationship is between the two families the Montague and the Capulet.  They have been feuding for years.  Before Romeo and Juliet were even born.  They have been very verbal with their fighting.  "Do you bite your thumb at us sir?"  The whole town knows about their feud.  They argued so much in public that they have both been warned if they fight again in public they will both be killed.

I believe that Shakespeare thinks that it is more common to be feuding or fighting then to be in a normal relationship.  I feel that most of the characters in the play are not in good relationships.  That he portrays   dysfunctional relationships more in the play then he does healthy, normal relationships.

Nurse view about love

(Nurse)

 My opinion of love is I don't believe that there is love at first sight and true love. I believe there is no true love or love in Verona. All the relationships are already decided by parents or family members. The people that I work for lord and lady Capulet do not have any love I'm there relationship. Lady Capulet is only with him because of his money and just does whatever he tells her to, and lord Capulet is looking at younger girls all the time. And for crying out loud Juliet is getting married to an old man chosen by her parents, this is not love at all. I have never had anyone love me, I have no family or children of my own, Juliet is the only person I've ever loved. There is even no love with the Montagues and Capulets, they are always fighting. I think there will be no love for me, and the Montagues and Capulets in Verona. I don't know why Juliet is with Romeo a Monatgue, I am still trying to register what I saw at the party. I don't like Romeo, I don't think there is any love there, if he hurts her he is going to be very sorry.

Ashleigh Interim report

In English 10 I think that I have made a good effort to stay focused in class and having completed all my assignments on time.  I have never missed a class and never been late to class.  I have commented on a lot of people's work, although I should probably be commenting more.   I also need to find more ways to contribut to the class.  I also think that I have to try and make my assignments longer.  The class has been lots of fun. I really like how much freedom we have in this class.  I enjoy being given the assignment and then be able to complete it on my own.  I really enjoyed are essay writing about the pictures we saw.  I chose the house that was flying and I enjoyed writing about it.  I also felt that going out and taking pictures about poetry terms really helped me to understand what our term meant.  I am getting used to blogging and do assignments on line this is all new to me as I do not have facebook or twitter so I have had a bit of an adjustment putting my opinions on line.

Relationships

Relationship

The three poems on relationships were written very differently and about different kinds of relationships.  However when you take a closer look at the poems there is a connection to our relationship theme.  The poems can all relate to the way teenagers are dealing with life.  The poem "Your Heart" connects to the life of a teenager on how some things can be really difficult and yet they are still able to find contentment in parts of their lives.  It can be hard but yet they can still find happiness.  In the poem "To A Stranger" also connects with being a teenager by relating to how they can dream of relationships.  Trying to find the perfect person in your life.  It can reinforce a belief in love at first sight that many teenagers believe will happen to them.  In the poem "Unentitled" although it relates to nature it can also relate to the life of a teenager being content just being where you are.  I feel that the part of the poem about how you can be far away from home and yet feel like you are at home relates to feelings about being content and happy where ever you are.  

All three poems although different and telling different stories can all be related to life.  Each poem give a different view point and different feelings.  However all three poems are about different kinds of relationships and how they can make us feel.  

Being a teenage

I am enjoying being teenager.  I like having more freedom and time to do the things I want.  I also don't mind the responsibility that comes with being a teenager.  I am very lucky that I have family and friends that are great to be around.  I enjoy many family activities.  My family enjoys boating in the summer and when I was a child this was fun, but now that I am a teenager I get to do many more things on the boat that teach me responsibility but are a lot of fun.  They are both fairly strict but fair and try to always balance my responsibilities with fun.   I enjoy school although I must say I like visiting with my friends more then the school work.  I feel that some of my classes are a lot of fun and make me enjoy coming to school and help me through the harder courses.  The best part of school is that there are lots of things to join and do, if you want and lots of activities to do.  The worst part of school at least this year will be preparing for Provincial Exams that I have never had to take before.  I don't have a job as of yet but it is something that over the next year or so I will be looking into as I get my driver's license.  I will need to be able to afford all my expenses.  That is another thing that I enjoy about being a teenager is that I can pick and choose my expenses.  That more decisions are mine to make.  I am learning that some decisions I make may not be the best and I have to live with the consequence of that decision.  There is no one else to blame it on.  Sometimes this can be scary but most of the time I can always turn to someone to help me with the tough choices.  Being a teenager for me is pretty easy and a lot of fun.  I can say that not much upsets me in my life.  I guess I am pretty lucky.

The house that moves

My family loves to talk about going all over the world. Traveling through Europe and Australia. It was fun to dream because my parents always said that it would be to much money to go traveling.  My brothers and I really wanted to go traveling.  We where thinking about all the ways we could save money to go.  We thought of a few things but it would not come close to how much money it would take for the 5 of us to go.  So we all just kept dreaming.

One day my brothers and I went downstairs to our basement and while we were down there, my older brother was walking and he noticed that the floor felt different.   We all went over to where he was standing and we could definitely feel the difference.   We needed to know why the floor felt different.  We went to my dad's garage and got some of his tools to help us raise the floor boards.   When we went back to the to the basement we locked the door so our parent could not come down and see what we were doing.  Then my brothers pried the floor up and we saw a large hole.  My oldest brother, Justin,  got a flashlight and looked down he noticed a ladder on the side.  We were all very curious what was done there so he climbed down and we all followed after him.   When we got down to the bottom it was really dark, and the flashlight did not light up a very big area.  After looking around together we spotted a switch on the wall that looked like a light switch.   I went over and turned the switch on.  The whole area got very bright in the middle of the room was a big table with switches, leavers and buttons.
We had no clue what they all  did or why they were hidden in our basement floor.  Just as my brother reached over to flick one of the switches  to see what it did,  we heard my mom calling for us.  We did not want her to come down to the basement.  So we all climbed up the ladder, my brother Jason and I ran up the stairs to mom while my other  brother put the floor boards back in place.  My mom wanted to know what we where doing and we just said nothing just watching tv and relaxing . She said to come up stairs and get ready for dinner.  We all really wanted to go back down to see what the thing under our house did.  We knew we would have to wait.   We were very busy that night and never got to go back down.

The next day we all got up really earlier and went down stairs before my parents got up.  It was a good thing that it was Saturday so we had all day.  When we when down stair we saw that 1 button said "fly" over it,  others said "right", "left", "higher", "lower".   But we did not know what this all meant.  My brother Justin being the oldest decided the first button to press was the one that said fly.  After he pushed the button, the whole house started shaking, we all started screaming.  The next thing we knew the house started moving up.  My parents came running down the stair to see if we were all right and what was happening.  I think they thought it was an earthquake.   When they looked out the window they saw that we were flying, my mother started to scream and was looking all over for us.  We yelled that we were down in the hole.  Both my parents rushed down.  They did not know the room existed and were very happy that we were all OK.   However the soon realized we were the ones moving the house.   We were all pretty scared.  My dad wanted to know if my brother knew how to get us down.  My brother said it was just like a video game and took us higher and faster and made all kinds of turns.  My dad was getting very upset and told him to get us back on the ground.   My brother landed the house perfectly and my dad started looking around to see how a house could fly.

As my dad was looking under the house to see what was going on he realized that someone had designed our  house so it really could fly with no problem.   As everyone was calming down, I came up with the idea that we could fly over to Europe and Australia and we could see the world in the comfort of our own home.  Since we were flying it, it would not cost as anything to get there and we would have a place to stay when we were there.   I will admit it took awhile for my parents to warm up to the idea but  eventually they decided why not.  The next thing we knew are house was safely landed in Paris just down the road from the Eiffel Tower.  Now we seem to be traveling all the time and we are really having a lot of fun in our flying home.