Nothing much happened today... Except that Miss Meera got chased out of our class for who-knows-what reasons. We were quiet (no, really!) and besides, she had sent half the class outside. The class was relatively peaceful, in fact. She told us to do work, then went out the door and didn't come back. Ah well. I wonder why.
Literature (Mainly Shakespear-ean works)
[There is no critisism in any of my writing here, there is no real dislike, nothing serious at all. If you don't want to read it, fine then, don't. Freedom of thought.]
There's lit tomorrow again. We're doing the Merchant of Venice, which is supposed to be a comedy. No, seriously. A comedy. Well yeah, people then had a very different sense of humour from us since they come from a different era from us and all, but still... Funny.
A guy threatening to cut off a pound of flesh from another guy is funny. The same guy who is discriminated because he's Jew. In then end the (disguised) judge said that only the pound of flesh is mentioned, but not a drop of blood must fall. I don't find it funny, really. In fact, it's on a rather serious note, isn't it...? What with the blood and the flesh and all the merchants.
And, if this is known to be funny, I do wonder, if someone had a time machine and brought someone from that era here to read (modern) comics, watch (modern) comedies, and live our lives, in this time... Would they die laughing?
Things must have been kinda dry back then, if this is considered funny.
Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo seems like a completely weird fickle to me, I mean, what kind of guy is in love with a girl for soooo long, then falls instantaneously in love with another girl at first sight at a party? Juliet is completely emotional. There are alot, alot of emotions compiled into one paragraph devoted to her alone. I wonder how she manages to feel them all at once. I guess not everyone has the emotional limitations of a teaspoon.
I wonder what life was like back then, in the time, in that space...
There are rivaling families. They keep saying they want to die, keep thinking of death and all... Especially when it comes to love and pride. And they are so compeltely devoted to people they met for a day (in this case, Paris), and they fight alot, and it seems like there is alot of death. There are alchemists who sell poisons at their shops, and Friars who give girls 42-hour sleeping potions. Makes me wonder. That era wasn't exactly a bowl of cherries, was it..?
Yeah the ending was sweet and all... Would you kill yourself for somebody you've known for only awhile..? Even if that person's your wife...?
I don't know, maybe Shakespeare would, maybe alot of people would, even. Again, not everyone has the generousity the size of a teaspoon.
