5-31-12 Juliet's reaction

I think that Juliet will not believe what has happened and will think that Romeo must have had a reason to kill her cousin. My thinking why she will do this is that she loves Romeo and knows he is a kind person and will only kill for a very good reason.



P.S.  You showed us that part of the movie and told us what happens.

5-24-12 All the worlds a stage

I do agree with the article when it says that Shakespeare is still an ever present part of peoples lives. His works apply to modern problems that people face. His characteristic as the typical dead white male is false since he wrote his works to show the empowerment of women and the weakness of men. Overal Shakespeare is very relevant to modern day.

5-22-12 Romeo and Juliet

I think that this means that anger of Romeo and Juliet's parents will end after their children kill themselves.  The anger that the parents have is related to an ancient grudge that is set in Verona, Italy. To summaries, the anger of Romeo and Juliet's parents are supplemented when their children kill themselves.

5-16-12 The sniper

This short story tells the story of a Irish sniper who is facing off against another sniper. This story begins with the sniper stationed on a roof overlooking a street. The sniper eats a sandwich and then lights a cigarette. The other sniper fires at him and misses. Next an armored car arrives and is told by an informat that the original sniper is up there. The gunner is about to open up on the orignal sniper, but is killed along with the informant. The other sniper takes the moment to wound the first sniper in the arm. The original sniper cleans his wound and sets up a ruse to capture the other sniper. He places his cap on the edge of the roof he is hitting on and then waits until the cap is shot to play dead. The other sniper thinking his adversary is dead stands up and is shot by the original sniper. The other sniper's body falls to the ground. The original sniper is curious about the identity of his adversary and goes to investigate. He finds the body  of his brother on the ground.

5-14-12 tax cuts

I think that they should not cut the funding as much funding from Maine care because all of those people who are being cut may need it and so will have a harder time getting needed medical care. My feeling is that these medical programs should have less money cut from them and the remaining deficit should come from other programs. By cutting the funds from these programs people who need the help are dropped for no reason and so will have a much harder time paying for medical fees.

5-10-12 Parking increase

I think that the city should not increase their fees for the parking garages because it forces people to park in other places or to not even drive around in Portland. By increasing rates in city owned parking garages it forces people to park on the street and potential increase the number of parking tickets written. This would also increase the number of tourists who walk because with higher parking rates, people will walk more and clog the streets.

5-8-12 Essay introduction

Literature like most creative outlets builds upon its self with one author writing something then another author piggy-backing on that idea. This concept would explain the similarities between Robert Burns' poem To a Mouse  and John Steinbeck's book Of Mice and Men. Both of these pieces of literature have similarities in their ideas, differences and both of these pieces of literature share some of the same themes. Both the Robert Burns poem and the book by John Steinbeck are quite similar in recurring themes and both focus on life's randomness.

5-4-12 of mice and men

This poem by Robert Burns relates to the book because in both life intervenes and messes up the plans that each character had. In the poem it is the mouse who had the plan to have this house for the winter and Lennie has a plan to have a farm with George. In each story these plans go awry and in the poem the house is destroyed and in the book Lennie dies.