Romeo and Juliet: Premonitions

In a book that I read called the Mediator by Meg Cabot, the main character, Suze could see ghosts but also once during the story she had premonition. When she first met this ghost that showed up in her bedroom she had a premonition that something very bad was going to happen to her lat sat night. A few night's later she went to her school late at night that at the time was under construction from another ghost that was messing up the whole school. So, once she went to the school she went looking for the ghost that was messing up the school. The ghost found her first and instead being polite the ghost tried to kill Suze. Eventually, she got out of the school but she was all bruised and bleeding everywhere.

Suze had a premonition that something very bad was going to happen to her and she didn't do anything about it because she didn't think it meant anything. Instead of listening to her gut, Suze went to the school to destroy the ghost who was causing all the problems and she almost got killed. Suze didn't trust her gut because she was sure that she was wrong but yet if she had trusted her gut she wouldn't have had any of that happen to her. I think if I had been in Suze's place I would have trusted my gut because first of all I would never go to a school in the middle of the night especially when a ghost is staying there at the time. I think after Suze realized that if she had trusted her gut she trusted herself more and if she were to have another premonition she would trust her gut.

Shakespearean Stories

One movie that has to do with the love triangle topic that I've seen would be Princess Bride. There is a love triangle in this movie just like William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's dream. The princess is supposed to marry some guy but yet she is in love with another guy. I think the creators of this movie involved Shakespeare into this movie by having the princess supposed to marry someone but she is in love with another guy. I A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia is supposed to marry Demetrius but she is in love with Lysander who loves her back.

This movie also has the part about teen angst because the princess's father wants her to marry someone else that she doesn't love and she doesn't think it's fair. That also happens in A Midsummer Night's Dream because Hermia doesn't think it's fair that her father gets to decide who she marries even if she's not in love with them.

Anticipating Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream I thought was a very good movie, I liked the plot and the characters. I think it was sometimes hard to understand what they were saying because they were talking in the Shakespeare language which is quite confusing. But as the movie went on the language was easier to understand and it wasn't as confusing. I don't really know how I feel about Shakespeare and his plays. I think his writing style is weird but I think it's because it's just different than what I'm used to.

I have heard of the tale of Romeo and Juliet but I haven't seen any of the movies or read the play. I like the plot of Romeo and Juliet because it's like a tragic love story. I don't know many of the other characters in the story except for Romeo and Juliet. I think that this unit should be fun and I hope I will enjoy it because we will be spending two months on it.