Mr_Shank

Well guys big surprise, I can’t find Henry’s post, and I forgot to blog yesturday.

So here goes… I have two quotes that I  found interesting.

The first quote is:  “Now will I stir this gamester. I hope I shall see an end of
him, for my soul—yet I know not why—hates nothing
more than he. Yet he’s gentle, never schooled and yet
learned, full of noble device, of all sorts enchantingly
beloved, and indeed so much in the heart of the world and
especially of my own people, who best know him, that I am
altogether misprized. But it shall not be so long; this
wrestler shall clear all. Nothing remains but that I kindle
the boy thither, which now I’ll go about.”

He is saying that Orlando is a great guy and smart despite never going to school, and that the people that know him love him. Despite all of this, Oliver hates Orlando and he doesn’t know quite why. Seems to me that Oliver is just jealous of Orlando, what do you guys think?

The second quote is: “Tis true, for those that she makes fair she scarce makes
honest, and those that she makes honest she makes very ill-
favoredly.”

This quote was said by Rosalind to Celia during their discussion about nature and fortune. I thought this was pretty interesting. Rosalind is saying that fortune isn’t fair because the girls that are made pretty are also dishonest, and the girls that are honest are ugly. I thought their whole discussion about nature and fortune was interesting, but this quote seems to point out something that I do notice in the world. Some of the people that are very lucky don’t deserve to be lucky while others can be the nicest people around and have the worst luck. What are your thoughts on this?

I am so sorry guys! I don’t know how I forgot what play we chose, but whatever! Let’s try this again.

In the play, Much Ado About Nothing, it seems like Beatrice and Signor Benedick have a constant battle and do not really get along much. It mentions that there is “a skirmish of wit between them”. This I take to mean that they are both very clever and neither one of them is able to ‘outwit’ the other. Before I even read Act two of the play, I had predicted that they would end up falling for each other, for that is what usually happens with lovers that do not know know they love each other. What do you guys think will happen? Will the plan work or will they end up hating each other even more?

It seems as if most of the characters in this play are very cunning and devise many plans to try to make people fall in love. Do you think this happened a lot in Shakespeare’s time or is this idea what contributed to the play actually being a comedy?

With all of the many plans, there are sure to be flaws, as seen already with the plan to hook up Hero and Claudio. Will there be any major flaws do you think with the rest of the plans the characters devise? Could any possibly affect the plot greatly? If so, what could an example of one be?

Again, sorry about the wrong initial post!

~Megan Douglas

Okay guys, I don’t know when I’ll be back yet, but here’s my post on Act 1.

1. Compare and contrast the play that the theatre group is going to present with the plot of Romeo and Juliet.

2. What are the similarities and differences between Lysander’s plan and Friar Laurence’s plan? Which do you think is more foolproof?

3. Lysander and Demetrius both love Hermia, but the way that they show it is different from the other. Compare and contrast.

-Brandon