Mr_Shank

Dangit Mr. Shank, I forget to do this every single weekend!! I beg that you are leniant with how many points you take off…

Anyway here my illuminated quote of the week, I figured it would be good since we just got done with Romeo and Juliet and the whole love thing.

“O, thou didst then ne’er love so heartily!
If thou remember’st not the slightest folly
That ever love did make thee run into,
Thou hast not loved:
Or if thou hast not sat as I do now,
Wearying thy hearer in thy mistress’ praise,
Thou hast not loved:
Or if thou hast not broke from company
Abruptly, as my passion now makes me,
Thou hast not loved.
O Phebe, Phebe, Phebe! ”

This is a quote from Silvius to Corin. Silvius is telling Corin that he is to old to feel the love that he feels, and after Corin denies that, Silvius says this quote saying that if Corin didn’t feel/do/remember all the things that he mentions, then he didn’t love. In a way he is bringing up that love is INTENSE AND POWERFUL and this connects to Romeo and Juliet. Do you guys agree? Also, it seems to me like Shakespeare had a thing for writing about true love, so either he was in love and liked writing about it, or like Mr. Shank, he wasn’t in love and wished he was. Do you guys see any other connectiosn between this and Romeo and Juliet and how do you feel about love.