Friday, April 30, 2010

ShakeSpeares influence even visible in CCTS!

I dont know if any of you have ever saw the performance Caberate, About a night club a foreign American and the Nazi takeover. As well as the story between the inn keeper and the Shop keeper. Both are old and lonely and obviously are in love. But because they are so old they are hesitant to marry. One of the qoutes they say are "You are no Romeo and i am no Juilet!" I noticed this when i saw the act at Camden County Technical school in Sickleville. It was a amazing play with a strong story line and a tragic ending... Sound familar? Tragity was always one of shakespeare's favorite things to write about.
What becomes obvious is that the writer of the story Caberate was inspired by shakespeare. He even uses Romeo and Juilet to compare 2 of his own characters in his story. And ontop of that the writer made the story a tragic one.

What this says is that even today shakespeare is still influencing stories and movies. Every one is familar with his work... Im confident people will still know his work centuries into the future. He will continue to inspire people and help make amazing stories. If he has gotten this far, whats stopping him from never dieng out? He is the best writer there has ever been.

Thursday, April 22, 2010


Name: Romeo Montague
Birthdate: Unknown or N/A
Eye color: brown
Hair color: golden brown
Title: Romeo is the heir to the Montague family of Verona.
Description and summary of his role in Romeo & Juliet:
In the beginning, Romeo pines for an unrequited love, Rosaline. To cheer him up, his cousin Benvolio and best friend Mercutio lead him out disguise where he meets and falls in love with his rivalry family The Capulet's daughter,Juliet Capulet. Later that night, he and Juliet meet secretly, despite their families long standing feud. They marry the following day, but their union is soon thrown into chaos by their families; Juliet's cousin Tybalt duels and kills Romeo's friend Mercutio, throwing Romeo into such a rage that he kills Tybalt, and the the prince of Verona subsequently banishes him. Meanwhile, Juliet's father plans to send her off to Paris, a local aristocrat, within the next few days, threatening to turn her out on the streets if she doesn't follow through the marriage her mother and father want. Desperate, Juliet begs Romeo's confident, Friar Lawrence, to help her escape the forced marriage. Friar Lawrence does so by giving her a potion tant puts her in a death-like coma. The plan works, but too soon for Romeo to learn of it; He genuinely believes Juliet to be dead, and so resolves to commit suicide. He kills himself at Juliet's grave, moments before she awakes; she kills herself in turn shortly there after.