Connections

In Romeo & Juliet many of the decisions that Tybalt make remind me of my brother, often being hostile to me. Like in the beginning where he came in sword unsheathed, I felt like it was like my brother who usually tackles me whenever we meet. Whenever my brother did tackle me, I took it the wrong way and in return acted hostile back so we always ended up fighting, just like the two houses whenever they meet. These ideas of a constant conflict and two factions ready for battle at any time is a great idea, it can lead to many problems for two star-crossed lovers.

Reading at home and then doing annotations or covering the material at school is much easier and I can get much more out of it. Because of the unusual style of Shakespeare, I often am puzzled at what the meaning is, like the final line in the prologue, I had to look up what it meant in order to figure it out. But because we read it in class and cover the reading there as well as at home, I can get both feelings, the feeling of puzzlement, and the feeling of knowledge to an unusual writing style. So in my opinion I feel as if it is both easier and a better way of reading a book and getting to understand it, if it was something like Great Expectations where we annotated at home, it took a lot of time, so this is a good way to ease up on time consumption for reading.