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So this blog is basically dead now.

If you're a freshman (*cough* Trevor), good luck finding any use with this blog.

Ahh, the old blogger layout.

I miss this.

Dialectical Journals suck.

Word to your mother. 

What REALLY Happened... (How the Capulet and Montague Feud Started)

A Short Intro Poem…

A long time ago lived two great families,

Brought together for great adversities.

The Capulets and Montagues feud,

Their squabbles ruin everybody’s mood.

No one knows how this battle started,

Nobody cared enough to ask them before they departed.

So now let’s follow history back,

For about ninety years time should tell us who started this attack.

It was a bright and sunny day when William Capulet met Violet Montague. Both were in their teens, single, and looking for love. Violet’s mother was hideous, but her family was rich and she was married by the time she turned fifteen. Violet, with her chocolate brown hair and bright blue eyes, instead was the most sought-after teen in all of Verona, but refused any arranged marriage proposed to her by her parents.  When he was William’s age, his father was quite the lady-killer, and still had a reputation, even after marrying William’s mother. Both were at the market, looking for interesting things to buy with their parent’s money. While both rummaged through Mrs. Potts, Verona’s finest pottery shop, their eyes met. The two began spending more and more time together, and fell for each other soon after. After several weeks, Lady Montague was delighted to hear of William’s proposal and both families happily began the preparations.

Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse. Just before their wedding, William backed out of the marriage. He said that he wasn’t ready for that much of a commitment, breaking Violet’s heart. Violet sobbed in her room for days, refusing to talk to anyone. After barely ingesting anything for a fortnight, the girl died from starvation. At her funeral, the Montagues blamed William for Violet’s death. The Capulets defended their son, saying that it was Violet’s fault that she starved. The two families separated, both furious with the other party.

         Lord and Lady Montague forced Victoria, Violet’s younger sister, to promise not to speak to the Capulets ever again. Soon after the funeral, she snuck into the Capulet mansion and stabbed William while he was sleeping. Because of two teenagers, the Capulets and Montagues will forever feud.

Unless there are two more teens that can stop it… *wink*

Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Words Two Sentences

Penury: extreme poverty, noun

Haughty: disdainfully proud, snobbish; adjective

The haughty lifeguard turned his nose up at the white-trash swimmers.

The child, having grown up in penury, was astounded at how large the houses were in Beverly Hills.

Romeo And Juliet Vocabulary Words Two Sentences

Beshrew: to curse, to invoke evil upon; verb

Peruse: to survey or examine in detail; verb

"I beshrew the Bieber name!" shrieked an angered Selena.

The Bieber fan perused the hair, attempting to determine if the locks belonged to Justin or not.

Romeo and Juliet words 2

Beshrew: to curse, to invoke evil upon; verb

Peruse: to survey or examine in detail; verb

Caitiff: a despicable person; noun

Penury: extreme poverty, noun

Haughty: disdainfully proud, snobbish; adjective

Sepulcher: a tomb, grave, or burial place; noun

Remnants: a fragment or scrap; noun

Apothecary: a pharmacist; noun

Amorous: inclined or disposed to love, adjective

Ambiguities: an unclear word, thought, or meaning; noun

Scourge: a whip or lash; noun

Inauspicious: ill-omened, unfavorable; adjective

Romeo And Juliet Vocabulary Words One Sentences

Perverse - contrary; adjective

Procure - to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means; Verb

I procure the information from my secretary, then email it to my mother. 

"Perverse to common thought, I really am a boy," states Justin Bieber.

Romeo and Juliet Characters & Scene 4/5 Headlines

Act 4) Romeo, Convinced to Ignore His Foreboding Dream, Continues on to the Party

Act 5) Tybalt Fumes while Uninvited Guest Romeo Montague falls for Juliet Capulet

Montague:

Romeo

Lord Montague

Lady Montague

Benvolio

Minor Montagues:

Abram

Balthasar

Capulet:

Juliet

Nurse

Lord Capulet

Lady Capulet

Tybalt

Second Capulet

Minor Capulets:

Sampson

Gregory

Servant

Second Servingman

First Servingman

Prince:

Paris
Prince
Mercutio

The Verona Chronicle (Interview with Locals of the Fighting)

The Verona Chronicle

         For the third time in their long-time feud, The Montagues and Capulets disrupted Verona’s peace. Earlier this afternoon, Sampson and Gregory, two Capulet servants, challenged Abram and Balthasar, men from the Montagues, to a duel, causing great uproar. Although authorities stated that the Prince was taking care of the incident, they wouldn’t give us any real information. When that happens, The Verona Chronicle heads straight to the streets to interview witnesses and find out what really happened.

“I was just buying my turnips in the market when I heard a loud ruckus down the street,” says local Veronica Strait. She had been just fourteen feet away from the violent fight. “ I hurried outside the shop and saw the two households fighting. Although they tried to stop them, my friends couldn’t control the men. This feud between these two households has gotten out of hand. The last time they caused a fight this big, my poor sonny Judas spent a week in the clinic for trying to calm them. Whoever was responsible for this scuffle should be executed immediately for Verona’s sake.”

Vladimir Riddle hates the stress these fights cause on his business. “If this fighting don’t stop, I’ll loose all of me business! Mrs. Strait was just about to buy one of me most expensive cuts of beef when all that racket started. She left immediately, and was the last customer I saw today. Those meatheads cost me a day's worth of work! I have to raise me family and I won’t be able to do that with those idjits cutting in!” Later, Mr. Riddle states that the only place the Capulets and Montagues should go is to the gallows.

         Parker Whalen, a young blacksmith, was the first to notice the fighting. “I watched the Capulet man, Sampson, I believe, bite his thumb at Abram, challenging him to a duel. Like any honorable man, Abram fought back. After scuffling for a while, the Prince, what a great man, stopped them. Although I agree with everything he does, I wish he had executed the men on the spot, but he was kind in giving them a warning. If I had been him, I certainly wouldn’t have shown so much grace and dignity. I believe that all other citizens will agree with me when I suggest that Verona would be a much grander city without the two families fighting over honor. Perhaps this shall be a lesson to the heads of each household, teaching them to keep affairs to themselves instead of sharing them with the help.”

All and all, Verona’s citizens are very disgusted with the behaviors promoted by the two families. If they have any sense, they’ll stop the fighting and declare a truce, making Verona an all around safer place.

Romeo And Juliet Facebook

Vocabulary Sentences Romeo And Juliet 1

Rosemary-an evergreen shrub of the mint family; noun

My Grandmother called me into the kitchen to get her Rosemary from the garden. 

Sallow - of a sickly, yellowish color; adjective

The child's sallow skin made his nanny nervous, causing her to rush him to the nearest pediatrician.  

Romeo And Juliet Vocabulary Words One

Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary 1

Rosemary-an evergreen shrub of the mint family; noun

Sallow - of a sickly, yellowish color; adjective

Waverer - to become unsteady, flutter; verb

Perverse - contrary; adjective

Cunning - skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner; noun

Procure - to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means; Verb

Lamentable – regrettable; adjective

Kinsmen – a blood relative (typically male); noun

Unwieldy - not readily handled or managed in use or action, awkward; adjective

Variable – changeable; adjective

Seriousness

Order of Seriousness (1 being very serious)                 

1 Killing someone for revenge

2 Suicide

3 Killing someone by mistake while fighting

4 Killing someone in self-defense

5 Advising someone to marry for money

6 Marrying against parents' wishes

7 Crashing a party

8 Lying to parents

9 Two families having a feud

10 Planning to trick someone

11 Picking a fight

12 Giving the finger

13 Cursing

Love at First Sight/Headlines

qHeadlines

quarrel between Capulets and Montagues continues, End not in Sight

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2)   Shakespeare Continues to Annoy Alaskans

3)   Lovesick Idiot Drones On and On…

4)   After Epic Quarrel, Romeo Montague Confesses Undying Love for Rosaline

5)   After Rosaline Rejected his Proposal, Romeo’s Back, and Wilder than Ever!

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

Love at first sight does not exist except in books and movies. Although a person can be immediately attracted to someone, it is not love. They must first get to know that person: their hobbies, opinions, and overall personality. If you have absolutely nothing in common with that person other than interest in each other’s appearances, the relationship is almost certainly doomed, given the shallow circumstances. After they’ve built a relationship, be it quickly or slowly, then love can establish itself between the two people.  Because love is a chemical reaction that takes time to happen, love at first sight is nearly impossible. As for my parents, they said that it was more of a gradual thing. Even in the books I’ve read, there has been no word of love at first sight. When Romeo and Juliet say they fell in love at first sight, I’m pretty sure they just had taken great interest in each other. In the next short period of time, they could have fallen for each other, but their love was just based on looks, not matters that were more than skin-deep.