The Merchant of Venice

Is a play by shakespeare!!! And it is playing at the theater in Muskegon on March 30th, we should all go see it! Extra Credit perhaps Ms. S?????

Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice#Synopsis

To The Virgins, Make Much of Time

I really like this poem, because it really gets across the concept of "carpe diem". It uses virgins as a illustration for those who have not yet experienced everything life offers. This doesn't necessarily mean however to go out and be crazy. There is a distinct difference between doing what makes you happy, and being happy with what you are doing. I think the correct concept for one to live by would be "carpe diem", because it's not about enjoying the moment, it's about enjoying life as a whole, with each moment included. However, it get's difficult to live by this concept because we all get caught up in wanting instant gratification, meaning if there is something we need to do in order to prepare or advance in our future that we may not enjoy at the moment, we get greedy and pessimistic and unhappy with it. I think our society needs to fully understand the idea of "carpe diem", and if everyone in the world did that, we may get along better regardless of our beliefs. Yeah this was kind of off the topic of the poem but I guess this can be considered a free write...or free type...lol :P

Colombie La Littèrature B!

so, not to like bash on anyone..but i really think that with mrs stariha being back, the class is a lot better. i feel like the students from last tri get more involved than we were, and i just like it a lot better! so hopefully, i can get a better grade this time because i actually want to be in that class now..? maybe. :D

p.s..i only made this like super colorful because i'm supposed to be in spanish class but i'm bored..and i have nothing else to do, so i decided to do this!

could i not oversleep?

okay so by being not responsible
i already feel like ive missed a ton!
hopefully you'll recap what you talked about in class
because personally, the class discussions are what help me the most with things.

but i was going through what we'll be reading,
like on the calander...
and i asked my mom if she had ever heard of the literature.
( you know just to spark up a conversation :p )
surprisingly she said yes to most of them.
so for the first time, my mom and i will be doing some major bonding. lol

thank you stariha for being back,
its already a better enviroment and i can tell im going to be workin alot harder this tri!

"enemy"

I really enjoyed Donne's' sonnet 14. To me the paradox's' in it gave our conversations a depth I feel that hasn't been visited within the first trimester. I loved the idea that was presented; making himself absent to fully gain what he desired. Its odd to think that in order to gain what we truly want we have to diminish our own identities, in a way give our reigns to a higher being. The line "but am betrothed unto Your enemy" stuck out to me for a multiplicity of reasons. In the context of religion the fact that the "your" is capitalized makes a connection to the respect of a higher being. But in comparison to that, when thinking of this higher being, "enemy" is not a word that would come to mind. Why would the supposedly loving higher being or lack of better terms, God, have an enemy. So clearly its written though that he has one. I find it even more intriguing that the majority of literary works that deal with "enemies" or opposing forces that we have been discussing correlate directly with war. Then only to ask the question why would God desire war and love at the same time. Then to think of nothing less then the holy wars. To have the word "enemy" be brought up in a sonnet about God seems ironic to me... just a thought.

VIRGINS

Haha ok so this is confusing me slightley, well ok a lot. I cant figure out if it is promoting abnstance or not. I dont think it is because of the time in which it was writen, but the poem in my oppion conflicts it's self, or it may just be confusing me. Either way I need to figure it out! lol

The first (I'll call it a stanza?) stanza in my deciphering is saying collect your youthfull beauty while you can because it will fade. The second stanza continues with the fact that the older you get the uglier you will become. The third stanza is what realy started confusing me the line "times still succeed the forme." Does this mean that the age will succeed the beauty or that being older you are becoming more mature. The last stanaza says "but use your time" I'm not sure the meaning of, because it's implying that they can take their time but the rest says not to? But the next line says "you may forever tarry (delay)" It's just all confusing me!!

Well writing this (well paper lol) has helped a lot, but i would appreciate more!! Good thing were going to talk about this tomorrow!! :)

Good Quote

This is that really good quote that we talked about in class today. Its from John Donne's "Meditation 17":

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."

I like this quote a lot because it is still accurate today. Although we, as a society, have many differences, we have more similarities. It seems like the differences are all we focus on, and that has hurt our world.