Hmph. What a Coincidence.

Ever had that moment when you learn something on your own and then the next day when you go to school, you just so happen to learn the same thing? Well, that was the case with me last week. On Monday, Cindy and I went back to MMS to visit our teachers on team Fusion. Our first stop was Mr. Grayer. As we chatted about how high school was going, the topic of Romeo and Juliet came up. He taught us about Tybalt being the "Prince of Cats" and such and how when he killed Mercutio, he said that his, meaning Mercutio's, injuries, were but a "scratch". I felt so knowledgeable during class when we read that scene! Anyway, on to the important stuff... I thought that it was really interesting that in the play, when Romeo was in Friar Lawrence 's cell,Shakespeare didn't really talk about how Romeo was bawling on the ground, whereas in the movie, Romeo is portrayed by the director as a childish, immature, whiny, and girly. The movie also showed the anger and frustration of Nurse and Friar Lawrence more clearly because in the play, you only see the character's emotions through their words. This is why I don't really prefer one form of the play over the other. If you only read the play, you don't get the emotions of the characters, but the movie alone doesn't contain all of the lines/information. The movie does make Romeo and Juliet seem more "real" though, as opposed to words on paper.