a funny poem i found

SORTING LAUNDRY 

by Elisavietta Ritchie

  I found a funny poem that i really enjoyed. She talks about laundry as more than just doing a boring chore its about love and relationships. the sheets and pillow cases could represent her long time lover. She talks about the towels which were on sale which made me picture a couple shopping for their things they need. I found a biblical allusions with the socks because how its impossible to find pairs of socks, to Noah's ark, like each sock has a pair like how each animal has a pair. I also agree with how you also find treasures in your clothes, which i love. I also think she's saying that she cant "fold the clothes" by herself which i take as going through life by herself. I think of the "wrinkles" as little problems all throughout life that have to be sorted out and fixed. I think its so cool and funny how the author took something thats so apart of everyday life and applied it to love and life in general. 

Fortinbras and Hamlet

These two characters have so much in common yet act differently. Fortinbras' father was also killed, but by King Hamlet so he wants to attack Denmark, which sucks for Hamlet. Fortinbras is much more quick to want his revenge and doesnt think it through. Hamlet, on the other hand, carefully thinks through all his decisions before making and final decision. He wants to make sure that Claudius is the one who killed his father before making his plans for revenge. This makes Hamlet very indecisve but then its weird because he will then make really rash decsions out of no where. Hamlet it one confusing guy. Hamlet is a very thoughtful character and thinks through every little thing. Half the play is Hamlet debating whether he should avenge his fathers death or not. Fortinbras is very decisive and immediately decides to avenge his father and lies to his uncle to do so. He is much more of a warrior and is much more worried about conquest and Hamlet is not at all worried about it. So although they have similar situations, they both act completely different.

sex with ophelia?

Have Hamlet and Ophelia had sex? thats the big question. Im going to have to say yes to that. First of all, Hamlet was so so hurt that Ophelia betrayed him, the type of hurt that doesn't just come along with a little crush. Also Ophelia had some of his things, which is a little fishy. The one thing that made it seem like maybe they weren't was the fact that hamlet said I loved you once and she said you sure made me believe so, so that makes it seem like they are literally talking about love not sex, because you cant make someone believe that you had sex with them, its a for sure thing. i feel like this book has no answers and it annoys me because i just want to know what is really going on and stop guessing! but hey, its good and keeps my attention for sure. 

Mel Gibson and BBC

I thought it was really interesting seeing the two different version of Hamlet and how different a scene can be interpurted. I think that the Hamlet in the BBC version was extremely dramatic and almost seemed like he was ruining the whole play. i could not watch him without thinking that this whole thing is ridiculous and laughing. I thought the Gibson version was much more realistic and seemed more modern day acting. i liked how he was a lot calmer and didnt act like a drama queen. i also think that the BBC hamlet was very miscast and seemed like he was forty. I think that Gibson was much better cast. Although the Gibson version was by far my favorite, i think that maybe the BBC version was more true to what Shakespeare actaully wanted it to be like, but i cant say that for certain. I really like watching the movie versions because i think it helps us to understand better.

The dust bowl

well, as i do my research on the dust bowl, i thought i could also blog about it. THe dust bowl was all throughout the 30's and it was caused by severe dust storms, drought and because the farmers didnt rotate their crop. Acres of farmland became useless and families were falling apart. People were starving and not getting any money. it was a really hard time and especially since it was around the depression too. It left almost 500,000 homeless. It was a huge diaster. Because of this, there was a huge migration with millions of poeple. noone knew what to do. The governements response was to conserve the soil, but nothing really helped. Im really excited to read this book though because ive hread its really good so im pretty pumped.

Lion King and Hamlet

Wow. I cant help but notice how Lion King is basically the story of Hamlet in every aspect except Simbas mom didnt get married to Scar. Scar kills Mofasa and then he wants to take over the crown except Simba gets to be king eventually. Im thinking that this means that Hamlet will most likely get to be king in the end. Hamlet thinks he can trust Claudius jsut like Simba thinks he can trust Scar. I think Mala is just like ophelia too. It makes me really excited that this is based off of Hamlet because i love The Lion King!

Slumdog millionare

i recently saw slum dog millionare and it was actaully really good. it was by far the best moive that i saw over the break and it was exciting becuase it basically won like every award. When i left the movie theater i kept re-thinking the movie in my head. It made me feel so bad for the kids in india. when that speker came to talk to us it reminded me a lot of how it looked over in india, except there wasnt really an aids problem, but there were so many people that were homeless and kids that were orphans and people that would just come a shoot one another. i dont know it was jsut really sad but it made me really excited because it was really good and im glad that it won so many awards.