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                                      An Engaging Title

    When I first registered for this course - English 205 - all I was thinking was ‘I really hope we do not have to read Romeo and Juliet.’ The only reason I did not want to read this particular play is because to me it feels like a song on the radio that is over played in today’s culture. When I read something I want it to be new and vibrant so that I can actually get through it because it’s what I wanted. My previous experience with Shakespeare plays, dates back to high school when we read the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which I found to be thoroughly entertaining. After having read this play we watched a fairly recent movie on it. So while entering into this class I feel as though I was heavily prepared for what was yet to come; the only difference is that we do not perform Socratic seminars, but rather in-class discussions that are quite entertaining.
    On the first day of class we were all (well the ones that actually show up) handed a paper with plays that we would be choosing to read over. While looking over it, I noticed that there were plays that I had seen or heard of before, but never realized they were written by Shakespeare. Such plays include: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “Othello,” “Julius Caesar,” and “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Maybe if we have time we will be able to read through one or more of these plays by the end of the semester.
    So far, I have really enjoyed each of these plays, well maybe not the history “Henry V.” The only reason I didn’t like this play nearly as much as the others is because I found it to be boring, however, I find myself enjoying fictions more than non-fictions regardless. To be honest, I liked the action scene when the English were battling the French; especially with swords and arrows. I am not sure why but I have always had a fascination with the medieval era.
    As I had said earlier I enjoyed each play, but my favorite thus far has been “Hamlet.” This is the one play that I was most enthused to read out of any other given play, so when I found out we were going to be reading this play, you can guarantee I was doing the party boy dance all the way home. “Hamlet” definitely had its moments that you love as well as moments that you…well, love a little bit less. I was really hoping that Hamlet and Ophelia could have been together, but my heart was shattered once Ophelia drowned. After reading this part of the play my opinion is that she committed suicide, but Shakespeare didn’t exactly state this to be true. One could only guess that it is because suicides were heavily frowned upon during this time frame, that and maybe Shakespeare wanted to give Ophelia a last shot at dignity upon her death bed. And as if that were not enough, poor Hamlet and the rest of his kin are killed off in the end after a long gruesome fight. This brought me great sorrow because I liked Hamlet, but I feel he was misunderstood by most, yet he proved to be quite intelligent.

                                      An Engaging Title (Revised)

    I was thinking ‘I really hope we do not have to read Romeo and Juliet,' as I entered into English 205. I did not want to read this particular play because it feels like a song on the radio that is over played in today’s culture. When I read something I want it to be new and vibrant so that I can actually get through it because it’s what I wanted. My previous experience with Shakespeare plays, dates back to high school when we read the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which I found to be thoroughly entertaining. After having read this play, we watched a fairly recent movie on it. I feel as though I was heavily prepared for what was yet to come due to my previous experience. The only difference is that we have in-class discussions instead of performing Socratic seminars.
    On the first day of class we were all (well the ones that actually show up) handed a list of plays, which we had to vote upon. I noticed that there were plays I had seen or heard of before, but never realized they were written by Shakespeare. Such plays include: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “Othello,” “Julius Caesar,” and “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Maybe if we have time we will be able to read through one or more of these plays by the end of the semester.
    So far, I have really enjoyed each of these plays, well maybe not the history “Henry V.” Compared to the other plays, I hated this one because I found it to be boring, regardless, I find myself enjoying fictions more than non-fictions. To be honest, I liked the action scene when the English were battling the French; especially with swords and arrows. I am not sure why but I have always had a fascination with the medieval era.
    As I had said earlier, I enjoyed each play, but my favorite thus far has been “Hamlet.” This is the one play that I was most anxious to read out of any other given play. So when I found out we would be reading this play, you can only imagine I was doing the party boy dance all the way home. “Hamlet” definitely had its moments that you love as well as moments that you…well, love a little bit less. My heart was shattered once Ophelia drowned, for I wanted Hamlet to be with her forever. In my opinion I believe that she committed suicide, but Shakespeare didn’t exactly state this to be true. One could only guess that this is because suicides were heavily frowned upon during this time frame, or maybe Shakespeare gave Ophelia a last shot at dignity upon her death bed. And after a long gruesome fight, poor Hamlet and the rest of his kin are killed off in the end. This brought me great sorrow because I liked Hamlet, though he proved to be quite intelligent, I feel he was greatly misunderstood by most.