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My favorite feeling

My favorite feeling (Stop laughing. Everyone is allowed to have a favorite feeling, right? Sigh. I know weird.) is the content feeling that you get sometimes when your just plan old happy. It's (or is it its. I can't tell) Its not like it was day day where all these great things happened. Although nothing bad happen but instead of feeling like your average day for some reason I just feel content. It's (that one I am sure) a great feeling.

Short Story

The Vietnam soldier thought he was safe at home, that was before he was jumped by hippies.

Good Point

And suddenly there seemed to be a lot of people expecting a ride. They wouldn't all fit on, and there was no point in the purple-dragon-mother shouting either - shouting something didn't make it any more possible.  said by Spit Fyre (a dragon) from Queste by Angie Sage

Shouting at people is not always effective. Just listen to the dragon.

Rain and Tears

lift your head up

don’t be afraid to cry

the rain will hide it

rain and salty tears

cry as hard as you can

don’t be ashamed

don’t keep it all inside

the  rain will hide the tears

Romeo and Juliet - Act Five

               Act Five, Scene One opens on a street in Mantua. Romeo is talking about his dream that he had about Juliet. In his dream he had died and Juliet had brought him back to life by kissing him. Romeo is amazed that being in love with Juliet came be so sweet that he does not even have to be near her to be hopelessly in love with her. Balthasar, a servant to Romeo, arrives on the scene. Romeo sees Balthasar and asks him first for news of his wife Juliet and then his father, he asks if he has a letter from the friar. He says if Juliet is well, for to him no news is bad news. Balthasar then tells him that Juliet is not longer alive, she’s now dead. Romeo hears this and becomes upset.  He asks Balthasar to get some horses that they can ride to see Juliet. Balthasar is worried about Romeo but leaves to get the horses after Romeo asks him one more time if he is sure that he does not have any letters from the friar. (Romeo hopes that Friar Lawrence sent him a letter with Balthasar that says this is all in the plan. But there is no such note. Although the plan is real.) Romeo once again tells Balthasar to go get them some horse. Once Balthasar is gone Romeo decides to go to the apothecary to get some poison that will kill him. The Apothecary hears Romeo request for a poison that will kill him. The Apothecary tells Romeo that he has the potion but feels that he can not give it to Romeo for it is against the law. Romeo tells the Apothecary (who is poor) that he will pay him a lot of money. So the Apothecary gives him the poison and tells him that it will kill him right away. Scene One comes to a close.

                        Scene Two returns to Friar Lawrence’s cell. Friar John (he is one of Friar Lawrence coworkers. He was to deliver the message of Juliet’s ‘death’ to Romeo) calls for Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence enters and asks Friar John if he has a message from Romeo. Friar John tells Friar Lawrence that he never had a chance to go to Romeo. He tells Friar Lawrence that he was helping the sick when he was helping the sick in an area where there was a plague. So he was not aloud to leave that section of town. He goes on to tell Friar Lawrence that he still has the letter. Friar Lawrence realizes that Romeo does not know of Juliet’s fake death. He knows that it would be best to get Juliet out of the tomb so he can talk to Romeo. He tells Friar John to fetch him a crowbar so he can enter the tomb. Scene Two ends.    

            Scene Three, the final scene, opens in the churchyard at night. Paris is going to the Capulet’s tomb so he can place flowers for Juliet. He does this in private while his page keeps watch. He promises Juliet’s unmoving body that he will bring her flowers, perfume, and tears every night. Then his page gives a whistle. This is a signal that someone is coming. He blows out the touch so he can hide in the night. Romeo and Balthasar enter with a torch, crow bar, and a mattock. ( Mattock - n. A digging tool with a flat blade set at right angles to the handle. http://www.dictionary.com/) Romeo tells Balthasar to go stand watch while he enters Juliet’s tomb to look at Juliet. He also tells Balthasar that he is not allowed to follow him. If he does Romeo threatens to kill him. Balthasar is fully scared by this and has not thoughts of entering the tomb but he does stay in the graveyard to keep watch. (even though the graveyard gives him the willies) Romeo then goes in the tomb. Paris sees Romeo go in the tomb and believes that this Montague wants to harm Juliet. (He knows that the Capulets and Montugues are enemies.)So he tells Romeo that he should back away and why mess with some one who is already dead. Romeo tells Paris that he should leave him alone. Paris refuses to and the two draw swords. Paris’s page sees the two fighting and runs to get the police. A little bit later Romeo stabs Paris.

            As Paris is dying he asks Romeo to place him next to Juliet. Then Romeo gets a good luck at who he just killed and sees that it is Paris. He feels awful because Paris was kinsman to Mercutio, Romeo’s friend. He begins to remember that Mercutio had once said that Paris was to one day going to marry Juliet although he dismisses the thought from his mind. Romeo then goes to see Juliet. He remarks on how flushed Juliet is in death. (That is because she is not really dead.)  He says one last time that he loves her, kisses her and takes the potion, seconds after he dies.  Friar Lawrence then enters and he sees Balthasar and asks who is in the tomb. Balthasar tells him that it is Romeo and he has been there for an half an hour. Balthasar also tells Friar Lawrence that he had a dream that there was a fight in the tomb. (Although who really falls asleep in the middle of a graveyard in the span of a half hour, this is the same guy who had willies about being in the graveyard.) Friar Lawrence then asks Balthasar to go with him in the tomb. Balthasar refuses because he is afraid to go since Romeo warned him away. Friar Lawrence then goes ahead by himself and sees Paris and Romeo dead. At this point Juliet wakes up. She finds out when Friar Lawrence tells her to come with him and that Romeo and Paris are dead. (At this time you can here police and citizens coming toward the tomb.) Juilet refuses and Friar Lawrence leaves. Juliet sees Romeo and the cup he used to drink the poison from. She then decides to die. She kisses Romeo in hopes that the poison on his lips can kill her. It doesn’t work. Then she hears the watchman in the page coming. She does not want anyone to stop her from killing herself so she begins to stab herself over and over again with Romeo’s dagger until she dies.

            The watchmen and the page then enter. They send massagers to go get the Capulets, Montugues, and The Prince. The watchmen find Friar Lawrence and Balthasar and hold them for questioning. The Capulets and The Prince then arrive and demand to know what is going on. A watchman tells the people that Paris slain, Romeo poisoned, and Juliet stabbed. The Capulets are startled to see their daughter dead again. The Capulets first blame Romeo because his knife is in Juliet but the Prince asks them to wait before they cast judgment. Montague then enters. The Prince greets him and asks him where his wife is. Montague tells him that his wife had died because of Romeo’s banishment, he then asks for the bad news. The Prince shows him his son’s body and Montague calls out in grief.  The Prince asks if anyone knows what happen. Friar Lawrence steps forward and tells everyone the whole story. (At this point in the play Friar Lawrence is the only one who knows almost everything.) Before he begin his speech Friar Lawrence said that he was willing to be punished but after he is done the Prince says that is not necessary. Balthasar and Paris’s page step forward when called and tell of their masters’ actions. The Prince announces the story true. He asks that the Capulets and Montugues stop arguing for there had been enough deaths. The two agree and also promises the other that they would honor their children. The Prince says that he is happy that something good came out of all this sorrow and Romeo and Juliet comes to an end. The moral of this story is that people should not be aloud to carry dangers objects when they go for a back.    

Romeo and Juliet - Act Four

Act Four, Scene One opens with Friar Lawrence and Paris. Paris is telling Friar Lawrence that he and Juliet are to be married on Thursday. Friar Lawrence wonders if this is wise and he asked Paris what he thinks. Paris tells Friar Lawrence that Capulet is the one who wants them to be married so soon. He tells his worries to Friar Lawrence that he does not know Juliet well; he implies that he has tried to talk to her but all Juliet has done since Tybalt’s death was cry. At this point Juliet enters for she has come to talk to Friar Lawrence for advice to get out of the wedding. Paris greets her cheerfully but Juliet brushes him off. The two go back in forth in that manner for quite some time, Paris being kind to Juliet and Juliet brushing him off. (You have to feel bad for the guy. Here he is being all nice but for reasons he doesn’t know she is replying harshly.) 

            Friar Lawrence breaks the two up and sends Paris away so he can talk with Juliet. Juliet asked Friar Lawrence what he thinks she should do. She tells Friar Lawrence that she would rather kill herself than be married again. Friar Lawrence tries to get Juliet to calm down. He tells her if she has the strength to kill herself then she will be able to drink a mixture. He goes on to explain his plan. Friar Lawrence tells Juliet that she will drink a mixture that will make it seem as if she is dead. Juliet will then be placed in the tomb since everyone thinks that she is dead. Friar Lawrence will tell Romeo to return and when Romeo returns he will take Juliet away to Mantua. With this plan ready, Scene One ends.

            Scene Two has a bit of comedy relief in the beginning. Capulet and servants are joking around about the wedding preparations. A servingman and Capulet are taking about how only the best cooks will eat off their fingers while cooking. (Gross, but at least they are not afraid to eat their own food.) Then Capulet talks with Nurse about how Juliet went to Friar Lawrence’s cell. He hopes that Friar Lawrence will talk some sense into Juliet.  Juliet then enters the scene acting all happy and tells her family that she is ready to follow her father’s wishes and marry Paris. Capulet is overjoyed when he hears this and decides to move the wedding to the next day. As Juliet and Nurse leave to find a dress for Juliet, Lady Capulet worries if they will be ready to put on a wedding the next day. Capulet tells his wife not to worry and that she should go help Juliet and Nurse. He says that he shall do a housewife’s duties that night so the wedding shall go on tomorrow and Scene Two comes to an end.

            In Scene Three Lady Capulet enters as Juliet is telling Nurse to leave. Lady Capulet asked Juliet asks if she will be fine on her own. Juliet says that she will and Nurse and Lady Capulet should go help with the preparations, for there is much to do. Nurse and Lady Capulet agree and leave. Juliet braces herself to drink the vial that will make is seem as she is dead when she really is not. She worries aloud whether or not the mixture will work at. She gets ready to kill herself with a dagger, in worry that it will not work but decides against killing herself. Then she fears that it is really a poison and Friar Lawrence wants to kill her so that he will not commit a sin by marring her twice. She tells herself that by killing her Friar Lawrence would commit a sin. Besides that she tells herself that Friar Lawrence is a kind and holy man. Juliet begins to obsess if she will die in the sepulcher because she will not be able to get enough air. Then she begins to stress about the fact that she will wake to early and go crazy when she sees her dead family members around her. She decides that she will take the vial because that is the only way that she will be able to see Romeo again. So she takes the vial. Scene Three ends when Juliet falls back unconscious.

            Scene Four has the whole Capulet household (except Juliet) preparing for the wedding. The whole household is in a state of chaos. Everyone is running around looking for supplies, more hands, etc. Nurse and Lady Capulet are telling Capulet that he should go lay down so he does not become sick. Capulet is assuring the ladies that he can handle being up late and it is not a problem. Capulet tells Nurse that it is morning and she is to go wake up Juliet. Scene Four ends. 

            Scene Five begins with Nurse calling for Juliet to wake up. As Juliet does not respond Nurse becomes more and more persistent. She reaches over to shake Juliet and finds Juliet unresponsive. She begins to realize that something is wrong. She draws the conclusion that Juliet is dead. (Remember that Juliet just seems dead, she is not really dead.) She starts calling out that Juliet is dead and for everyone to come. Lady Capulet hears Nurse’s cries and asks her why is her yelling. Nurse shows her Juliet and Lady Capulet starts screaming. Capulet comes in asking what is taking Juliet so long. The ladies start wailing that Juliet is dead. When Capulet sees that the ladies are right he becomes upset. Paris, Friar Lawrence, and some musicians, who are here to play during the wedding, enter the scene asking for Juliet. They find out that Juliet is dead and Paris breaks down, while Friar Lawrence keeps a cool head. (That would be because Friar Lawrence knows that Juliet is not truly dead.) Friar Lawrence attempts to speak word of comfort to those who are grieving for Juliet. He tells them that they should dress Juliet in her finest to prepare her for her funeral. After that speech Friar Lawrence, Lady Capulet, Capulet, and Paris all leave.  One of the musicians suggests that it time for them to leave. (There are three all together.) Nurse agrees and says that now is not the time for joyful music. As the musicians get ready to leave Peter, servant, enters and begins to tease the musicians. After they completely destroy the other’s self-esteem with teasing the musicians decide to stay for diner and Act Four comes to a close.

Romeo and Juliet - Act Three

Act Two ends on a high note. Juliet and Romeo are finally married. (Less then twenty-four after they have met.) Act Three cuts that high note short. Scene One opens with Mercutio and Benvolio hanging out in the city. The air is hot and there are many Capulets around. Benvolio knows this and advises Mercutio that they should leave, because of the Capulets and the fact that people anger more easily in the heat. Mercutio sees no need to leave and begins to tease Benvolio. Mercutio teases Benvolio by switch their characteristics. The two seem to be enjoying themselves until Tybalt arrives.

            Tybalt arrives demanding to know where Romeo is. Mercutio begins to play word games with Tybalt, shorting Tybalt’s already short temper. Benvolio tries to keep peace between the two. Romeo then arrives on the scene. Tybalt tries to anger Romeo, so he will fight him. Romeo does not respond to the challenge, instead he tells Tybalt that he loves him, like he is family. (Which he is since Romeo has now married Juliet but Tybalt does not know that.) Mercutio answers the challenge for Romeo and draws his sword. Romeo tries to break the two up but it is useless. For while Romeo is standing in between the two, Tybalt reaches around Romeo and stabs Mercutio.

            Tybalt then flees from the scene. Mercutio realizes he has just been fatally wounded and begins to cruse the two households. Benvolio asked his friend if he is hurt. Mercutio replies that it is just a scratch but calls for his page to bring him a surgeon. Mercutio lies on the ground in pain but continues to joke with his friends and make fun of Tybalt. Mercutio then switches to cursing the households. Benvolio help Mercutio into a house and out of the street. Romeo takes on a monologue. He talks about how his friend is dying because of him and his love for Juliet has seemed to soften him, so he did not fight Tybalt himself. Benvolio returns with news that Mercutio is dead.  Then Tybalt returns on the scene. Romeo because of his grief challenges Tybalt to a fight. Romeo kills Tybalt after awhile into the fight. Benvolio knows that if Romeo gets caught he could be killed, so he urges his friend to run.

            A Citizen tells Benvolio that he must talk with Paris.  The Prince, his attendants, Montague, Lady Montague, Capulet, Lady Capulet and others arrive on the scene. Benvolio tells the Prince what happened, while Lady Capulet cries for Tybalt. Lady Capulet tries to convince Prince to kill Romeo, while Montague tells Prince that Tybalt would have been killed anyway and Romeo is not to blame. Prince decrees that Romeo will not be killed but banished. So the scene ends.

            Scene Two has Juliet in a monologue about how she can not wait for Romeo to join her that night. She wishes that the night comes quickly. She talks about how much she loves Romeo. She says that when he dies he should be made stars, and the night sky will be more beautiful then ever before. She switches back again to how impatient she is for night to come. The arrive of Nurse stops her monologue. Juliet asks Nurse why she is so upset. All Nurse says is he is dead and Romeo’s name. Juliet hears this and thinks that Romeo is dead and she starts wailing. Finally Nurse tells her that Romeo is not dead but Tybalt, and that Romeo killed Tybalt. Nurse tells Juliet that Romeo is now banished. Juliet starts moaning about how her cousin is dead and her husband is banished because he killed her cousin. Nurse says that Romeo is a bad man and his charm was just an act. Juliet is angry when she hears this and claims that she can’t speak ill of her husband (even though she just did a few lines before), and says that she rather everyone else dead then have Romeo dead or even worse banished. She hides alone in her bedroom, while Nurse goes to talk with Romeo at Friar Lawrence’s cell. Juliet gives Nurse her ring as a token for Romeo of her love and Scene Two ends.

            In the beginning of Scene Three Romeo has no idea he has been banished, he does not know what his punishment is. Friar Lawrence finds out for him and lets him know that his punishment is banishment. Romeo tells Friar Lawrence that he rather his punishment have been death. He tells Friar Lawrence that while in banishment there is no Juliet. Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that he should be thankful that the Prince spared him from death but Romeo refuses to look on the bright side. The two go back and forth until Nurse arrives. By this time Romeo is on the ground sobbing. Nurse tells the males that Juliet is in her room sobbing. This makes Romeo feel even worse about this and threatens to kill himself. Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that he should not kill himself but reminds him to be thankful. He tells Romeo that he shall leave town after he spends the night with Juliet. Later they will find away for the two to be reunited. Nurse gives Romeo Juliet’s ring as a message from Juliet that she loves him. That cheers Romeo up. Scene Three comes to an end.

            Scene Four opens with Capulet, Lady Capulet and Paris. Capulet is asking Paris if he would still like to marry Juliet. Paris says yes but reminds Capulet that a death does not call for a marriage. Capulet says that a marriage might just cheer up sobbing Juliet. (Remember he does not know that she is married to Romeo, he thinks that she is crying because Tybalt is dead.) Capulet tells Paris that he should marry Juliet in two days. Paris agrees. Scene Four ends with Capulet going off to bed.

            Scene Five starts with Romeo and Juliet saying their goodbyes. The two do not want to separate but are force to because of dawn and Nurse calling for Juliet. (Remember if Romeo is found in the city after dawn he is to be put to death.) Romeo leaves and shortly after, Lady Capulet arrives. Juliet is crying because Romeo has just left but Lady Capulet thinks that she is crying over Tybalt still. She tells her daughter that she has been crying for too long, instead she should be finding was to average his death.  Juliet responds using word play to all her mother’s comments so that her mother thinks she wants to kill Romeo but really she wants to spend more time with him. Lady Capulet breaks the news that Juliet is to be married to Paris and Juliet throws a fit. Capulet enters and hears of how Juliet feels about this marriage and is outraged. He feels that he has put to much time in this proposal for Juliet to react this way. He tells Juliet that he should leave his house or be used for his friends’ delight if she does not accept this marriage. After he makes this announcement he leaves. Juliet turns to her mother to beg for her help but her mother does not wish to help her. After her mother leaves Juliet beg Nurse for advice. Nurse gives Juliet advice but she did not say what Juliet wanted to hear. She tells Juliet that she should just marry Paris, for he will be better to then Romeo. Juliet tells Nurse that she is going to Friar Lawrence’s cell for confession and that Nurse should let her parents know. After Nurse leaves Juliet talks to herself about how she does not like Nurse’s advice. She says that she would rather kill herself then marry Paris. So Act Three ends.