Culture Shock-Romeo and Juliet

We see here two different movie covers, referring to two different movies, both having to do with Shakespeare's novel, Romeo and Juliet. This novel has lasted throughout the decades and it still has an effect on our culture today, as seen here. Bottom line, Shakespeare has written a timeless novel that has been celebrated through many decades.

English reflection

Honors English is a very different environment for me. Most of the time, when I hear "Honors English", I cringe. All the work that we do each week seems pointless sometimes. But, when I think back to summertime when I was doing the summer project, I realize that I have grown and learned a lot in English. Honors English to me is a blessing in disguise. I hate doing the work, but I know that it will get me ready for next year, which is what this class is about. All in all, I am glad that I am in Honors English.

Great Expectations: Skit Prep

Overall, I think that there could be many great places in the book to do skits off of. But these are the three that I think would be the best:

1.) When Miss Havisham's hair catches on fire and Pip saves her. This would be fun to do in class because it would involve one person screaming, another person saving her, and other people coming in to take care of the person that was caught on fire. It is very dramatic.
2.) When Pip and the search party go to find Pip's convict. This would also be fun to do in class because it takes a lot of people, and it is an action scene (Compeyson and Magwitch fighting). I think it would be fun to see the fake blows shared between the people who are portraying Magwitch and Compeyson.
3.) Thed dinner at Mr. Jagger's house with all of Pip's friends (Drummle, Herbert, Startop, etc.). This takes many character roles, and it would fun to do because of the commentary shared between the characters at dinner time.

Thanks for reading. Please comment about my ideas.

More Questions about Great Expectations

My question has to do with the new characters Compeyson and Arthur. In Chapter 42 on pages 348+349 it says that Arthur sees Miss Havisham in a vision and is deathly afraid of her. So deathly afraid, infact, that he ends up dying having a dream about her. My question: if compeyson is pressumably Miss Havisham's lover, and leaves her on the altar, why is Arthur so deathly afraid of her instaed of Compeyson?

Great Expectations: Question about a Passage

My question has to do with a quote in Chapter 33 on page 270. Pip says, "I should have been chary of discussing my gaurdian too freely even with her, but I should have gone on with the subject so far as to describe the dinner in Gerrard Street, if she had not then come into a sudden glare of gas. It seemed, while it lasted, to be all alight and alive with that inexplicable feeling I had had before; and when we were out of it, I was as much dazed for a few moments as if I had been in lightning." What is this gas and why is Pip so startled by it that it brings back his past feelings?

Great Expectations: Photo

I chose this photo because in the book, when Mr. Pumblechook finds out Pip is going to be a gentleman, he shakes Pip's hand a lot. Mr. Pumblechook only does this because he found at that Pip is going to become a gentlemen. This gesture signafies Pip's emergence into the land of gentlemen and the way people try to suck up to him when they find this out. This is important in the book because Pip is getting really snobby (character develpment) and it shows the way people treat men when they are gentlemen (plot).

Great Expectation: The First Stage

When I read this over again, and try to contemplate what Pip is referring to, it is obvious to me that he is referring to his lies to Mr. Pumblechook and his sister. The lying has a big effect on Pip and he tells Joe about his mistake. This day has altered Pip because he has lied to two people straight in the face, and they believed him. Pip knew he had taken advantage of them and he confessed to his friend and guardian, Joe. Pip's character developed on this memorable day by realizing what he did was wrong and confessing it to someone he knew cared enough about him to say that it was wrong. He now knows not to do that again. One lie starts a chain of events, or worse, a chain of more lies.

I agree with Pip's quote on the "chains". When I have lied in the past to my parents I have felt terrible about it. Yet still try to hide the wrong thing that I have done. What I did wrong is usually found out anyways, and I found out that if you tell your parents what you did it before they find out you did it, then you feel better about yourslef and your parents can expect the truth from you. I used to lie about hurting my little brother. My parents would always find out. Either from confession or just the down right obvious. Also, a rule of life: the older brother NEVER wins. The best way to deal with lying is to confess to it. That's the easiest way.