In the first scene of the play Romeo and Juliet there is a fight between the Capulets and the Montagues. In this fight Benvolio tries to separate the two house holds, but no one listens to him. Instead he is mocked and ridiculed. Later though, Prince arrives, when he tells the people to disperse they do. This conflict reminded me a lot of and school fight, where two kids get violent and another tries to intercept. This other student being Benvolio. Prince on the other hand is like a teacher. He is respected and demands the attention that Benvolio could not get. Like most children, the Capulets and Montagues listened to there "teacher" and stopped fighting. It seems like a very mundane example to be comparing with Shakespeare, but as I read the play I realise that its actually a very universal story that everyone can relate to.
This makes the book an easy read for me. As I can easily understand the basics of the characters conversations. Especially after going over the previous nights reading in class. It seems to help to know what other people got out of a particular passage or to hear the dialogue actually being spoken. The annotations on the other hand are a little confusing. Even though I know exactly what I'm looking for I'm not sure how thorough I should be or why I'm even doing them. I can grasp the information without the annotations and I know from the conversations we had in class other people can too.
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