Relationship Essay (Topic A)

"A) Romeo and Juliet is widely considered one of the greatest love stories of all time. Decide if Romeo and Juliet's love is "real". Provide specific quotes from the play, use "real world" or personal examples, as well as any research on biology or relationships you do to support your position. Can we define love? Are there different kinds of love? Is one better or more "real" or valuable than another? Why? Is committing suicide for each other romantic? Can it be "true love" in the middle and NOT romantic in the end?"

     Romeo and Juliet is often referred to as the greatest love story ever created but there has been an argument on Romeo and Juliet's relationship with each other. Romeo and Juliet's love is real.

     Romeo and Juliet met at a Capulet party which is Juliet's family and Romeo's family's sworn enemy. Two days later, they got married. Before that, Romeo was in love with Rosaline, who didn't love him back and he was heartbroken. Yet when he saw Juliet, he forgot everything he said and thought of Rosaline. This is shown in these lines from the play in Act I Scene III, "Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night" Juliet was a Capulet, which hated the Montague family, Romeo's family.

     Romeo and Juliet may love each other, but their relationship seems more creepy than romantic. It is creepy, but it is still real. In Act III Scene I, Romeo kills Tybalt, Juliet's cousin and as shown in Scene II, she says she'd rather hear that Tybalt is dead than hear that Romeo is alive, well, and banished from the city. She'd rather weep for her husband than weep for her cousin, "‘Romeo is banished,’ to speak that word, Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, All slain, all dead. ‘Romeo is banished!’ There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, In that word’s death;" and also, they committed suicide for each other. That may be creepy and seem wrong but that's what brings me to my next point.

     Romeo and Juliet, despite all differences, would do anything for each other. In Act IV, Juliet goes through faking her death, and being laid in a tomb with her dead, rotting, ancestors just to be with her banished husband. And in the end of the play, Romeo kills himself to be in Heaven with his beloved Juliet only to be revealed that she was still alive, and then when she woke and saw that Romeo had been killed, she then commited suicide "for my love" They are willing to end their own lives, leaving behind family and friends for someone they met about a week ago. And that may be creepy, but that shows how much they would do for each other, and that's what really matters in true love.

     Romeo and Juliet's love is real because they still loved each other with all those differences and complications in play, they still loved each other, and surely some things in their love isn't so romantic, but their proving of what they would do for them is beyond your average dating relationship. Thus concluding that their love is real.

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What is Love (Prince Escalus)

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Love should be banished. It may seem like it's a hell of a time, but slowly inside it kills you and others, literally and figuratively. I mean seriously, because of love a murder has been committed. Because Romeo married Juliet and showed up at the Capulet party that, Tybalt was outraged and challenged Romeo to a duel, and Romeo tried to truce. Then a friend of Romeo's, Mercutio, stepped up and was killed, leading to Romeo's need for vengeance, thus killing Tybalt.

Love is horrible it makes people do crazy things, like if you can't be with that one you "love." you will kill yourself Is love even real? You tell that person that you will die for them, but behind your back they might be cheating on you. Also you say you love them but then you see someone nicer and you question yourself if you even know what love is?

Now don't get me started on sex. Majority of crimes that are committed nowadays are sexually related. Men who are sexually deprived  are  usually the main perpetrators due to their built up testosterone. In my opinion sex should be a free service distributed among the commoners to be rid of the sexual assaults committed all over Verona, especially since it often leads to murder. Murder brings fear to the hearts of the citizens, and to have a perfectly functional city fear must not be allowed to rule over it's people.

Midterm Megapost

Midterm marks are different for this year's English class. Last I had Manojlovic, an he did the traditional evaluate work, criticize and letter grade. But this year's midterm is different. I have Neufeld, who I thought was just a gym teacher but apparently isn't, and now I have to evaluate myself, and choose a reasonable mark myself.

1.Attendence

In terms of attendence, generally in showing up on time I'm always on time. In class I slack off, I'll admit it but that's usually after I'm done work in class. In class we have conversations without Mr. Neufeld on Edmodo about the assignments so we can learn from each other and prove that we don't need a teacher, just a "More-Knowledgable Other" and to be honest, if I don't know what I'm talking about or not really interested, I usually stay out. But when I do comment, it does contribute and show that I'm in the convo. Out of 25% I get 23%.

2. Completion

Now although I may procrastinate I tend to get assignments completed on time. It may not always be my best work but I know people can learn from it anyways. I've completed 14/15 needed. I still need to do one assignment. I think I deserve a 20% because full effort isn't always a factor.

3. Quality 

As I stated before, I procrastinate a lot so I don't have full effort. Out of 25% I give myself a 21%.

4. Contribution 

Like I stated above in section one my contribution is decent. I usually participate when I learn something new or try to teach something. For this I give myself a 21%.

Out of 100% I added it up, I get an 85%.