Im in Shakespeare Hell Right Now.

I swear if I have to study one more of his darn plays... 

so, anyone feel like writing a character analysis on Romeo? :)

lets seee...wimpy, whiney, annoying...DONE!

AMEN.

Original Post by swimchick_123:

lets seee...wimpy, whiney, annoying...DONE!

I'd like to add on immature, jail bait, and dead.

aw - i miss shakespeare!

i have to admit, though, a character analysis of romeo is pretty damn boring.  how's this: "Romeo is a melodramatic teenaged boy with an inflated sense of self-importance."

I actually like PG's better hehe

haha lol pg that definately hits the nail.

I think he's misinformed, overly dramatic, far too reactionary, and a wee bit whipped, personally . . . :)

definatly gonna get an A+ on this haha

also, mostly confuses his penis with his heart, like most boys/men.

aw, well, if you want an A+, you'd better get something in there about how he's the product of the capulet/monague feud and how the parents' relentless animosity instills a sense of powerlessness and impending doom in the poor boy.

True, pgeorgian!  And don't forget to mention that there is a serious social disparity between the two fueding families that both defies reason and is further complicated by the Romeo's miscommunication with both the apothecary and the priest. :D

sparknotes.com will give you some good ideas

 

A word of warning from a teacher--almost all on-line "notes" have intentional errors built in to "catch" people who are using them.  Be careful using them.  :)

Original Post by writestuff:

A word of warning from a teacher--almost all on-line "notes" have intentional errors built in to "catch" people who are using them. Be careful using them. :)

No way! What kind of errors, are they major? I usually just get the basic themes and symbols to know I'm on the right track which all usually seem justified to me.

You think you're in hell?

 

 

Ever been to 'Wuthering Heights' hell? Try writing a character analysis on both Heathcliff and Catherine.

Ontop of it all, we have to re-write the ending and discuss it with the rest of the class on Monday.

Not to mention the test we have to take on it. I didn't even understand half the book because it was so damn boring. It took Emily Bronte 5 paragraphs just to tell me the tree was big.

Want to trade hells? At least you got a good 'classic'.

peace, it depends.  Usually, they have a major plot omission or two, a major/minor "wrong" plot summary, and a few names either misspelled or missing.  Sometimes, there are other things "wrong." 

When I was in grad school, a friend of mine got a job writing the "notes" for two different classics, and the instructions he was sent for completing the "text" included directions about making a handful of intentional mistakes. 

I *think* they do it because one consumer (the student) isn't enough, so the goal (and attraction to on-line advertisers--look some time, and it will all be clear) is to attract two consumers (the teachers and students).  I guess doing this doubles their profits.  I'm not really sure. 

Another thing to watch out for is any on-line "-pedia."  Sometimes, anyone--and I literally mean anyone--can add their own "definitions" to those, and depending on the one used, they may never (or rarely or not at all speedily) be checked for accuracy.  A couple of years ago, a student at my university jokingly added to a -pedia's entry a "13th apostle" named after our school's mascot, and although the student-prankster was eventually banned from the site and caught some serious flack, that false definition was actually available to the public for almost a month.  Weird, huh?  :)

cali_hco, if you think that's bad, you should've had to read MOBY DICK (the 500-page uber male v. fish story) the same semester as CLARISSA (a 1500-page, I kid you not, British novel of manners entirely in epistolary (letter) format).  Sheesh!!!!

I am lucky I survived. 

And, as a current English teacher, I pledged NEVER to force my students to read either!  :D

Good luck to cali and niss!  Hang in there!  :)

Ooooh, those sonds bad WriteStuff.

 

But I rather read Moby Dick than a love story.

Jesus, in the summary on the back of the book it made it sound so exciting it actually made me want to read it.

But honestly, she was too descriptive about things.

It's like

"Okay, damn. How many ways can you tell me that the tea was hot?"

It took her like 2 paragraphs.

From now and on I am so sticking to books written 1990 and up.

This thread is a hoot! *Sorry OP! Not making fun, at all!*

Aww, writestuff ~ you really didn't like Moby Dick??! I was an english major too and that was one of the funniest books I had to read from the 'canon.' I'll admit that the whaling details were a bit much, but the rest of the storyline was great! *This is coming from someone who wrote her thesis on Beowulf, mind you...LOL*

And Cali ~ your note about how long the description was for hot water cracked me up! I remember having those same thoughts about Bleak House by Dickens. I will NEVER read another Dickens novel in this lifetime. Ever. It was painful. LOL

Best of luck on your homework, girls!

:: giggles ::

I am having flashbacks back to being an English major in undergrad .....

(Only my flashbacks involve the Canterbury Tales!)

MOLLY