Closest library branches:
The location of the closest public library branch around my house is at 41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355, and the closest CUNY library branch around my house is at Queens College at 65-30 Kissena Blvd Flsuhing, NY 11367
Research assignemnt topic:
The topic I chose for my research assignment is about Romeo and Juliet, how love is very strong and can make you do crazy things to yourself and others without realizing it. I chose this topic because I believe love is something everyone needs to grow up happy and confident. Many people believe that killing yourself for another is something stupid and pointless to do when there are other fishes in the sea. True love has it's risks, if you really do love each other, sometimes you lose all sense of control and do something you might regret. I believe this topic is very important, you see people commiting suicide everyday just because of their relationship problems, Romeo and Juliet really do show their love for each other and I believe what they did for each other is unforgettable.
Response to Professor Michael Wesch's Youtube video "The Machine is Us/ing Us":
This youtube video teaches its viewers how different it is to put something on the web than publish something in a book or newspaper. It shows us how we can post one thing on the internet, and it can be changed completely. The font can be minimized or made bigger, the words can practically be designed in all different shapes on a computer unlike if it was published in paper. He states how HTML changed words completely, making them bold, italic, paragraph form and etc. Everything that is posted on the web spreads faster than anything in the world, more than a billion people go on the web daily, imagine all the information that can be spreading from one place to another, computers have corrupted us and the way we share our ideas with one another.
Good paper topic, Gissell. There's so much written on Shakespeare (in general) and R&J in particular that you'll have no problem finding all sorts of sources. From what you have here, yes, love is the obvious theme in the play. Specifically young love. So what (if anything) is special about their bond? After all, it is a tragedy. So do you think the love of the main characters represents something special or is it a case of lovers who were way too young to understand what they were getting into? (Shakespeare suggests the latter reading, but you could argue either way.) Are you going to make any current connections? You don't have to and that might make the task much harder than just analyzing the play "as is". Finally, one thing that almost has to be addressed is why this story remains so compelling hundreds of years after its creation? Why are we so fascinated with it, still read it, and go see it performed literally across the country in summer Shakespeare festivals, school plays, and amateur and professional theater performances?
ReplyDeleteYou don't need to answer all of this, but it's food for thought.
Prof. W.