Romeo and Juliet -- Week 15

I finished reading Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Juliet came up with the idea that she went to the priest and asked for his advice. Juliet went to the priest and asked him if there was a way to stop the wedding. He suggested the idea using a small bottle of herbal medicine. But, this plan was unsuccessful. Romeo who was convinced that Juliet was dead put the poison in a cup and drank it and died. Juliet woke up and saw that Romeo was holding a cup and guessed that he had killed himself. Then she took a knife and killed herself with it.

Capulet and Montague knew that Romeo and Juliet died because of them and two young people's death was made acutely aware of their folly. So they shook hands and agreed to be friends forever. Finally, the fighting between the two families was over.

I thought Romeo and Juliet was very, very sad story. I want to read other books which was written by William Shakespeare and also visit Verona which is the setting for this story sometime.

In conclusion, let me introduce my favorite and famous words which was written in Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

"To be, or not to be: that is the question."

Thank you very much for reading my blog.

Romeo and Juliet -- Week 14

I finished reading Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.

After the secret wedding, Juliet went home and waited for night to come. Romeo had promised to come and visit that night. But, suddenly, she was taught terrible news that Tybalt was killed and Romeo was banished from Verona. She was sighing away her days for a while.

One day, Capulet and his wife were talking to Paris who wanted to marry Juliet about her. None of them knew that she was secretly married to Romeo. So they decided to hold Paris and Juliet's wedding on Thursday and Capulet told his wife to prepare their daughter. However, Juliet refused to marry Paris, so her father was very, very, angry. He told her that she was an ungrateful daughter. He shouted at her and he also told her that if she wouldn't marry Paris, she would not live in this house and he would't look after her. Juliet cried and told her parents that she could't marry Paris. However, they left her room.

I'm looking forward to read next chapter!

Romeo and Juliet -- Week 13

I finished reading from Chapter 1 to Chapter 6.

In the beautiful city of Verona in Northern Italy, there were two families who didn't like each other. In fact, they hated each other. The name of one of the families was Capulet, and the other family was called Montague. They had been fighting each other for over one hundred years, and quite a few people had been killed during that time. Sometimes there people, who didn't belong to these two families, were hurt in the fights. Everybody wished that they would stop fighting.

Romeo who was Montague's son met Juliet who was Capulet's daughter at the party and they fell in love. Although they found out that they were enemies and their love did matter, they managed to keep their love secretly. After a while, they held a secret wedding and they hoped that the marriage of Romeo and Juliet would help to make the two families friendly with each other, so that the fighting would stop.

But, Mercutio who was Romeo's friend and Tybalt who was Capulet's nephew started to fight on the street. Romeo asked Benbolio who was Montague's nephew to help Mercutio stop the fight. However, Tybalt hit Mercutio with his sword. Then Tybalt and his friends ran away. Romeo felt very bad because his friend was hurt. Suddenly, Benvolio cried out and said that Mercutio was dead. Romeo was very upset and ran outside. He found Tybalt and told him that he had killed Mercutio. He took out his sword and they started to fight. Tybalt was a very good fighter, but Romeo was so angry that he became an even better fighter and killed him. Romeo was banished from Verona.

I'm excited to read next chapter!

Romeo and Juliet -- Week 12

I am reading Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This book is the most famous William Shakespeare's plays. When I was a high school student, I watched the movie which was showed in 1968. It moved me deeply and I took to this theme song. I think everyone has heard it. Although I am reading the book which is easier than the original, I will read the original in the near future.


Let's introduce a synopsis of Romeo and Juliet in brief. Romeo who is Montague's son falls in love with Juliet who is Capulet's daughter, but he finds out that it does matter. It makes all the difference in the world, because both families hate each other bitterly. For a while, Romeo and Juliet manage to keep their love secretly. But, finally, their concealed marriage drive them toward tragedy. This romantic tragedy has long captured the hearts of audience and become part of the literary heritage of all people in all nations.

I would like to enjoy reading it.

Matilda -- Week 11

I finished reading Matilda, so I'm going to write about last chapter.

One day, Matilda visited Miss Honey's cottage and heard about her story. Matilda knew that Miss Honey's awful aunt was Miss Trunchbull and Miss Trunchbull lived in the comfortable house which was originally Miss Honey's. Matilda came home and started to think about a plan for helping Miss Honey. After a while, she came up with the wonderful plot.

The next day, Matilda's plot was a great success and she could help Miss Honey. She was very satisfied because Miss Honey was pleased. But when she came home, her parents suddenly told her that they would go to Spain. Matilda started to cry and told them that she wouldn't go there and would stay here. Then she headed straight towards Miss Honey's house and asked Miss Honey for help. They went to Matilda's house and Miss Honey said to her parents that she would love to have Matilda and look after her with loving care. The parents gave them permission and then the mother and father and brother were inside the car and  the car was pulling away with the tires screaming and disappearing for ever into the distance. Perhaps Matilda and Miss Honey would have happy lives.

I could enjoy Matilda's world and at the same time this book taught me many important things. Matilda is a little girl, but she has a strong will and lives powerfully. I have much to learn from her.

I'm happy if you read my blog and were interested in this book. In next blog, I will introduce a new book! I hope you will be looking forward to it. Thank you for reading my blog.

Matilda -- Week 10

It was fun to read this chapter which was written about Lavender's plot.

Before the first week of term was up, awesome stories about the Headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, began to filter through to the new students. Matilda and Lavender who was her new friend, standing in a corner of the playground during morning-break on the third day, were approached by a rugged ten-year-old girl called Hortensia. She started to talk about Miss Trunchbull. Matilda and Lavender heard that Miss Trunchbull confined a student in a very narrow cupboard and threw a student like a hammer. They began to feel discontented with Miss Trunchbull.

One day, Miss Honey told her students that it is the Headmistress's custom to take over the class for one period each week and she does this with every class in the school and each class has a fixed day and a fixed time. Miss Honey also told them that there is always two o'clock on Thursday afternoons in her class, so tomorrow at two o'clock Miss Trunchbull will be taking over from Miss Honey for one lesson. As soon as Lavender heard this, she started to think about her artifice to Miss Trunchbull because she longed to do something truly heroic like Matilda. She came up with a brilliant plot at home.

The next day, Lavender's plot using a newt was a great success, so her classmates were delighted because they could revenge on Miss Trunchbull.

I thought Lavender was also bright. I'm excited about reading next chapter!

Matilda -- Week 9

The chapter which I finished reading was Matilda's first school attendance.

She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time because her parents were not very concerned about their daughter's education. Crunchem Hall Primary School which she entered had about two hundred and fifty schoolchildren aged from five to just under twelve years old. The head teacher, the boss, the supreme commander of this establishment, was a formidable middle-aged lady whose name was Miss Trunchbull. Naturally Matilda was put in the bottom class, where there were eighteen other small boys and girls about the same age as her. Their teacher was Miss Honey who was more than twenty-three or twenty-four years old. She was a mild and quite person who never raised her voice and was seldom seen to smile, but there is no doubt she possessed that rare gift for being adored by every small child under her care.

Matilda was a genius at school, so she had a commanding presence in front of her classmates and her teacher. But she displayed almost no outward signs of her brilliance and she never showed off. It was therefore easy for her to make friends with other children. All those in her class liked her.

I will contribute next article soon!