R&J in Modern culture

In my reference of how Romeo and Juliet has effected the modern culture, I used a Chinese TVB Series The Proud Twins because in the movie similar to Romeo and Juliet the main characters a male and female fall in love, but the male is REALLY poor, and the female is extremely rich, so their chances of being in love were unheard of, but love over came that, but unfortunately even the ending is so alike, the female character actually dies, but the male is left alive.
In this movie it is half drama and half comedy, even with all the deaths the funny parts of the movie make it seem like the end will be a happy one.
When I read the blog my mind instantly thought of that series, because it is just SO similar, the link is right below, but there are no English subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEN3S8kRnuc

E.C

in 8th grade i heard my cousin talk about how "complicated" its going to be once i go into honors english, but as the year began and i went into the classroom i was expecting to do really bad on the summer assignment because i literally did it 2 days before school started. but once i saw Mrs. Gilman i just knew it was going to be a really fun and easy year.
during the year we did projects and read books after books, but to my suprise it was all most one of the easiest and most fun classes i have since middle school and highschool. but i really hated reading because i really just space off when i am reading, but it is all made up because of the discussions Mrs Gilman makes us do, to tell the truth that is where i understood and learned most of the stuff we had to read.
But if it were possible it would be sweet if Mrs Gilman was the 10th grade honors english teacher

Skit Prep

the scenes in The Great Expectations that I think would be sweet will definitely be when the two convicts are fighting each other in the marshes, one trying to get away, and one trying to capture the other, it would be a easy skit to perform, but also very fun.
the second scene when pip gets home and immediately gets beaten by Mrs Joe, it would be really funny to see what groups would do when they are acting it out.
the final scene would of course be the fight between pip and the pale young gentleman as pip completely beats him up, it would really funny to watch and really fun to perform it as well

More Questions about Great Expectations

Wait, so there is a new character mentioned, and his name is Compeyson? And Compeyson is a convict just like Abel, and hes the one that was caught by Abel? or is he the one pip saw on the coach??? And he is the same person that broke Miss Havisham's heart? if so then why is he a convict and Havisham knows nothing about it? I am so confused.. why does Dickens have to make everything so confusing.

Great Expectations: Question

In this book there are SO many confusing parts that I have no clue what it's suppose to mean, but this quote of when Estella talked to Pip I couldn't figure out what Estella was trying to tell Pip "You must know," said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman, "might,that I have no heart- if that has anything to do with my memory."


no matter how I read that over and over I just don't seem to understand what Estella is trying to tell Pip. Is Estella trying to tell Pip that she has no emotion at all? or is she threatening Pip? or making fun of Pip like she usually does?

Great Expectations:Photo

This block of clay represents Pip when he used to be plain and simple, but like the clay Pip is easily moldable, either into a masterpiece or a disaster and that all depends on who is the person reconfiguring him. In the past few chapters pip was molded by Miss Havisham into a masterpiece in her own mind, and using Estella as a tool to do so she made Pip ashamed of his own life, and family, and shaping Pip into wanting to become something she once was, only to destroy what she made in the end like a sculptor does to imperfections in their art.

Great Expectations

In the quote Pip is referring to the first day he went to visit Miss Havisham's house and met Estella. Estella altered Pip from a carefree young boy into someone that is self conscious about his social wealth and body appearance, making Pip ashamed of being poor with coarse hands and thick boots. Pip's character changed a lot after his first encounter with Estella as he became more and more ashamed of him, his family and his apprenticeship with Joe, even after being ridiculed by Estella Pip still manages to find feelings for her, Pip became more mature than he was in the beginning, not only physically but mentally as well.

This gave me a vivid memory of the times back in China, when i was in first grade. My first day at school I met this little boy in my class, and he was often bullied by other kids because his parents were poor, it was lunch and he brought some soggy Chinese buns that looked a few days over dated, when the kids saw that they went over to him and started talking trash towards him, it got so bad that a fat boy grabbed the buns and stepped on it and made him eat it, he didn't to but they forced him, and the teachers just stood there watching as it wasn't their 'business'. When the kids finally walked away feeling accomplished I went over to the kid and shared my lunch with him, we became best friends throughout that year, and he often came over to play with me because his dad did business with my dad.