In the great City of Athens, a man named Romeo is madly in love with Rosaline. But it seems that they are never meant to be together. Romeo's father, Oberon, sees him spending time alone in the woods. Oberon orders his servant, Puck, to give Romeo the magic potion made from a flower in the forest. Romeo fell asleep and Puck poured the magic potion to his eyelids. Oberon, wanting new love for Romeo, carries him to the ball aboard the ship. Romeo awakens and sees the lovely maiden, Juliet. Romeo fell in love faster than a lightning bolt. The two became really close to each other.
While the people in the ball are enjoying their time, Oberon was found dead. The news spread quickly. Oberon was killed with a knife. The knife was given to Oberon's son. A wild tempest appeared out of nowhere. Everyone in the ball panicked. A thunderbolt struck the ship and the ship breaks in half. The passengers fell. When they regained consciousness, they discovered they were drifted to the shores of Athens. Romeo saw Oberon happy with his wife, Titania. Romeo got very confused because he saw with his own eyes the cold dead body of his father. He overhears the conversation of Oberon's men. They described Juliet as a whore. Angry, Romeo tells everyone about what he heard. Juliet was heartbroken. While walking, he encountered three witches who introduced themselves as Oberon's servants. They told Romeo the real story behind Oberon's death. Oberon has a twin brother. They were separated by a storm when they were still young. Oberon hated his twin brother because he thought he never searched for him. Oberon was killed by his twin brother, who happens to be king Hamlet's assassin, and his men. He was killed so he won't be able to stop the tempest. They also revealed the truth about Juliet. What Romeo heard was a lie. Romeo felt sorry for he truly loved Juliet. Guilty, Romeo apologizes to the Capulets. They told Romeo that Juliet died from a heart attack. The Capulets ordered Romeo to marry Juliet's cousin. Romeo accepted it in guilt.On the day of the wedding, Oberon's men kidnapped Romeo. Seeing Oberon, He went berserk and broke free. He grabbed a guard's sword and raised it against Oberon. Romeo shouts "Impostor". Oberon draws his sword and they fought all out. It came to the point when Romeo was on his knees. Oberon throws Romeo's sword away. When Oberon was about to cut Romeo's head off Romeo grabbed the knife, the knife from his father's body, in his pocket and stabbed Oberon on the heart.
Oberon's last words revealed that Titania was behind his father's death. After the dreadful incident the wedding resumed. Juliet's cousin revealed herself as Juliet. Titania lost her crown and was never to be seen again. Romeo and Juliet became the king and queen. They lived happily ever after.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Invisible
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" one of the most famous lines in Macbeth.
My mission here is to interpret what the quote means to me.
I believe that this is a specified version of "don't judge a book by it's cover" but now, more inclined to society. I'll use the famous dictator, Marcos, and the activist for freedom, Cory Aquino, for examples. Back then, our country was feared by other nations, back when Marcos ruled it. Marcos looked like a bad man, but was he really that bad? Look at our country back then, all progressive, everything is in order. To sum it all up, Marcos was a good man; if not to his people, to his country.Cory however, freed our people which lead to our economy's downfall. Still, Cory was a good man to our people, but not to the country's economy. See my point? People only see the bad in what is invisibly good and they fail to see the bad in something that looks good. Well this is my opinion though.
My mission here is to interpret what the quote means to me.
I believe that this is a specified version of "don't judge a book by it's cover" but now, more inclined to society. I'll use the famous dictator, Marcos, and the activist for freedom, Cory Aquino, for examples. Back then, our country was feared by other nations, back when Marcos ruled it. Marcos looked like a bad man, but was he really that bad? Look at our country back then, all progressive, everything is in order. To sum it all up, Marcos was a good man; if not to his people, to his country.Cory however, freed our people which lead to our economy's downfall. Still, Cory was a good man to our people, but not to the country's economy. See my point? People only see the bad in what is invisibly good and they fail to see the bad in something that looks good. Well this is my opinion though.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Point Break
I believe that the climax of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is right after the biggest mistake in the piece: after Puck magically made Lysander fall in love with Helena. Oberon had it all according to plan and everything was going well until the incident. This caused the fight between the two men and women. The fight lasted until Oberon noticed and decided to put an end to it.
Monday, September 9, 2013
The Easiest Way to Forgive is to Forget?
First of all, no.
Second, let's define forgive. Forgive, according to Webster, is "to cease to feel resentment against"; it means accepting one's fault and continuing to move forward with their relationships thoroughly mended.
You can forgive your friend for his doings and proceed to forget what he/she has ever done to you. On the flip side, you can never consider directly forgetting your friend's fault as a forgiveness; once you remember the incident, it will be a choice if you will argue with or forgive him . When you choose to accept his fault and not let it to ruin your friendship, only then will it be considered as forgiveness.
Among all the three choices of reacting to an incident, - take revenge, ignore, and forgive - forgiveness requires the most strength to accomplish as it takes the most heart to do. But once you have done that , you can continue to live peacefully without any regrets nor hatred on this world of ours.
"The weak takes vengeance, the intelligent ignores, and the strong forgives."
Second, let's define forgive. Forgive, according to Webster, is "to cease to feel resentment against"; it means accepting one's fault and continuing to move forward with their relationships thoroughly mended.
You can forgive your friend for his doings and proceed to forget what he/she has ever done to you. On the flip side, you can never consider directly forgetting your friend's fault as a forgiveness; once you remember the incident, it will be a choice if you will argue with or forgive him . When you choose to accept his fault and not let it to ruin your friendship, only then will it be considered as forgiveness.
Among all the three choices of reacting to an incident, - take revenge, ignore, and forgive - forgiveness requires the most strength to accomplish as it takes the most heart to do. But once you have done that , you can continue to live peacefully without any regrets nor hatred on this world of ours.
"The weak takes vengeance, the intelligent ignores, and the strong forgives."
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Glory
(Smart or Sporty: Compare, Contrast, Choose)
Brain and muscle are two of the things on top of mankind's dream-list. Here we'll list down the flaws and advantages of being "sporty but not smart" and being "smart but not sporty" and then proceed with the comparison between the two. In the end of the essay, I'll mention what characteristic I want to have.
Academic and physical skills are both extremely important when it comes to living, you'll need it. Both have different levels of importance depending on the road you take. Have little of any of the two, people will begin to treat you like dirt, a nobody. Have excessive amounts of it though, they'll treat you like a god. You will have more admirers, you'll earn more respect, more power. On the downside, they're like addictive drugs. When you experience being praised because of your power or when you experience the power itself, you'll absolutely drool for more. I call this effect "power-lust", it's really helpful in reaching your goals yet it puts too much strain on the physical body.
Acing academics is really helpful in school, but the knowing the you're physically weak will piss you off. You can't clearly see the benefits of being good at sports at first, until you get really good at one. Being good at any can help you get scholarships in top-ranked colleges and invitations to world-class sports teams. Whatever's your choice, you'll still end up earning money. Smart people will have the upper hand on their job, it's more stable, you'll only need your brain and mouth. Sport-inclined jobs can be really unstable, accidents can happen, you'll be useless when you get injured (unless science will find a way for instant body recuperation). On usefulness, the smart stomps on the sporty in general. Intelligence can solve crises nationwide, create weaponry, medicine, and save billions of lives. You'll never see physical power saving billions of lives, unless you're an overpowered Dragon Ball Z character who'll save not only the earth but also entire universes from evil, which is very unlikely to happen. Also, sporty people will always have the upper hand when it comes to sexual appeal.
Now if I were given a chance to be reborn to choose to either be inclined at academics but not at sports or vice-versa, I'd choose the latter without any second thoughts. Personally, I've been wanting to be a Super Saiyan my entire life, or at least something close to one. I've dreamed to be that shining guy who slow-walk's out of the mist stunning the crowd with his overall awesomeness. All my life I wanted to have such power. Excelling at academics is also a great offer but I'd trade school for a martial arts teacher any day.
Brain and muscle are two of the things on top of mankind's dream-list. Here we'll list down the flaws and advantages of being "sporty but not smart" and being "smart but not sporty" and then proceed with the comparison between the two. In the end of the essay, I'll mention what characteristic I want to have.
Academic and physical skills are both extremely important when it comes to living, you'll need it. Both have different levels of importance depending on the road you take. Have little of any of the two, people will begin to treat you like dirt, a nobody. Have excessive amounts of it though, they'll treat you like a god. You will have more admirers, you'll earn more respect, more power. On the downside, they're like addictive drugs. When you experience being praised because of your power or when you experience the power itself, you'll absolutely drool for more. I call this effect "power-lust", it's really helpful in reaching your goals yet it puts too much strain on the physical body.
Acing academics is really helpful in school, but the knowing the you're physically weak will piss you off. You can't clearly see the benefits of being good at sports at first, until you get really good at one. Being good at any can help you get scholarships in top-ranked colleges and invitations to world-class sports teams. Whatever's your choice, you'll still end up earning money. Smart people will have the upper hand on their job, it's more stable, you'll only need your brain and mouth. Sport-inclined jobs can be really unstable, accidents can happen, you'll be useless when you get injured (unless science will find a way for instant body recuperation). On usefulness, the smart stomps on the sporty in general. Intelligence can solve crises nationwide, create weaponry, medicine, and save billions of lives. You'll never see physical power saving billions of lives, unless you're an overpowered Dragon Ball Z character who'll save not only the earth but also entire universes from evil, which is very unlikely to happen. Also, sporty people will always have the upper hand when it comes to sexual appeal.
Now if I were given a chance to be reborn to choose to either be inclined at academics but not at sports or vice-versa, I'd choose the latter without any second thoughts. Personally, I've been wanting to be a Super Saiyan my entire life, or at least something close to one. I've dreamed to be that shining guy who slow-walk's out of the mist stunning the crowd with his overall awesomeness. All my life I wanted to have such power. Excelling at academics is also a great offer but I'd trade school for a martial arts teacher any day.
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