ESSAY ROMEO AND JULIET

The Book Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is about 2 families that hate each other, (Montages and Capulets) one day a girl named Juliet Capulet and a boy named Romeo Montague met and instantly fell in love. They where in love so much that they ended up killing themselves so that they could be together forever. The way Romeo and Juliet acted towards each other is actually very similar to modern day lovers. Today many people show a large amount of affection towards each other much like Romeo and Juliet did.

One example of lovers in modern day time compared to Romeo and Juliet is Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Melarik from the Hunger Games. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are described as star crossed lovers, and in the Hunger Games Katniss and Peeta are called the “Star crossed lovers from District 12” Also in the first Hunger Games Katniss and Peeta are willing to kill each other to prove that they love each other so much that if one of them couldn’t come out to the games then both of them wouldn’t, in the end they both lived but it is extremely similar to Romeo and Juliet.

The newer version of Romeo and Juliet that takes place in “Verona Beach” (LA) The characters are presented as modern day people that carry around guns and drive cars, but talk like Romeo and Juliet (the book) and they have modern day conflicts and problems. One thing that the movie does really well in is showing how much Romeo and Juliet love each other, and show it in a more modern version. Like the balcony scene, there is a security guard that is watching cameras to make sure no trespassers come in, this movie version of the book makes Romeo and Juliet seen like kids that live in the 21 century and not hundreds of years ago.

In modern day Romeo and Juliet could be seen as a odd couple, there are some different things about the way they acted back then and today, for example Juliet would most likely not be forced to marry someone, and she would have a choice. This would make it so Romeo and Juliet would never have to kill themselves, and there would most likely be no family feud that prohibits 2 people to marry each other from the other family. So if Romeo and Juliet meet in a modern 21 century setting the would most likely be able to marry each other and be happy together, and not kill themselves for their love. But in all the book and movies are similar and the way Romeo and Juliet act is not much different to modern day books like the Hunger Games and modern day couples.

All in all todays Romeos and Juliet's are not much different than the ones read about in the book Romeo and Juliet. In fact many authors from the 21 century use a similar set up of two lovers (star crossed lovers) such as the the Hunger Games.

OutLine Essay

Intro: How Romeo and Juliet is extremely similar to many new books and present day.
examples: Hunger Games- Katniss and Peeta are "star crossed lovers" and in R&J "Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers.

Body 1: Give examples on how the books are similar...
examples: In the first 2 hunger games books Katniss and Peeta are called the star crossed lovers from district 12... and in R&J Romeo and Juliet are called star crossed lovers... elaborate on this.

Body 2: Use the two Romeo and Juliet movies as examples: The modern R&J and how they act and what they do vs the older version that takes place in Verona, talk about how they act in the movies and how it is similar and different. Also use the book in comparison to both movies.

Body 3: Talk about how things are different now then they where in R&J use the books movies and hunger games in comparison... How Katniss and Peeta act as star crossed lovers and how Romeo and Juliet act as star crossed lovers how is it different and similar.

Conclusion: Finish off how the movies are sim. and diff. from books and make final thoughts.

http://thespacereporter.com/2013/04/astronomers-discover-most-prolific-star-factory-in-the-universe-churning-out-3000-suns/

This article is about a galaxy discovered. The galaxy is believed to produce 3000 stars a year. The rate at which the galaxy is producing stars is 2000% more that the milky way galaxy. But the galaxy is so far away that we only see it as 1/6 of its current age.
I think this article is really cool. We are finding out more and more about our universe, I think that it would be interesting to go back and look at all these discovered galaxies in a hundred years. I think that the space probes going out of our galaxy right now are going to crazy places and i think that we should send out more of these explorer probes.