These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends.

"These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume" -William Shakespeare; Romeo & Juliet

Ah, dear old William Shakespeare. The one who taught us, as I stated in my previous entry, that not all love stories have a happy ending. Shakespeare was also the one that taught us that, not for the joy of others, violent delights turn into violent ends. Passion becomes dislike. Happiness becomes sorrow. And love, with time, becomes hatred.

When love becomes the center of all things, our live begins to revolve around it. Love for our family, love for our friends, and love for that significant other. Usually, we grow into such love. As a child, young and innocent, one learns to love, and care for, those who nurture us. When growing into adulthood, our friends learn to become family, and take a little peice of our heart. As one matures, we are captured by the love of a specific significant other, who eventually becomes our life partner. However, this love, like the flames of a burning fire, soon dies out.

In today's society we are overcome with news of divorce, when marriage was supposed to be a holy union that lasted forever. Maybe Shakespeare knew what  he meant when he said that violent delights turn into violent ends. Everywhere you look, one can see couples ending such love which was once proclaimed. Screaming, bitching, and fighting can all be heard. We are consumed into such bickering from the beginning. There are people who can't even look into another person's eyes without feeling that 'ancient grudge'. I mean people, seriously, can't we learn to put our differences aside, and grow into love? Obviously not. So instead, we fulfill our pleasures to the max, and then simply leave them behind.

Forgotten.

Never to be remembered.

In conclusion to my second post on the Tomas at Large Blog I wanna say, Thanks.

Thank you Shakespeare for foreshadowing such disappointing truths of our future,  four-hundred forty-five years in the making.

-Victoria Marie

These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends.

Romeo & Juliet- Lovers or Sluts?

Hey there, Tomás at Large Blog followers and newcomers alike! Today, I have something a little different for you guys = an honest criticism of century-old literature by our new contributor (and old friend!), Victoria Marie. Enjoy, and make sure to leave your comments - this one's open-ended!!!"

Alas, fair Romeo & Juliet. Possibly the most famous pair of lovers, star-struck that is. Verona's most chaotic story since, well the 1500's. A story of love, hatred, ancient grudge, and death. Because of course, not all love stories have a happy ending. Shakespeare taught us that one.

My opinion of such play is that the Bard simply sugar-coated the idea that love at first sight simply does not exist. How is it possible that two awestruck teenagers meet, fall in love, marry, AND die for each other in less than a week? Yes, the life span of most was not as long as it is now, but a week would have been the equivalent of a month in today's terms of time. And two teenagers would be the equivalent of a pair of college kids getting married in Vegas. Pathetic, I believe. But when reading Romeo & Juliet, it is of great difficulty that we can understand this due to the vocabulary used by Romeo and his buds. With his romantic words flowing in such a rhythmic manner, who wouldn't fall in love with that?

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Did Juliet ever consider Romeo's past relationships, maybe some ex-girlfriends thrown into the mix? When you have a guy like Romeo (who is prepared to die for Rosaline as soon as the play begins) that changes his mind every week about the "love of his life", one can't help but wonder whether Juliet would still be his main gal after two weeks. I think not.

Which brings me to my next point, how in the world is it possible to declare yourself in love after only one kiss?! That manages to sound even worse in comparison to modern-day's teenagers throwing out "Ily" after only one day of dating. This is one minute we're talking about here people!
Yes Romeo, you're an amazing kisser. I think I'm in love with you.
Not to be vulgar, but kind of slutty, don't you think?

But once again, Shakespeare manages to cover such hidden meanings with his romantic words. So, are Romeo & Juliet a pair of star-crossed lovers, or a pair of star-crossed sluts? I'll leave you to come up with the answer to that one.

Romeo & Juliet- Lovers or Sluts?

A Little Note About Love

Once again, this comes to you from a discussion in my English class. Years from now, if this blog is still going strong, then I will be able to say that, initially, the blog was supported the most by discussions from my freshman English class. That'll be pretty cool.

This is a little discussion we had about teenagers and love at first sight.It's a cute topic, yes, and I just had to put up my response to it. Let me just go on record by saying, I love my GF, too. Enjoy!

The chance of love at first sight working into a stable, equally loving relationship is really a strike of luck, but luckily with odds more favorable than those of the lottery. At its most practical, unfeeling definition, love at first sight is nothing more than being charmed by someone's good looks. By the swift, brutal laws that are common sense, this is all it could possibly be. However, we humans have feelings and fears, and it is these that compose the figt of thwat love at first sight is supposed to be; the magic of it. What it's supposed to be is an immeditate love, a lasting affinity, that develops for a person on the spot. You suddenly feel like you've known them firver, that you are both meant for each other. Most of this can only be based on pure feeling, a premonition, and thus love at first sight, I belive, can only occur with people trul interested in finding love. Love at first giht can come only to those seeking love who can find meaning in seeing a charming lady as a bountiful garden filled with nothing but joyous, loving feelings, with a heart harboring nothing but words of romance straight from Romeo and Juliet for you.

Teenagers are go for getting lost in such things, but their being effective requires a certain degree of maturity not all teenagers possess. Love in first sight doesn't always work, and that's an important reality for teenagers to face when that's what's at hand.

Short, I know, but hopefully interesting. Hi to Gia!

A Little Note About Love

Am I a Lonely Post? Where's My Writer? (Blog Update No. 5)

Hello, peoples!!!! It's Tomas at Large!!!!!!!!!

I am sorry I have not updated in such a long time. I've been caught up with stuff in school a lot. I'm currently shooting 3 commercials - one for the Book Club, one for the Interact Club (community service), and one for a friend who's aspiring to win the Silver Knight for Social Studies. On top of that, I'm doing homework and getting all ready for Valentine's Day, which for me in particular, and Gia; it'll be a pretty special day. Even if we just go watch a movie.
 
I likely have lots of stuff to say, but the problem is, unless you keep a list of it, you likely forget. I haven't kept a list. But I do have something for you guys to ponder aboout. My AP World History teacher said it

   History always repeats itself. The players may be different, but the game's still the same.

 -Lourdes Garcia

Hopefully she won't be mad that I quoted her on that, but it's such an intelligently concise, universal, and just astoundingly great quote. In a description more intricate than the quote itself, it summarizes the growth and development of The Earth and its Peoples from prehistry to the present. Repeating patterns that somehow end up in something different every generation (computers weren't around in Stony's age). It's a great quote, and I'll definitely always keep it in the back of my head whenever I'm studying history. 

Here's some more stuff for you guys. I'm sure some of you guys know Meg Cabot, the author of books such as Avalon High (which the Book Club is reading now) and The Mediator. Well, she'll be holding a presentation at the Books and Books in Coral Gables, Miami, FL, USA (=D) and I'll be going, so I'll tell you guys all about it when I come back. It's such an exciting opportunity to be able to meet the creator of a book, to see if your interpretations match with the correct ones. 

I'm trying really hard to remember what else to write about. Well, it's better to write about something when it's well at the front of your Memory Priority Table. I have some perverted computer motherboard jokes, but I doubt those are appropriate. See if you can come up with a few. Ah, yes. What 15 minutes of 1st Period for attendance can do to a child.

Anyway, just wanted to update my blog so you guys know I'm still here. I'll try to stop going on such long hiatuses, and I'll see if I can write up a full article soon as well (instead of just the blog updates). 

Good-bye, guys! See you next post!

Am I a Lonely Post? Where's My Writer? (Blog Update No. 5)