Macbeth

  This week,we talked about Macbeth in literature class. I didn't know anything about Macbeth before lesson. Now I am going to talk about it. Macbeth was written by Wiiliam Shakespeare. It is the shortest tragic story of Shakespeare.

  The theme of Macbeth is ambition for power and kingdom. Three witches say to Macbeth that” You will be king” thanks to prophecy and he trusts them. His wife,Lady Macbeth, wants that his husband should be king. So he kills king Duncan. Than Macbeth asks to witches what danger is possible for him. And they reply “... for none of woman born,shall harm Macbeth”. 

  Bonquo is his close friend. But he was killed by Macbeth. Because he says that “A boy will be king you whose family is Duncan”. He was right. Macbeth is killed by Macduff who was born cesarean. After that son of Duncan,Malcolm, becomes king. 

  We can see here ambition and it causes his death. Even, because of him ,his close friend dies. Not only Bonquo but also Macbeth dies. In addition to this Macbeth and Lady Macbeth fell guilty and pangs of conscience. But this situation can't change results. 

  To sum up; I think that everybody should read Macbeth. May be we understand somethings about faults. May be we can some cues for peole.

Romeo and Juliet

  This week we talked about one of the works of Shakespeare. It is Romeo and Juliet. It is a theatrical work. I had some information about Romeo and Juliet. Before course I read the text compeletely. After the course I learned details. 

  Many people know the famous sentence of Romeo and Juliet. It is “ Romeo, Romeo , why do you have to be Romeo?” I have known this sentence too. But I learned why Juliet said it. It's reason is Romeo's family and his surname. In addition to this,I learned why they died, why they couldn't come together. Romeo and Juliet is a upsetting love story. Unfortunately at the end of the story some people die with Romeo and Juliet. In my opinion, a situation is interesting. Romeo loved a women so much before Juliet. He suffered because of her. As soon as he saw Juliet he forgets her completely. So should we believe his love? 

  We can see many metaphorical expression in Romeo and Juliet. The language is rich. It shows that Shakespeare used language efficiently. Sometimes it is hard to understand for me. But complete text is clear. 

  To sum up, Romeo and Juliet is enjoyable for me. To read it is plessure. Two weeks later we are going to watch it on the stage. I have already understood it but I am sure that the theater which is showed by ELT students will be more clear.

Shakespeare

  This week I couldn't attend to the course. The topic of course was Shakespeare. I learned new things about him. 

 Firstly, he married when he was so young. In addition to this his wife was older than him. He died early. Before course, I thought that Shakespeare didn't marry. Because he was related to the literature so much. May be he hadn't got enough time to marry. I didn't have so much information about Shakespeare. But thanks to the course, I learned many things about him and his works. For example I have known only “Hamlet” and “ Romeo and Juliet”. Even I didn't know story of his works. Now I know other works of him and their types. 

 I am reading Romeo and Juliet at first time. It's story is upsetting. Next course we are going to talk about it. 

 Shakespeare and his works form an important part of literature. Until end of the literature course we will talk about them. I am sure, I will learn interesting things.