Sunday, May 19, 2013

Non-Fiction RR

                                                   
                                                       Non-Fiction RR

     In this article, I read about how scientists infer that residents of Jamestown, Virginia practiced cannibalism. "Skeletal remains of a Jamestown teen show signs of cannibalism in colonial America, new data show". The girl’s skull provides the first concrete support for historical accounts that some starving colonists had resorted to eating the flesh of others.ow. The girl’s skull provides the first concrete support for historical accounts that some starving colonists had resorted to eating the flesh of others." I believe that this statement is true because I read articles and books about cannibalism dating back to the Egyptian ages.
     "Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas." People usually from other countries have different cultures and bring those unusual practices into America. But beside that, I would believe people did that because when you're starving and their isn't a edible food source available then you're to have to be forced to eat things very crazy. 
     "Archaeologist William Kelso, of the Jamestown Rediscovery Archaeological Project, made the discovery. When he observed that someone had apparently chopped the skull in two, Kelso contacted Douglas Owsley. He’s an anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Owsley led the study of Jane’s skull and shinbone. His team found cuts in the girl’s skull made after death. Her brain had been removed, as had other tissues." This sounds like cannibalism to me because i don't  think skulls naturally split in half when you die. Some one must ripped off the flesh from the head, then used a sharp object, probably a butcher knife, and sliced through the head and removed the brain and probably ate it :p.
     I used some quotes from the article to help prove that cannibalism might've been uncommon in the 1600's. The biggest clue is the head found by scientists which was cut in half and has had the brain removed. In conclusion, Cannibalism may have been practiced in the 1600's.


Thursday, May 16, 2013

Romeo and Juliet (Revised)

                                       
                                       Romeo and Juliet (Revised)

     The Love between Romeo and Juliet is so intense, it has positive and negative consequences. Their lust has changed them to the point where they are all they think about and that has become a horrible factor in this story.
     In  Act 2 scene 6, Romeo and Juliet get married thanks to Friar Lawrence. This shows one of the positives of the love between these two. But she is also disobeying her parents by not marrying her predetermined husband.
     As I stated before, their lust has changed them completely, so in act 3 scene 1 it just proves my point. In that scene, Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio are confronted by Tybalt and his men where Tybalt decides to pick a fight with Romeo. But because Romeo is a married man (to Juliet) he decides to back down, which just makes Mercutio want fight Tybalt for Romeo. After Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo has vengeance and kills Tybalt which just makes it even worse for him and he is banished from Verona. Romeo believed that because he is married to Juliet that he shouldn't fight but that just made him lose one of his best friends and kill Juliet's cousin. In Act 5 scene 3, Romeo confronts the unconscious Juliet because he heard about her death. He battles and kills Paris and Romeo finds Juliet thinking that she's dead. He takes the poison and drinks it while Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead from the poison. It's really selfish how Juliet setup this whole faking death plan so Romeo could save her from marrying her predetermined husband, Paris. Their love is extremely dangerous. Also in act 5 scene 3, romeo ends up killing Paris because he desperately wants to see Juliet. Romeo's love causes him to commit violence throughout the story. Love makes you do crazy things.
     Their love for each other is a major event and has caused an uproar in Verona but out of all this craziness, because of Romeo and Juliet's tragic story, the rivalry of the Capulets and Montagues in Verona has ended. In the craziness of act 5 scene 3, the Prince, the Capulets, and the Montagues crowd into the tomb to see the Romeo and Juliet, both dead, lying beside each other. The Prince's guards drag in the Friar, who apparently left Juliet alone in the tomb at some point. He tells the whole story. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague, both grief-stricken, swear to end their feud and to build statues to commemorate each other's child. The Prince says that some of those involved in Romeo and Juliet's death will be pardoned, and some will be punished. "For never was a story of more woe," the Prince says, "Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Even though this is the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, in some way this can be interpreted as a twisted happy ending.
      The tragedy Romeo and Juliet is a nice and beautiful story but beauty is seen through the eyes. Their young love has not only caused more disturbance between the two families, but also the death of two people who only wanted love each other. In conclusion, these are the positive and negative effects of Romeo and Juliet's love.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Romeo and Juliet

                               
                                                          Romeo and Juliet

     Romeo and Juliet's love for each other is a great and wonderful story but their love has also caused some intense situations to happen. Their love has made Romeo kill himself, Juliet disobey her father, but also made the rivalries of the Capulets and the Montagues disband. Their lust has changed each other to the point where are all they think about.
     In Act 5 scene 3, Romeo confronts the unconscious Juliet because he heard about her death. He battles and kills Paris and Romeo finds Juliet thinking that she's dead. He takes the poison and drinks it while Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead from the poison. It's really selfish how Juliet setup this whole faking death plan so Romeo could save her from marrying her predetermined husband, Paris. Their love is extremely dangerous.
     Another reason why their love is dangerous is because now that Romeo, a Montague, is in love with Juliet, a Capulet, all the attention is on them so it wouldn't be surprising for a Capulet to attack Romeo or for a Montague attack Juliet. For example, Tybalt attacked and wounded Mercutio so in return, Romeo killed Tybalt. Therefore, Romeo was banished from Verona. If Romeo never had fallen in live with Juliet, all of this attention wouldn't have fallen on him. Not saying that she never be in love but this is something they should be careful about. 
     Their love for each other is major event and has caused an uproar in Verona but out of all this craziness, because of Romeo and Juliet's tragic story, the rivalry of the Capulets and Montagues in Verona has ended. 
      The tragedy Romeo and Juliet is a nice and beautiful story but beauty is seen through the eyes. Their young love has not only caused more disturbance between the two families, but also the death of two people who only wanted love each other.