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Act III: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act 4 Scene 1

Original Text

Enough, enough!—My lord, you have enough. I beg the law, the law upon his head. They would have stol’n away.—They would, Demetrius, Thereby to have defeated you and me: You of your wife and me of my consent, Of my consent that she should be your wife.

Transformed Text Haiku:

“Enough, enough you!

They would have stol’n away —

You have my consent.“

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Act II: Romeo and Juliet

From Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Scene 3

Lady Capulet

What say you? Can you love the gentleman? This night you shall behold him at our feast. Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face, And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen. Examine every married lineament And see how one another lends content, And what obscured in this fair volume lies Find written in the margent of his eyes. This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him only lacks a cover. The fish lives in the sea, and ’tis much pride For fair without the fair within to hide. That book in many’s eyes doth share the glory That in gold clasps locks in the golden story. So shall you share all that he doth possess By having him, making yourself no less.

Twitter-Style Essay:

A duty has to be done, and it is unfortunate it falls upon you. There is no shame to be had in carrying it out, but there is much to be had if you fight against it and lose.

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Act I: Introduction Assignment

Two households, both alike in dignity

~ Romeo and Juliet

To me these words remind me of the concept of 2 halves make one whole. Both of the families are extremely similar (due to the words both alike), but with one thing that makes them different and thereby bitter enemies. As I have read Romeo and Juliet a long time ago, I know that the house of Capulet and Montague are bitter enemies, but I can’t remember the reason why. Also, it probably has to do with blood relations since households are usually made up of people who are related by blood. Also, since they have dignity, it would mean that they probably have power in the community of some sort. Maybe they are equally respected by everyone and it makes it difficult to settle differences between your rival for power both of them are constantly trying to get the edge.

As far as feelings go, I don’t really get a sense that this a person talking. Rather its a narration of some sort. Additionally, though it might be kinda lame to frame it like this, it seems to be setting the stage for the story to occur/Defining the rules of this world. When rules become finalized and stagnant in video games, inevitably either developers or the community breaks these rules within a month or two and it throws the world back into the starting point of chaos. This is probably what is going to happen here.  

Finally, the images of the two households I imagine are classical roman buildings due to the gravitas in which the narrator presents the households.