March 28th, Merchant of Venice pre-reading work

Statement #1:    Don’t rely on outward appearances when making judgments. 

“Don’t rely on outward appearances when making judgements.” is what we tell ourselves,friends and family. I agree with it, there are challenges to this statement. Everybody has opinions on your looks, But getting to know someone is essential before you get to know someone.

Statement #2:   Justice is always blind 

This happens. Sometimes there isn't enough evidence to hold someone to the crime they did. Another scenario is people having lots of money and paying there way out of it. I have seen cases on the news and crime shows where events like this happened in real life. it is sad but it happens. I don't think its always blind but it most definitely happens occasionally.

Statement #3:     A brotherly love between two friends can be just as strong as an intimate love between a man and a woman.

This is true to a certain extend. The care and love they share is the same. Just not the affection. I have had a relationship with a guy where we acted like brother and sister, we had known each other for about 2 years and we just acred and loved each other so much! Later, we decided to date and we has the same relationship only in this side we showed affection together. I have also seen this in my friend’s relationships and I feel they are both healthy relationships to,maintain and care for. 

Statement #4:     You can break a promise as long as you have a good excuse

If you have a good enough exude you can get out of most things. Depending on how big your promise is and how big your excuse is. If my promise is that you are gonna give me a hug as soon as you see me and you don’t because you get sick thats fine. But if you say a lame exude like i am not in a hugging mood that not good enough. Sometimes its necessary to break a promise due to safety. Thats always an exude worth risking. 

Statement #5:    Love is blind 

Love can make you see past so many flaws. i have seen it happen to my Aunt Brenda twice, dating men who beat her then just being so in love and thinking they will change so she married them and it didn’t.  I know its hard to realize the bad side of someone you love but the faster you realize it the faster you can analyze it.

statement #6:    Stereotypes are often right 

This relates to statement #1 in a way. Don’t come to an assumption till you have seen it. You cant believe everything you hear. Judging & stereotyping is not right and could hurt a persons feelings. It’s also just a persons opinion so I don’t think they are accurate. 

statement #7:     An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is a good motto to live by.

If its something small don't worry about it. BUIt if its a big favor you better have someway to pay them back or help them out other than just friendship. Sometimes it also depends on the person . 

Partners:

Mikayla 

Kaye Anne 

Jessie 

Paragraph 1:  My sadness overcomes me and I cry for no reason sometimes. I bottle up to myself and don't share my emotions. Doing this makes me a ticking time bomb. Just waiting to explode when I get alone. It isn't an option. Once I am alone, It fills me. Other times I just get sad off of am event that I care about. But what I know for certain when I begin crying I explore a dark side of me that last for awhile. 

Paragraph 2:  Usury is very common now. In groups of friends it's not as common it's more taken as helping out a Friend. It is more common and used in company's such as credit cards. My perspective is it's fine in bigger financial situations. 

Paragraph 3:  No matter the amount of money lent I need to have trust in the person I am lending things to. And if I didn't have my full trust in them I would make them give me something that means a lot and I wouldn't give it back till I was payed back fully or given back the item I loaned them. 

Paragraph 4: These topics can be taken wrong and turn into offending many. But if you have a wonderful story board then you can make it work. Usually the whole audience wont agree to differences in opinions and this could affect the tension in your audience but really its not the best idea to mix these in a play unless you don’t care about the audiences feelings or have a very carefully planned storyboard.