I'd Do Anything!

The Song “I’d Do Anything” by Simple plan talks about the love between two people, they were madly in love and then his love left him, but he cant get over her. He claims that he never stops thinking about her and that there is so much he could say to her but he can’t and it’s making him go insane. When they were in a relationship they would do anything with each other like breaking all the rules. This song can connect in several different ways to Romeo and Juliet’s relationship for they both go to the ends of the earth for each other and they can never stop thinking about each other. One major connection is in this song it talks about breaking all the rules as, school regulations but they would ditch school so they could be together which is similar to the rules of Romeo and Juliet of the fued between the families.

Love is one of the biggest influence on people’s decisions. The things people do for love could be as much as talking your life for it.  For example Juliet tells Friar  “ Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it if In thy wisdom thou canst give no help do thou but call my resolution wise and with this knife ill help it presently” (4.1. 51-55). This proves how much she does not want to marry Paris, and that she wants to be with Romeo and if she is not allowed that decision she will kill herself with the knife she pulls out. This displays that if peoples love don’t turn out the way they want it to people would be open to anything and maybe their last resort would be to kill themselves if they don’t get their way. This connects to Juliet that she would rather not die but drink the vial that could go ethier way to kill her or bring her out of this position. 

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The Horse Trails

It all started the day my mom signed me up for horseback riding lessons, it was third grade and my mom wanted to introduce me to many types of hobbies or activities that she thought I would like. Since I was little I was open to these new experiences so I willing went to the first lesson. I was all geared up with all the safety equipment when I saw the horse I would be riding that right there was the downfall. This horse was a stout little ugly thing named Romeo (weirdly enough) was the colour of dried out mud and hummus mixed together and I was lucky winner who got to clean it, apparently before you ride you have to clean the horse. So I cleaned the horse and then I was taught how to make Romeo stop and run, so I rode him down to this little pen and I made him trot, then once we were trotting Romeo randomly picked up speed and fast. Speeding in circles around the pin, I as a 3^rd grade become very weak to stay on, because I didn’t know how to stop him, so my last option was to fall off. I was traumatized.

After that I didn’t want anything more to do with horses, but my mom thought otherwise she thought I should go again because she had already paid for all my lessons I would be taking. I refused to go to my second lesson. But for the third and the fourth lessons I was forced to go, my mom refused to just sit there and see me grow up with a fear of horses, I went to these classes restraining from touching Romeo and tried a different horse named Holly. Once I had rode Holly I was not afraid anymore for she listening to me and made me feel safe again. Although after those lessons had expired I did not want to go again, today I am not afraid of horses, which would have been a reality if I did not go back and tried a different horse. 

To Love or Hate?

Love and hate can make or break a person. Love can make one blind to the outside world and lead them to make poor decision. For instance, when Romeo killed Tybalt, Juliet says "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? But wherefore, villian didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband" (3.2. 106-111). This shows that although Romeo has killed her cousin she still loves him because if Romeo didnt kill Tybalt, Tybalt would have killed her husband which would have been more of a tragety to her. Juliet loves her husband and just because he killed her cousin isnt going to prevent anything, this will influence her decisions by making Juliet go out of her way to find Romeo which could lead her to getting in trouble by the Prince and her own family. I can relate to love impacting decisions when I was in a relationship I snuck out to go see him, and hang out but I was caught and was grounded for three weeks.  These decisions can impact others by making them blind to the outside world, and prevent them from what is really important. 

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”- Martin Luther King.  Hate is the root of all evil which will drastically impact peoples decisions. One example is when Romeo kills Tybalt " they fight. Tybalt falls. The citizens are up and Tybalt is slain. Stand not amazed. The prince will doom thee death" (3.1.137-140). This shows that since the hatred between Romeo and Tybalt was so strong it lead him to kill Tybalt which will only negatively impact the rest of his life. I can connect to this because when I was little I hated everyone for no reason which lead to be lonely with no friends but once I stopped hating I found myself with plentiful amounts of friends. This can impact other by negatively influencing them to hate when really hate is the root of evil and will only lead to negativity.