15/9/2011.

1. Have you ever been betrayed?Give an example of when you were betrayed? How did you feel? What did you do?

Putting your trust and hope in someone can be the hardest things to do in life one may think until you finally do and get betrayed.

My first ever betrayal experience was brought about or caused by someone who I considered family, whom i placed my hope and trust in. Considering this young lady to be my 'elder sister', someone I could look up to, I never say it coming.Upon graduating from high school and moving away to college, distance became an issue between both of us. It was known that of course we weren't going to be able to spend as much time together as we were accustom, but not that our friendship would be lost because of it.

Eventually, we both grew off of each other and the constant phone calls and text messages became less and less until they finally stopped. This was so since we were both either 'too busy' for the other, or just plain out didn't want to converse. We eventually end what we both saw as our sisterly relationship and seized our friendship along with it.

After this decision, the rumors started and the name calling began. She began to spread malicious rumors of my character to others and began to call me all sorts of inappropriate name. I consulted her about her malicious acts which she boldly admitted to which lead to my decision of simply forgetting even if it meant hurting myself in the process. The sad part is...I never forgave her

2. Have you ever felt that you were betrayed and in the end misunderstood the situation?

Yes I have.

A situation occurred between myself and an elder cousin of mine which at the time I saw as betrayal. While attending High school, a mishap occurred between myself and my home room teacher Mrs.Francis which resulted in me being punished her way, detention. My mom usually threatened about me going to detention and what she would do to me if I do so I didn't want to tell her but I had to be smart. She would always pick me up after school but I just knew she couldn't on this day so I arranged to be pick up later and told her that I had group work to do after which would run late.I told my cousin about this incident since I felt like I could trust her but it wasn't so.

She called my mom right away and told her about my situation which lead to me being severely punished by my mother, being grounded for over 3 months.In the end I realized that they both just wanted what was best for me and even though at first I saw it as her betraying me, she explained that it was only in my best interest so that I wouldn't ever think about going back to detention.

3. Look at the various Shakespeare plays over the years that you have studied. Do you notice that characters in the text always seem to resort to violence, trickery or evilness? Comment.

A recount of various Shakespeare plays in which I have studied shows that the characters indeed always seem to resort to violence, trickery or evilness. This was always as a result of what is seen as Shakespeare's major themes such as love, betrayal and jealousy which her brought out through various characters. The reason for this may be because of the time period in which Shakespeare lived in which may be looked at as primitive or undeveloped. Reason being because of what is seen as a lack of justice system which lead to situations where justice isn't served fairly. Because of this, characters took it upon themselves to handle these situations on their own, taking justice into their own hands. It may also be for self gain on various characters part.

In the play Much Ado About Nothing, the readers see the act of trickery being played out in many different ways through varying characters for the reason of self gain or to sort what they say as justice for what ever reason. One see trickery at the very beginning of the play where Don Pedro woo's Hero for the sake of Claudio which is beneficial to  young Claudio. One also sees it where the character Don John, deceives Claudio into believing first that his brother Don Pedro was woo-ing Hero for his own self benefit, then into believing that Hero was unfaithful to him. Don John saw this as revenge on his half brother which can be seen as him taking justice into his own hands.

4. Look at the background of the text Winter's Tale. What is going on historically in the era that the book is written in.

The Winter's Tale was written by Shakespeare and originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Uncertain of its type, it was grouped with both comedies and tragedies by many including critics of Shakespeare. Being one of Shakespeare's popular plays, it was later revived in productions in various forms and adaptions. It was revived again in the 19th and 20th century with varying degrees of success.

5. What is the elizabethan Theatre. Historical back ground? Picture of the global theatre.

The Elizabethan Theatre or The Renaissance Theatre refers to the theatre of England, largely based in London, which occurred between the Reformation and the closure of the theatres in 1642. 'The Theatre' as it was first constructed as was done so around the Elizabethan Era, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry, music and literature. It was built just beyond the walls of Shoreditch in 1576 by James Burbage with his brother-in-law John Burbage which gave rise to the construction of many different theatres after such as The Globe (1599) which William Shakespeare became a co-owner of.

6. What is the theatre of the absurd? Videos, pictures

The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical style originating in France in the 1940'2. It relies heavily on existential philosophy and is a category for plays of absurdist fiction, written by a number of playwrights from the late 1940's to the 1960's as well as the theatre which has evolved from their work.

7. Synopsis of Williams Shakespeare? Life, work,plays he has written, tragedies, history, comedies and the time period that they were written in.

   William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor, born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. Although his actual birth date was unclear, he was said to be born on April 23rd 1594, three days before h baptism on 26th April 1564. Born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, Shakespeare was the third of six children.
    Much details about Shakespeare's life was very sketchy. What is known of him is that he attended Stratford Grammar School, finished at age 15 and was married by the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway with whom he had three children with the first being Susanna followed by twins Hamnet and Judith.
    Between 1589 and 1613, Shakespeare produced most of his known work which consisted  mainly of comedies, histories, tragedies, sonnets and tragiccomedies. Some plays he has written include: Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew and Henry VI. It was noted that he had written 37 plays through Robert Green's criticism which attacked Shakespeare for competing with him and other playwrights callings him 'an upstart crow' and 157 sonnets.
    William Shakespeare was considered one of the best playwright of his time because not only did he create some of the most admired plays in Western literature but he also transformed English theatre by expanding expectations of what could be accomplished through characterisation, plot, action, language and genre. Also, because his plays has been translated into basically every major language and performed throughout the world.
        William Shakespeare died on April 23rd 1616 and was buried at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. His last words were, 'Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear
                           To digg the dust enclosed here!
                           Blest be ye man that spares the stones
                           And curst be he that moves my bones.'