November 3, 2011 by Lori Mitchell | No Comments
Act 5 Scene 1- Falstaff proves his stupidity once again by thinking that the third time is a charm. Ford shows up disguised as Brook, and Falstaff tells him to go into the forest at midnight. He starts talking all kinds of crap about Ford, telling him all about how he was mistreated when he [...]
February 1, 2011 by Lori Mitchell | No Comments
Act IV Scene I Evan’s is teaching Mrs. Ford’s son Latin. This scene has nothing to do with the rest of the story. Willy would have definitely gotten his paper marked up with red ink, if he had turned this in to a writing instructor. The scene is just tossed in; it doesn’t move the [...]
January 18, 2011 by Lori Mitchell | No Comments
Act lll Scene 1 Evans is waiting for Caius for some progesterone induced dueling. Buy Drugs Without Prescription As we know Caius isn’t going to show up because he’s waiting elsewhere. Evans gets tired of waiting so he sends Simple out to find Caius. After Simple leaves, Evan’s heaves a huge sigh of relief because [...]
August 24, 2010 by Lori Mitchell | No Comments
Mrs. Page and Mrs. Ford get their love letters from Falstaff and they are appalled. Clearly they were not flattered! They compared notes and decided to get revenge on the poor sucker! So they plan to lead him on to give him false hope. The poor sap. The ladies compare letters and discover that aside [...]
August 3, 2010 by Lori Mitchell | No Comments
Act 1 Scene 1- The Merry Wives of Windsor is full of characters with really stupid names. I’m thinking their names must describe them just a bit. It starts with Shallow, yes, that is his name, whining to Sir Hugh Evans that he has been “abused” by Falstaff. Shallow’s cousin Slender, again, yes, that is [...]
July 26, 2010 by Lori Mitchell | 6 Comments
Act 5 Scene 1- Romeo hears that Juliet died, and being the big crybaby, sissy, drama queen that he is, he is inconsolable. If any of you watch the Bachelor, I kind of picture Jason’s breakdown when he let Molly go. Since he hasn’t heard anything from the Friar, he truly thinks Juliet is dead [...]
July 19, 2010 by Lori Mitchell | 2 Comments
Act 4 Scene 1- Paris goes to the Friar to make arrangements for his wedding with Juliet. The Friar is a bit tweaked because bigamy is illegal but he doesn’t want to give up Romeo and Juliet, so instead he tries to appeal to Paris’ sense of decency, but clearly Paris has none. He tries [...]
July 12, 2010 by Lori Mitchell | 2 Comments
Act 3 Scene 1- Ben and Merc are hanging out in the streets acting like fools when the Capulets just happen by. Ben is all nervous that they will end up in a fight, but Merc acts like a big jerk and starts making fun of him (personally I think Merc is not only a [...]
June 21, 2010 by Lori Mitchell | 5 Comments
Act 2 Prologue- The prologue summarizes act 1 but without the wit and intellectual insight of my summaries. Act 2 Scene 1- Romeo is hanging out and his buddies come up and start teasing him about his “love” for Rosaline, basically because boys are kind of immature that way. They have no idea that Romeo [...]
June 17, 2010 by Lori Mitchell | No Comments
Act 1 Begins with a prologue that basically gives the ending away. Of course who in the modern world doesn’t know how Romeo and Juliet ends? This reminds me of a funny story. One time when my daughter was in high school, The Passion of the Christ had just come out and Crystal and her [...]
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Lori Mitchell is the author and creator of numerous blogs and articles on teaching, arts, politics and writing, including her irreverent views on Shakespeare in "Bard Droppings." She is a former teacher who currently hopes to make author Janet Evanovich look like a rank-amateur, with her upcoming romance book tentatively titled "Her Shot at Love." She welcomes and encourages your comments, feedback and unadulterated praise regarding her ezine and writing. 
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