Today was our first day of classes at Roehampton
University. Everyone met for the
earliest two classes and we watched the film Shakespeare in Love. The film was modern and I enjoyed it because
it alluded to various Shakespeare plays within the context of the storyline
itself. William Shakespeare falls madly in love with Viola, a princess who is
secretly passionate about poetry. They meet when she dresses up as a boy and
sneaks into town to play the part of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Viola is forced to marry a rich, noble man and
travel across the Atlantic to Virginia with him to live on a plantation. At the
end of the film, Viola’s ship is wrecked in a mighty storm, but she is the only
who survives. The final scene is Viola walking on the beach, about to begin a
new life. This is an allusion to The 12th
Night.
Later that day, some of us went to the grocery store then
out to Central London.
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