Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tim Burton's Alice
Tim Burton's recent version of Alice in Wonderland has the same characters but doesn't make them exactly like the book. The Mad Hatter for one is more eccentric with a dark side that shows every once in a while in the movie. The March Hare seems exactly the same in the book and the movie. He seems always upset and uneasy. The Dormouse is almost a completely different character. The movie made the mouse a female while in the book it is male. Also in the book it is always sleeping but not in the movie. The Cheshire Cat has the same attitude but is a lot more helpful in the movie then the book. The movie puts the book into a clearer view but I like how the movie ends more than the book.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Mad Hatter
I was having tea with the March Hare and the Dormouse as usual while this Alice came up and invited herself to tea. It upset me a bit that she thought she didn't have to ask to sit with us. It did not matter though because she brought new conversation. She was a little rude and did not answer my riddle i wish i knew the answer to. She would not even drink tea with us which was quite rude of a girl who claimed she was polite. I was quite happy when she left because we were left to the conversation that she had previously interrupted.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Queen Victoria
The Victorian Era in England was in the 1800's. It was called that because Queen Victoria was ruling England at that time. Queen Victoria was born in 1819 to Edward, the Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. When her uncle died in 1837 she took over the throne. Due to her strict upbringing she ruled with an unmatched stubborness.
Queen Victoria married once to her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. They had nine children together. When Albert died in 1861 Queen Victoria wallowed in self pity and the mourning kept her occupied which led to the evolution of England into the Victorian mentality. She became less popular in the 10 years of mourning that she did but eventually came out of it and her popularity steadily grew until her death in 1901.
Queen Victoria married once to her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. They had nine children together. When Albert died in 1861 Queen Victoria wallowed in self pity and the mourning kept her occupied which led to the evolution of England into the Victorian mentality. She became less popular in the 10 years of mourning that she did but eventually came out of it and her popularity steadily grew until her death in 1901.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Favorite Book
My favorite book would be a play that our class has chosen to read. A Midsummer's Night Dream written by William Shakespeare was introduced to me my junior year in high school. I took a Shakespeare class where we read a couple of his plays. A Midsummer's Night Dream stood out to me because it had magic, love, and adventure. The unrealisticness of how lovers mix up because of the manipulation from the fairies and how one characters head becomes a donkey's head.
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