Haruka's English Blog

     This week I read Romeo and Juliet. I've seen this movie before. This novel is like a script so I thought this is hard to read for the first time, but after I thought this type is interesting to read. ROMEO [to himself]: Who is that beautiful lady, shining so brightly in the dark night? She is too beautiful for ordinary life, too special for this world! She is like a lovely white bird in a group of ugly ones. At end of this dance, I'll see where she stands. I'll try and touch her lovely hand with my rough one. Was I in love before? - No - not until tonight.(p.9)      I like this scene. Romeo was in love other lady until he met Juliet, but he was foregot about her immediately so I could feel that he was in love her strongly. At first glace, this scene looks the start of love but this is aloso end of the love. Juliet: Do I hear a noise? Than I'll be quick. [ shee sees Romeo's knife and picks it up. ] Oh, friendly knife! My body will be your final resti

     This week I read the Phantom of the Opera.I had known this book but I had never read this story so this was the first time to read. Faust sang to her and Margarita replied, but not in her beautiful voice, but with the voice of a toad: "Co-ack!" (p.28)      Managers received a letter from the Opera ghost and he requested some thing. But managers didn't believe that letter was sent by the Opera ghost. But when Carlotta sang on stage, the strange voice came out from her mouth. I think this scene is a little funny because some people died in this story. This was not so scary for me. "Poor Erik!" Who was this Erik? And why was Christine pitying Erik when Raul was so unhappy?(p.35)       I thought that the Opera ghost was real ghost or phantom. But I first leaned about the ghost was not real ghost who had a name and alived. I also thought that how did he crash the chandelier on the head of woman and spoke to her without him body. "Yes, she was