The legend of Amleth

The legend of Amleth is one of medieval Scandinavian descent. Saxo Grammaticus is the author and the legend is included in his book Gesta Danorum. Prince Amleth is the main character and son of the King of the Jutes, King Horvendill. Horvendill was murdered by his brother Feng, out of jealousy. Feng convinced Horvendill’s wife, Gerutha, to then turn around and marry him. He plead that his murder was in order to rid Gerutha of Horvendill, who Feng claimed was a ruthless and horrible husband. Amleth then pretended to be an imbecile, and pretended to not think anything of his fathers death. Long story short, he ended up slaying Feng with a sword and went back to Jutland with his two new wives. Shortly after, he was killed in battle by Wiglek, who had taken over the throne while Amleth was gone. The end pretty much :)

I hope u all enjoyed story time I love u and have a nice weekend

Shakespeare’s Authorship

Many of you may already be aware, but there are some doubts out there about Shakespeare’s authorship. There have been many, even some famous faces, who have suggested that William Shakespeare was merely used to cover up the identity of the real author of the 37 plays attributed to his name. William Shakespeare was not a man born renowned. Before his works were written, he wasn’t known to be wealthy, well educated, or of high status. His plays cover a very wide and in depth range of political commentary. He criticizes the culture of his time and doesn’t hold back when doing so. A lot of historians point to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as being the true playwright. Edward was of high social status, incredibly well educated (he spent a good portion of his life studying law,) and of significant wealth. It’s documented that he traveled to a majority of the places mentioned in Shakespeare’s (aka maybe himself) plays. On the contrary, a lot of people think that Shakespeare’s magnificence comes from his ability to delve into his imagination to create these masterpieces. He didn’t need a luxurious and popular lifestyle in order to contrive these plays. All he needed was an opinion and the ability to express it.

So are u guys team Edward or nah

Hamlet

Hamlet is probably my second favorite tragedy next to Macbeth. So what do you guys think of it so far? What do you think of some of the characters? I’m enjoying the play so far and Ophelia has on of my favorite character archs even though she starts out pretty boring.

Grandfather and Toddler: An Accident !!

As I was talking about in class, the following information is about the cruise incident. “The grandfather accused of dropping toddler Chloe Weigand from the 11th deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship made his first court appearance on Wednesday as Puerto Rican prosecutors insisted it was their 'duty' to charge him with negligent homicide. Salvatore 'Sam' Anello faces three years in prison if he's found guilty of causing Chloe's death by lifting her towards an open window before she tumbled from the Freedom of the Seas while it docked in San Juan on July 7.”

Personally, I do not think he should be found guilty for the event. He was an old man trying to do something nice for his granddaughter. He had no intention of hurting or harming her. This man should not be in prison. He is a man who made a terrible, terrible mistake. He will have to live with the mistake he made, but he should not have to do in jail. 

This also ties into the idea of prison reform. A man such as this grandfather should not be in prison. However, he will be. Prison should be for those true “criminals.” This grandfather is nothing more than a make who had an accident, a true accident. Accidents happen all the time. This tragic event was an accident! His family needs to realize this!

English vs. Literature

So I'm tutoring a fifth grader named Colleen Collins. I have to help her with English.  In her English class she mostly does grammatical things, like learn about prepositions. So this made me wonder. Why do we take a class called "English" when we don't do anything grammatical. I feel like we should take a class called "Literature" instead of English. What do y'all think? Should our class be called English or Literature? 

OHHHHHHHHHHHH BRAAAAAANDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

So Brandon had a good ole' point when he said that for Sing, Unburied, Sing, making a ghost hunting show is just as relevant as making a true crime podcast. Do you guys AGREE?

I want to HEAR YOU AMERICA

I just want to hear what you all are writing your papers on. Here's my proposal:

1. My guide will be talk show host Conan O’Brien.
2. My monster guarding my circle of hell is an enormous hyena named Markus Twainus.
3. I will enter my circle of hell through being led down a flight of stairs backstage in Ed Sullivan theater, a studio famous for its variety shows. I will enter the circle stage left, and then to exit I will walk out stage right and pop out on the street.
4. The sin being punished is people who are objectively not funny but think they are and force people to listen to their unfunny drivel.
5. The punishment is being restrained and tickled by feathered bipeds (a slight reference to the famous story of Plato and Diogenes) for all of eternity. As they could not make anyone laugh in real life, they are now forced to make up for all the dead silence in hell. The more unfunny they were, the more harshly they are tickled.
6. This circle of hell is a roofless, burning theater, with endless rows of seats in the audience. Those being punished are bound to the chairs in the audience and tickled as they watch an empty stage burn. Amy Schumer, who is there for not being funny enough to write her own material and not because she isn’t funny, has a special punishment in that she has to write her set in blood while being tickled, over and over again, a la Sisyphus.
7. The damned souls in this hell are Jay Leno, John Peters, SNL era Robert Downey Jr., Dane Cook, and Amy Schumer. The people who are still alive get imped after the lord decides they have reached a certain threshold of unfunny, explaining how Robert Downey Jr. went on to redeemed himself after leaving SNL with Less Than Zero and his stint as Iron Man. Jay Leno will be the sinner I talk to, which will prompt Conan to comment on how “it serves him right”, a reference to the 2009-2010 Tonight Show debacle.
8.  The reason I shall be led into hell is that Mrs. King has asked God to show me what will happen if I don’t stop talking in class. In the audience, there will be a seat that says “Reserved for Tanner Sykes”.

TELL ME YOUR IDEAS. I WANT TO KNOW.