Shakespearean mood

For some reason I miss reading Shakespeare as we did in school. Today especially I was in a mood to read Twelfth night, so ended up reading some parts online due to time constraint :(

The two verses which I will however never forget from Twelfth night are the opening lines by Duke Orsino as below:

If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:
'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
O spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,
That, notwithstanding thy capacity
Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch soe'er,
But falls into abatement and low price,
Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.

....and Malvolio's line:

" Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them"

Twelfth night, Macbeth, Romeo&Juliet, Hamlet and Othello are some of my favorites! I am yearning to see a play now!!!!!!!
:)

Little Women

Most of us have a strong attachment to the non-details we had in school. I had Little Women in my fifth class. Like most girls at that age I fell in love with that book and still love reading it once in a while. The best part about reading such books is how we get to imagine the characters, the background settings etc. I really enjoy reading especially such classics simply because I like to day dream while reading them. I finally got a copy of the Little Women in Walmart (Winona Ryder (who plays Jo) and Susan Sarandon (who plays Marmie). One afternoon I watched it and simply fell in love with it. It perfectly fell in place - the exact details I imagined as a young girl - all the characters of Laurie, Beth and Meg and Amy...simply perfect! even Hannah and Aunt March.

Moreover even before I saw this movie I had visited Lousia May Alcott's (the author) residence turned museum in Concord (Massachusetts) yes the place is the setting for the story as well.

Orchard House:



Hence this experience drew me closer to the classic.

If you have not already watched this version and your a Little Women fan like me - the movie is a must watch; but yes certain details were obviously cut. But no where did I feel that there was a disconnect. [It usually happens when I read the book first and then watch the movie (Ahem!)] but not for this one.