Can I Say Wicked in England?: Stratford on Avon: learning Shakespeare makes me feel so smart.

   Last week, as a reward for finishing our classes, we went on a program trip to Shakespeare land! It was certainly.... interesting. I have to say, I was upset that we had to leave Bath because I didn't want to leave my home so close to the end of the semester. But, it was a fun journey!
   The first day, we went to a lecture about the play we were going to see later that night called Written On the Heart. It's about the language of the bible and how this translator became a martyr doing this and years later, they are still trying to figure out how to solve different interpretations. It was pretty dry and I didn't like it. haha But, we did get to see another play the next night that I liked a lot better!
   The second day, we went to a lecture, then walked to see Shakespeare landmarks like Hall's Croft, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shakespeare's birthplace, and his grave site. That was a lot of fun and it made me realize how different our world would've been without him. Literature would be so different! So I definitely came to appreciate his influence from seeing all of these sites.

We saw Measure for Measure the second night about the scandalous life in Vienna, where a man was going to be killed for impregnating a girl he wasn't married to. However, He intended to marry her, and as the story unfolds, you learn about all of the characters relationships and how they plot to save this man. It was set in a pseudo modern setting and I actually really liked that. The acting was great and even though it was in Shakespeare language, I understood it all because of the way they acted! So I really enjoyed this play and it was a fun night.

Because we were staying at B and B's, we had to get up early and by I was really tired by Thursday night. But the castle we went to, Warwick Castle, was pretty cool! It was beautiful despite the rain, and I enjoyed seeing one last castle on my English trip. Overall, it was a successful journey and I'm glad we got to go to such a historic town.