Before I Die

1. Fly around the world in a private jet.
2. Go to England and meet relatives.
3. Meet a celebrity and go shopping with them.
4. Swim with dolphins.
5. Graduate from a top university.
6. Get married.
7. Have a family.
8. Buy a Corvette.
9. Live in a mansion.
10. Go on a vacation with a group of friends.
11. Create an optometry center.
12. Go on a cruise.
13. Walk the red carpet.
14. Learn how to fly a plane.
15. Go to Hawaii.
16. Learn how to snow board.
17. Learn how to surf.
18. Go to the grand Canyon.
19. Save a life.
20. Break a world record.
21. Learn to speak another language fluently.
22. Learn how to be a model.
23. Shop at the biggest mall in the world.
24. Zip line through a jungle
25. Go to Niagara Falls.

Everyone has a variety of things they would like to accomplish in their lives before they die. Death is something people fear to think about. Some people may fear death because when you think of it, you notice the number of things you have not done and always dreamed of doing. Many people want to live their lives to the fullest, even if that results in jumping off bridges or jumping out of planes. Before I die I want to fly around the world in a private jet, go to England, have a family, create an optometry center, and zip line across a jungle.

First of all, I want to fly around the world in a private jet. Just to capture the beauties of the world would be a breath taking experience. Being able to see everything from a bird's eye view and having the ability to look out the window see the world. Seeing all the civilizations and all the water, everything just seemed like a dream, or just my imagination. It feels like an enormous painting of the blues of the water and greens of the trees and whatever other colors there could be. Even just to fly over the north or south poles get a glimpse of the glaciers and mountains and to see the Great Wall of China, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, The Eiffel Tower and much more.

Also, before I die, I would like to go to England. My father was born in Gloucester, England and I want to see where he grew up. In addition, I have relatives that are living there that I would like to meet. England just seems different from the United States and would be an extremely interesting experience. For example, seeing the castles, the King and Queen, Big Ben, and then just to listen to the British accent would give me a sense of how life is there and how it was for my father.

In addition, I would like to get married and have a family. Life is full of phases and these two aspects of life make it the most enjoyable. To find a spouse who is willing to love you till their death and always have their support when needed. Then to have a family with the person you love and to raise your children together. It will be a great feeling to have and hold that baby and know it is yours. Even though you are now responsible for someone other than yourself, you realize how responsible you need to be. Even though being a parent is not easy it comes with one of the greatest feelings in the world.

Before I die, I would like to create an optometry center. This building would house a great number of optometrists and the latest equipment to further research. The creation of the center can also lead to devolvement of new theories to allow blind people to see again. This building can bring optometry to the next level and into a future with many new treatments. This center could give people a new beginning and to be able to get back their vision they had lost in the past. I would make this center in honor of my brother, because he lost vision in his eye. His loss made me realize that maybe there could be a way to get his vision back so he can go back to living his life like he used to, along with the many other people who have lost their vision.

Nevertheless, I want to zip line across a jungle. It gives you this feeling of your stomach dropping and a rush of adrenaline when you are going through the jungle. It is almost like a roller coaster or as if u were flying like superman for a few minutes. You get this feeling that you are on the top of the world because you can see everything is beneath you. I would like to zip line through a jungle, because it seems so exotic and unrealistic. It is a way to do something bizarre without putting a real risk to your life.

Before I die, I want to accomplish as many things I can and make the best of the limited time I have on Earth. I want to fly around the world and see all the sights our world has to offer. I want to go to England and meet my relatives and see where my father grew up and experience their way of living. Also, I want to get married and have a family, even though raising children can bring many ups and downs, overall it brings feelings of happiness and joy. In addition, I want to build an optometry center in my brother’s honor to find new treatments and theories to get a patient’s vision back. Not only do I want to create an optometry center, I want to zip line through the jungle. Zip lining through the jungle may sound unrealistic, but you achieve a feeling of being on top of the world. Before I die, I want to accomplish as much as I can, and live everyday as if I were to die tomorrow, because we never know when that day will be.

Juliet or The Shrew

The plays of Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare have various similarities, as well as multiple differences. Even though Romeo and Juliet is considered a tragedy and The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy the plays are still considered extremely alike. Katherine is one of the main characters in The Taming of the Shrew. She is forced to face an unwanted marriage to a man who she does not love. Not only does she have to marry this man, but she goes through many changes and her outlook on love changes throughout the play. Juliet plays one of the lead roles in Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is a young teenager who falls in love with Romeo. She makes a choice to secretly marry this boy and do anything in her power to be with him. The characters of Katherine and Juliet have many similarities, differences, and morals. They go through many different situations that determine their outcomes in the plays and the character that is the most relatable.

Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew can be easily compared to Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Katherine and Juliet may seem to be very diverse but in many situations they resemble each other. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says to Romeo, "Yond the light is not daylight; I know it, I. It is some meteor that the sun exhales to be to thee this night a torch bearer and light thee on thy way to Mantua. Therefore stay yet; thou need'st not to be gone (Romeo and Juliet. III.v)." Romeo and Juliet were arguing on whether it was morning or night. Juliet is soon proven wrong and agrees with Romeo that it is day. In The Taming of the Shrew Katherine says to Petruchio, "The moon? The Sun! It is not moonlight now (Taming of the Shrew. IV.v)." Katherine and Petruchio have the same argument that Romeo and Juliet had, whether it was day or night. Katherine and Juliet are both being force to marry men that were chosen for them. Both Katherine and Juliet do not truly love the men they are being forced to marry. They are also very similar that they both find love but their love changes their lives. Both characters are willing to do whatever they can for their husbands which displays their devotion and loyalty to their marriages.

Aside from the many similarities between Katherine and Juliet, there are many differences between the two characters. For Juliet, her love for Romeo led her to her death. For Katherine she gained obedience. In addition, Katherine's personality changes throughout the play, she transforms into a new person. For example, in the beginning of the play she was yelling at the suitors and fighting with her sister. Katherine was portrayed as an aggressive and angry character. In act one scene one of The Taming of the Shrew, when we first meet Katherine she threatens a suitor by saying, "I' faith, sir, you shall never need to fear. I wis it is not halfway to her heart. But if it were, doubt not her care should be to comb your noodle with three-legged stool and paint your face and use you like a fool (Taming of the Shrew. I.i)." At the end of the play Katherine does not show a sense of anger and is obedient. On the other hand, Juliet is the same person throughout the play. We meet her as teenager being forced into marriage and throughout the play she has many mood swings, but Juliet always remained the same. However, Katherine and Juliet think of love very differently. Katherine views love as a gradual process that will not just happen overnight. Juliet sees Romeo and instantly falls in love with him. Juliet’s love is rushed and a bit childish, yet Katherine’s love is mature and true, it is not just a phase.

Both characters have many morals, but Katherine has the most. Katherine is forced to marry Petruchio and has to make the best of the situation. She stays by him day after day even after she is put through an abundant amount of pain and suffering. Katherine does not give up and she stands by what she believes in. She also never did anything in secret. Unlike Juliet, Katherine followed her father’s and husband’s wishes and never refused to do what was asked of her. She not only follows the morals every woman of the time was expected to follow, she learned new morals along the way. Katherine learns that her husband is her lord, her life, her keeper and he will commit himself to her and protect her but in return she has to display obedience and loyalty.

Katherine deserves what she gets in the end because the majority play she was unfairly treated. At the end of The Taming of the Shrew Katherine makes a big speech, in that speech she says, "Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee, and for thy maintenance commits his body to painful labor both by sea and land, to watch the night in storms, the day in cold, whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, and craves no other tribute at thy hands but love, fair looks, and true obedience, too little payment for so great a debt (Taming of the Shrew. V.ii)." Katherine notices how much her husband affects her life and she cannot live without him. "My heart as great, my reason haply more, to bandy word for word and frown for frown; but now I see our lances are but straws, our strength as weak, our weakness past compare, that seeming to be most which we indeed least are. Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot, and place your hands below your husband’s foot, in token of which duty, if he please, my hand is ready, may it do him ease (Taming of the Shrew V.ii)." At this moment of the play we see Katherine's change in attitude and personality. She has gone from an ill-tempered shrew to a loyal obedient woman. Katherine can now be seen as an individual, not as a shrew, which was very much deserved and earned.

In addition, Katherine is a more relatable character opposed to Juliet. Katherine has to live in the shadows of her perfect sister, Bianca. Many people, no matter who they are, have the same feelings as Katherine. These people just sit back and are unnoticed and underestimated. Katherine has to associate with her Father, Baptista, and is continually being told how much better Bianca is compared to her. Many families or even friends have lived in the shadows of others. Unlike Juliet, not many individuals have gone through love at such a young age. Even if they have it was not an abundant love that could cause them to end their own lives. Katherine only wanted to be loved, and have a man who wants to marry and love her for the true person she is. Katherine, in the beginning of the play, acts in a rude and aggressive manner to make an effort in gaining some attention. In marrying Petruchio Katherine was able to find love and achieve that attention she had been longing for. Katherine’s character is an example that not all things are as bad as they seem to be. Her story seems more realistic and this makes her character more relatable.

Katherine and Juliet are seen to have their differences, but they still have numerous similarities. Both of these characters are forced into marriage and go through different circumstances, but they both are willing to do anything for their husbands. Katherine displays that she has more morals than Juliet just in the aspect that Katherine does not keep things in secret. She follows the requests of her father and by doing so her younger sister was able to experience marriage. Katherine deserves what she gets at the end of the play because of her progression of her changing personality and obedience. Nevertheless, Katherine is the more relatable character because of her situation. Many men and women hope that they can be loved and want a fair and just chance at life, similar to Katherine. Katherine and Juliet have gone through diverse situations and experienced similar things but yet they are exceedingly different individuals.