From: Aron Wall (aron_at_wall.org)
Date: Tue Mar 29 2005 - 10:22:45 PST
Ed Murphy wrote: > In the TVRotR, Hamlet will open an act of the play with a speech. > > As required by the prologue, I hereby open Act One, thusly: > > "I don't want to hear about it!" said Marjorie, slamming the door > shut with one foot and stalking off toward the house. Jeremy > pocketed the car keys and followed, rolling his eyes. They carried > one grocery bag apiece. > > "Rules of the road is one thing, and television another, but > combine them and-- and I'm not helping you learn any more, that's > what! You're going to get me killed like that! That set is in > there for the _children_." > > A look. > > "The _young_ children, Jeremy. You're fifteen years old and you > know perfectly well what I meant." VALID. Note that the prologue is clearly 234:1, despite that rule's invalidity. Style: +1 Humor +1/2 Valid -1 I'm not so sure that a narrative structure is the best way for the round to go, seeing as it will make it more difficult to follow the theme. Total: +1/2. Aron Wall
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