English Teacher

I don't like her much. I don't know if I've mentioned that here or not, but really. I don't.

Except, I did, for a few blissful moments on Friday right after she gave us our essay topic for our midterm exam. It's one of the greatest questions she could have possibly asked us over what we had learned this semester, because I can answer it so many different ways and support every single answer.
"Who do you think is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Explain your response."
Traditionally, I would say the Nurse and Friar Lawrence, but for the sake of brevity, I decided to go just with Friar Lawrence.
I adore this topic. I can go on and on about it for hours. It's one of the very few things I like about Romeo and Juliet -- this, the prologue, the biting of the thumbs scene, and a couple of random quotes.
The reason I like it so much is that I don't like any of the characters, so I feel no shame in blaming any of them -- the parents, Friar Lawrence, the Nurse, Friar John, Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Benvolio, Tybalt, the servants, Rosaline, the apothecary...or even something abstract -- the feud, Romeo's "love" for Rosaline.

I think I could even blame the balcony. Or that ring that Juliet gave to Romeo.

Anyway, I temporarily loved my English teacher for giving us that topic. The rumor going around was that the topic was something about comic relief. Ick. This was much better.