blog # 13

Phantom of the Opera is a wonderful play. A play filled with mystery, wonders, thrillers, comedy, and a bit of tragedy. More words are required to describe such a wonderful play.

The play was beautifully written and organized. The actors were amazing. They played out their roles with so much grace and elegance. Their voices were load yet gentle, fierce yet audible. You will feel the emotion of each character and will know what they were thinking. The music was spectacular. It matches with the atmosphere of the play and is ever changing like liquid. Soft and divine at the same time load and proud. The cast really did a great job performing, playing, and prepping for the play. I would say that I was stunned and it instantly caught my attention from the start.

The story was really amazing. It focuses on Christine, an aspiring actor and singer for the play, being tormented (or guided) by the infamous “Phantom of the Opera.” The way she started and the way she resolved her problem with the phantom was superb. It started out with Christine being a singer. She could hear The Phantom whispering through while she was alone in her room. She was being guided and also being thought. She referred to the phantom as “The Angel of Music” because of his beautiful voice. However, The Phantom was slippery as a snake. He tried kidnapping Christine and making her his wife and own angel of music. Once Christine figured out the truth to what kind of person the phantom is, she began to resist and seeked help to her fiancé. It all adds up to a confrontation between Christine and The phantom. She was given a choice. To let her fiancée live and stay forever with the phantom or let him die. In the end phantom was the one deciding their fate. He had a change of heart and has accepted who Christine’s true love is.

A wonderful story it was and I would really like to watch it again. You would learn a lot from the play. Loyalty, Bravery, being courageous, and learn the true meaning of love through music.

Blog # 14

Plagiarism is one of the most common acts of thievery that most people do on purpose or by accident.

What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is the act of stealing someone’s work and idea by copying it and stating that it was your own work. This may cause a lot of problems. Plagiarism inspires laziness, lack of creativity and originality, and lack of credit is given to the original author of the plagiarized work.

Plagiarism promotes laziness because it lets someone do nothing but copy other people’s work and nothing more. The person who plagiarizes other people’s work tends to be lazier and less productive. In other words, plagiarism is an easy way out in doing one’s assignment or work. They gain and learn nothing from said actions and in some worse cases; plagiarism may become their usual routine in doing important tasks and assignments.

Plagiarism makes people less productive and creative. If students always use plagiarism on their homework and research papers, they would learn nothing, and if they do, it will only be a small amount of knowledge. For those students who avoids plagiarism, their assignments and research are more unique than those who uses plagiarism. Not only that, compared to those who uses plagiarism, those who don’t use plagiarism would find their vocabulary more diverse.

Not enough credit is given to owner. Everyone would agree that they would feel sad if someone stole their money and belongings especially if it’s hard earned. Same goes to essays, poems, speeches, and almost any other documents found in the internet or any other sources. The author deserved that acknowledgement from the readers and listeners because they poured in their blood, sweat, and tears in making those wonderful work of art. And if you just take their work without stating who created it and you claiming it as your own, it would be very disrespectful for the author and you will be depriving the credit he/she deserves.