“Were you not sent for?”
It’s better to be conscious than to experience a blindsided attack. We can never know someone's true intentions, and I would go as far as to say it’s the most opportune moment for another to take advantage when we put our guard down. Therefor, this “back to the wall” strategy leaves no space for tragedy to strike. Life is all about staying two steps ahead of the competition, whether we know who it is or not. Shakespeare gives an example of a consequence resulting from not remaining wary in his writing Hamlet. “ The serpent that did sting thy father’s life, now wears his crown”(I,i40), It’s as quick and easy as that. One moment you're the ruler and the next you lay before another person's feet and watch as they triumph in victory. Shakespeare is warning his readers of the wicked souls that roam this earth. Take your eyes off of focus for even a few moments and watch how your life could be flipped upside down. Don’t turn over your crown because of a split second decision, stay alert and trust no one.

“The world is a prison.”
The social environment we live in is no longer a vast global connection but a virtual restraint we so willingly cuff ourselves to. It’s as if our 4G transformed into the metal bars of cells where people spend 23 hours a day in lockdown. What would have been perceived as solitary confinement not too long ago is now the trend and pressure of social media. Yes, technology has done the impossible by turning an ever-growing world into a shrunken screen. Imagination and perception can only go as far as our minds let it, thus the repercussion of our own doing is going to compress this world smaller and smaller and smaller until poof, we disappear. Shakespeare stated, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy”(I,vi,166). Reading that phrase in the 21st century has taken a completely different meaning all in its own....