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--------------1. Analyze Romeo's and Juliet's roles in the play as their hero's quest. Consider their quests' goals and ultimate outcome(s). Be sure to support all your assertions with specific references from the text.
2. Compare and contrast ROMEO AND JULIET with other "classic" love stories (books, stories, movies) that perpetuate the image of idealized love. Consider whether or not the lovers in other stories also have to sacrifice their love and lives in order to better the world around them. (See sheet for examples of movies or stories.)
3. In scene 1.3, Romeo exclaims, "I fear, too early, for my mind misgives some consequences yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin this fearful date." Discuss the extent to which fate and the stars contribute to or detract from the impact of
Romeo and Juliet as heroes.4. After Romeo's and Juliet's deaths, Montague states, "I will [raise] her statue in pure gold, that whiles Verona by that name is known, there shall no figure at such rate be set as that of true and faithful Juliet." Capulet responds by promising that "as rich shall Romeo's by his lady's lie, poor sacrifices for our enmity!" Write an essay in which you discuss the almost-mythological level that ROMEO AND JULIET has attained.
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a. Scene 4.2. Discuss the ways Juliet develops her powers of deceit in these scenes. Is her behavior believable? Are her parents too easily fooled?3. This week (and last), you received some papers back, graded. Choose one of the papers and correct the mistakes and/or rewrite parts and post it on your blog.
b. What five fears does Juliet express in her long soliloquy? If you were Juliet, which of the five would you find most worrying and why?
3. Write short answers to the following questions. Turn these in on Monday.Act 3.5.37-end of scene:
In this scene Juliet’s parents insist that she must marry Paris. What are the pressures Juliet is under and how does she react to them in this scene?Before you begin to write you should think about:
(a) Juliet’s worries and feelings as she speaks to her mother.
(b) The confrontation between Juliet and her father.
(c) The Nurse’s advice, and Juliet’s reaction.
(d) the increasing pressure Juliet feels by the end of the scene.
(e) How your knowledge of Juliet’s true situation makes you feel sympathetic at the beginning of the scene—and how her language makes you feel increasingly sympathetic.
a. In Scene 3.5, how does Juliet trick her mother? She is clearly saying one thing and meaning another. What is she really saying?
b. What does this arrange marriage suggest to you about male-female relationships in Verona at that time?
c. As Capulet speaks, the tone and style of his language changes. He begins (lines 126-138) confidently offering fatherly comfort to Juliet. Trace how his language changes, and see how, in his second speech (lines 141-5), he talks of her in the third person (she, her). What do you think is the effect of this change?
d. Read lines 3.5.204-242. What do you think of the Nurse’s advice? Do you think the Nurse recognizes Juliet’s irony or sarcasm when she says “Amen” and “Well, thou hast comforted me marvelous much”? In what way(s) does the Nurse’s advice add to your knowledge of her character?
e. How has your understanding of Juliet grown in this scene?
John Earl Jones, 80 of Racine, Wisconsin, died Saturday morning, February 7, 2009 after a long illness. Funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon Thursday at Maple Funeral Home Chapel.
For most of his life, Mr. Jones was the proprietor of Jones and Sons, a hardware store in downtown Racine. Mr. Jones started the business in 1940. His two sons later joined him in the venture. Mr. Jones was active in the Racine Chamber of Commerce, the Racine Community Theater, and the Friends of the Public Library Association. Mr. Jones was also a member of the Racine Presbyterian Church, serving on its elder board. He was known to be civic-minded and served in various leadership capacities for the Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Racine Community Theater and/or Friends of the Public Library Association.
courtly love, monologue, soliloquy, aside, apostrophe, alliteration, consonance, assonance, personification, metaphor, simile, blank verse, rhyming couplets, allusions, tragedy and tragic hero, Petrarchan conceit, oxymoron, paradox, foil, hyperbole, understatement, dynamic and static characters, irony (verbal, dramatic, cosmic), motif (repeating images), diction, syntax, theme
1. Read 3.1 and 3.2.
We're now on to our next unit, ROMEO AND JULIET!
