The first blogging opportunity for the students of 2010--
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Your first assignment involves a group discussion covering the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet. Under the appropriate post, report your group findings regarding the vocabulary, literary devices, themes, and tragedy/comedy characteristics for your assigned scene. Complete your blog comment with a well-developed summary of the scene using appropriate verb tense and point of view, as well as varied sentence structure and strong action verbs.
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Mrs. Flores
The nurse and lady capulet suggest a relationship between Juliet and Paris. The nurse remineices about her past with young Juilet and the loss of her child. Juilet states her opinion on the matter of marriage , lacking any kind of enthusiasm for the affair . Lady capulet offers her wisdom to Juliet , advising her to go fourth with marriage.
ReplyDelete-Vocab-
ReplyDelete1. lammastide- August 1, religious feast day.
2. tetchy- touchy, cranky
3. perilous- hazardous, dangerous
4. endart- look deeply, as if penetrating with a dart.
5. extremity- great confusion.
-Literary Terms-
euphemism- "Susan is with god"(1051)
Repetition- "marry, that 'that marry' is the very theme"(1052)
hyperbole- "I should live a thousand years"(1051)
simile- "a bump as big as a young cock'rel's stone"(1051)
onomatopoeia- "knock"(1051)
foreshadowing- "An I might live to see thee married once, I have my wish."(1052)
Characterization- "hes a man of wax"
metaphor- "Verona's summer hath not such a flower"(1052)
alliteration- "Twas no need, I trow, to bid me trudge"(1051)
symbol- "What lamb, what lady bird!"(1049)
-Themes-
child/parent relationships- between Juliet her nurse, "By my count I was your mother upon these years that you are now a maid."(1052)
friendship- between Juliet and her nurse, "A man, young lady! Lady, such a man as all the world, why hes a man of wax."(1052)
the role of fate and fortune- said by Juliet's nurse, "than your consent gives me strengths to make a fly."(1053)
-Summary-
The nurse and lady Capulet suggest that Juliet and Paris should be wed. The nurse recollects the tragedy of her past. Juliet to the misfortune of the both of them, expresses no interest or enthusiasm on the matter. But despite her lack of interest, lady Capulet advises Juliet to go through with nuptial binding.
Third Block
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