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
IV. Tragedy and Comedy
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Line 80
". . .rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I. . ."
V. Summary
Paris asks Capulet if he can marry Juliet and Capulet says that Juliet is too young to get married. Capulet gives Paris permission to court Juliet and try to win her heart. Capulet invites Paris to a party he is having that night so Paris can get to know Juliet better. Capulet tells Paris that he will let him marry Juliet if she likes him.
Romeo finds out that Rosaline, the girl who rejected him, will be going to the party. Benvolio urges him to go to the party to see how Roasline compares with the other women there.
Group Members: Tania Singh, Peyton Smith, and Alex Reynolds
I. VOCABULARY
ReplyDeletebound: obligated
reckoning: reputation
sirrah: a term used to address a servant
wither: where
unattainted: unbiased; unprejudiced
god-den: good evening
III. THEMES
Friendship: Benvolio was urging Romeo to go to the party(82-101)
Child/Parent Relationships: Capulet tells Juliet she is too young to marry
VOCAB:
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reckoning- reputation
sirrah- a term used to address
whither- where
unattainted- unbiased, unprejudiced
LITERARY TERMS:
characterization- "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years." 9
couplet- "But woo her, gentle Paris, get her part. My will to her consent is but apart." 16-17
foreshadowing- "Ay, mine own fortune in my misery" 57
iambic pentameter- "Herself poised with herself in either eye." 95
metaphore-"Compare her face with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow." 86-87
pun-"And these, who, often drowned, could never die." 90
monologue- "amoung fresh female buds shall you this night inherit at my house..."29-33
personification- "At my poor house look to behold this night." 24
soliloquy- "She is the hopeful lady of my earth." 15
Members: Tania Singh, Peyton Smith, and Alex Reynolds
3. Themes
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Lines 14-15
"The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she; She is the hopeful lady of my earth."
Friendships
Line 3
" ... For men so old as we keep the peace."
Alex Reynolds
II. Literary Terms
ReplyDeletecharacterization-My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,
Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride
(characterizing that Juliet is still very young)
couplet- 1)"But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart
My will to her consent is but apart." (16-17)
2) "An she agree, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice." (18-19)
iambic pentameter- May stand in number, though in reckoning none.
metaphor: "....that the shoemaker should meddle with his
yard, and the tailor with his last, the fisher with
his pencil, and the painter with his nets; but I am
sent to find those persons whose names are here
writ...."
Soliloquy: "Not mad, but bound more than a mad-man is;
Shut up in prison, kept without my food,
Whipp'd and tormented and--God-den, good fellow."
V. Summary
In this scene, Paris is talking to Juliet's father, Capulet, about marrying Juliet. Capulet says she is too young to marry, but if he can win her heart, she can marry him. So, the idea of a party is put forth to be held at the Capulet residence. A servant should take all the invites. Along the way, the servant meets Romeo and Benvolio. Benvolio tells Romeo that Rosaline, the girl that broke Romeo's heart, will be there. Benvolio suggests comparing her to the rest of the women in attendance. The men have decided to attend.