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
HALEY VASSIOS ALYSSA WINN TYLER SPANOS
ReplyDeleteIn act 2 scene 4, Mercutio and Benvolio wonder where Romeo is and they find out he was away on some kind of 'buisness', but we can infer he was looking for Juliet. As Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio are joking around with each other, the nurse barges in with her servant Peter. They make jokes about the nurse and how she looks like a servant. The nurse tells Romeo to be serious about Juliet.
VOCAB-
Ropery- jokes
Herring-fish
Cheveril-kidskin
Bawdy-women who runs a 'cat house'
Knave-unprincipaled crafty man
LITERARY TERMS-
Allusion-116-117
Couplet-121-122
Foreshadow-136-139
THEMES-
Hostility and its effect on the innocent
Friendship
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY-
Comedy- 18-24
Tragedy- 136-139
JESSICA STEPHENSON LEXI STARKEL ASHER SIDHU
ReplyDeleteVOCAB-
pump: shoe
cheveril:kidskin
ropery: jokes
goodly gear: something fine to joke about
great natural: an idiot
topgallant: highest point
LITERARY TERMS-
epithet: "Tybalt, the kinsman to old Captulet"-6
epithet: "...What is Tybalt? More than Prince of Cats"-17-18
allusion: "More than Prince of Cats"-18
allusion: "Cleopatra a gypsy, Helen and Hero" 37-38
foreshadowing: "Alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!" 13-14
metaphor: "...like a dried herring" 34
diction: "what saucy merchant was this that was so full of his ropery?" 28-29
pun: "courageous captain of compliments" 19
THEMES-
sexuality: "pink for flower" 53-54
hostility: "she will endite him to supper" 113
COMEDY-
There is harsh joking going on with the use of puns and ropery. "I will bite thee ear..."66-67
SUMMARY-
Romeo has just talked to Friar Lawrence and sees Benvolio and Mercutio making suggestive jokes. The nurse arrives and is upset by these jokes and tells Romeo to be serious about his love for Juliet. Romeo tells the nurse where and when he will meet Juliet later that day.
I. minim rest- pause
ReplyDeletedowdy- shabby
ropery- jokes
jest- joke or witty remark
cheveril- kidskin
II. allusion- Dido a dowdy, Cleopatra a Gypsy... 37-38
antagonist- Tybalt 16
blank verse- More than...hay 18-24
repetition- "Farewell ancient lady, farewell lady lady lady." 126
Simile- "she looksas pale as any clout in the versal world" 179-180
soliloquy-"and stay...thy mistress" 162-168
Karishma Reddy and Mackenzie Tucker
MICHELLE O JULIA M ANDREW G
ReplyDeleteMercutio & Benvolio are joking around and talking about the upcoming wedding. The nurse and Peter happen upon their conversation; the nurse tells Romeo to be more serious about his love for/wanting to marry Juliet. Romeo then leaves to meet with Juliet.
VOCAB-
1. pricksong: precision singing
2. berhyme: to write poetry for someone
3. cheveril: kid (baby goat) skin
4. bawdy: vulgar
5. troth: to have good faith/to believe in
LITERARY TERMS
allusion- line 18, "Prince of Cats"
antagonist- line 16, "Tybalt"
diction to reveal...-lines 90-95, nurse using fan to seem more than just a servant
repetition- line 126, "lady, lady, lady"
epithet- lines 18 & 19, "corageous captain of compliments"
THEMES
lines 44-81 show friendship between Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio. They are laughing, joking, and having a good time.
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY
comedic-dialouge is very lighthearted and contains many puns/jokes.