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
Themes:
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The effects of faulty decision making-66
The role of fate and fortune-91-92
Summary:
Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence asking him a favor, as he speaks in riddles. Friar Lawrence agrees once he asks Romeo to speak plainly. Romeo then goes to get Juliet so they can get married by Friar Lawrence.
Ashley and Joseph
ACT 2 SCENE 3:
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VOCABULARY-
drunkard A person who is frequently drunk.
encamp:To settle or lodge in a camp.
predominant:Having power or influence over others.
uproused:To rouse up, arouse, awaken.
intercession:Prayer to God on behalf of another.
hence:From this source or origin.
LITERARY TERMS-
couplet:Lines 41 and 42
"Or if not so, then here I hit it right:
Our Romeo hath not been to bed tonight."
iambic pentameter:Line 13
"Many for many virtues excellent."
conflict:Lines 66 through 68
"Is Rosaline, whom you didst love so dear,
So soon foresaken? Young men's love then lies,
Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes."
personification: Line 5
"Now, ere the sun advance his burning eye,"
metaphor:Line 9
"The earth, that's nature's mother, is her tomb,"
imagery:Line 1
"The grey-eyed morn sniles on the frowning night,"
THEMES-
child/parent realationship: Lines 43 through 46
deception: Lines 20 and 21
faulty decision making: Lines 65 through 70
TRAGEDIES AND COMEDIES
This scene does not have any comical aspects. There is an atmosphere of seriousness and calmness.
SUMMARY
Throughout the whole story, Friar Lawrence is a helpful father figure for Romeo. Romeo wants to marry Juliet but Friar Lawrence is concerned because he is just getting over his past romance with Rosaline. Although he is very hasty, he decides to marry them. He thinks it will also stop the feuding between the two families.