Category: Communication

Act 3 Scene 1

October 22, 2014 / / 1 Comment

Time: Monday Evening.

Characters: Mercutio, Benvolio , Romeo,Tybalt and Petruchio.

Events: 

Mercutio and Benvolio begin the scene by saying that if we see them then will fight our enemies straight away.Soon after, Romeo enters saying stuff about how happy he was of they day, but then Tybalt is seen and wants a fight so Mercutio does not back down and says “O calm dishonorable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away. (draws his sword) Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” meaning we must put our sword out and fight.They begin to fight and obviously Romeo breaks it up since he married Juliet there will be no fighting between the families.Suddenly Tybalt strikes under Romeo’s arm and stabs Mercutio .Romeo gets angry and says you must pay for this so in the meantime Mercutio dies so that motivates Romeo to definitely make Tybalt pay the price for the death of Mercutio. Tybalt dies. The prince asks what happened and the witnesses says Romeo done everything so Lady Capulet says cut Romeo’s head (Romeo has the Prince blood so any badness affects the Prince).The Prince decides that Romeo shall not be allowed in Verona again.

Quote:

BENVOLIO

Tybalt started the fight before he was killed by Romeo. Romeo spoke to Tybalt politely and told him how silly this argument was. He mentioned that you would not approve of the fight. He said all of this gently and calmly, kneeling down out of respect. But he could not make peace with Tybalt, who was in an angry mood and wouldn’t listen to talk about peace. Tybalt and Mercutio began to fight each other fiercely, lunging at one another and dodging each other’s blows. Romeo cried out, “Stop, my friends. Break it up.” Then he jumped in between them and forced them to put their swords down. But Tybalt reached under Romeo’s arm and thrust his sword into brave Mercutio. Then Tybalt fled the scene.

 

Act 2 Scene 4/5 H/W Summary

October 16, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Act 2 Scene 4

Time: Monday morning

Characters: Benvolio, Mercutio, Romeo, Peter, Nurse

Event:

The morning after Capulet’s feast Benvolio and Mercutio are searching for Romeo.Later Romeo appears and Benvolio and Mercutio find out that Romeo was not with Roselin for the night.Nurse enters asking for Romeo and Romeo tries to tell the nurse something but Mercutio is mocking the nurse.Romeo tells nurse to tell Juliet that they are getting married today so meet them at Friar Lawrence cell.

Quote:

MERCUTIO
Oh, thou art deceived. I would have made it short, for I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

Act 2 Scene 5

Setting: Juliet’s house

Time: Monday morning

Event:

Nurse tells Juliet that she has great news but the nurse starts moaning about her bones ache and how tired she is ,until the get to the point that Juliet as said by Romeo,will be marrying Romeo today but they must meet at Friar Lawrence ASAP.Juliet says “yes!”

Quote:

hen hie you hence to Friar Lawrence’s cell.
There stays a husband to make you a wife.
Now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeks.
They’ll be in scarlet straight at any news.
Hie you to church. I must another way
To fetch a ladder, by the which your love
Must climb a bird’s nest soon when it is dark.
I am the drudge and toil in your delight,
But you shall bear the burden soon at night.
Go. I’ll to dinner. Hie you to the cell.

Act 1 scene 4 Homework Metaphor

October 7, 2014 / / 1 Comment

MERCUTIO

True, I talk of dreams,Which are the children of an idle brain,Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,Which is as thin of substance as the air,And more inconstant than the wind, who woos,Even now the frozen bosom of the north,And, being angered, puffs away from thence,Turning his face to the dew-dropping south

MERCUTIO
True. I’m talking about dreams, which are the products of a brain that’s doing nothing. Dreams are nothing but silly imagination, as thin as air, and less predictable than the wind, which sometimes blows on the frozen north and then gets angry and blows south.

My opinion/what is the metaphor:

I think the whole quote by itself is a metaphor because it is comparing dreams to being childish and fake and that sometimes trick your thinking into something else.

Now Shakespeare uses this metaphor (I think) to compare dreams to being fake and saying that the only thing they do is mislead you into a wrong path so I would think that he is trying to talk about love is just a dream that takes you in wrong direction so you should also try to follow not just your hearth but also your brain and say to yourself is she really worth it to risk, everything and be depressed that badly when you don’t know if you are actually going to be with her for the rest of your life(which is not actually the truth since he meets Juliet).That is what I think of the metaphor and what is the actual meaning behind the metaphor.

H/W Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 4 Explain Shakespeare’s use of Metaphor

October 2, 2014 / / 1 Comment

Point

William Shakespeare uses metaphor to create a better understanding of his script or play, so the comparison of an action to his play would make understand more of what is not just happening with the character but also, to create an atmosphere of whats is happening around the character/s (Setting).

Example

Act 1 Scene 4 Mercutio talks rough about about love to Romeo

“If love be rough with you, be rough with love.
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.—
Give me a case to put my visage in!
A visor for a visor.—What care I
What curious eye doth cote deformities?
Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me.”
Modern Translation from NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE
“If love plays rough with you, play rough with LOVE
-Mercutio suggests that- Romeo cure himself of love by having sex.
love. If you prick love when it pricks you, you’ll beat love down.
Give me a mask to put my face in. A mask to put over my other mask.
What do I care if some curious person sees my flaws?
Let this mask, with its black eyebrows, blush for me. (they put on masks)”
Explanation
The metaphor “Give me a case to put my visage in!” this mini quotation suggest that Romeo’s feelings, mood and his own atmosphere;
His feelings right now would be sad, lonely and love needing.
 His mood would be depressed.
His atmosphere would be dark ,silent  and hollow
Extension Component
There is load of quotations in the script to prove my point of Romeo being depressed because of love such as
“BENVOLIO
Tut man, one fire burns out another’s burning.
One pain is lessened by another’s anguish.
Turn giddy, and be helped by backward turning.
One desperate grief cures with another’s languish.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.”
This quotation is from Act 1 Scene 2  this little paragraph shows Romeo’s emotions to what love has led him to.

This is Your Online Domain

May 26, 2014 / / 0 Comments

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May 25, 2014

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