Romeo and Juliet is a heartbreaking play about two lovers who come from rival families. The play is filled with dramatic irony that suggests they are destined for tragedy. Act 2 Scene 2 or ‘The Balcony Scene’ has a larger effect on the rest of the play than all the other scenes I feel. This is because it is concerned with nearly all of the recurring themes during the play. Youth and Age is one theme there is a contrast between these right through the play‚ Romeo and Juliet are young lovers that
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Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare‚ the play is based on forbidden love and deathly consequences. The beginning of the play starts with a prologue‚ the main point of this is to get the audience’s attention and set the scene but to also explain the whole outline of the play. By doing this Shakespeare is also acknowledging one of the main themes of the play‚ which is fate. In the prologue Shakespeare chooses to use a lot of violent language- “Their death...Civil blood makes civil
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ROMEO AND JULIET ACTS 1-3 sumary In acts one‚ two and three in “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare the story begins to take some twists and turns. To begin‚ in act one‚ on the streets of Verona the Capulet’s servants pick a fight with some Montague’s servants and Benvolio attempts to stop the fight. Benvolio draws his sword and yells “Part fools!/Put up your swords; you know not what you do”(1.1.56-7). Tybalt then walks in and sees Benvolio with is sword out‚ so he too pulls
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In act one‚ scene one‚ after World War II‚ Mr. Frank goes back to the attic in Amsterdam. Miep‚ the woman who works in the office below the attic‚ gives Mr. Frank some of Anne’s writings. Her diary reminds him of his family’s time in hiding. This makes Mr. Frank very sad and he wants to leave Amsterdam. Act one‚ scene two is a flashback to an earlier time in the attic. The Franks and Van Daans are forced to hide because they are Jewish. The two families live together in the attic of Mr. Frank’s
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Act 2 Scene 2: Capulet’s orchard ROMEO He jests at scars that never left a wound But‚ soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east‚ and Juliet is the sun. Arise‚ fair sun‚ and kill the envious moon‚ Who is already sick and pale with grief‚ That thou her maid art far more fair than she. At this point‚ Juliet appears at the window. Romeo watches her from below. JULIET Ay me! ROMEO [Aside] She speaks. Oh speak again‚ bright angel‚ for thou art As glorious to
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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ act 4 scene 2 and scene 4 should be put together. Both scenes include preparations for the wedding the following day‚ but they are too weak as separate scenes.When Capulet sent one of his servants out to get some cooks‚ “Sirrah‚ go hire me twenty cunning cooks.” (4.2.2). But just two scenes later‚ they are in the kitchen cooking the food. “Come‚ stir‚ stir‚ stir! The second cock hath crowned.” (4.4.3). Getting the food‚ and cooking the food are two
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Act III Study Guide Scene 1 Mercutio is mocking Benvolio at the opening of this scene. What is he saying and how do we know he is teasing? A: He is describing Benvolio as someone who loves to fight‚ but we know from the verybeginning of the play that Benvolio loves to keep the peace and tries to avoid conflictbecause he tried to break up the fight between the servants. Why does Romeo refuse to fight with Tybalt? What does he say in lines 66-70? A: He refuses to fight because he is married
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Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a romantic tragedy. We first learn this in the Prologue‚ as the audience is told: “Doth with their death…Their death marked love”. The Prologue tells the audience key events in the play and is a good source of dramatic irony‚ as the audience knows that the characters will die at the end‚ although the characters themselves don’t. The story of Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy‚ and tells of two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ who
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Read ALL of Act 4 and answer the following in complete‚ detailed sentences: A) Compare and contrast the reasons for the visits of Paris and Juliet to Friar Laurence. B) How does Juliet conduct herself with Paris? What does she say to him? C) Why do you think Juliet allows Paris to kiss her? D) Why do you think Shakespeare has Juliet say that she is “past
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ROMEO AND JULIET: Act I Reading and Study Guide I. VOCABULARY: Adversary Opponent; Enemy Nuptial Wedding II. LITERARY TERMS: Aside Words spoken by a character in a play‚ usually in an undertone and not intended. Example Act 1‚ scene 5‚ line 54 Blank verse Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Characterization The personality a character displays; also‚ the means by which the author reveals that personality
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