In this short play we are taken into the world of 1920’s life of a black woman. The play is divided into 2 major parts. The first three scenes are set in the past‚ 1900 and the last scene is set in present day 1920s. In short manner it depicts a life of a black woman troubled by her extensive jealousy and deep hatred for her dark skin color. Scene 1 is when we are first introduced to the main character of the play‚ Emmaline. She is a dancer and she is headed‚ with the rest of the crew‚ to a cake
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and why he acts like that. I will compare the way he acts in the earlier scenes‚ before Act 3 Scene 5 with the way he behaves in Act 3 Scene 5 towards Juliet. I think that Capulet behaviour is not unexpected because we have seen his aggression in Act 1 Scene 1‚ at the start of the play and we have seen his aggression towards Tybalt when Tybalt sees Romeo at the ball. When Capulet speaks to Paris in Act 1 Scene 2 we feel that Capulet is being fake and pretending. In Act 1 Scene 1‚ Lord Capulet
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Act 5: Scene 1 GRAVEDIGGER-She killed herself‚ are they really going to give her a Christian funeral? OTHER- Yes‚ so finish up that grave. The coroner examined her case and decided it should be a Christian funeral. GRAVEDIGGER- But how? Unless she drowned herself in defense OTHER- They think she did. GRAVEDIGGER-Psst yeah sounds like self-offense to me.. I think that if she knew she was drowning herself that’s an act. Acts have three sides to it: to do‚ to act‚ and to preform
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How does Shakespeare portray strong emotions in Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet? In act 3‚ scene 5 in Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ a lot of emotions are being shown by different characters. In this scene Shakespeare has involved some of the main themes; family‚ hatred/anger‚ violence and the most notable theme‚ love. Shakespeare has made Lord Capulet seem joyous as he enters the room/scene as he thinks that his daughter will be getting married to Count Paris. This is shown by
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Period_______ Romeo and Juliet Notes Act 3 Notes Act III Scene 1 Notes Shakespeare replaces the marriage scene with violence. The hope of marriage of Romeo and Juliet is quickly ruined by fatal violence. Benvolio predicts the brawl (believes the weather has the "mad blood stirring"). He is earnest but ineffectual. Romeo kills Tybalt not out of hatred or revenge‚ but because he was avenging Mercutio’s death. The prince restores order (just like in Act 1 Scene 1). When the prince banishes Romeo‚ he
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Romeo and Juliet Acts of Hastiness in Act 1 At the VERY beginning‚ Romeo drops Rosaline like a hot rock because she left off to become a nun. Romeo and Benvolio decide last minute to go to their enemy’s party in hopes of getting Romeo over Rosaline. Romeo and Juliet at the party fall in love in a matter of minutes Juliet doesn’t even know Romeo and she kisses him Juliet doesn’t know that Romeo is her arch enemy but "falls in love" anyway When Romeo sneaks out to Juliet’s "tower"
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1. Explain the references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3. The references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3 were; to me‚ when the nurse came in ACT 3 scene 2 and said the it was a piteous corpse‚ a bloody piteous corpse‚ pale‚ pales as ashes…all in gore-blood. And also another reference was when Juliet was talking about the devil tormenting her in some way because it was her cousin who died and her lover who killed him. Plus in ACT 3 scene 3 Romeo talks about more about his doom with the Prince
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Act 2 Scene 2 is a very famous and touching Scene in Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. It shows the romance‚ affection and danger of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship love which makes the play moving. Romeo and Juliet’s thoughts are shown widely in this scene and‚ as an audience‚ we start to see how their love may or may not have meant to be. Romeo’s feelings towards Juliet are shown in the beginning of Act 2 Scene 2. It begins when Romeo is creeping into the garden. There is an underlying
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Act 3 scene 2 Summary Act 3‚ scenes 2–4 Summary: Act 3‚ scene 2 In Capulet’s house‚ Juliet longs for night to fall so that Romeo will come to her “untalked of and unseen”. Suddenly the Nurse rushes in with news of the fight between Romeo and Tybalt. But the Nurse is so distraught; she stumbles over the words‚ making it sound as if Romeo is dead. Juliet assumes Romeo has killed himself‚ and she resigns to die herself. The Nurse then begins to moan about Tybalt’s death‚ and Juliet briefly fears
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Rock Bottom Productions Presents: Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare Act 2 Mason Noteboom‚ Sean Guderian‚ Lailah Safi‚ Hadar Ziv‚ Jack Tanner‚ Elle Meyer‚ and Brendan Haines Table of Contents: Dramaturgy: Section 1: ● Paraphrase of Act 2 .......................................................Page 3 ● Glossary............................................................................Page 3-7 ● Description of Context....................................................Page 7 Section 2: ● Description
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