Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet; Act 1 and Act 2 Analysis Act 1 Scene 1 • The setting of the play is in Verona Italy. • The Capulet’s are people that like to start fights and say harsh things to the Montague’s; Example: Sampson: “I won’t eat dirt. If a Montague insults me. I will spit on him. And I will spit on all those Montague women too”. This is an example that tells us that the Capulet’s are harsh people who like to start a fight. • The Montague seem like peacekeepers and
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Romeo and Juliet Act One (study guide) ACT ONE -SCENE ONE 1‚ Between what two families does the feud exist? ___Capulet____________ vs. _____Montague____________ 2. What decree does the Prince make after the street brawl? The next time there was trouble the penalty for the offender would be death. 3. What advice does Benvolio give Romeo about Rosaline? He says to forget her and find another. ACT ONE -SCENE TWO 1. How does Capulet respond to Paris’ proposal to marry Juliet? He says
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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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ACT 2 SCENE 3 SUMMARY Romeo goes to Friar Lawrance’s cell to talk. Friar Lawrence was collecting herbs and talking about how herbs and plants have the potential to be healing and medicinal‚ but if they’re misused‚ they can be deadly poison. He looks at Romeo and notices that loverboy hasn’t ‘’been in bed tonight’’ and assumes taht he was with Rosaline. He also notices that Romeo is cheerful. Romeo tells about his love to Juliet and want Friar Lawrence to marry them. Friar decides to help Romeo
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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 1 - Scene 4 Mercutio and Benvolio try to persuade Romeo to continue on with crashing the party at the Capulet’s with an optimistic mindset. This is because Romeo was in a nervous state caused by a dream he had depicting a life’s end. Had Romeo listened to his dream‚ many others‚ including himself‚ would have lived passed the next few days. Act 2 - Scene 3 Romeo meets up with Friar Lawrence to request him to marry Juliet to him. Friar Lawrence agrees to wed the two but not after questioning
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Juliet expresses feelings of anguish‚ frustration and relief in her small speech in Act 3 Scene 2. Shakespeare portrays Juliet’s feeling in a number of different ways‚ through her language‚ different techniques and structure allowing u to infer quite a few things about Juliet without a reference to other parts of the play. Juliet expresses the feeling of anguish‚ which is portrayed in numerous different ways. A quotation that supports this is‚ ‘villain cousin would have kill’d my husband’. ‘Villain’
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Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene I This scene takes place in Verona‚ Italy‚ on a public street. Gregory and Sampson‚ who are part of the Montague household‚ are looking for some trouble. Abram and Baltizar‚ part of the Capulet household are there also. Due to fact that the Capulet’s and Montague’s are enemies‚ they start fighting. The prince comes out and interrupts the fight. He warns them if they keep fighting they will be persecuted. Romeo‚ the son of Montague‚ cannot be found. Montague ask
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Analysing Act 2 scene 2 Controlling Idea – In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet he has used language features and textual features to construct the character of Romeo to be naive about love and willing to do anything to be with his love‚ Juliet. This is expressed by how quickly his love for Rosaline is replaced by his love for Juliet‚ showing he doesn’t know the true meaning of love but - is in love with the idea of love. Introduction – William Shakespeare is using both language and
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((ROMEO & JULIET)) Act 1 Act 1‚ prologue This opening speech by the Chorus serves as an introduction to Romeo and Juliet. We are provided with information about where the play takes place‚ and given some background information about its principal characters. The obvious function of the Prologue as introduction to the Verona of Romeo and Juliet can obscure its deeper‚ more important function. The Prologue does not merely set the scene of Romeo and Juliet; it tells the audience exactly what is
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