Romeo: (taking JULIET’s hand) Your hands are so soft and precious If you’re offended by the touch of my hand‚ my two lips are standing here ready to make things better with a kiss. Juliet: By holding my hand you show love and kindness. After all‚ Holding one palm against another is like a kiss Romeo: Yes‚ like a kiss‚ but not a kiss Juliet: Hands are lips that we’re supposed to pray with. Romeo: Well then‚ saint‚ let lips do what hands do. I’m praying for you to kiss me. Please grant my prayer
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Act 1 Scene 1 Setting * Witch laughter * Haunted * Rain & Thunder * Dark * Supernatural These are all what Shakespeare wants us to feel setting (Refer to attachment) Quotes “In thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?” [A1S1 L1 Pg 23] * Foreshadows the play/ ending * Not in right place * Theme of Against the Order of Nature “When the battle’s lost and won.” [A1S1 L2 Pg 23] * “lost and won” * Riddle/ contradicting/ complex * Suggest magic/ witchcraft
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How does Shakespeare use language and dramatic effects to in Act 1‚ Scene 1 and Act 3‚ Scene 1 of Montague family. Later in Act One Scene Five he authenticates that all that is ever on his mind is war as when he sees Romeo at the Capulet party (Romeo being a Montague and therefore not wanted)‚ instead of letting it pass as a party in Elizabethan times and today is no place for fighting‚ he asks Capulet for permission to fight him there and then - "Uncle‚ this is a Montague‚ our foe; a villain‚ that
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The Use of Soliloquies in Romeo and Juliet Talking to yourself is never a good idea in society‚ unless of course you are a character in a work by William Shakespeare. Many of his famous works are riddled with people talking to themselves‚ rambling on and on in Shakespeare’s unique poetic fashion of iambic pentameter. These outbursts of thought that come from the minds of the characters are generally called soliloquies. One of the most famous scenarios of a soliloquy happens to come from the play
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The story of "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy. This is well known among most people‚ but why is this play a tragedy? When did it all start? Where is the turning point in this play? I think that the turning point is Act 3 Scene 1. This is the point where the tragedy starts. This scene focuses much on Romeo. When Romeo kills Tybalt in this scene‚ the Capulets don’t just hate the Montagues‚ they hate them a lot. This essay will describe what happened in Act 3 Scene 1‚ why the scene is the turning point
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Romeo and Juliet’s Last love scene I think is the essence of the play it tells the audience how important their love is to each other and how they would do anything to be together‚ W.H Auden also expresses love like this in his poem "stop all the clocks" in the way he makes everything grind to a halt after his tragic loss. Romeo’s behavior when he spies Juliet is smitten at first sight‚ describing her as "Beauty too rich for use‚ for earth too dear!" (I‚ v‚ 49). This language is in direct contrast
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Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare and was first published in 1597‚ but the revised edition of 1599 is mainly used today. Shakespeare’s principal source for Romeo and Juliet was a poem by Arthur Brooke (1562) Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet so that it could be performed by actors and enjoyed by audiences. Romeo and Juliet is ’A tragedy of youth as youth sees it’‚ wrote Harley Granville Barker. It is set in a Veronese high summer‚ and is both a tale of ’star-crossed lovers’
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Capulet‚ nephew of the Lord Capulet’s wife‚ was allegedly slain by Romeo Montague‚ son of the great Lord Montague. Mercutio‚ kin to Prince Escalus‚ was the other casualty. He was allegedly slain by Tybalt‚ using Romeo as a shield when trying to break them up. Benvolio‚ of the Montagues‚ was an eye-witness to the terrible scene and was interviewed for hid full report on what happened. According to him‚ Tybalt wanted to fight Romeo‚ but Romeo declined and tried to mediate the situation also making alleged
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Discuss The Dramatic Effectiveness of The Soliloquies in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is probably Shakespeare’s most well known play. It is the story of two star-crossed lovers fighting to find acceptance of their love. Throughout the play there is a consistent‚ ongoing fight between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s‚ Romeo being a Montague and Juliet being a Capulet. It all ends in tragedy but “through bad comes good” and the Capulet’s and Montague’s start to build bridges
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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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