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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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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Commentary on Othello Act 5‚ Scene 2 Lines #338-356 Within Act 5‚ Scene 2 of the Shakespearian play Othello‚ Lodovico tells Othello he is to lose command and Cassio will become the governor of Cyrpus instead. Subsequently‚ Othello is to be held prison and will await trial. It is from this point in the play that Othello protests his great service to Venice. From lines 338 to 356‚ Othello states his final speech before ultimately taking his own life. Here‚ Othello expresses his grief over what he
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Romeo & Juliet Act one‚ Scene one Questions 1. Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene? * The servants of both houses (Montagues and Capulets) 2. Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they have to say about him? * Romeo has been depressed and has been in the dark Note It takes place in Verona in a public place. Sampson and Gregory of house Capulet aremed with swords and bucklers. It is not long before they see Abraham and Balthasar
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Directing Malvolio in Act 2 Scene 3 In the set scenes we see Malvolio acting in a very arrogant and self-important way towards Feste‚ Maria‚ Sir Toby and Sir Andrew. This makes them decide to play a trick on him to teach him a lesson. When Malvolio arrives‚ Sir Toby‚ Sir Andrew and Feste are up late at night singing‚ dancing and drinking. Maria comes to tell them to be quiet‚ but does not seem very angry. Malvolio’s attitude is completely different. He asks if they are "mad" and says: "Have ye
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Restraints. Romeo and Juliet’s impulses and self-control used in Romeo and Juliet. In the play of Romeo and Juliet‚ many characters show how they cannot handle the pressure that they are faced with which leads to impulse and action which is taken without thinking it through. Many of the characters show a lack of self-control and exaggerations which leads to broken-hearts and many unfortunate situations which result in deaths and miscommunications. Over the course of Romeos love life‚ he tends to act on
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Romeo and Juliet Outline I. Terms to Know with Examples A. Aside 1. Def: A short speech delivered by an actor in a play (is directed to the audience and is presumed to be inaudible to the other actors) 2. Ex: Romeo: “(aside) She speaks.O‚ speak again‚ bright angel! … When he bestrides the lazy-puffing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.” B. Blank Verse 1. Def: Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines 2. Ex: Prince: “Rebellious subjects‚ enemies to peace‚ … Your lives shall
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In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare the main theme of the play is fate. They fall in love with each other but the problem is their families don’t like each other‚ Romeo is a Montague and Juliet’s a Capulet. Fate is responsible for the two Star-Crossed lovers falling in love with each other‚ but fate is also responsible for their death. The characters responsible for Romeos and Juliet’s catastrophic end are fate‚ Lord and Lady Capulet‚ The Friar‚ and Romeo and Juliet. I believe
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Impulsive acts flaunt incompetence and immaturity. Albeit embarrassing regardless‚ there are often more resilient consequences than merely looking foolish for acting in manners that jeopardize goals and contravene strategies of success. Failing to analyze any situation appropriately in the heat of the moment incurs undesirable outcomes such as a punishment of some sort or in some cases‚ death. This is the message that William Shakespeare tries to convey in his infamous play‚ Romeo and Juliet. This play
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Styliani Georgiadou “Romeo and Juliet” is one of Shakespeare’s well-known plays around the world. People know it even if they have not read it. It is about a tragedy‚ a dramatic story of two young lovers with a tragic end. However‚ there have been some comic scenes which make audience forget the distressed parts for a short time and make the play more interesting. Shakespeare does that in many ways. Firstly‚ he makes use of words and irony. Also‚ he creates two characters that their whole role
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