Romeo+&+Juliet

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=Online full text of R&J= read the play [|here] = = =Talk like Shakespeare=

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[|Character quiz] [|Quotations from Act I and II] [|More good quotations] [|Literary terms you should know]

= = =**Character Assignment #1: Poster**=

= = =Character Assignment #2: Essay=
 * Choose one character: Put your name on the board with the name of your character (first come- first served!)
 * Using an A3 piece of paper, **create a poster** for your character.
 * character's __name__
 * __images__ from magazines or the internet (you may NOT use images from a Romeo & Juliet movie or play)
 * 2-3 __adjectives__ which describe your character
 * a short __quote__ that reveals your character's personality
 * We will post these on the wall to create a character map, so make sure yours is ready for public display!
 * Think about font, color, size and layout. Make it visually appealing and descriptive!
 * **Presentation:** (Speaking standard //S4:// //Analyze and share pros and cons of choices) When you share your poster with the class, you will need to explain __one choice__ that this character made in __Romeo & Juliet__ and tell pros and cons.//
 * **Presentation:** (Speaking standard //S4:// //Analyze and share pros and cons of choices) When you share your poster with the class, you will need to explain __one choice__ that this character made in __Romeo & Juliet__ and tell pros and cons.//

Have you ever seen the Facebook quiz: //Which character in Romeo & Juliet are you?// This is your chance to find out. In this assignment, you will write a well-developed and organized essay defending a thesis that explains which character in Romeo & Juliet is most similar to you.
 * Try to be open-minded: the character may not be the same gender as you. Consider characters' defining qualities, language and actions.
 * Look at the character posters (Assignment #1)
 * Brainstorm two or three characters that you think are similar to you. List a few characteristics for each.
 * Choose one character and list all your similarities. Find evidence to back up your claims.
 * Write your thesis statement
 * Write an convincing essay that proves why this character is most like you. Include quotes from the text as well as evidence from your own life.
 * Here is a prewriting handout to help you get started

= = =Quote explications=
 * Important dates**
 * PREWRITING DUE MAY 4
 * FIRST DRAFT DUE MAY 10 (PEER REVISING)
 * SECOND DRAFT DUE MAY 14 (MR. N FEEDBACK)
 * FINAL DRAFT DUE MAY 18

Ingredients
In a quote explication you must provide the following information: a) The ** speaker ** and the speaker’s intended ** audience. ** b) The ** context. ** What happened (plot events) just before the quote c) The ** meaning ** . Explain the literal & figurative meaning in your own words. (//Think: Why did the character say it?)// d) The ** significance. ** Why is the quote important? What does it tell us? (//Think: Why did Shakespeare write it?)//


 * //Please use colors to show the different parts of your explication.//**

**QUOTE**
//“O, Mickle is the powerful grace that lies// //In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities.// //For naught so vile that on the earth doth live// //But to the earth some special good doth give;// //Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use,// //Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse.// //Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,// //And vice sometime by action dignified.” (Act II, Scene3)//

**EXPLICATION**
Friar Lawrence says this to himself. He is in the church herb garden, collecting plants to make medicine. It’s early morning, right after Romeo has left Juliet. In this quote, Friar Lawrence is explaining the qualities of plants, and how the goodness or badness of plants depends on how you use them. A plant can cure you if you use it a certain way, while the same plant can kill you, if you use it the wrong way. The quote is important because it shows how Friar Lawrence is skilled in making powerful drugs. This is also foreshadowing, because Friar Lawrence’s skill ends up being very important later on. The theme of good and evil is addressed because Friar explains how sometimes people can try to do good things and they end up having bad consequences.

**QUOTE**
//"The Sweetest honey// //WIs loathsome in his own deliciousness// //And in the taste confounds the appetite.// //Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.// //Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow." (Act II, Scene 6)//

**EXPLICATION**
**(Luke Wang, class of 2013)** // Friar Lawrence says this line to Romeo trying to teach him how to love a person. The Friar is in the church with Romeo waiting for the arrival of Juliet to conduct the matrimony. The Friar is trying to teach Romeo how to love a person moderately, since loving someone to aggressively might not result in a long lasting relationship. He also uses the example of honey and how it can be very delicious but when too much is consumed it will not be pleasant. This quote is very important because it shows a contrast between the youth and the elders and how they have different opinions on love. Romeo and Juliet believe they should love each other aggressively and quickly but the Friar like s to take love slowly. That contrast shows two of the the theme of the play which is the youth and the aged and fast and slow. This quote also foreshadows how Romeo and Juliet's aggressive love actually resulted in a short relationship and eventually cost their life. //

Your quote explications
Type your quote (4 lines or more) and your explication here. Be sure to add your name! Choose a NEW quote. (E.g. one that is NOT on your English practice handout). Choose one of the quotes below or find your own.

(Quote Explication: Travis Prueprak, class of 2014, 4A)
// "Had she affection and warm youthful blood, // // She would be as swift in motion as a ball; // // My words would bandy her to my sweet love, // // And his to me" //

The character that said this quote was Juliet, and it was intended to herself at the Capulet’s Orchard while she waits for the Nurse. Before the quote was said, Juliet sent the Nurse to make an appointment with Romeo about the marriage and The nurse also meant who Romeo hangs around with. The meaning of the quote is that, Juliet is impatient and she can’t wait anymore, saying that the nurse is slow and wont be back because she is old, and if she was younger and feeling in love than she will be as fast as a ball. This quote is important because it shows how impatient Juliet is and how much she loves Romeo and can’t wait to hear the new from the Nurse about the plan.


 * " She speaks. **
 * O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art **
 * As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, **
 * As is a winged messenger of heaven **
 * Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes **
 * Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him **
 * When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds **
 * And sails upon the bosom of the air." **

''Amen, Amen. but come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy That one short minute gives me in her sight. Do thou but close our hands with holy words, Then love-devouring death do what he dare, It is enough I may but call her mine.''

"Tybalt, my cousin, O my brother's child! O prince! O cousin! Husband! O, the bEXlood is spilled Of my dear kinsman! Prince, as thou art true, For blood of ours, shed blood of Montagues. O cousin, cousin!" =**EXPLICATION:**=

**(Connie Zhou, class of 2014, 4A)**
Lady Capulet says this to the audience in Act 3 Scene 1. Lady Capulet is on a noisy street in Verona waiting the Prince to make his final decision on what to do with the Capulets and the Montagues. Lady Capulet is grieving over the death of her nephew, Tybalt, she is also expressing her hatred for the Montagues. She is crying that Benvolio is lying about the feud, and demands the life of Romeo. This quote is really important because it creates irony in the play. Lady Capulet doesn’t know Romeo is already married to her daughter, Juliet. She persuades the Prince to kill Romeo, she actually means, “I want my new son-in-law to be put to death!” It also creates conflict and tension in the plot, it also speeds up the play.

"O God, I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Either my eyesight fails or thou lookest pale."

"Now, good sweet Nurse - O Lord, why lookest thou sad? Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily.  If good, thou shamest the music of sweet new  By playing it to me with so sour a face."

"Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage  To such a greeting. Villain am I none.  Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not."

Quote explication: (Renee Cha, class of 2014, 4A)
//"For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part,// //Being tasted, stays all senses with the heart.// //Two such opposed kings encamp them still// //In man as well as herbs, grace and rude will;// //And where the worser is predominant,// //Full soon the canker death death up that plant." (Act 2 Scene 3**)**//

The Friar Lawrence says this to the audience (and to himself) in Act 2 Scene 3. The Friar Lawrence is in his garden with a basket to collect the plants and medicine. Before this scene starts, Romeo and Juliet meet at the feast and immediately fall in love with each other. They had romantic time at Juliet's balcony, and promise that they are going to have a marriage the next day. Romeo then goes to the Friar Lawrence to get help of this 'secret wedding'. The friar is saying in this quote that, there is a flower which makes you feel good when you smell it, but kills you when eat it. Everything is as well as this flower, has two opposite elements- good and evil. This quote is very important is this play, because it foreshadows the tragic love of Romeo and Juliet. It indirectly tells the audience that their love is sweet, but will hurt both Romeo and Juliet. This quote also develops the character the Friar. It shows the wiseness of the Friar and his knowledge.

**Quote explication: (Vivian Xu, class of 2014, 4A)**
//" She speaks.// //O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art// //As glorious to this night, being o'er my head,// //As is a winged messenger to heaven// //Unto the white up-turned wond'ring eyes// //Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him// //When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds// //And sails upon the bosom of the air."//

Romeo says this to himself in the well-known "balcony scene". This quote was spoken after the party where Romeo had just met Juliet but found out that she is a Capulet. Romeo was hiding in the bushes spying on what Juliet was doing and saying to herself on her balcony. Later, Juliet stands on the balcony alone trying to convince herself that names or titles don't matter, it's the person that really matters. In this quote, when Romeo just heard Juliet start talking to herself, he was eager to hear her speak again. Romeo describes Juliet as an outstanding, pure and beautiful angel. A metaphor was used in this quote when Romeo refers to Juliet as a "bright angel", "a winged messenger to heaven". This quote is important because it's in the most romantic and well-known scene in the play Romeo and Juliet, the balcony scene. The fact that Romeo thinks of Juliet as a bright angel and was eager to hear her speak shows how sweet and strong Romeo's feelings towards Juliet is. Personally, I think "a winged messenger to heaven" foreshadows the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet's death later on since heaven is where people go to when they die.