Monday, 5/14
Review Quiz Act I, Scene 1
Tuesday, 5/15
Act I, Scene 2-3
Wednesday, 5/16
BLOG ASSIGNMENT: Choose from one of the following questions. DUE: 5/18
1. Provide an example of DRAMATIC IRONY and substantiate using text.
2. CHARACTERIZE a minor character (Tybalt, Benevolio, Mercuito, Nurse) and substantiate.
3. Provide an example of IMAGERY and substantiate using text.
Nurse is a very important character in Romeo and Juliet because instead of Juliet’s mother taking care of her Nurse does. Nurse has raised Juliet as if she was her mother. Juliet’s mother looks up to Nurse and makes sure that she is doing her job correctly. When Lady Capulet wanted to talk to Juliet she needed Nurse to be with her. This shows that Nurse is considered to be part of their family. I would describe Nurse as caring and trustworthy. Nurse shows this by nurturing Juliet and making sure she is okay. Since Juliet has been young Nurse has always taking care of her. Juliet and her mother do not have a strong relationship instead her relationship is with Nurse.
ReplyDeleteThe character of nurse is very important to the play Romeo and Juliet. She can be characterized as loving because she has acted as Juliet's mother for her whole life, and she takes pride in it. Juliet and Nurse have a very good relationship, even better than Juliet's relationship with her own mother. Nurse could also so be characterized as loyal because she has stuck with Juliet when her mother has not been there for her.
ReplyDeleteJuliet’s first cousin, Tybalt is a very arrogant, heated, and menacing character in Romeo and Juliet. He hates Romeo and all of the Montague's. “This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave. Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, T o fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honour of my kin, To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin.” This quote shows how Tybalt wants to fight and to kill. He encourages Benvolio to fight. He is a very angry character. He is a minor character in this play and has very little lines, but when he speaks he always is furious at the Montague’s. He is supposed to be the character who is the intimidating person to represent the Capulets.
ReplyDeleteTybalt is Juliet's cousin. He is an arrogant, fiery and angry character and is always looking to start a fight. He is a trouble maker and can't seem to let there be peace. An example of Tybalt's characterization is shown when Tybalt spots Romeo at the Capulet's party and he says, "This, by his voice, should be a Montague.
ReplyDeleteFetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave
Come hither, cover'd with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
Now, by the stock and honour of my kin,
To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin"
Even when he is told not to do anything and to leave it be, he still argues. Finally he agrees to let it go, but says that he'll get his revenge. This shows how fiery and angry he is and how he is always looking to fight and kill.
The nurse is an important character because she is basically the only one who raised Juliet. She is more like her mother that Juliet's actual mother is. She is almost exactly the opposite of Lady Capulet, and this is important because it characterizes the differences between the two. "Peace, I have done. God mark thee to his grace! Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed: An I might live to see thee married once,I have my wish." This quote shows how much Nurse really cares for Juliet, and how important her well-being is to her. This also shows that Nurse is a very loyal and loving person.
ReplyDeleteIn act two scene one, Paris gives a servant a list of names. This list of names are the people who are invited to the party that the Capulets are holding. But, the servant does not know how to read. Then, Benvolio and Romeo walk down the street. The servant goes up to them and asks them to read off the list of names for him. Benvolio and Romeo joke with him for a while, then they read off the list of names for the servant. After they do so, the servant invites them to come to the party. “Now I'll tell you without asking: my master is the great rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine.” This is dramatic irony because Benvolio and Romeo are both part of the Montague family and the servant comes from the Capulet house, and these two families are both mortal enemies. Romeo agrees to go, only because the girl that Romeo has a crush on, Rosoline, is going. So now, Romeo and Benvolio are both attending the party that they would never be allowed to attend. It is also dramatic because now the play starts to pick up pace, because this is the part in the play where Romeo meets Juliet for the first time.
ReplyDeleteAs viewers, we know that Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Here, Shakespeare uses dramatic irony. Though we know that Romeo is a Montague, Juliet does not. These two families are sworn enemies, so their love is frowned upon greatly.
ReplyDelete"His name is Romeo, and a Montague;
The only son of your great enemy," says the nurse to Juliet.
" My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy," Juliet responds.
This is how dramatic irony plays its roll in the script. It gives the play a conflict, making it more interesting. If Juliet had any prior knowledge (as we had) of Romeo she would not have let him kiss her, and this way she never would have fell in love with the loathed enemy.
In this play Romeo and Juliet there is a lot of dramatic irony. For example when Capulet gives his servant a list of people to invite to the party he is holding. So the servant goes out to tell everyone on the list but then realizes that he can’t read. Then he sees Romeo and Benvolio and asks if they can read. So Romeo reads off the list and at the end the servant invites them to the party for helping him. The irony in this is that Romeo and Benvolio are Montague's and there invited to a Capulet party and the servant didn’t know them. This is now a problem because the two families are enemies and Romeo and Juliet are going to fall in love at this party.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough Benvolio plays a minor role that’s lacks in comparison to the lead roles, he still stands out and serves a illusive role that is sometimes overlooked or dismissed. For starters, his name actually means, “Good-will” or “Peace-keeper”, and throughout the play he will constantly try to avoid conflicts and uphold the peace. He also acts as a yin-yang with Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin since he is aggressive and evil. In Act 3 scene one, Tybalt confronts Mercutio and Benvolio looking for Romeo, and Benvolio attempts to break up the fight along with Romeo, sadly however Tybalt still strikes down Mercutio and kills him. Benvolio then only appears in the back round of scenes and sometimes just disappears from the play entirely, so even though he plays a minor role, his role as peace keeper is subtle and pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteA minor character that plays a big part in this play is the nurse. The nurse pretty much raised Juliet. Juliet thinks of the nurse has more of a mother then her really mother. They both care a lot for each other. There nurse was saying how juliet was the prettiest baby that she ever raised."Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed: An I might live to see thee married once,I have my wish."
ReplyDeleteAn example of dramatic irony takes place in act two scene one. A servant of Capulet is given the task of inviting people on a list to the party the Capulets are holding. He cannot read however and asks Romeo and Benvolio to read him the names. After they read him the names, he invites them to the party "Now I'll tell you without asking: my master is the great rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine." This is ironic because because Romeo and Benvolio are Montagues and have been invited to the Capulet house for a party.
ReplyDeleteIn the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare dramatic irony plays a big part. One example is when Capulet tells his servant to go to tell the guests houses that are written on a scroll. It turns out that this servant can’t read and must find someone who can read. Lovesick Romeo and his friends see the servant and he asks for their help. Romeo reads out the list to him and sees that it is a party of the Capulet family who is enemy to his family. He also notices that the girl that he is lovesick over is on the list and decides that this party would be the perfect place to “Woo” her. Then the servant invites them as any polite person would,” Now I'll tell you without asking: my master is the
ReplyDeletegreat rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montague’s, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine.” The dramatic irony behind this is that the servant has no clue they are Montague’s and has just invited them to the enemy’s party, he doesn’t know it but we do and so does Romeo.
One example of dramatic irony is the fact that the servant who cannot read asks Romeo for help. What the servant does not know is that Romeo is part of the Montagues, and that is the enemy of the Capulets. "Servant
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pray, can you read any thing you see?
ROMEO
Ay, if I know the letters and the language.
Servant
Ye say honestly: rest you merry!
ROMEO
Stay, fellow; I can read."
Tybalt's character in the play is very full of him self and conceded. Tybalt is very aggressive when it comes to the Montagues, he has a very strong hatred towards them. In the street the first time we saw him talk to A Montague he said,
ReplyDelete"What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:Have at thee, coward!"
The next time he saw Romeo at the party he was furious and he tryed to convince his uncle to throw romeo out of the party ,
"Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,
A villain that is hither come in spite,
To scorn at our solemnity this night."
One minor character of the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare that i think displays characteristics of a major role so far is Benvolio of the Montagues. Benvolios name is very close to the word benevolent which means, "expressing goodwill". Throughout the play he constantly try's to resolve conflicts between the Capulets and the Montagues. He is also the opposite of the Capulet, Tybalt because he is very aggressive. A good example from the play is in Act 3 scene one, Tybalt antagonizes Mercutio and Benvolio to fight but Benvolio attempts to get out of starting a fight, however Tybalt as his aggressive self starts a fight no matter how hard Benvolio try's to stop it. Although he plays a minor role in "Romeo & Juliet" he is definetly important somewhat because he is a peacekeeper and is smart.
ReplyDeleteA minor character that is important is Tybalt. Tybalt is a Capulet and is aggressive, self centered, and fearless. Tybalt despises the Montague's so much to start a fight ever time he sees one of the Montague's. For example Tybalt notices that Romeo has crashed the Capulet's party and Tybalt immediately want to fight him, not caring about the rest of the people at the party when Romeo isn't even bothering anyone. Father and lady Capulet stop Tybalt from going after Romeo because they know Romeo isn't doing anything wrong and they don't want to make the guest get the wrong idea about the Capulet are mean. But Tybalt wants revenge and plans on it.
ReplyDeleteOne of the minor characters that is characterized very well in the play, is Nurse. I think nurse is very caring and loving of Juliet. She like a mother-figure to Juliet and only wants whats best for her. Since Juliet's mother is royalty and didn't want to bother with raising Juliet, Nurse was always there for her. Nurse does seem a bit eccentric and overbearing at times, but I think she's a generally thoughtful and loyal person.
ReplyDeleteAn example of Dramatic irony is that Romeo (Montague) and his love Juliet (Capulet) are madly in love but are on other sides of the hate and fighting. But they will stop at nothing to be together. This is the major conflict that Shakespeare put in the play, to give the play more excitement and curiosity as to whats going to happen between them and their families. "My only love sprung from my only hate". This shows that she has fallen in love with her enemy.
ReplyDeleteAn example of dramatic irony is when Romeo falls in love with Juliet. This is dramatic irony because Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet which means that Romeo and Juliet are supposed to be enemies because the two families hate each other. The quotes, “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy,” and, “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe's debt,” show this dramatic irony greatly.
ReplyDeleteOne example of dramatic irony was in act one scene five when Romeo and Juliet are dancing together. This conveys dramatic irony because when they are dancing together they don’t know that the other is from their enemy’s families. The reader knows about this, which in turn makes it a dramatic irony. After Juliet discovers this she says, “My only love sprung from my only hate!
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Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.”
It may not seem relevant or have any importance, but that quote is foreshadowing her untimely death. Nurse plays an important role in Romeo and Juliet. She is basically the mother That Juliet never really had. Juliet’s real mom didn’t really care for her. She wasn’t really a mother figure to her. Nurse on the other hand truly cares for Juliet and wants the best for her. She talks to Romeo about Juliet saying that she is a real catch and how if you marry her you will be rich forever. I felt like in that scene alone it showed Nurse’s true feelings and motives towards Juliet. One example of imagery was when Romeo and Juliet had their first kiss. The description and the language that was shown in this scene were remarkable. You could really feel that it was happening right in front of you. For example, when Romeo said (to Juliet) “If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” Just this part alone from the whole scene shows great imagery.
One example of dramatic irony is when Tybalt is shocked to see Romeo lay foot into capulet territory, and especially flirting with Juliet.
ReplyDelete"Patience perforce with willful choler meeting
Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.
I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall
Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall." (Act I, Scene 5)
This is dramatic irony because Romeo does not quite know it yet but Tybalt is swearing he will get revenge for doing this. He is saying Romeo's prank, which seems so funny to him now, will come back to turn bitter to him later, when i get my revenge.
Austin:
ReplyDeleteI think that the nurse is a very big / important role in Romeo and Juliet.
I think this is because she played a mother like role to Juliet as she was
growing up through out her whole childhood. This makes her a very loyal and
caring person because not alot of people would take full responsability for
someone elses child and do it like she did and I think that this makes her
very loyal too Juliet and very caring especially because she probably did a
better job raising her then her own mothr would of.
Edwin Richter 5/18/12
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Tybalt can be characterized as arrogant, hateful, and of course sly. I say this because of his actions during the party. Romeo had crashed the Capulet party and when Tybalt saw him he was enraged. Tybalt was about to get his sword and kill Romeo until his father stopped him. He believed Romeo was not causing any harm and thought there was no point in harming him. Tybalt’s father called him a very ill-tempered boy. This did not phase Tybalt but he swore to have his revenge on Romeo which I believe foreshadows events to come.