RJ+Joanna

Act 3, Scene 1
[Perspective of Romeo] When I got to Mercutio, I found him arguing with Tybalt. Tybalt called me a villain and a foe, but I told him that I wouldn’t fight him. I actually didn’t want to fight him because I loved Juliet. I felt that Juliet would be sad if I hurt a member of her family. But then, my friend Mercutio got into the fight and asked Tybalt to fight him instead. I tried to stop them, but they kept on fighting. I physically try to take them apart, then Tybalt and Petruchio go away. Later I realized that Tybalt stabbed Mercutio under my arm. My dear friend had died from the stupid fight between our families. I got extremely angry, so when Tybalt came back, I decide to take revenge for my poor dear friend. I attack Tybalt and he dies in the fight.


 * Act 2, Scene 5 Lines 1-55**

Summary: Juliet impatiently waits for the nurse with the news about Romeo, and when the nurse comes, the nurse purposefully teases Juliet by not telling her for a while.

Literary devices: 1. Hyperbole - "Which ten times faster glides than the sun's beams" (2.5.5) 2. Imagery - "nimble-pinioned doves" (2.5.7) 3. Simile - "him as gentle as a lamb" (2.5.46)

**2. For 3. 5, post the following to your R+J wiki page**
identify three literary devices (hyperbole, pun, personification, metaphor, simile, classical allusions, reversed word order) 1. personification - Come death and welcome. (3.5.24) 2. hyperbole -I must hear from thee every day in the hour. (3.5.44) 3. personification – Then, window let day in, and let life out. (3.5.41)

In complete sentences answer (or complete) the following: 1. What surprised you most about this scene? It really surprised me that Juliet was in danger of marrying Paris. If she doesn't find a good excuse to not marry him, But currently, Juliet's mom thinks that they are okay together and they should get married quickly. 2. What was the most important line in this scene? Quote it and explain. "Then, window let day in, and let life out." (3.5.41) It seems important because it shows how sad Juliet is to let Romeo leave. I think it is a beautiful personification. So it tells that the window can be a good thing and a bad thing. It can let day in, but it has to now let her love out.

3. Write three questions you have about this scene. (1) Will Romeo and Juliet ever meet again? (2) Does Juliet have to marry Paris? (3) How will they get out of these problems?


 * write a brief (2-3 sentence) plot summary of each scene (post to your R+J page)

scene 4.3 Juliet tells the nurse and Lady Capulet that she is now ready for the wedding tomorrow. She tells them that she wishes to have time alone since she is tired, but this is all to have a chance to drink the vial. Before she drinks, she gets scared of all the circumstances that she might get into, but eventually drinks for the sake of Romeo.

scene 4.4 Capulet is very busy trying to make everyone work faster. It is dawn and it is almost time for the wedding. They all stayed up all night and the nurse is worried about Capulet's health. But Capulet says that he's fine and sends the nurse up to Juliet to get her ready and bring her out to Paris.

scene 4.5 When the nurse sees Juliet still in bed, she tries to go and wake her. But when she sees Juliet, she is shocked to see that Juliet is dead. Everyone panics and Juliet's parents, nurse, Paris, and all the others are in grief. And Juliet's wedding ends up to be her funeral.

scene 5.1 Romeo receives a notice that Juliet is dead. Romeo panics and decides to also die next to Juliet. On the way to Juliet, he buys some strong poison and heads off to his death.

scene 5.2 Friar John, who took the letter for Romeo comes back. But then the truth is that he wasn't able to send the letter because of the illness in the place. So Friar Lawrence decides that he will go himself to Juliet and hurries out.

FATE - Romeo and Juliet were fated to stay together forever... - (5.3.53) And here is come to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies. I will apprehend him. The two husbands seem to have fate to meet each other in front of their love. - (5.3. 95) Though art not conquered Romeo said that Juliet looked like she was alive and then committed suicide. It was fate that Romeo had to die right before Juliet woke up. - (5.3.302) See what scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love Heaven is angry. So heaven took away the two lives and controlled their fate. - (3.5.158) A greater power than we can contradict. human can't control death. It is fate that we would get punished if we played around with fate - (3.5.19) What cursed foot wanders this way tonight, curse = fate - (3.5.111) And shake yoke of inauspicious stars stars refer to fate. change unlucky things... - (3.5.82) One writ with me in sour misfortune's book! Fate is written in the book -