Today we learned what the written section of the Romeo and Juliet test will look like
Instructions:
In paragraph form discuss
the significance/importance of these four passages to the play. Remember to mention who is speaking. Complete a single paragraph for each
quotation
Not sure what to say
about each one? You may wish to discuss
any number of things including imagery,
irony, theme, plot, conflict, foreshadowing, and character development.
“Oh Romeo . . . wherefore art thou Romeo”
Example Paragraph:
In these lines Juliet is describing and speaking about Romeo in the balcony scene just after meeting and falling in love with him. These words help to highlight and reinforce the main conflict which is the feud between the families. Here, Juliet is concerned not by the haste with which she has fallen in love but by the fact that Romeo’s family is an enemy of the Capulets. He’s a Monatague, after all, which makes him a mortal enemy. With the word “wherefore” Juliet asks “Why” is he Romeo Montague. She suggests later on in her soliloquy that Romeo’s name actually doesn’t matter and that she’s in love with him as a person, not as a member of this family or that. With these words the theme of forbidden love along with the idea of “star-crossed lovers” is introduced.
Then students were given a quotation and then asked to write a practice paragraph. Here is the quotation they were given:
“Within the infant rind of this small flower
Poison hath residence, and medicine power:
For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part,
Being tasted, slays all senses with the heart.”
