Read Act 4, scene 5, lines 1-64. The family discovers Juliet 'dead'.
You won't understand half the words but I think you can figure out their reaction to finding her dead in bed the morning of the wedding.
Now Friar Laurence shows up (with musicians!).
He says:
"Now heaven hath all, and all the better it is for the maid." (She's in a better place.)
"And weep ye now, seeing she is advanced?" (why are you crying if she's in heaven?)
"She's not well married that lives married long." (a long marriage makes you unhappy, anyway)
"Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment." (if you are sensible you'll be happy for her)
My question is: what is the Friar thinking as he says these things. Put yourself inside the mind of the Friar. Remember that he knows things he isn't saying. In quotes (i.e. use quotation marks at the beginning and end) tell me what the Friar is thinking as he speaks to the grieving family.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Juliet's fears
Read Act 4, scene 3, lines 14-59. Juliet is in bed ready to drink the potion that Friar Laurence has given her. Tell me what things she is worried about. List at least three things that she thinks could go wrong.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law says: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
Look over Act 4, scene 1, lines 89-120. This is the Friar's plan to get Romeo and Juliet out of their problem, to allow them to live happily ever after.
Tell me five things that might go wrong with the Friar's plan. (Number them)
Look over Act 4, scene 1, lines 89-120. This is the Friar's plan to get Romeo and Juliet out of their problem, to allow them to live happily ever after.
Tell me five things that might go wrong with the Friar's plan. (Number them)
You can't tell them the bad news
Have you ever been in a situation where people expected you to do something but you didn't want to do it; and what's worse, you couldn't bring yourself to tell the other person or people that you didn't want to do it?
Either remember such a situation or make one up but either way be descriptive. What is it they expected you to do? What happened when you couldn't bring yourself to tell them you didn't want to do it? What advice would you give to other people who find themselves in a situation like this? (Using dialogue in stories often makes them more vivid.)
Answers that are overly short will not receive full credit. (How long is 'overly short'? I'm not sure but I know it when I see it.)
Either remember such a situation or make one up but either way be descriptive. What is it they expected you to do? What happened when you couldn't bring yourself to tell them you didn't want to do it? What advice would you give to other people who find themselves in a situation like this? (Using dialogue in stories often makes them more vivid.)
Answers that are overly short will not receive full credit. (How long is 'overly short'? I'm not sure but I know it when I see it.)
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