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Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet. Look for…. Puns Allusions Metaphor Personification Oxymoron Paradoxes Foreshadowing. Puns. A pun is a humorous play on words. Mercutio – “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.”

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Romeo & Juliet

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  1. Romeo & Juliet

  2. Look for… • Puns • Allusions • Metaphor • Personification • Oxymoron • Paradoxes • Foreshadowing

  3. Puns A pun is a humorous play on words. Mercutio – “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.” Romeo – “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…” (Act I Sc. 4)

  4. Allusions An allusion is a reference to a well known work of art, music, literature, or history. “At lovers’ perjuries, they say Jove laughs.” (Act II, Sc. 2) Jove is another name for Jupiter, the Roman King of the Gods.

  5. Personification Personification occurs when an inanimate object or concept is given the qualities of a person or animal. Juliet— “For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night / Whiter than new snow on a raven’s back. / Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow’d night” (Act III Sc. 2)

  6. Paradoxes A paradox is statement or situation with seemingly contradictory or incompatible components. Juliet – “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!” (Act III Sc. 2)

  7. Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is a reference to something that will happen later in the story. Juliet – “Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars,And he will make the face of heaven so fineThat all the world will be in love with nightAnd pay no worship to the garish sun.” (Act III Sc. 2)

  8. PROLOGUE Two households, both alike in dignity,     In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,     From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,     Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.     From forth the fatal loins of these two foes     A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows     Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

  9. PROLOGUE--cont The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,     And the continuance of their parents' rage,     Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,     Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;     The which if you with patient ears attend,     What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

  10. What can we learn from the PROLOGUE? Verona, Italy (Setting, 14th Century) Montagues –VS- Capulets: (Characters) Generations of Hate Kids fall in love (Basic Plot) Secret marriage *Suicide Families overcome the hate at a tragic cost * (Foreshadows the deaths of R & J)

  11. ACT I • Purpose • Exposition of the Play Characters Setting Conflict

  12. ACT I, scene 1 • Old hatreds are rekindled between: • The servants of Capulets and Montagues • Tybalt and Benvolio • The Capulets & Montagues (Fathers) • All it took was one airy word or gesture • “Do you bite your thumb at us sir?”

  13. Offensive Gestures

  14. “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” (I.1.104) Prince of Verona decrees:

  15. ACT I, scene 1 • Sycamore = Sick amore (love-sick) • Romeo Montague is heart-sick because he’s been rejected by Rosaline. • He asks his friend Benvolio, “…teach me how I should forget to think!” (I.1.241)

  16. ACT I, scene 1 Benvolio encourages, “By giving liberty unto thine eyes. Examine other beauties” (I.1.225-226) translated: there are plenty more fish in the sea

  17. Shakespeare’s Purpose • Introduce the age-old feud between the Montagues & Capulets • Introduce Romeo as a romantic, moody teen who is sulking because of a breakup Romeo = Romantic

  18. ACT I, scene 2 Paris, a young Count, related to the Prince, asks Lord Capulet permission to marry his daughter Juliet You can call me Prince Pedophile

  19. ACT I, scene 2 • Capulet asks Paris to wait until Juliet is a bit older than her present age—almost 14 • He then invites Paris to a party at his home to woo Juliet

  20. ACT I, scene 2 Comedy Relief • Capulet asks his illiterate servant to deliver invitations to the party • The servant happens upon Romeo and his pals, and asks them for assistance in reading the invitations

  21. ACT I, scene 2 • Romeo sees Rosaline’s name on the invitation and decides to attend Thou art cordially invited to attend the festivities at the Capulet castle: Mercutio Rosaline Tybalt

  22. ACT I, scene 2 • Problem: The Capulets and Montagues are bitter enemies • Benvolio promises that he’ll assist Romeo in comparing Rosaline to other more beautiful women, and “…make thee think thy swan a (I.2.94) • Romeo pouts that he’ll attend but have no fun crow”

  23. Shakespeare’s Purpose • Plot device: • Used to shape the love triangle, bringing Romeo, Juliet and Paris together • Used to bring Romeo into enemy territory—a Montague in the Capulet home

  24. ACT I, scene 3 • Lady Capulet asks her daughter, Juliet, to “check out” Paris as a potential husband

  25. ACT I, scene 3 • Juliet respectfully complies, but lets her mother know that marriage is not something she’s been thinking about

  26. ACT I, scene 3 • We meet Juliet’s nanny (comic relief), the Nurse, who is especially protective of her • We also find out that Juliet’s 14th birthday is approaching in a fortnight—Lammas Eve

  27. Shakespeare’s Purpose • The audience knows that Juliet is aware of Paris’ intent to marry her—love triangle They also know that there may be a brawl at the party b/c Romeo and his friends are in enemy territory

  28. ACT I, scene 4 • Romeo, Benvolio, & Mercutio are about to crash the Capulet party • Romeo vows he won’t have any fun because he’s depressed about Rosaline’s rejections • She has vowed to remain chaste (he’ll get nun)

  29. ACT I, scene 4 • “You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead” (I.4.14-15) • “I am too sore enpierced with his (Cupid’s) shaft to soar with his light feathers…under love’s heavy burden do I sink” (I.4.19-22) • Pun—a play on words

  30. ACT I, scene 4 • A discussion about love ensues • Romeo’s interpretation of love: • Emotional & Spiritual • Mercutio’s interpretation of love: • Physical & lusty Foils

  31. ACT I, scene 4 • Romeo begins to tell his pals about a portentous dream he had • Mercutio mocks him with a fairy tale about Queen Mab who visits people in their dreams

  32. ACT I, scene 4 • Romeo rebukes him, and then tells Benvolio about his dream, which makes him reluctant to go to the party • Foreshadowing

  33. ACT I, scene 4 • In other words: • Romeo feels Fate has predetermined that some event tonight will cost him his life • More foreshadowing

  34. ACT I, scene 5 • Lord Capulet begins the party, inviting all to dance • Romeo spies Juliet, and immediately falls heavily in love with her, instantly forgetting about Rosaline Love at first sight

  35. ACT I, scene 5 • “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear—Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! (I.5.45-48)

  36. ACT I, scene 5 • Hot-tempered Tybalt, Lady Capulet’s nephew, overhears Romeo’s voice, recognizes him as a Montague and prepares to kill him • Lord Capulet orders Tybalt to “endure” Romeo’s presence, recalling the Prince’s decree. • Tybalt obeys grudgingly, but will seek revenge at another time:

  37. ACT I, scene 5 • Tybalt remarks after Lord Capulet has exited: • “I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall, now seeming sweet, convert to bitter gall” (I.5.101)

  38. ACT I, scene 5 • The Infatuation • The Kiss • The Enemy

  39. ACT I, scene 5 • Romeo and Juliet’s attraction is immediately electric—love at first sight! • Yet, when they kiss they do not know each other’s identity

  40. Yo, Baby. What’s your name?

  41. ACT I, scene 5 • Juliet’s nurse breaks the news to each • Romeo’s reaction: • “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (I.5. 118-119) • Juliet’s response: • “My only love, sprung from my only hate!... Prodigious love it is to me that I must love a loathed enemy” (I.5.140-143)

  42. Shakespeare’s Purpose • Foreshadow the death of Mercutio at the hands of Tybalt • Introduce the conflict that sets the plot in motion • Ironically Romeo & Juliet, whose families are embroiled in a bitter feud, fall madly in love

  43. ACT II Prologue----pg. 1020 • Summarizes Act I • Hints that Romeo and Juliet will find a way to be together

  44. ACT II, scene 1 • Romeo’s friends, Mercutio and Benvolio, go looking for Romeo • They think that Romeo is still in love with Rosaline

  45. ACT II, scene 1 & 2 • After much joking around, Mercutio and Benvolio give up and go home to bed • Scene 2 • Romeo climbs over the Capulet garden wall and hides in the garden below Juliet’s window

  46. O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? I’m down here!

  47. ACT II, scene 2 • He overhears Juliet talking to herself • Juliet says that she will disown her family so she can be with Romeo • Juliet hates the name “Montague” not the person “Romeo” • …a rose/by any other name would smell as sweet

  48. a rose/by any • other name • would • smell as • sweet

  49. ACT II, scene 2 • Romeo answers • He is willing to change his name just to be with Juliet • “Had I it written, I would tear the word” • Juliet says that she is afraid that her family will kill Romeo if they find him Romeo

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