Sunday, January 6, 2019
Due Wednesday, January 9th - Romeo & Juliet, Act I, Scenes ii & iii
Directions: In small groups, assign roles and read Romeo & Juliet, Act I, scenes ii & iii. Discuss what is being said. Use the left hand margin as a guide. Next, post a blog response, much like the last one we composed. Include 1-2 major passages, and explain the meaning behind some of the major moments from the text. How would you characterize Lord Capulet? Paris? How are Lady Capulet and the Nurse used as foils? How does Dramatic Irony come into play in these two scenes? Explore the possibilities. Engage with each other. Ask questions. What would you like to discuss in class on Wednesday. I look forward to your responses.
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Frankie Huntress
ReplyDeleteWhat say you? Can you love the gentleman?
This night you shall behold him at our feast.
Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face
And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen.
85Examine every married lineament
And see how one another lends content,
And what obscured in this fair volume lies
Find written in the margin of his eyes.
This precious book of love, this unbound lover,
90To beautify him only lacks a cover.
The fish lives in the sea, and ’tis much pride
For fair without the fair within to hide.
That book in many’s eyes doth share the glory
That in gold clasps locks in the golden story.
95So shall you share all that he doth possess
By having him, making yourself no less.
This passage is asking how she feels about him. And if she really loves paris who she does not. The lord is not good at all. They have no say in anything they are very similar.
ReplyDeletewho dis?
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DeleteRene Roustand
ReplyDelete1st Passage:
Marry, that "marry" is the very theme I came to talk of. Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stand your disposition to be married?
Lady Capulet is asking Juliet if she wants to be married. The nurse makes a crude joke about Juliet, and Lady Capulet is acting like a motherly figure to Juliet.
2nd Passage:
Not mad, but bound more than a madman is; Shut up in prison, kept without my food, Whipped and tormented and-God-den, good fellow
Romeo is describing what he feels. After Rosaline rejected him, he felt very angry and complained to Benvolio.
Drew Wachtel
ReplyDeleteNurse
Even or odd, of all days in the year,
Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.
Susan and she--God rest all Christian souls!--
Were of an age: well, Susan is with God;
She was too good for me: but, as I said,
On Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen;
That shall she, marry; I remember it well.
'Tis since the earthquake now eleven years;
And she was wean'd,--I never shall forget it,--
Of all the days of the year, upon that day:
For I had then laid wormwood to my dug,
Sitting in the sun under the dove-house wall;
My lord and you were then at Mantua:--
Nay, I do bear a brain:--but, as I said,
When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool,
To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!
Shake quoth the dove-house: 'twas no need, I trow,
To bid me trudge:
And since that time it is eleven years;
For then she could stand alone; nay, by the rood,
She could have run and waddled all about;
For even the day before, she broke her brow:
And then my husband--God be with his soul!
A' was a merry man--took up the child:
'Yea,' quoth he, 'dost thou fall upon thy face?
Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit;
Wilt thou not, Jule?' and, by my holidame,
The pretty wretch left crying and said 'Ay.'
To see, now, how a jest shall come about!
I warrant, an I should live a thousand years,
I never should forget it: 'Wilt thou not, Jule?' quoth he;
And, pretty fool, it stinted and said 'Ay.'
In this major passage the nurse talks about how long she has been serving Juliet and is fascinated about how quickly she has grown up. She also talks about how she is starting to think about marrying. The nurse also talks about all of the memories that they shared during Juliet's childhood. In the second scene Romeo uses dramatic irony when he doesn’t want to go to a party because the girl that rejected him is also going to the party as well.
Peyton Levental
ReplyDeleteHow I would characterize Lord Capulet is caring. He talks to Paris about her being to young to marry. Paris is persistent into making Juliet his wife, “Younger than she are happy mothers made” (29). Lady Capulet and the nurses are used as foils because the nurses would take care of Juliet ever since she was a baby, so they worked together. The dramatic irony in these two scenes is that Romeo and Juliet still are looking at the wrong people to love. Lady Capulet was trying to get Juliet with Paris but she wasn’t into that at all. Romeo is still looking at Rosalie.
Abhi Sharma
ReplyDeleteNurse
Even or odd, of all days in the year,
Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.
Susan and she--God rest all Christian souls!--
Were of an age: well, Susan is with God;
She was too good for me: but, as I said,
On Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen;
That shall she, marry; I remember it well.
'Tis since the earthquake now eleven years;
And she was wean'd,--I never shall forget it,--
Of all the days of the year, upon that day:
For I had then laid wormwood to my dug,
Sitting in the sun under the dove-house wall;
My lord and you were then at Mantua:--
Nay, I do bear a brain:--but, as I said,
When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool,
To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!
Shake quoth the dove-house: 'twas no need, I trow,
To bid me trudge:
And since that time it is eleven years;
For then she could stand alone; nay, by the rood,
She could have run and waddled all about;
For even the day before, she broke her brow:
And then my husband--God be with his soul!
A' was a merry man--took up the child:
'Yea,' quoth he, 'dost thou fall upon thy face?
Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit;
Wilt thou not, Jule?' and, by my holidame,
The pretty wretch left crying and said 'Ay.'
To see, now, how a jest shall come about!
I warrant, an I should live a thousand years,
I never should forget it: 'Wilt thou not, Jule?' quoth he;
And, pretty fool, it stinted and said 'Ay.'
What the nurse is talking about in this passage is that she has known Juliet for her whole life and has been serving their family her whole life as a nurse and it has been an honor for her to remember her childhood. The nurse is also thankful to see Juliet growing up to and turn into a good person. The nurse is thinking about Juliet marrying someone. She is grateful to keep all the good memories about Juliet as a child. The dramatic irony comes into this scene when Romeo doesn’t want to go to the party because his ex or someone that rejected him is going to the party also.
Ben Worthley
ReplyDeleteTut, man, one fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish:
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
This is Benvolio Talking about love and telling Romeo to get over his love. “one fire burns out another's burning” he is saying that you will have more than one love. “One fire” burns out. His love left him to become a nun. But “another's burning”it's like saying there is one million fish in the sea. You will all ways find other fires that are burning. Just like you are bound to find other fish if there is one million of them in the sea. Benvolio is trying to stop Romeo from going and saying you should just weigh until the fish come to you.
ReplyDeleteJulia:
CAPULET
And too soon marr'd are those so early made.
The earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she,
She is the hopeful lady of my earth:
But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,
My will to her consent is but a part;
An she agree, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice.
This night I hold an old accustom'd feast,
Whereto I have invited many a guest,
Such as I love; and you, among the store,
One more, most welcome, makes my number more.
At my poor house look to behold this night
Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light:
Such comfort as do lusty young men feel
When well-apparell'd April on the heel
Of limping winter treads, even such delight
Among fresh female buds shall you this night
Inherit at my house; hear all, all see,
And like her most whose merit most shall be:
Which on more view, of many mine being one
May stand in number, though in reckoning none,
Come, go with me.
Lord Capulet is apprehensive to letting go of his daughter Juliet. He wants the best for her, and that's why it's important to Capulet that he chooses an appropriate hand in marriage for her. Paris is doing his best to win over Juliet's father so that he allows him to marry her. Paris is desperate for a wife so he continues to discuss the matter with Lord Capulet through scene two.
And since that time it is eleven years;
For then she could stand alone; nay, by the rood,
She could have run and waddled all about;
For even the day before, she broke her brow:
And then my husband—God be with his soul!
A' was a merry man—took up the child:
'Yea,' quoth he, 'dost thou fall upon thy face?
Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit;
Wilt thou not, Jule?' and, by my holidame,
The pretty wretch left crying and said 'Ay.'
To see, now, how a jest shall come about!
I warrant, an I should live a thousand years,
I never should forget it: 'Wilt thou not, Jule?' quoth he;
And, pretty fool, it stinted and said 'Ay.'
During scene three, we are introduced to Juliet's nurse, she is more a maternal figure than Juliet's mom. The nurse is a bit annoying and tends to talk a lot unnecessarily, but she does stand up for Juliet and her rights
Lucas Kaufman (Part I)
ReplyDeleteCapulet.
And too soon marred are those so early made.
The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she;
She is the hopeful lady of my earth.
But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;
My will to her consent is but a part.
An she agree, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice.
This night I hold an old accustomed feast,
Whereto I have invited many a guest,
Such as I love, and you among the store,
One more, most welcome, makes my number more.
At my poor house look to behold this night
Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light.
Such comfort as do lusty young men feel
When well-appareled April on the heel
Of limping Winter treads, even such delight
Among fresh female buds shall you this night
Inherit at my house. Hear all, all see,
And like her most whose merit most shall be;
Which, on more view of many, mine, being one,
May stand in number though in reck’ning none.
Come, go with me. [To Servant, giving him a paper.]
Go, sirrah, trudge about
Through fair Verona; find those persons out
Whose names are written there, and to them say,
My house and welcome on their pleasure stay.
This passage comes at the very beginning of Act I, Scene II, where Count Paris and Lord Capulet are having a discussion about the former taking the hand of the latter’s daughter, Juliet, in marriage. It is Paris’ wish to marry Juliet as soon as possible, but Capulet thinks Juliet is too young to wed and should wait a few years. He is, however, still in favor of Paris marrying Juliet eventually, and in my selected passage Capulet tells Paris of a banquet he is hosting for all the non-Montague nobles of Verona, and advises the count to use it as an opportunity to woo Juliet into giving her consent for the marriage. In this scene, Capulet, like many parents of the time would, is arranging a marriage for his daughter, most likely with the motive of the wealth of Paris’ family that could be used to finally crush the Montagues and allow the Capulets to emerge victorious in their long-standing feud. In this way I would consider Capulet greedy and selfish for denying Juliet the freedom to choose who she spends the rest of her life with for money and glory.
Lucas Kaufman (Part II)
ReplyDeleteNurse.
Even or odd, of all days of the year,
Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen.
Susan and she (God rest all Christian souls!)
Were of an age. Well, Susan is with God;
She was too good for me. But, as I said,
On Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen;
That shall she, marry; I remember it well.
‘Tis since the earthquake now eleven years;
And she was weaned (I shall never forget it),
Of all the days of the year, upon that day.
For I had then laid wormwood to my dug,
Sitting in the sun under the dovehouse wall.
My lord and you were then at Mantua-
Nay, do I bear a brain- But, as I said,
When it did taste wormwood on the nipple
Of my dug and it felt bitter, pretty fool,
To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!
Shake, quoth the dovehouse! ‘Twas no need, I trow,
To bid me trudge.
And since that time it is eleven years,
For then she could stand alone; nay, by the rood,
She could have run and waddled all about;
For even the day before, she broke her brow;
And then my husband (God be with his soul!
‘A was a merry man) took up the child.
“Yea,” quoth he, “dost thou fall upon thy face?
Thou wilt fall backward when thou has more wit,
Wilt thou not, Jule?” And, by my holidam,
The pretty wretch left crying, and said “Ay.”
To see now how a jest shall come about!
I warrant, an I should live a thousand years,
I never should forget it. “Wilt thou not, Jule?”
quoth he,
And, pretty fool, it stinted, and said “Ay.”
Act I, Scene III shifts the focus of of Capulet and his would-be-son-in-law, and onto Juliet, her nurse, and her mother. Lady Capulet seems much more eager than her husband to get Juliet married as soon as possible, and attempts to get Juliet set up with Count Paris, though Juliet is not too keen on the idea of marrying whoever she is told to. In the beginning of the scene, Lady Capulet calls on Juliet’s Nurse, who had been hired to raise Juliet while the Capulets attended to other duties, to fetch Juliet so she can be informed of Paris’ request. While speaking to Lady Capulet without Juliet present, the Nurse begins to recount a story of a three-year-old Juliet being, well, a three-year-old, and giving a cute answer to a question she failed to understand. This is the event described by the Nurse in my selected passage. In these two scenes, we see the return of two elements of playwriting that Shakespeare so prevalently used in Act I, Scene I- Dramatic Irony and foil characters. Both pf the scenes in the most recent reading were about Count Paris’ request to marry Juliet and her being unwilling to marry, a scenario in which dramatic irony is used since the audience is aware that Juliet will be quite keen on marriage once she meets Romeo. Foil characters do also appear, and though none of the play-long pairs I mentioned in my last blog make appearances these characters do not need to serve these roles for the entire story. Indeed, Lady Capulet and the Nurse serve as a foil pair just in Act I, Scene III, when Lady Capulet’s needing to ask the Nurse of her own daughter’s age shows just how little of a role the Capulets have taken in raising Juliet, while this also highlights how well the Nurse, who is not even a blood relative, knows her, that the Nurse is clearly much more of a mother to Juliet than Lady Capulet ever was.
Sophia Lakos
ReplyDeleteThis part of the reading mentioned a lot about being too young to marry. “Well, thin of marriage now. Younger than you. Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, Are made already mothers. By my count, I was your mother much upon these years That are you now a maid. Thus then in brief: The valient Paris seeks you for his love.”(47) This is Lady Capulet explaining how she is too young to marry and having known her for so long she can have an opinion on it. They were used as foils because the nurse was the one always taking care of Juliet. In these scenes, Romeo and Juliet have yet to discover each other which is creating some irony.
Mitch Keamy
ReplyDeleteNurse
Even or odd, of all days in the year,
Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.
Susan and she--God rest all Christian souls!--
Were of an age: well, Susan is with God;
She was too good for me: but, as I said,
On Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen;
That shall she, marry; I remember it well.
'Tis since the earthquake now eleven years;
And she was wean'd,--I never shall forget it,--
Of all the days of the year, upon that day:
For I had then laid wormwood to my dug,
Sitting in the sun under the dove-house wall;
My lord and you were then at Mantua:--
Nay, I do bear a brain:--but, as I said,
When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool,
To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!
Shake quoth the dove-house: 'twas no need, I trow,
To bid me trudge:
And since that time it is eleven years;
For then she could stand alone; nay, by the rood,
She could have run and waddled all about;
For even the day before, she broke her brow:
And then my husband--God be with his soul!
A' was a merry man--took up the child:
'Yea,' quoth he, 'dost thou fall upon thy face?
Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit;
Wilt thou not, Jule?' and, by my holidame,
The pretty wretch left crying and said 'Ay.'
To see, now, how a jest shall come about!
I warrant, an I should live a thousand years,
I never should forget it: 'Wilt thou not, Jule?' quoth he;
And, pretty fool, it stinted and said 'Ay.'
In scene 2, we are at a street near the Capulet house. A young man named Count Paris comes to ask capulet if he can marry his daughter Juliet. since Juliet is only 14 and too young, capulet offers to Count Paris that he may win her favor. Capulet then explains that Juliet is 'not ripe yet' and then gives a very long and passionate speech and then Capulet and Paris leave. In scene 3, lady capulet addresses Juliet and the Nurse about Juliet marrying Count Paris. Then, the nurse voices her opinion that Juliet should not be married yet and that she raised Juliet. During her speech, the nurse makes an inappropriate joke about Juliet and Lady Capulet walked away.
ignore that first part
DeleteEvan Brenner
ReplyDeleteCAPULET:
"My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,
Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride”.
Benvolio and Romeo passage:
BENVOLIO:
"Your lady's love against some other maid
That I will show you shining at this feast,
And she shall scant show well that now shows best".
In this passage it explains how Paris wants to marry Juliet, Lady Capulet’s daughter. Capulet is excited about the news, but tells Paris that Juliet is not fourteen and she thinks too young to get married. Paris who is a young nobleman tries inviting Juliet to a party he is having that night. The nurse stays and speaks with Juliet about marriage because she knows her the best. The dramatic irony here is that we know Juliet will end up Romeo at the end of the pay, but nobody else knows.
Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning,
ReplyDeleteOne pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy, and be hold by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish:
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
capulet
My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,
Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride”.
the dramaic irony in capulets poem paris wants to marry juliet but the dramatic irony there is that in the end romeo and juliet will always be together because the book is also called romeo and juliet and the characters dont know that yet but the readers do.
james k
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