Directions: Please comment on the events and people in the play? Select quotations from Act III to characterize each of the following characters: Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, Lord Capulet, and Nurse. Also, think about how dramatic irony and fate work at this point in the play. You should have 3-5 major quotations along with your DETAILED analysis. I look forward to your responses.
Rene Roustand
ReplyDeleteRomeo: After witnessing Mercutio's death, Romeo snapped. He changed from a calm, kind individul to a murderous pyschopath, wanting to kill Tybalt for killing Mercutio. Three quotes that show this are, "Now, Tybalt, take the 'villain' back again", "And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!" and, "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him."
Juliet: After hearing about Tybalt's death, Juliet was upset. She was even more upset when her father decided she must marry Count Paris and divorce Romeo, or else her father would disown her s his daughter. She threated to commit suicide. Three quotes that shows this are, "Can heaven be so envious", "O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had!", and, "Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss."
Friar Laurence: The Friar acts like a fatherly figure after Romeo turns into a weeping wreck. He comforts him, and told him he did a good job with killing Tybalt. Three quotes that show this are, "Be patient, for the world is broad and wide", "But thou slew Tybalt. There art thou happy", and, "A pack of blessings light upon thy back."
Lord Capulet: The lord was very angry when he found out Romeo killed Tybalt. However, after finding out Tybalt slew Mercutio, he was alright with it.
Nurse: Juliet's nurse is saddened by Tybalt's death, however she suggests that Juliet should marry Count Paris, just like her parents said. Three quotes that show this are, "God in heaven bless her!", "And from my soul too; else beshrew them both", and, "Marry, I will; and this is wisely done."
Drew Wachtel part one
ReplyDeleteRomeo: “ Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!
Re-enter TYBALT
Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again,
That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company:
Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.”
During act three of this play Romeo shows us his bad side when he kills Tybalt. Romeo was not thinking of about how it would affect his life when he did it because he was so angry that his best friend just died to a Capulet. It is not only his life it is ruining but it is Juliet's as well because they are married and they will never get to see each other again the dramatic irony there is that we know that they both kill themselves at the end of the play anyways.
Juliet: “ Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?
Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name,
When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it?
But, wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin?
That villain cousin would have kill'd my husband:
Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring;
Your tributary drops belong to woe,
Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy.
My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain;
And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband:
All this is comfort; wherefore weep I then?
Some word there was, worser than Tybalt's death,
That murder'd me: I would forget it fain;
But, O, it presses to my memory,
Like damned guilty deeds to sinners' minds:
'Tybalt is dead, and Romeo--banished;'
That 'banished,' that one word 'banished,'
Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalt's death
Was woe enough, if it had ended there:
Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship
And needly will be rank'd with other griefs,
Why follow'd not, when she said 'Tybalt's dead,'
Thy father, or thy mother, nay, or both,
Which modern lamentations might have moved?
But with a rear-ward following Tybalt's death,
'Romeo is banished,' to speak that word,
Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet,
All slain, all dead. 'Romeo is banished!'
There is no end, no limit, measure, bound,
In that word's death; no words can that woe sound.
Where is my father, and my mother, nurse?”
In act three Juliet gets really sad and out of control because of what happened to Romeo killing her cousin. To make matters worse her mother and father want her to marry Paris on Thursday of that week. Their wedding will not be a secret anymore because her parents are forcing her to marry Paris. Right now Juliet is feeling very stressed, depressed and angry at her parents for forcing her to get married and that will ruin the secret of Romeo and Juliet’s secret marriage.
Drew Wachtel part 2
ReplyDeleteFriar Lawrence: “ Hold thy desperate hand:
Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote
The unreasonable fury of a beast:
Unseemly woman in a seeming man!
Or ill-beseeming beast in seeming both!
Thou hast amazed me: by my holy order,
I thought thy disposition better temper'd.
Hast thou slain Tybalt? wilt thou slay thyself?
And stay thy lady too that lives in thee,
By doing damned hate upon thyself?
Why rail'st thou on thy birth, the heaven, and earth?
Since birth, and heaven, and earth, all three do meet
In thee at once; which thou at once wouldst lose.
Fie, fie, thou shamest thy shape, thy love, thy wit;
Which, like a usurer, abound'st in all,
And usest none in that true use indeed
Which should bedeck thy shape, thy love, thy wit:
Thy noble shape is but a form of wax,
Digressing from the valour of a man;
Thy dear love sworn but hollow perjury,
Killing that love which thou hast vow'd to cherish;
Thy wit, that ornament to shape and love,
Misshapen in the conduct of them both,
Like powder in a skitless soldier's flask,
Is set afire by thine own ignorance,
And thou dismember'd with thine own defence.
What, rouse thee, man! thy Juliet is alive,
For whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead;
There art thou happy: Tybalt would kill thee,
But thou slew'st Tybalt; there are thou happy too:
The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy:
A pack of blessings lights up upon thy back;
Happiness courts thee in her best array;
But, like a misbehaved and sullen wench,
Thou pout'st upon thy fortune and thy love:
Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable.
Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed,
Ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her:
But look thou stay not till the watch be set,
For then thou canst not pass to Mantua;
Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time
To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends,
Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back
With twenty hundred thousand times more joy
Than thou went'st forth in lamentation.
Go before, nurse: commend me to thy lady;
And bid her hasten all the house to bed,
Which heavy sorrow makes them apt unto:
Romeo is coming.”
Friar Lawrence’s role in act three is to come up with a new plan on how this marriage is going to work after Romeo got banished from the city. Another role that he played during this scene was to keep Romo from killing himself and to cheer him up when he was crying on the ground. His last role in this scene was to house Romeo while he was figuring out what to do with the rest of his life outside of the city.
Lord Capulet: “ Monday! ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon,
O' Thursday let it be: o' Thursday, tell her,
She shall be married to this noble earl.
Will you be ready? do you like this haste?
We'll keep no great ado,--a friend or two;
For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late,
It may be thought we held him carelessly,
Being our kinsman, if we revel much:
Therefore we'll have some half a dozen friends,
And there an end. But what say you to Thursday?”
Lord Capulet started act three off as being really sad on the loss of Tybalt in the hands of Romeo. Then Paris comes and he thinks that it would be a good time for Juliet to get married because they think she is down in the dumps because of Tybalt’s death but she is not. When he goes and tells Juliet about his plans for her to marry Paris Juliet says no and he gets really mad at her and storms out of the room but he still keeps the wedding on for that date.
Drew Wachtel part 3
ReplyDeleteNurse: “O, she says nothing, sir, but weeps and weeps;
And now falls on her bed; and then starts up,
And Tybalt calls; and then on Romeo cries,
And then down falls again.”
The Nurse’s role in this act was to cheer Juliet up after Romeo killed Tybalt. Juliet sends Nurse to where Romeo is while he is crying over his banishment in the city. The nurse comes back with Romeo and they spend their last night together. At the end of the act the Nurse betrays Juliet by saying that she should marry Juliet and she gets mad at the Nurse and asks her to leave the room.
Peyton Levental
ReplyDeleteIn Act III the characters show different sides. Friar Lawrence shows a deep side, “there art thou happy. Tybalt would kill thee, but thou slewest Tybalt” (149). He is telling Romeo that he should be happy and glad that he is still alive and that he should not commit suicide. Romeo in this act showed a much darker side, “Alive in triumph, and mercutio slain?” (123). He kills mercutio. He has a duality between love and hate. Juliet in this Act shows a side of sadness because of all the loses she has endured. Her father is also making her marry Paris so she is extremely upset, “O, break, my heart! Poor bankrout, break at once!” (133). She is heartbroken. The nurse is trying to help Juliet during these times with Paris wanting to marry her but the nurse agrees that it is best for her to marry him. The nurse is very upset about mercutio's death,” Ay me! Well a day! He's dead, he's dead, he's dead! We are undone, lady, we are undone!” (133). The Dramatic irony is when paris thinks that she is crying for Tybalt but is really crying for Romeo, “look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly” (153). Still at this point, no one knows that Romeo and Juliet are married.
Frankie Huntress
ReplyDeleteRomeo: After seeing Mercutio's death, Romeo got enraged. He changed from a welltempered person to a dangourus attacker, wanting to kill Tybalt for killing Mercutio. My quotes are, "Now, Tybalt, take the 'villain' back again", "And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!" and, "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him."
Juliet: After beeing inforemed about Tybalt's death, Juliet was sad. She was even more upset when her father decided she must marry Count Paris or else her father would disown her s his daughter. She threated to kill her self. My three quotes are"Can heaven be so envious", "O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had!", and, "Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss."
Friar Laurence: The Friar acts like a fatherly figure after Romeo messes up. He comforts him, and told him he did honorable deed with killing Tybalt. My three quotes are, "Be patient, for the world is broad and wide", "But thou slew Tybalt. There art thou happy", and, "A pack of blessings light upon thy back."
Lord Capulet: The lord was very angry when he found out Romeo killed Tybalt. However, after finding out Tybalt killed Mercutio, he thought it was fair
Nurse: Juliet's nurse is upset by Tybalt's death, but she tell Juliet that she should marry Count Paris, just like her parents said.my quotes are, "God in heaven bless her!", "And from my soul too; else beshrew them both", and, "Marry, I will; and this is wisely done."
Friar Lawrence: “ Hold thy desperate hand:
ReplyDeleteArt thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote
The unreasonable fury of a beast:
Unseemly woman in a seeming man!
Or an ill-beseeming beast in seeming both!
(not whole quote)
In act III friar Lawrence plays a role in this scene like no other from his character before. In this scene when Romeo is crying on the ground from banishment, friar takes control of the situation and gets pretty strict with Romeo by telling him that this is no way for a man to act and that he's crying like a woman. He is only doing this so Romeo will think about what could've happened instead.
gannon s
Deletephia Lakos
ReplyDeleteRomeo: In this act, Romeo makes a big mistake, he has killed Juliet's cousin Tybalt. He has since been sentenced to banish him for his actions, which is them going easy on him. “Yet 'banished'? Hang up philosophy! Unless philosophy can make a Juliet,” When Romeo found out about his banishment he was nervous as of what Juliet would think. He was saying how he wishes there were another Juliet out there because there is no way she will take him back.
Juliet: Juliet had an especially difficult time in this act. Her husband Romeo killed her cousin, and as his punishment, he was banished. Although he made an unforgivable act she still loved him and wanted to be with him. “And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!” She wanted them to take her instead of Romeo, which shows how committed she really is to him. She is completely repulsed by the idea of marrying Paris although it is what her parents want.
Friar Laurence: When he found out about Romeo’s banishment he is determined to keep them together, all to try and end the families fued. When he says “There on the ground, with his own tears made drunk.” I think it was an effort to make the nurse feel guilty and show how much regret Romeo is feeling.
Lord Capulet: Lord Capulet is Juliet’s father who wants her to marry Paris. He was very aggressive and had no sympathy for Juliet when he sees how emotional she is. “And why, my lady wisdom? hold your tongue, Good prudence; smatter with your gossips, go.” He doesn’t even want to hear what Juliet has to say because he thinks it is all nonsense.
Nurse: The nurse has seen this all go down, she was the one who told Juliet about what Romeo had done. When Juliet had asked her what she would do since she is the only one who knows about the marriage, she told her to do what her parents want. I think the nurse is the most reliable adult it Juliet's life because it seems she has spent more time with her than anyone.
Sophia Lakos^^
DeleteJulia
ReplyDeleteRomeo- Romeo responds poorly to Mercutio’s death and “accidentally” kills Tybalt, the cousin to his wife “The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed. The Prince will doom thee death If thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away!”
Juliet- distraught by the confrontation that her apparent one true love has killed her cousin and recognizes the potential outcomes of the fight. “ O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feather’d raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show”. Juliet is unsure whether she loves or hates Romeo after what he has done.
Friar Laurence- Has a plan that he believes will save Romeo but it's not that good. The Friar thinks that Romeo should either leave Verona or announce o everyone that he is married to Juliet, “Go hence; good night; and here stands all your state:
Either be gone before the watch be set,
Or by the break of day disguised from hence:
Sojourn in Mantua; I'll find out your man,
And he shall signify from time to time
Every good hap to you that chances here:
Give me thy hand; 'tis late: farewell; good night.”
Lord Capulet- Capulet doesn't know that Juliet has plans for marriage besides Paris. He refuses to let her marry anyone but him; so you can only imagine what displeasure he will have to discover that she and Romeo are married in the morning.
Nurse- The nurse disagrees with what Juliet wants to hear, and doing so she sheds light on the situation that Juliet would be forced to face if she chooses to announce her marriage to the public. “Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing,
That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;
Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth.
Then, since the case so stands as now it doth,
I think it best you married with the county.”.
Ben Worthley
ReplyDeleteROMEO
Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!
In the play, we see Romeo as this calm person. But after his best friend dies he can’t control it anymore. He is mad and has to get it out on Tybalt. Romeo is not a fighter. In the first scene, we see he gets annoyed that they were fighting again. He does not want to fight but when his best friend dies he feels like he does not have a choice. He gets mad and after he is in denial. He can not process this. When Fair Laurence tells him he is being banished in steed of executed. People would be happy, but he tries to kill himself.
TYBALT
Well, peace be with you, sir: here comes my man.
When we first meet Tybalt we find he wants to instigate the fight like in the fight in the first scene. But in this scene, he just wants to find Romeo he wants no part of Mercutio fight. This is a new Tybalt, we would think he would just fight Mercutio and just leave Romeo alone. He doses fight Romeo and dies but he did not start that fight. Romeo was mad and he stared it.
FRIAR LAURENCE
O, she knew well
Thy love did read by rote and could not spell.
But come, young waverer, come, go with me,
In one respect I'll thy assistant be;
For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households' rancour to pure love.
In this scene, you meet Friar Laurence. He is kinda like a father to Romeo. Romeo asked him to marry Juliet at first he was hesitant, but that he realizes that this might just unite the families and they will stop the fighting. He right the families will come closer but Romeo and Juliet have to die first.
Jayden Cho
ReplyDelete2/5/19
Romeo:
“Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee
Doth much excuse the appertaining rage
To such a greeting: villain am I none;
Therefore farewell; I see thou know'st me not.” (Act 3, Scene 1)
Romeo is seen once again acting very brashful driven with a very emotional side as well. He has been showing much sorrow and emotions whenever he is with Juliet, and also by showing to others that he would not fight. However, later on after having his best friend Mercutio killed by Tybalt, he is filled with anguish and decides to hot-headedly bring a fight with Tybalt, in which everything seems to fall apart. Romeo somehow kills Tybalt, and in doing so results in the banishment of him. Romeo again changes his mood very quickly as he is seen weeping in the Friar’s home, and attempts many suicides along the way. In this act alone, Romeo is turned from being a defenseless, honorable man to a revenge-driven person, to a depressed and suicidal little boy back to being happy and loving with Juliet. The word “Duality” really expresses Romeo in this scenes as he changes his personalities many times.
Juliet:
“O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!
Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb…” (Act 3, Scene 2)
Juliet is, like many of the other scenes, a very cautious girl that can be seen almost as the complete opposite of Romeo. Although very emotional like Romeo, she can control her temper as well as make wise decisions which is something Romeo struggles to do, and which would lead to his banishment and him “accidentally” killing his wife’s cousin. Just like the audience could tell, Juliet finds out finally about Romeo’s different personalities as well as the dualities he has. She is very disappointed and furious of Romeo killing her cousin, but later suspects that this would’ve been the right choice. If Tybalt had not died, Romeo instead would have, and although Tybalt is her cousin and she has only been in a relationship with Romeo for (maybe?) 2 days, she still loves Romeo more than Tybalt.
Friar Lawrence:
“A gentler judgment vanish'd from his lips,
Not body's death, but body's banishment.” (Act 3, Scene 3)
This is the second time we have met Friar Lawrence so far in the play, and just like I said last time you can see very father-like elements that can be associated for the Friar. The Friar also seems to act like a father for Romeo, as you can see the Friar worried for Romeo and tries to cheer him up. Although Romeo will not be put to death, the idea of banishment is to much for a young, emotional boy, and brings him to great sadness. The Friar tries to cheer him up by saying multiple positives in banishment, as well as mentioning many blessings in disguise that Romeo did not notice. In the movie, the Friar also saves Romeo from killing himself which shows not only Romeo’s thoughts on banishment, but also the protectiveness of the Friar.
Lord Capulet:
“Peace, you mumbling fool!
Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl;
For here we need it not.” (Act 3, Scene 5)
In this scene you can tell that the Lord Capulet has changed a lot since the beginning. In the beginning, he doesn’t seem to care on when Juliet will be married and also doesn’t really urge Juliet to do so. However, after Tybalt’s death it seems as if it is a good time for Paris to marry Juliet where she is presumably sad about her cousin’s death, whereas she is in reality sad about Romeo banished from Verona.
Sean Wilen
ReplyDeleteRomeo-
“ Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!
Romeo had a big scene when he killed Tybalt it rocked his world and he knew he did something very bad. He also knew that his Wife Juliet will be disappointed with him but after all he is her husband. Last things Romeo has been banned from the city and may not reenter which means he cant see his love of his life "Juliet".(also makes lots of suicide foreshadows)
Juliet-
"Can heaven be so envious", "O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had!", and, "Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss."
Juliet has just found out that her cousin has passed and her husband was the killer. She is frighted and sad, and doesn't know what to do. To make matters worse her father is forcing her to marry Paris but she cant because of Romeo.
Nurse-
"God in heaven bless her!", "And from my soul too; else beshrew them both", and, "Marry, I will; and this is wisely done."
The Nurse had a very particular job in this scene she is one of the only that know about Juliet and Romeo. She also protected Juliet from her father when he attacked her. But when Juliet asked the Nurse what to do Nurse said to do what her parents want her to do. Juliet cant trust a lot of people except the Nurse
Evan Brenner
ReplyDeleteRomeo
Romeo has an outburst of rage his friend Mercutio dies. He then decides to fight and “accidentally” kills Tybalt. Due to this Romeo gets the punishment of banished. “Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again, that late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul. Is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company:Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.” Romeo does a lot of things without thinking that may trouble him in the future. For example, killing Tybalt and marrying Juliet as soon as they met. The dramatic irony is that we know they will both die in the end.
Juliet
Juliet is still in love with Romeo. “Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?” Juliet can’t make a decision if she should be upset with Romeo for killing Tybalt. Later she understands that if Romeo didn’t kill Tybalt, he could of been killed himself. On top of all this her father is forcing her to marry Paris.
Friar Laurence
Friar Laurence is a kind of a helper for Romeo and everyone else. “To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back with twenty hundred thousand times more joy.” When things look like they started to go downhill Friar Laurence somehow figured out a way to make it better. “To comfort thee, though thou art banished.” This shows that Friar Laurence cares about him and comforts as best as she could.
Lord Capulet
Lord Capulet is the father of Juliet. He changed because he is now forcing Juliet to marry Paris, rather than staying with Romeo. “But, you will not wed, I’ll pardon you. Graze where you will, you shall not house with me… I’ll not be forsworn.” Lord Capulet is telling Juliet that if she doesn’t marry Paris she will be punished. Or more severely kicked out of the house.
Nurse
The Nurse cares a lot about Juliet. “I think it best you married with the County. O, he’s a lovely gentleman.” The nurse wants whatever is best for Juliet.
Part I- Romeo
ReplyDeleteROMEO. This day's black fate on more days doth depend;
This but begins the woe, others must end.
BENVOLIO. Here comes the furious Tybalt back again.
ROMEO. Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!
[Re-enter TYBALT]
Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again,
That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company:
Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.
The beginning of Act III of “Romeo and Juliet” sees a great shift in the character of Romeo. For the entirety of the play so far, Romeo has been an advocate of peace between the Montagues and Capulets, being the only major Montague not involved in the great fight in Act I. He continues this behavior when a fight breaks out in the streets between Mercutio and Tybalt, but when Mercutio is fatally wounded and dies, Romeo is overcome with rage, charges at Tybalt with the full intent of starting a fight that would end one or both of their lives, and eventually succeeds in killing him. This, however, results in Romeo’s banishment from Verona by the Prince, further complicating the marriage between Romeo and Juliet and the relationship between the Montagues and the Capulets. This passage, which comes just after Benvolio breaks to Romeo the news of Mercutio’s death, shows that sudden change in conduct that Romeo experienced when the long feud between his family and his in-laws that he had for so long opposed ended up costing the life of one of his closest friends. Though much more violent here, Romeo still displays that rashness that he has since the beginning, as once Mercutio ended up dead from wounds Tybalt dealt him Romeo attacked and killed Tybalt, immediately and without hesitation.
Part II- Juliet
JULIET. Now, by Saint Peter's Church and Peter too,
He shall not make me there a joyful bride.
I wonder at this haste; that I must wed
Ere he, that should be husband, comes to woo.
I pray you, tell my lord and father, madam,
I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I swear,
It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate,
Rather than Paris. These are news indeed!
Act III, Scene II begins with Juliet hearing from the Nurse of Tybalt’s murder at Romeo’s hands and the subsequent banishment of the latter. Juliet spends the rest of the act in a state of depression in which she constantly weeps isolated in her bedroom, and with clever usage of dramatic irony by Shakespeare the Capulets are led to believe that Juliet’s sadness is over the sudden death of her cousin Tybalt, when only the audience and a select few characters know that her tears come from the exile of her husband Romeo. In a doomed attempt to cheer Juliet up, the Capulets announce to her their plan to wed her to Count Paris in three days, but this backfires and puts Juliet in an even worse emotional state as she despises Paris and is already legally married. This small piece of Juliet’s dialogue in Act III, Scene V contains Juliet’s response, and refusal, to the plan for her to marry Paris, which I believe to be a big turning point for her, since this was really the last straw for her with everything else that had happened, and all the parental figures in her life have removed themselves or been removed from Juliet’s life because of conflicting opinions on whether she should marry Paris. Juliet, in this act, is still as careful but defiant as she has been, but is much more upset throughout the act due to the dual tragedies of Tybalt and Romeo.
^Lucas Kaufman (Part I)
DeleteLucas Kaufman (Part II)
ReplyDeletePart III- Friar Laurence
FRIAR LAURENCE. Hold thy desperate hand:
Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote
The unreasonable fury of a beast:
Unseemly woman in a seeming man!
Or ill-beseeming beast in seeming both!
Thou hast amazed me: by my holy order,
I thought thy disposition better temper'd.
Hast thou slain Tybalt? wilt thou slay thyself?
And stay thy lady too that lives in thee,
By doing damned hate upon thyself?
Why rail'st thou on thy birth, the heaven, and earth?
Since birth, and heaven, and earth, all three do meet
In thee at once; which thou at once wouldst lose.
Fie, fie, thou shamest thy shape, thy love, thy wit;
Which, like a usurer, abound'st in all,
And usest none in that true use indeed
Which should bedeck thy shape, thy love, thy wit:
Thy noble shape is but a form of wax,
Digressing from the valour of a man;
Thy dear love sworn but hollow perjury,
Killing that love which thou hast vow'd to cherish;
Thy wit, that ornament to shape and love,
Misshapen in the conduct of them both,
Like powder in a skitless soldier's flask,
Is set afire by thine own ignorance,
And thou dismember'd with thine own defence.
What, rouse thee, man! thy Juliet is alive,
For whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead;
There art thou happy: Tybalt would kill thee,
But thou slew'st Tybalt; there are thou happy too:
The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy:
A pack of blessings lights up upon thy back;
Happiness courts thee in her best array;
But, like a misbehaved and sullen wench,
Thou pout'st upon thy fortune and thy love:
Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable.
Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed,
Ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her:
But look thou stay not till the watch be set,
For then thou canst not pass to Mantua;
Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time
To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends,
Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back
With twenty hundred thousand times more joy
Than thou went'st forth in lamentation.
Go before, nurse: commend me to thy lady;
And bid her hasten all the house to bed,
Which heavy sorrow makes them apt unto:
Romeo is coming.
Act III, Scene III is the sole scene in the act where Friar Laurence makes an appearance. The scene takes place in the friar’s cell, where he informs Romeo of the latter’s banishment, and Romeo begins to ramble about how death is more merciful than banishment, how the world outside of Verona- outside of Juliet- is but torture, and hell itself. As the scene continues, the Nurse arrives and says Juliet is in a similar state of despair to Romeo, and in hearing Juliet’s name but knowing he is deprived of her Romeo attempt suicide and is stopped by Friar Laurence.
Lucas Kaufman (Part III)
ReplyDeletePart III- Friar Laurence (cont.)
This passage, one of the longest single pieces of dialogue in the entire play, is the friar’s response, telling Romeo of all the blessings he has experienced- in his duel against Tybalt, there is no way he could have survived the fight against a man of much greater size and experience, and yet he killed him, and the execution that should have resulted from Tybalt’s murder was reduced to banishment. Friar Laurence ends the passage by coming up with a plan to undo the damage- to send Romeo off, tell everyone of his marriage to Juliet, wait for everything to blow over, and then bring Romeo back to live happily ever after. Friar Laurence in this scene shows that he genuinely cares about Romeo and his happiness through Juliet, as he and the Nurse express concern over the emotional states of the lovers following the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt. He is also very optimistic, as he comes up with a plan that sounds nice on paper but when delved into is shown to be doomed to fail; as the Capulets cannot and will not simply let go and forgive Romeo for his actions against them, for the cousin, son, nephew, that is gone forever because of his actions. And to find out that this villainous murderer is married to one of their own? Only more chaos would ensue.
Part IV- Lord Capulet
CAPULET. Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!
I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,
Or never after look me in the face:
Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;
My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest
That God had lent us but this only child;
But now I see this one is one too much,
And that we have a curse in having her:
Out on her, hilding!
The final two scenes of Act III of “Romeo and Juliet” involve Lord and Lady Capulet making plans to wed Juliet to Count Paris that Thursday (the scene takes place on a Monday) in an attempt to cheer Juliet up, and informing her of their decision. As previously stated, Juliet refuses to marry him, which greatly angers Lord Capulet and causes him to threaten her with disownment if she does not comply, as shown in the passage above. Paris is one of the most desirable men in Verona, and so the Capulets surely put a lot of work into getting him to marry their daughter. And for Juliet to just refuse such a man in favor of (though the Capulets are unaware) the very Montague who stole the valiant Tybalt away from them? Lord Capulet, in his boundless rage and stubbornness, storms out of Juliet’s bedroom having made it clear that her not marrying Paris in three days will lead to his disowning of her, and an obedient Lady Capulet follows suit.
Lucas Kaufman (Part IV)
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NURSE. Faith, here it is.
Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing,
That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;
Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth.
Then, since the case so stands as now it doth,
I think it best you married with the county.
O, he's a lovely gentleman!
Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam,
Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye
As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart,
I think you are happy in this second match,
For it excels your first: or if it did not,
Your first is dead; or 'twere as good he were,
As living here and you no use of him.
The Nurse, in Act III, becomes quite an essential character, as she is virtually the sole source of comfort for Juliet in such a needy time. Throughout the act, she comforts and cries with Juliet and even Romeo, and being the more of a parent to Juliet than her biological parents ever were, Juliet turns to the Nurse for comfort after Lord and Lady Capulet threaten her with disownment for not marrying Count Paris. The Nurse, though showing in the above passage that she cares more for the happiness and well-being of Juliet than her parents, is still supportive of her marrying Paris, as the disgraced Romeo is a terrible foe to the Capulets and is to be killed if he re-enters Verona, and as such he’s as good as dead. Paris, however, is (as the Nurse acknowledges) not Juliet’s first choice, but a lovely gentleman far Romeo’s superior that Juliet maybe could live happily with if she was willing to accept him. Juliet is disgusted by this, and pushes the Nurse out of her life as well, leaving the Capulet home to visit Friar Laurence in the act’s conclusion. The Nurse, in this scene, shows herself to be a caring individual, as she clearly wants the best for Juliet, but she is still obedient to Lord and Lady Capulet, as she enforces their decision to have Juliet marry Paris and, even if she genuinely believes Juliet would be better off with Paris, knows
The girl will not abandon Romeo so quickly or easily.
Lucy E. 2/6/19
ReplyDeleteROMEO-
“Oh, I am fortune's fool”
Romeo has such love for Mercutio that he reacts very rashly and aggressively. He is not thinking of how his killing Tybolt effects the rest of his life. He is so in love with Juliet then fears she hates him. He is sent away and thinks his life is over attempting suicide, but the nurse finds him and brings him to Julet.
JULIET-
“O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!
Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!
Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st,
A damned saint, an honourable villain!
O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell,
When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend
In moral paradise of such sweet flesh?
Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!?
Juliet is introduced as a girl that wants to marry only for love and wants to be happy. She finds Romeo and finds he is a Montague but love him for him and does not think names should matter. Juliet does not know how to feel about Romeo when she learns he has killed her cousin, she is moved to tears and is doubtful about the story, that he husband could kill her cousin. Once she believes thinks he is evil but loves him and thinks she is beautiful. Even though she knows what her husband did she still loves him and refuses to be married by her father hand to Paris.
“Now, by Saint Peter's Church and Peter too,
He shall not make me there a joyful bride.
I wonder at this haste; that I must wed
Ere he, that should be husband, comes to woo.
I pray you, tell my lord and father, madam,
I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I swear,
It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate,
Rather than Paris. These are news indeed!”
FRIAR LAURENCE-
“God pardon sin! wast thou with Rosaline?”
The friar points out how better off Romeo is, he says Romeo gets Juliet and his life, which is different from how he was introduced. Earlier he is doubting Romeos newfound “love”. He has a plan that he thinks will save Romeo. He marries Romeo and Juliet in the hopes of uniting the families and stop the war. When Romeo kills Tybolt he is the go-to guy, in the he end supplies the posion ending this classic tragedy. He is the one that Romeo turns to when he is in trouble.
“Come, come with me, and we will make short work;
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone
Till holy church incorporate two in one.”
LORD CAPULET-
Lord Capulet is angry with the actions of his daughter and Romeo he wants to have Juliet marry Paris not matter what. He thinks she is to young to see it but in some time she will learn to love him. She is a vexed character.
“Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!
I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,
Or never after look me in the face:
Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;
My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest
That God had lent us but this only child;
But now I see this one is one too much,
And that we have a curse in having her:
Out on her, hilding!”
He is saying her love for Romeo is just baggage and she is disobedient. He expects er to marry Paris on Thursday and not to look at him with disgust and hate. He says he was blessed with one child but she is too much and he is glad he didn’t have more, and even goes so far as to say she was a curse to them, because she does not listen to him.
Lucy E. 2/6/19
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“There's no trust,
No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured,
All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
Ah, where's my man? give me some aqua vitae:
These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old.
Shame come to Romeo!”
The nurse informs Juliet of Romeo's slays and she goes with Juliet she just agrees with whatever she says, which is an interesting strategy it is both bad and good because she will never get Juliet mad at her but she will never really voice or share her opinions. She still though has a heart for Juliet and what she wants she gives her.
“Hie to your chamber: I'll find Romeo
To comfort you: I wot well where he is.
Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night:
I'll to him; he is hid at Laurence' cell.”
Abhi Sharma
ReplyDeleteROMEO-
“Oh, I am fortune's fool”
Romeo is a type of guy who has feelings all over the place meaning he lets his feelings do the action instead of his head. Romeo loves Mercutio so much but when he was slain by Tybalt he reacted aggressively and killed Tybalt. Romeo did not use his brain of what the consequences would be when he killed Tybalt and starts to think that Juliet hates him now. “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.— Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.”. Here you can see that Romeo is angry and says eighter me, you or both must go with Mercutio. When he slays Tybalt he is banished from Verona but he was lucky that he wasn’t executed.
JULIET-
“O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!
Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!
Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st,
A damned saint, an honourable villain!
O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell,
When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend
In moral paradise of such sweet flesh?
Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!?”
Juliet is a type of girl that marries someone for love and happiness. Then she is in love with Romeo and finds out that he is a Montague. Later she was informed by the nurse that Tybalt was slain by Romeo and after that, she was crying every day wondering why Romeo was slain Tybalt and what is going to happen to Romeo. She stills Romeo because she refuses to marry Paris.
NURSE-
“There's no trust,
No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured,
All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
Ah, where's my man? give me some aqua vitae:
These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old.
Shame come to Romeo!”
The nurse tells Juliet that Tybalt has been slain by Romeo. They both had a interesting talk were Juliet was agreeing on half of the things that the nurse was saying.
Lord Capulet:
“Peace, you mumbling fool!
Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl;
For here we need it not.” (Act 3, Scene 5)
In the beginning, Lord Capulet did not care who Juliet marries. Then he changes how by telling Paris to marry Juliet. The Juliet says she doesn’t want to marry Paris, and her father gets mad at her for saying no.
Friar Lawrence:
“A gentler judgment vanish'd from his lips,
Not body's death, but body's banishment.” (Act 3, Scene 3)
The Friar treats Romeo like he is his own. You can see that when the friar stops Romeo from committing suicide and tells him the good things about being banished and cheers him up. The Friar also says that he is here for him and if you need help I will be there for you
Mitch Keamy
ReplyDeleteRomeo: Romeo was a very passionate and romantic person. He wooed juliet with very smooth words and she fell in love with him. Then, when Tybalt accidently killed Mercutio, Romeo went crazy with rage. Romeo wanted to kill Tybalt. Romeo said to Tybalt, that either himself, Tybalt, or both of them must die with Mercutio "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him."
Juliet: Juliet is very in love with Romeo. She wanted to marry him and spend their lives together. Unfortunately, Romeo slew (killed) Tybalt for accidentally killing Mercutio. Sine Tybalt was due for execution for killing Mercutio anyway, Romeo was not charged with death for killing him. However, Romeo was banished from Verona and this made Juliet very upset. Her father had the idea of forcing Juliet to marry Paris. This makes juliet more upset and she would rather die than marry Paris “And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!”
Friar Laurence: Friar laurence think that marrying Romeo and Juliet will bring the Capulets and Montagues closer together. “In one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love.”
Lord Capulet: At first he was very upset about the death of Tybalt in the hands of romeo, then, Lord Capulet had the brilliant idea of forcing Juliet to marry Paris. “ Monday! ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon, O' Thursday let it be: o' Thursday, tell her, She shall be married to this noble earl. Will you be ready? do you like this haste?”
Nurse: The nurse was sent to make console Juliet after Romeo killed Tybalt and was banished from Verona. The Nurse tells Juliet that she should marry Paris and fake being happy. She does not like this and gets very angry at the nurse and they have a fight. The Nurse says to the Capulets “O, she says nothing, sir, but weeps and weeps; And now falls on her bed; and then starts up, And Tybalt calls; and then on Romeo cries, And then down falls again.”
Davis Blanch
ReplyDeleteRomeo: Romeo snapped after seeing his good friend Mercutio murdered by Tybalt. Romeo had been a calm likable person but after the death, he turned and became hungry for revenge. A quote that shows his mood after the death is "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him."
Juliet: In act III Juliet has a lot of trauma because her soon to be husband (Romeo) killed her cousin out of pure revenge. Her parents after hearing about Tybalt dying they wanted her to marry Paris. “When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it? But, wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have kill'd my husband: Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring;”
Friar Laurence: The Friar in act III has to come up with a new plan to get Juliet and Romeo married before Juliet is forced to marry Paris and while Romeo is banished from the city. Friar Laurence also has to keep Romeo from killing himself after hearing Juliet taking the potion while everyone thinks she is dead. What, rouse thee, man! thy Juliet is alive,For whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead; There art thou happy: Tybalt would kill thee, But thou slew'st Tybalt; there are thou happy too: The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy:”
Lord Capulet: Lord Capulet thinks that Juliet is depressed because of Tybalt's death but she is actually is depressed because Romeo was banished which complicated their plans. Lord Capulet has to find a new groom for Juliet to get her mind off of Tybalt’s death, so he figures that Paris would make the perfect husband for Juliet. “ Monday! ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon, O' Thursday let it be: o' Thursday, tell her, She shall be married to this noble earl.”
Nurse: In act III the nurse’s job is to cheer Romeo and Juliet up after their plans were complicated. The nurse lets them spend their last night together but after Romeo leaves the city, the nurse agrees with lord capulet that Juliet should marry Paris. “Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the county. O, he's a lovely gentleman! Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye
As Paris hath.”