Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Chapter 1 Recap
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How Shakespeare Utilizes Fate in his Production Of Love And Death
How Shakespeare Explores Fate in Romeo and Juliet Fate,noun The development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power e.g God. “fate decided his course for him” William Shakespeare explores the idea of fate in Romeo and Juliet by adding little references throughout the play. Their love is described as…
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12 Words From Shakespeare
1. Quarrel,Noun An Angry Disagreement “Thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast.” Mercutio “your quarrel will escalate a proper fight if you don’t stop.” 2. Tension,Noun A Stress Feeling “in fewer than a hundred lines Shakespeare has created an Atmosphere of…
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Friar Lawrence And His Metaphors
Friar Lawrence’s speech : These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph Die,like fire and powder ,Which consume :the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own Deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite :Therefore love moderately ; long love doth so ; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. The Verdict…
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Act ||| Scene |||| By Eugene
Late on Monday evening Capulet and Paris discuss how Juliet’s grief over Tybalt’s death has prevented Paris from continuing his date with Juliet. Suddenly, as Paris prepares to leave Capulet offers him Juliet in marriage. He tells Paris that Juliet will obey his patriarchal wishes and marry Paris on Thursday. Paris eagerly agrees to the…
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In the Capulet orchard, Juliet impatiently waits for her nurse, who she sent to meet Romeo three hours earlier. At last the Nurse returns, and Juliet anxiously presses her for news. The Nurse claims to be too tired, sore, and out of breath to tell this Juliet what has happened. Juliet grows frantic, and eventually…
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Act ||| Scene ||| By Scoob
After the Prince Of Verona banishes Romeo from eternity, The friar keeps Romeo in his basement but Romeo does Not yet know his punishment = FRIAR LAWRENCE A gentler judgment vanished from his lips: Not body’s death, but body’s banishment. In m He made a gentler decision. You won’t die, but you’ll be banished from…
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Now, the morning after the Capulet feast, Mercutio and Benvolio search for Romeo. Mercutio blames Romeo for not being there , the “pale, hard-hearted wench,”. Benvolio has discovered that Tybalt has sent Romeo a challenge to duel, and Mercutio is amused at the thought of an encounter between Romeo the romantic, and Tybalt, the Prince…
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Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence with him thinking that Romeo is talking about Rosalyn but then starts fantasizing about Juliet. Friar Lawrence then says to Romeo that it is a terrible idea but then Romeo convinces him and Friar says that if Romeo marries Juliet the two households at war will come to piece.
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Examples of Dramatic Irony : By Eugene (-(-_-)-)
Dramatic Irony is when the actors act scared ,afraid Or angry to a response of merely nothing or Dramatic irony is when the audience,bystanders,readers are aware of what’s going on, but the characters aren’t. -In the classroom the teacher was giving a speech about dramatic irony when a minuscule Wasp enters through the air vent…
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