Uh... it's over? Doesn't really seem like it.... I guess enough people are dead to declare it over, but I was very confused with the last page or two. Pretty much after Juliet killed herself (again) I got lost. But when I enjoyed when Juliet died (the first time) very much. To me it seemed like this is how it went...
-Enter a character
-Character: "Oh, oh,oh! She's dead, she's dead, she's dead! *comment specific to them, repeat 3 times*"
-Enter new character
-New character to old character "What has happened?!"
-"She's dead!" (new character repeats step 2 and process continues to repeat until the whole cast is just standing there looking at Juliet's dead body)
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
"O love! O life! Not life, but love in death!" -Paris, Act IV, Scene V, line 61
"O, I am slain! . . . Dies " -Paris, Act V, Scene III, line 72
"As I did sleep under this yew tree here," -Balthasar, Act V, Scene III, line 141
"Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!" -Juliet, Act V, Scene III, line 174
"Look, and thou shalt see." -Prince, Act V, Scene III, line 224
And then there's an exchange between Friar Laurence and Balthasar in Act V, Scene III, lines130-133. It goes like this... Friar: Who is it? Bal: Romeo. Friar: How long hath he been there? Bal: Full half an hour. It just made me smile because it seemed so normal!
Sunday, February 27
Monday, February 21
R & J: Act 3
Why?! Mercutio is DEAD!!! Stupid Tybalt. He killed me! He just whipped out his sword and shanked me! That's soooo wrong and I am outraged!
I was rather pleased when Romeo was banished because it reassured me that reasonable things actually happened in Verona. I know, sad for Juliet, but happy for common sense and rational behaviors!
Some of my favorite quotes are as follows:
"By my heel, I care not" -Mercutio, Scene I, line 36
"Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives." -Mercutio, Scene I, line 76
"Can heaven be so envious?" -Juliet, Scene II, line 42
"Thy tears are womanish," -Friar Lawrence, Scene III, line 116
"God's beard! It makes me mad." -Capulet, Scene V, line 184
:)
I was rather pleased when Romeo was banished because it reassured me that reasonable things actually happened in Verona. I know, sad for Juliet, but happy for common sense and rational behaviors!
Some of my favorite quotes are as follows:
"By my heel, I care not" -Mercutio, Scene I, line 36
"Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives." -Mercutio, Scene I, line 76
"Can heaven be so envious?" -Juliet, Scene II, line 42
"Thy tears are womanish," -Friar Lawrence, Scene III, line 116
"God's beard! It makes me mad." -Capulet, Scene V, line 184
:)
Saturday, February 12
Romeo & Juliet: Act 2
So the second time they talk to each other he proposes? That just seems wrong. It seems like the only way that would happen nowadays is if the two people met on an online dating site or something of that nature.
When I started reading Scene 2 I was very surprised becaue that was the only part of the play I actually knew and I didn't think that it would come so soon! I was expecting it in Act 4 or 5, but I guess not! Their whole exchange there is so cute! I loved when Romeo said. "Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon," (pg. 38, line 4) and then I loved what they said in Scene 2 from line 54 to 65 about how Romeo would stop being a Montague for her, it was so sweet!
Friar Lawrence seems like a pretty cool guy, I hope he doesn't end up telling on Romeo and Juliet, because if he does I'll be very disappointed in him. But I love how he said "Holy Saint Francis!" in Scene 3, line 66.
Mercutio is quite a strange bird. But I love the way he says things! Most of my favorite lines from this act came from him. Like:
-"Why, that same pale hard-hearted wench,
that Rosaline, torments him so that he will sure run mad."(Act 2, scene IV, line 4-5)
-"the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind
bow-boys butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter
Tybalt?" (Act 2, scene IV, line 15-17) <-- It made me laugh soo hard!
-"Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy." (Act 2, scene IV, line 56)
And then he said something about a Prince of Cats in line 19 and I found that very amusing!
I really like this play so far and I can't wait to continue reading!
When I started reading Scene 2 I was very surprised becaue that was the only part of the play I actually knew and I didn't think that it would come so soon! I was expecting it in Act 4 or 5, but I guess not! Their whole exchange there is so cute! I loved when Romeo said. "Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon," (pg. 38, line 4) and then I loved what they said in Scene 2 from line 54 to 65 about how Romeo would stop being a Montague for her, it was so sweet!
Friar Lawrence seems like a pretty cool guy, I hope he doesn't end up telling on Romeo and Juliet, because if he does I'll be very disappointed in him. But I love how he said "Holy Saint Francis!" in Scene 3, line 66.
Mercutio is quite a strange bird. But I love the way he says things! Most of my favorite lines from this act came from him. Like:
-"Why, that same pale hard-hearted wench,
that Rosaline, torments him so that he will sure run mad."(Act 2, scene IV, line 4-5)
-"the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind
bow-boys butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter
Tybalt?" (Act 2, scene IV, line 15-17) <-- It made me laugh soo hard!
-"Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy." (Act 2, scene IV, line 56)
And then he said something about a Prince of Cats in line 19 and I found that very amusing!
I really like this play so far and I can't wait to continue reading!
Monday, February 7
Romeo & Juliet: Act1
Well surprisingly enough, I enjoyed it quite a lot! The language took a while to get used to, but after a couple pages I caught on. But, as some may know, I'm a grammar freak and some of the sentences weren't capitalized and it drove me CRAZY!
A point I was a little confused on was, how old is Juliet?! 14 or 12? I got a little lost when Nurse and Lady Capulet were talking.
Well some of my favorite quotes were:
Romeo "In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman." (pg. 17) as opposed to...?
Romeo: "O, teach me how I should forget to think!" (pg. 17)
Mercutio (ME!) : "If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down." (pg. 26)
One thing that I love about this play is how vague the settings are! Like, for Scene IV it just says "A street." It just made me laugh that Shakespeare didn't want to spend a ton of time describing his set either!
I loved that Romeo kissed Juliet after they had talked for like, 2 minutes! That would be so strange if that was how things went nowadays!
A point I was a little confused on was, how old is Juliet?! 14 or 12? I got a little lost when Nurse and Lady Capulet were talking.
Well some of my favorite quotes were:
Romeo "In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman." (pg. 17) as opposed to...?
Romeo: "O, teach me how I should forget to think!" (pg. 17)
Mercutio (ME!) : "If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down." (pg. 26)
One thing that I love about this play is how vague the settings are! Like, for Scene IV it just says "A street." It just made me laugh that Shakespeare didn't want to spend a ton of time describing his set either!
I loved that Romeo kissed Juliet after they had talked for like, 2 minutes! That would be so strange if that was how things went nowadays!
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