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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s,70Sups the fair Rosaline, whom thou so lov’st,With all the admired beauties of Verona:Go thither; and, with unattainted eyeCompare her face with some that I shall show,And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo.20Mercutio: Without his roe, like a dried herring. O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in: Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her; Dido a dowdy; Cleopatra a gipsy; Helen and Hero hildings and harlots; Thisbe, a grey eye or so, but not to the purpose. Signior Romeo, bon jour! there’s a French salutation to your French slop. You gave us the counterfeit fairly last night.Romeo: Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you?Mercutio: The slip, sir, the slip; can you not conceive?
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt: Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries40That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw Romeo: I do protest I never injur'd thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love: And so, good Capulet, which name I tender45As dearly as my own, be satisfied.
Which best describes dramatic irony?
Read the excerpt from Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene v.Romeo: O! then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.Juliet: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.105Romeo: Then move not, while my prayers’ effect I take.Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purg’d. [Kissing her.]Juliet: Then have my lips the sin that they have took.Romeo: Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urg’d!Give me my sin again.
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: We met we woo'd and made exchange of vow, I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray, That thou consent to marry us to-day. Friar Laurence: Holy Saint Francis! what a change is here; Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear,70So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Jesu Maria! what a deal of brine Hath wash'd thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline; How much salt water thrown away in waste,75To season love, that of it doth not taste!
Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet. Capulet: Now, afore God! this reverend holy friar, All our whole city is much bound to him. Juliet: Nurse, will you go with me into my closet, To help me sort such needful ornaments35As you think fit to furnish me to-morrow? Lady Capulet: No, not till Thursday; there is time enough. Capulet: Go, nurse, go with her. We’ll to church to-morrow. [Exeunt JULIET and Nurse]
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Capulet is an antagonist because he
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, how do Romeo and Juliet fit the literary archetype of star-crossed lovers? Select 3 options.They are in love.Their relationship is doomed.They are loyal to their friends.Their families disapprove of their love.They make wise choices about their future.
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