Category: Communication

  • Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet

    Your task is to identify the metaphor present in the following excerpt and then write a paragraph that explains the metaphor and its effect on the meaning of the passage it is embedded in. MERCUTIO True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which…

  • How to structure an essay (Romeo and Juliet)

    Start with an introduction which tells you what the essay  will contain and what it is about. Then move onto the body of the essay (middle) and elaborate on your points. Finally the end which concludes everything you have talked about and the last point.

  • Fate in Romeo and Juliet

    “These violent delights have violent ends.” This  quote is said by Friar Lawrence and is wise warning towards them saying do not rush things or this marriage that you are trying to rush will lead to death. Fate is revealed in Romeo and Juliet in many ways, but the most important is through the plot…

  • Romeo and Juliet analytical question

    “Friar Lawrence: Who bare my letter then to Romeo? Friar John: I could not send it-here it is again-Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, so fearful were they of infection. Friar Lawrence: Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood,  but full of charge, of dear import, and the neglecting it may do much danger. Friar…

  • Examples of fate

    When  Juliet and Romeo get married the friar Lawrence say’s “Romeo come forth , thou fearful man-affliction is enamour’d of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity”. This means this wedding could end badly and by marrying Juliet it could lead to death. This suggests how their future will end.

  • Examples of fate

    An example of fate is when Mercutio dies and as he dies says “A plague on both your houses” and in the end Romeo and Juliet die. This is an example of fate because in those times curses were believed to have an impact on their lives. Romeo was a montague and Juliet was a…

  • Timeline Update

    Tuesday evening: Juliet drinks the drug. Late Tuesday evening: Lord Capulet is watching the wedding preparations. Wednesday morning: Paris arrives. The Capulets and other people discover Juliet’s body and thinmk she is dead. Thursday afternoon: In Mantua Romeo is old by Balthasar that Juliet is dead. Romeo buys poison. Thursday evening: Friar Lawrence finds out…

  • Timeline Update

    Tuesday early morning: Romeo leaves after spending the night with Juliet. Juliet is told she must marry Paris on Thursday morning. Tuesday afternoon: Paris talks to Friar Lawrence about the upcoming wedding. Juliet goes to Friar Lawremce and he suggets a plan that she takes a drug that makes her look dead so that she…

  • Timeline Update

    Monday late Afternoon: Romeo kills Tybalt as he killed Mercutio and as a result Romeo is banished from Verona by the Prince. Then the Nurse tells Juliet about Romeo’s banishment and Tybalts death. Monday evening: Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that he has been banished and the Nurse comes to bring Romeo to Juliet. Monda late…

  • Interpretations

    Some of the comparisons are when Mercutio is killed by Tybalt and there is thunder directly after. That also happens when Romeo kills Tybalt. Also when there was a brawl and they used guns which they would not have used in Shakespearean times.