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Act 1 scene 1: A conflict which will go on through the story is made up by both families
Act 1 scene 2: Paris will ask Lord capulet if he has permission to marry his daughter, Juliet.
The Capulet's feast occurs and Romeo and Benvolio will attend.
Act 1 scene 3: Juliet is asked who she wishes to marry by Lady Capulet and the nurse.
Act 1 scene 4: Romeo starts to think on the way to the feast that he will be killed if he goes.
Act 1 scene 5: At the feast, Romeo and Juliet meet and then fall in love.
Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Teach the torches to burn bright.” This is
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night saying juliet brings light to the room
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear,
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. “A snowy dove trooping with crows” This says
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows that juliet is better than everyone else
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I’ll watch her place of
stand, “Make blessed my rude hand” He wants her
And, touching hers, make blessèd my rude to hold his hand.
hand.
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
No Fear Text
Oh, she shows the torches how to burn
bright! She stands out against the darkness
like a jeweled earring hanging against the
cheek of an African. Her beauty is too good
for this world; she’s too beautiful to die and
be buried. She outshines the other women
like a white dove in the middle of a flock of
crows. When this dance is over, I’ll see where
she stands, and then I’ll touch her hand with
my rough and ugly one. Did my heart ever
love anyone before this moment? My eyes
were liars, then, because I never saw true
beauty before tonight.
3. Act I Scene V
No Fear Text
ROMEO
(taking JULIET’s hand) Your hand is like a
holy place that my hand is unworthy to visit. If
you’re offended by the touch of my hand, my
two lips are standing here like blushing
pilgrims, ready to make things better with a
kiss.
JULIET
Good pilgrim, you don’t give your hand
enough credit. By holding my hand you show
polite devotion. After all, pilgrims touch the
hands of statues of saints. Holding one palm
against another is like a kiss.
Parental Influence/Expectation
5. “My only love sprung from my only Juliet loves someone whom she hates and
hate!” therefore this shows that no matter what the
6. “His name is Romeo, and a situation is, love is love, there are no limits to
montague, The only son of your great it.
enemy”
Title: "Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child's Brain" by Carl
Pickhardt
What is evidence of that The orphans didn’t have high intelligence at all
claim/theme?
What language is worth analysis In this article, I believe particularly vivid is worth analysis
in this text? and I think this because throughout the text it built images
(Particularly vivid? Figurative? in your head just by the facts given
Creating a specific tone?)
How can this text connect to In both texts, their parents give them hate.
R&J?