Name: |Date: | |Graded Assignment Lesson 5: Romeo and Juliet so far Now answer the seven questions below to demonstrate your understanding of Juliet’s character and some of the most important aspects of the play to this point. Be sure to answer each question fully and to the best of your ability, not only because this assignment will be graded, but also because detailed responses will be more helpful to you when you use this sheet to help you study for the upcoming Unit Test. (7 points) |Score | | | 1. Describe how Juliet's mother behaves when she comes to inform Juliet about the arrangement her father made to have her marry Paris. How does Juliet's mother's behavior when Capulet gets angry at Juliet influence the way in which readers view Lady Capulet?
Nurse’s first fault was sneaking messages to and from Romeo and Juliet to one another. This shows that she approves and is encouraging their relationship together. This influenced Juliet’s decision to marry Romeo, making Nurse’s actions partly at blame for Juliet’s fate. After Romeo’s banishment, Nurse tells Juliet that “I think you are happy in this second match” with Paris. The quick encouragement of the marriage to Paris shows Nurse’s new disloyalty to Juliet.
8.Does Capulet seem sincere in his concern for his daughter’s happiness in marriage? Cite lines from the play to support your opinion. 9.What is Nurse’s opinion of Paris? Cite lines to support your answer. 10.Describe the Nurse’s character, paying particular attention to her relationship with Juliet?
In the short story “A Wedding-Dress” the main character is a woman named Lena Schwartz. This woman is excited, because she is about to get married to Sam Hilton. The reader discovers that Miss Schwartz is a people pleaser and that she does not take responsibility for her actions. Lena must learn from the mistakes that she is making before she can be truly happy with her life. Miss Schwartz only thinks about making other people happy, because she is afraid of them becoming angry, or leaving.
She has little guidance and help from her family. She is expected to marry Paris as her father decided. The death of her at the end can be known as a severe punishment as she argues the fate. They are expected to be obedient and to follow the word of their husbands, but still each women plays a important role which contributes to the outcome of the play "Romeo and Juliet". In the play, Shakespeare puts the character Juliet in a typical situation, which was an arranged marriage and this was a role taken by all women of that time.
2) How does Romeo describe the woman he loves in Scene 1? Refer to things like word choice. Connotation, tone figures of speech, and so on. Romeo describes the woman he loves by saying: ‘’She hath Dian’s wit.”- Here Romeo is comparing her to the Roman goddess Diana because she is chaste and does not want to marry. “O she is rich in beauty, only poor that when she dies, with beauty dies her store.” – Romeo is saying that she is beautiful, but it is a shame that she will not pass her beauty down to anyone because she does not want to have children.
It is important this is revealed before the scene as it creates dramatic irony because the audience knows such a significant detail of the play, yet Juliet doesn't, even though it's her getting married. Shakespeare uses the contrast between love and hate to add tension to the scene, like when Capulet clashes with a distraught Juliet after she refuses to marry Paris. Shakespeare structures this scene to create dramatic tension. Romeo, Capulet, Lady Capulet and the Nurse all make entrances or exits which leads to a chaotic and panicky sort of atmosphere. The audience emotions would be changing constantly because everyone who enters the scene has something important to say that could potentially change the course of the play.
Margo’s main ambition in the movie is to ensure that Bill still loves her. During the film it feel as if Margo is trying to look as young and be as young as she can just so Bill still desires her. Though if Margo is to Marry Bill she has to stop her livelihood which is her acting career in the theatre. At the beginning of the film we see that Margo’s ambition is to excel in the theatre so she sacrifices her relationship with Bill for her ambition to succeed as an actress but as the movie progresses and Margo realises that she is an ageing woman we see her discard her acting career for a chance to marry Bill and become what was seen as a true woman in the 1950’s. Eve’s Ambition to become an actress is why she succeeds in the end but there are many repercussions because of her actions.
Lord Capulet says to Paris ‘woo her’ at the Capulet ball. Lady Capulet shouts to their nurse ‘nurse, where’s my daughter’ this shows that the relationship between lady Capulet and Juliet isn’t very strong, because she doesn’t know where Juliet is , but the nurse does. This shows that the relationship between Juliet and her mother lady Capulet are less apparent than Juliet and her nurse. Then when Juliet arrives at the door lady Capulet’s room she greets her mother with ‘madam’ this is very formal not calling her mum, Juliet see’s her mum not only as a mum but as an extremely important figure.
Arranging a Marriage in India In the short story “Arranging a Marriage in India” by Serena Nanda, demonstrates engagingly a well educated women writing about her findings she went to pursue in India about culture and law. However, there she finds information about arranged marriages and how it all comes together. Serena while in India realizes that an arranged marriage in its own way has its advantages as she previously thought it was unjust and went against everything she believed in. By using dialogue she gives readers an opportunity to hear the opinions of what the people in India thought about these arranged marriages. She finds it possible from what she’s told to see the positive factors from these types of marriages as she considers how different America is while comparing divorce rates.