Romeo and Juliet: WAR!!!

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Romeo and Juliet WAR!!!

• Feraco
• English 9
• 12 May 2009

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Characters

• Question 1 Why does Romeo struggle to get over
  Rosaline, and what is Benvolios advice?

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Concepts

• Question 2 What is a soliloquy, and how is it
  distinguished from a monologue?

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Themes

• Question 3 Explain the role of mistakes in
  Romeo and Juliet (what does their presence teach
  us?), and provide examples of important mistakes
  in the play.

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Plot

• Question 4 Why does Mercutios (and Benvolios)
  mistaken belief regarding the object of Romeos
  affection in Act II, Scene I matter?

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Characters

• Question 5 How are Mercutios attitudes
  towards life, towards the conflict between the
  Montagues and the Capulets, etc. different from
  those of the other characters?

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Concepts

• Question 6 Which important moment between
  Capulet and Tybalt provides an example of
  foreshadowing, and what does that moment
  foreshadow?

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Themes

• Question 7 How does Friar Lawrence characterize
  Romeos love in II.iii and why doesnt he
  characterize it the same way in II.vi?

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Plot

• Question 8 In the outline we discussed last
  week, which plot point/arc represents a
  complication for Romeo and Juliet?

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Characters

• Question 9 How does Capulet change over the
  entire play, and why does he develop this way?

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Concepts

• Question 10 What is dramatic irony, and how is
  it important to Romeo and Juliet?

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Themes

• Question 11 Describe the relationship between
  good and evil in Romeo and Juliet.

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Themes

• Question 12 How is Romeo and Juliet in many
  ways a play about the struggle for control?
  (Dont just think of the two main characters)

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Plot

• Question 13 Why is Romeo banished for his
  crime? (Its not just the crime itself why that
  punishment in particular?)

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Characters

• Question 14 How is the Prince responsible for
  what happens over the course of the play?

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Concepts

• Question 15 What is blocking?

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Themes

• Question 16 Where do we see sacrifice and
  compromise or a willingness to do so in Romeo
  and Juliet? Where dont we see them?

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Themes

• Question 17 Explain the importance of haste
  the act of proceeding rapidly or hurrying in
  the play. (Again, the main characters arent the
  only hasty ones)

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Plot

• Question 18 Which character is the last to die
  or at least the one whose death we learn about
  last?

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Thats All for Today!

• Tally up your answers and your bets!
• More WAR!!! tomorrow!