Month: October 2015

Act 2 scene 3 opens bye friar Lawrence discribing the morning to tell the aw furnace that it is the next day. Then Romeo enters and friar Lawrence says a lot of things about flowers and says “and where the worse risk is predominant,full soon the canker death eats up that plant.” I think that in that statement friar Lawrence is trying to say if there is evil and good tha soon the eivil will take over and destroy the good. Then Romeo comes in all happy and cheer full and Romeo and friar talk about how all of his tears for rosaline where wasted because now Romeo is in love with Juliet and then Romeo says can you marry us and then friar Lawrence’s says slow down .

By Tobias

Now Romeo has arrived at the capulets house and is outside of Juliet’s balcony and Juliet does not know that Romeo is outside so Juliet starts talking about all these different things and that she is in love with Romeo and then she says “what’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any outer word would smell as sweet” here she is trying to say that a name dose not mean any thing and that a rose would be exactly the same even if it was not called a rose. Then Romeo revivals him self and then the speak and they arrange a date of which they should marry.

By Tobias

Shakespeare puts a semantic field around Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Some of the reasons why I think there is a semantic field around Romeo in the play are because every thing that happened makes it feel as if it is Romeo’s destiny. For example the coincidence that happened in Act I, Scene v of the play where, out of all the people in the world, the servant who had the list for the Capulet party found Romeo to ask him to read the list because the Capulet servant could not read. Also in the movie the Artist (Baz luhramann) kept in the movie a vital part which was a important coincidence that changed everything but because it was in the modern day Baz luhramann put it on a TV rather then a serving man finding Romeo.

Surprisingly there where many more of these vital coincidences, for example when Romeo had a dream that the party he was going to was going to lead to his death but he is still going to go because he feels as if it is his destiny to go to the party so he does not fight it and just goes with it. In the both the play and the movie it really does make an atmosphere of mystery and meaning at the same time. In order to strengthen this semantic field, Shakespeare uses metaphors a example of this is when Romeo talks as if he was a ship because he says things such as “but he hath the steerage of my course direct my sail!” In that same speech by Romeo he is trying to say that he feels as if god is guiding him and stirring him towards his fiat which creates a semantic field.

In addition to this There is one last thing which creates the semantic field around Romeo this is that at the very beginning of the play in the prologue it says “where two star crossed lovers take there life’s” this creates a semantic field because it makes it feel as if it is fate and that means that it is going to be his fait to die with Juliet this creates a strong but simple semantic field.
And that is why I think that Romeo has a semantic field around him in the play.

By Tobias

Act 2 scene 1 summary

Romeo runs away back to Juliet because his heart is broken and all he can think about is Juliet so he runs away.
Then Benvolio calls “Romeo my cousin Romeo Romeo”
Then Benvolio and mercutio are talking about where Romeo has gone and what just happened
And then at the end Benvolio says theta go then in vain.

By Tobias

Act 1 scene 5 summary

The scene starts by capulet entering and hosting the party by introducing himself and then telling people to dance and have a good time.
Then tybalt (capulet) meets someone and realises that is romeo because he knows that that is what he sounds like because they fight on the streets so tybalt does not delay one second and goes to inform capulet.
When tybalt informs capulet capulet is calm and ok with Romeo being at the party because he has herd that Romeo is a nice person so he tells tybalt to leave Romeo alone and to endure him but tybalt does not want to do that so they fight and then capulet says who is in charge me or you and then tybalt stops mean while Romeo does not really care about tybalt because he is in love with Juliet and Romeo goes up to Juliet and kisses her twice then he relisesthat he needs to leave before he is caught and then after Romeo kissing Juliet she relies that she does love Romeo.

by Tobias