1. Act II, scene i: The definition of dramatic irony is a difference between what characters on stage believe or perceive and what their audience, observing or reading a scene, recognizes as fact. Pick out a particular example of dramatic irony here. Why and how do the details or quotations that you choose fit this definition?
2. Act II, scene ii:Figurative language, such a metaphors, similes, and analogies, often is used to express emotions or relationships that are difficult, if not impossible, to communicate fully using, denotative language. In scene ii, the famed balcony scene, Romeo and Juliet commonly and clearly demonstrate this usage of figurative language to convey the otherwise inexpressible aspects of love. How and when do they do so? Pick out and analyze at least 2 examples of figurative language in this scene.
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1. Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to find Romeo and when they cant find him they think that he has disappeared because he is sad about Rosalie, but really he couldn't care less about her. He has fallen for Juliet and is now hopelessly in love with her.
ReplyDelete2. One metaphor Romeo makes is he says "with love's light wings did i o'erperch these walls" meaning he flew on loves wings. he says that to emphasize how he can do anything as long as he's in love with Juliet. Another example is when Juliet says "And yet no further than a wanton’s bird,
That lets it hop a little from his hand
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves," meaning she wishes Romeo was a bird so she could keep him with her, and she says this to show how she knows they can never be together and the only way they could is if he wasn't himself.
-Haley
I really like the metaphor you used about Romeo "flying" because his love is so strong.
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1.The dramatic irony here is that Mercutio and Benvolio in their search to find Romeo still think he lusts after Rosaline, though he is actually trying to visit Juliet. When Mercutio tries to call him by teasing about Rosaline " I conjure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her high forehead, By her scarlet lip..." (Shakespeare R&J Act 2 Scene 1) He still thinks that Romeo can be lured by talks of his ex-girlfriend.
ReplyDelete2. One example of figurative language is when Romeo personifies love."For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do, that dares love attempt." (Shakespeare R&J Act 2 Scene 2) He does this to show that Romeo's love is so strong it can break through the rivalry. Another example of figurative language is the simile that Juliet uses from lines 140-142 "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love is as deep. The more U give to thee, The more I have for both are infinite." (Shakespeare R&J Act 2 Scene 2) This shows that Juliet's love for Romeo is not only deep in her heart but also endless.
-Aissa
1) The dramatic irony is when Benvolio and Mercutio are looking for Romeo. They think he ran away because of the talk about his ex girlfriend. This is ironic because this is a huge scene for Romeo and Juliet, all the drama about their love is about to be told but Mercutio and Benvolio are clueless about what is happening. They think he is still depressed and moping over Rosaline
ReplyDelete2) One example is (page 73, line 63) Juliet says "My ears have yet not drunk a hundred words" She is comparing her eat to the human mouth. In the same was the human mouth drinks, she is saying she absorbs Romeo's words. And she is saying emcee though she has only heard a few words from Romeo she already knows it's him. Another example is (page 71, line 15) Romeo says "Two of the fairest start in all the heaven" He is using a metaphor to compare Juliet's eyes to the stars in the sky. He is saying how her eyes are so bring they are brighter than all the other stars and are even beyond compare.
-Ashlyn
I like your example of when she talks about her ear not drinking a 100 words. I'm a little confused on why people back then were so obssesed with having bright features. Ex: bright cheeks, bright eyes etc.
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1. Romeo has run away to visit Juliet and Mercutio and benvolio start to wonder where he is. They don't actually know where he went (while the audience does) so they start making up ideas; They say things like "he is wise and, on my life, hath stol'n him home to bed" so they think he went home for a little while but then they start trying to "conjure thee by rosalines bright eyes" etc. And then benvolio says "come he hath his himself among these trees to be consorted with the humorous night" all the while Romeo is actually visiting Juliet.
ReplyDelete2. Below the balcony, Romeo says "It is the east and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon who is already sick and pale with grief." So I think he's basically saying that he thinks she's better than rosaline because she became a nun and wouldn't be intimate with Romeo so he's sort of saying that Juliet shouldn't be like her in that way.
Another one would be when Juliet says "this bud of love by summers ripening breath may prove beauteous flower when we next meet." So she's basically saying that the more time they spend together, the stronger their love will be for eachother.
-Hannah Blankenship
I like how you made the connection between Rosaline, and the "pale sick moon". I would have never made that connection between the two.
DeleteBecause mercutio and benvolio cant find romeo they assume it is because he is upset about Rosalie when in fact he had moved on to Juliet.
ReplyDelete" with loves light wings did I o'erperch these walls" when Romeo says this he means that because he is in love with Juliet he has the ability to overcome any obstical he has.
" two of the fairest stars in all the heaven" is referring to juliets eyes because Romeo simply cant find the right words to describe juliets beauty.
I guess great minds think alike. Sorry didn't mean to use one of your quotes.
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1. The irony for this part of the play is that Mercutio and Benvolio have no idea where he is, and think that he is involved with Rosaline. "The ape is dead, and I must conjure him.-I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes..."(Shakespeare 67). The reason that this is ironic is that Romeo has actually left to go see Juliet, and Mercutio and Benvolio have no idea where he is. They think that he is still lonely and depressed about Rosaline, where he has actually fallen in love with someone, which is the complete opposite.
ReplyDelete2. One of the examples is when Romeo says, "As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven." Romeo is comparing Juliet to an elegant, beautiful angle, and when she speaks to him, it is like a message from heaven. The second example is when Romeo says "With love's wings did I o'erperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out..."(Shakespeare 73) Romeo is creating an analogy between the feud between the two houses that is holding their love apart, and stone walls. He is saying that their love is greater that the force that is keeping them apart, and he will oversee those walls in order for their love to succeed.
You misspelled angel. Great job though. I didn't realize that the wall represented the feuding families.
Delete1 I think the dramatic irony is that Benvolio and Mercutio still think Romeo loves Rosaline and don't know that he is in love with Juliet and has ran off to see her. The audience knows something about Romeo that his best friend and cousin don't so it's dramatic irony.
ReplyDelete2. "What's in a name? A rose by any other word would smell as sweet," on page 71 is and example of figurative language with Romeo being a Montague. She basically says that it doesn't matter what his name is because it doesn't actually change who he is. On page 75, Romeo says he was led to her, "By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. He lent me counsel, and I lent him eyes. I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far as that vast shore washed with the farthest sea, I should adventure for such merchandise." Although Cupid didn't lead him there it's a beautiful sentiment although he says that Juliet is 'merchandise.' Plus the reference to the Romeo lending Cupid his eyes because Cupid was classically blindfolded.
1) The dramatic irony in act 2 scene I is that Mercutio and Benvolio assume that Romeo is still hung over Rosaline, but in fact he has now changed his heart and loves Juliet. This is why he attempts to run off to meat her.
ReplyDelete2)"He jests at scares that never felt a wound"(Act 2 ii) Romeo is saying that someone is talking about how brave or courageous they are even though they have never be hurt or had a chance to brave. "With love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls"(Act 2 ii). Romeo is saying that he fells so light because he is filled with love that he could fly right over the walls and escape the people that could find them out.
-Grace