Benvolio and Mercutio are talking and Tybalt enters and starts an argument. Romeo enters and Tybalt insults him, hoping he will draw his weapon, but Romeo doesn’t want to because he is now related to Tybalt through his marriage to Juliet. Mercutio, ashamed by Romeo not fighting and answers Tybalt’s insults for Romeo. Tybalt and Mercutio draw their swords and fight. To stop the battle, Romeo steps between them and Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. Mercutio blames his death on Romeo.
Romeo is forced to run because the citizen entered and the Prince, and the heads of the two households, and their wives appear at the scene. After Benvolio tells them what has happened, the Prince banishes Romeo.
Category: Writing
Act 2 Scene 2 Summary Romeo and Juliet
Romeo runs back to the capulet household so he can see juliet again, when he gets there he sees her at the window. Then she is willing to change her family name in order to be with her. Then she talks to romeo about to promise her that he loves her. Juliet proposes before she leaves. Romeo says “what about his satisfaction” juliet is confused about what he is talking about. Romeo recovers by saying he loves her. Then she asks to marry him, they set a date at 9 ‘o clock.
Semantic Field Badge Act 1 Scene 4 Mercutio Dream
MERCUTIO
True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,
Which is as thin of substance as the air
And more inconstant than the wind, who woos
Even now the frozen bosom of the north,
And, being angered, puffs away from thence,
Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
Translation
He is talking about dreams about how they function and dreams are nothing but your imagination like thin air and is hard to predict than wind which can blow and get angry and blows south. The wind is blowing them off there course.
“True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy”
Shakespeare uses this metaphor to compare dreams and saying that they only lead you in the wrong direction. This is also personification because children cannot come from the brain. Mercutio talks about love being just a dream and you should try not to follow this path and not take the risk to someone who your not guaranteed to be with for the rest of your life. Also Mercutio talks about the wind “woos” this might mean that the wind can change at any time and anything can happen.
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 scene 5 Summary
Romeo and his friends arrive at the Capulet masque. Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love with her instantly. Tybalt recognizes Romeo’s voice and takes his rapier (Sword) to kill him. Capulet insists on Tybalt’s to stop, reminding him of Romeo’s good personality and that he needs to keep the peace.
Romeo and Juliet continue to kiss, but are interrupted by The Nurse who tells Juliet to find her mother. When she leaves Romeo asks the Nurse who Juliet is and on found that she is a Capulet and realised the concequence of there love. The feast was about to end and Romeo leaves with Benvolio and the others. Juliet then finds out from the Nurse that Romeo is a Montague.
Personification
Shakespeare uses a wide variety of dramatic devices in the play Macbeth. A dramatic device Macbeth uses is personification in this extract from Act 2 Scene 1. Macbeth sees a dagger before him which is an illusion and potentially a sign of madness. He says
“Thou marshall’st me the way I was going; and such a instrument I was to use”.
Macbeth uses personification by using the object – in this case a knife – as if it were a living being. In this quote Macbeth uses the words “marshall’st me” which means it is guiding him. He says this to the knife which he is imagining to see in front of his eyes. He says to the knife to guide him as a metaphor to control the way he is going. “And such an instrument I was to use” refers to a knife being an instrument and is about to be played. The quote chosen shows hints of remorse even if he continues with the plan to kill King Duncan. In the play Macbeth sees a dagger because he is uncertain whether to kill Duncan or not. He feels weakness if he doesn’t continue with the plan but will feel remorse if he continues so he needs guidance on what he is going to do. He uses the dagger to justify his actions.
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