Friday, April 01, 2016

Act 4 Analysis

Act Three Essay Section Take Home Test (100 points)

You will have class time on Friday and Monday to work on these questions.  They are due on Monday, 4/4 at soon as you walk into the room.  

There will be a short matching quiz on Monday, 4/4/2016.

  Remember, you must complete a total of two projects throughout all five acts of the play.  Please look over project choices for Acts 4 and 5.


1. Who said these lines?  Identify the character and scene.  Briefly explain each quote (This means you must tell why each character said the following quotes and in what context.  A - E  do not have to be answered in three paragraphs).
A. “Happily met, my lady and my wife!
B. “What must be shall be.”
C. “Love give me strength, and strength will help me through.  Goodbye, dear father.”\
D. “O, look!  Methinks I see my cousin’s ghost seeking out Romeo that did spit his body upon a rapier’s point.  Stay, Tybalt, stay!  Romeo, I come!  This do I drink to thee.”
E. “Alas!  Help!  Help!  My lady’s dead!” 

ESSAYS: 
Today: We are going to reflect on Act 4.  Each essay must be answered in at least 3 paragraphs each.  You must include specific examples (and their line, scene and act numbers) and explain them.
Remember, a paragraph is at least 7 sentences.

**Remember to cite each line that is quoted directly

These essays are due on Monday, 4/4/2016
They must be turned in to www.turnitn.com
2. We see a side of Juliet that we have not seen before. Describe what her actions reveal about the growth of her character. Make at least two references to details in the play to support your ideas.
 3. Think about the isolation Juliet feels as—alone in her room—she prepares to take the sleeping potion. Identify FOUR people Juliet has depended on for love, advice, or help, and explain why she cannot turn to them now.


4. What do you think of Friar Lawrence's plan? What are its strong points and drawbacks?




CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject


http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/romeojuliet/essay.htm

http://www.bard.org/study-guides/high-school-discussion-questions-romeo-and-juliet

http://www.krollpatrol.com/uploads/4/7/6/0/4760591/answers-to-acts-1-to-3.pdf