Wednesday Whole Group Focus Excerpt Act 1, Scene 5, Pg. 834
ROMEO
[To a Servingman] What lady is that, which doth
enrich the hand
Of yonder knight?
Servant
I know not, sir.
ROMEO
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
TYBALT
This, by his voice, should be a Montague.
Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave
Come hither, cover'd with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
Now, by the stock and honour of my kin,
To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin.
Whole Group Question
Romeo describes Juliet as “teaching the torches to burn bright!” How does this word choice impact the meaning of the passage?
Work Period Group Questions
1. Explain the metaphor Romeo uses in ‘so shows a snowy dove trooping with crows’ when he describes Juliet.
2. How does Tybalt react when he recognizes Romeo and what is Lord Capulet’s reaction.
3. Romeo approaches Juliet and their first words form a perfect sonnet.
a. Why is poetic structure so appropriate here?
b. The language and the images they use are associated with holiness. Quote three examples which illustrate this statement and explain what the ‘holy’ images reflect.
4. ‘My only love sprung from my only hate!/Too early seen unknown, and known too late!’
a. What does Juliet mean in these lines.
b. In what tone would she say them and why?
Name Date Class and Period
Proficiency on this assignment
Week 7, LAFS.910.RL.2.4 and L.3.5, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
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Friday Whole Group
ROMEO
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
JULIET appears above at a window
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
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,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!
Work Period: Read pages 846-849 and answer the following questions
1. What is the effect of the repetition of Romeo’s name throughout the passage? How is it used by Juliet, what does she feel about his name? Support your answer with textual evidence.
2. What does the phrase “And I am proof gainst their enmity” mean?
3. Explain how Juliet describes Romeo (page 849). Then, explain how this affects the tone.
Exit Slip: The author describes a character as looking like “a bright angel” and speaking as a “winged messenger of heaven.” How does this word choice impact the meaning of the passage?