Comic Relief Amongst the Passion

Leave it to the Nurse to play things up. As scene five starts (Act II), Juliet is pacing, impatiently waiting for the Nurse to return with news of Romeo and the pending wedding. When the Nurse returns at last, she teases Juliet, so instead of coming out with her good news right away, she moans and groans about her aches and pains, and acts oblivious to Juliet's anxiety over waiting to hear if Romeo is sincere and still wants to marry her. Don't you know people like that? They enjoy the center stage attention they get while teasing other people, making them wait for the news that they have? Well, this is all in fun, but Juliet isn't enjoying it so much. Her impatience with the Nurse seems to put her in agony.

Scene six is short: the two lovers get married. Again, Romeo and the Friar both speak of Juliet with references to "light" imagery. This time it is another use of the word light...she is light of foot...as in she seems to glide in she is so light!

I'm looking forward to your poetry compositions which are due tomorrow. I want you to bring in the conference notes your team gave you on Monday, along with your first draft. The second draft can be your final draft and should be neatly written in ink or typed. It's OK if it is entirely different from the one you started out with. I just wanted you to play with words and experiment with style. You should have tried at least to include a poetic device (or devices) and had at least six lines (A poetic line or phrase is like a sentence.)

We'll use the laptops tomorrow so that you can fill our your blogging log and track the blogs you've posted this quarter. You may have some extra time to read, so bring your independent reading with you so you can enjoy some reading and blogging time.

Until tomorrow...parting is such sweet sorrow that I should say good night until it be morrow...or something like that.