Beautiful Poetry, Beautiful Imagery, and Katie's Favorite Scene
Many of you will recognize lines from the famous balcony scene, which we are reviewing today in class. Of all our discussions about imagery, Katie hopes you noticed the light imagery in this scene. When Romeo first sees Juliet, he thinks of her as teaching "the torches to burn bright." Now here on the balcony, he compares her to the sun, the source of love and warmth. He compares her eyes to twinkling stars. As opposed to Rosaline - the moon - Juliet outshines the heavens and brings Romeo to life. (Remember, when he thought he loved Rosaline, he shut himself up in the darkness of his room, but Juliet has shown him love, the sun, and light!)
Do Romeo and Juliet realize how dangerous their love is? Yes! Juliet fears for Romeo's life and says their love is "like lightening." (more light) Despite all the danger, the lovers promise to marry.....Let's see...What day is this? The play started out on a Sunday morning, and this scene begins on Sunday night, or you may say in the wee small hours of Monday morning! I guess their love is as fast as lightening!
Aye me. If sad hours seem long, happy hours must fly!
We will warm up today with a look at poetry revision and form. Tomorrow our poem packets are due: first draft, conferencing notes, final draft with revisions highlighted, and letter of reflection on top.
posted by Ms. James @ 9:09 AM
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3 Comments:
that is cool how Rosaline is like darkness and juliet is like the light. i look forward to how the families react when they find out their children are in love with each other
Hi, Katie! Great post by the way. This is kind of a random question but why do you talk in third person? I was just wondering.
Sometimes Katie gives me (Ms. James)dictation, and I forget and change point of view! Sorry. Beefymanwich, as to your comment, stay tuned. That's a very good question you raise!
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