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Cooper 8 EnglishFebruary 11, 2013
Test: Romeo and Juliet: Act Two
Read the following quotes and select FOUR to write about. In your response, be sure to:
A> the speaker of the quote;
B>to whom the lines are spoken;
C>when the lines are said;
D>what the lines mean—what is the character attempting to communicate?
E>why the lines are spoken-- what does the character want or show about himself;
F>note and explain any literary device (metaphor, simile, personification, irony, oxymoron) found in the quote.
Your answer must be written in the form of a PARAGRAPH, typed, double-spaced.
1.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.
2.What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
3.Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee,
I have no joy of this contract to-night:
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.'
4.I have been feasting with mine enemy,
Where on a sudden one hath wounded me,
That's by me wounded: both our remedies
Within thy help and holy physic lies:
5.Had she affections and warm youthful blood,
She would be as swift in motion as a ball;
My words would bandy her to my sweet love,
And his to me:
But old folks, many feign as they were dead;
Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.
6.These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
7.Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament:
They are but beggars that can count their worth;
But my true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.
Short Answer Questions—Answer all the questions below in paragraph form.
1.Instead of returning home, where does Romeo go after the ball? Why? What does he say as he makes this decision? Who is he leaving behind?
2.What two concerns does Juliet have after discovering Romeo in her garden? Be sure to explain each completely.
3.Why does Juliet ask Romeo not to swear by the moon? What is her predominant concern in this moment?
4.Who has sent Romeo a challenge for a duel? Why? What are Mercutio’s two concerns about Romeo in this duel?