Monday, February 1, 2010
Romeo and Juliet Act 4
In Act 4 of "Romeo and Juliet" Juliet reveals herself to be a frightened character. In line 15 of Act 4 Scene 3, Juliet says I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. This shows that she is scared of taking the potion. If the potion doesn't work then she could die or even worse, marry Paris. In line 17 of Act 4 Scene 3, Juliet thinks about calling her mother and the nurse back into her room because she is so scared. This shows that she really is scared because if she calls them back into the room, they could find the potion. Juliet's mother could also make Juliet be watched through the night because of her strange behavior. This would result in Juliet not being able to drink the potion. In line 37 of Act 4 Scene 3, Juliet is scared of the horrible conceit of death and night. This means she is afraid of dying at night, and Romeo will be lonely if she dies. When you have thoughts about death, you often times think of more scary things. Juliet starts to think all about her dead family members including Tybalt.
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Very nice structure. The strongest aspect of this paragraph is the large amount of CM. The majority of the P is your own opinion, which is as it should be. A couple of suggestions:
ReplyDelete1. Connect the CM in sentences 3 and 4. The first says Juliet is scared of taking the potion. The second says what could happen if it doesn't work. Show the connection between the two sentences. Juliet is scared BECAUSE OF what could happen.You could add a subordinate clause to the second sentence to express this relationship.
2. In chunk two, your first sentence of CM ties to the TS showing Juliet's fear. The next two sentences of CM in this chunk don't connect strongly to the idea of fear? How does the possibility of Juliet being watched show her fear?
3. Eliminate the second person pronouns (you, and your). In formal writing stick to third person.