Sunday, January 9, 2011

A Secret Wedding


I do approve of Friar Lawrence and Nurse's decisions to to help Romeo and Juliet with their secret wedding. Romeo and Juliet believed that you should have a say in who you marry, and Nurse and Friar Lawrence agreed. Juliet is in love with Romeo and has no desire to marry Paris, as her family had arranged. Nurse and Friar Lawrence hoped that they would end the long standing feud between the Montagues and Capulets by uniting the two families through marriage. In Romeo and Juliet Act II Scene iii, Friar Lawrence says to Romeo, "In one respect I'll they assistant be: For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancour to pure love." They achieve this, however, both Romeo and Juliet end up dead. 
By getting married, the Montague's and Capulet's feud is  ended, though both Romeo and Juliet end up dead.1


Vocabulary:
chided - Scold or rebuke
confounds - Cause surprise or confusion in especially by acting against their expectations
driveling - Talk nonsense
exposition -
idolatry - the worship of a physical object as a god
lamentable - Deplorably bad or unsatisfactory
perjuries - The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath.

1 comment:

  1. Caroline - great job with your response, citation, and explanation. Also, your image shows the effect of both the Friar and the Nurse's decision to help. Great title, and overall, a great post!

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