ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 38
Completed more comma practice for Monday’s test
Answered the following questions:
1. Open your books to page 843 and read lines 1 and 2 (of the prologue).What does Shakespeare mean?
2. Compare the roles of Juliet’s nurse and Friar Lawrence. How are their roles similar?
3. The Friar is collecting “deadly weeds and healing flowers” (p. 853). As he does this, he compares earth to a ______________ and a _______________.
4. Explain how the earth can be these two things (from above).
5. What does Juliet mean when she says “swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry”? (scene 2, lines 112-114)
6. Romeo had thought Rosaline would not return his “love” because she wanted to remain chaste all her life. However, according to the Friar, what was the real reason Rosaline ignored Romeo? (p. 857)
7. Explain Friar’s motto: “Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” (scene 6, line 15).
· Watched Act 2 “balcony scene” from NEW VIDEO (Romeo & Juliet) – approx. 23 minutes
ENGLISH homework:
Study for Monday’s comma test.
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