Download Eng 9 literary analysis essay due 4/9

The Prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet outlines ______________.
your mother much upon these years That you are now a maid,” it shows _________
The Prologue is presented as an Elizabethan or Shakespearean _ _ _ _ _ _ (14 lines
___________________________________________. That all these parents _____
of _ _ _ _ _ _
_________ and ___________________ but also ____________________________
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, rhymed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _). Although the
main characters are widely recognized as symbols of _____, Shakespeare’s play is
shows that __________________________________________. Today’s readers
a _ _ _ _ _ _ _, which means the “fearful passage of their death marked love”
can learn from this __________________________________________ to help
teaches lessons about ____________________. The first two acts show examples
avoid ____________________________________________ their own lives.
of __________, __________, and __________ from the Prologue and how these
The Prologue marks that “civil blood makes civil hands unclean,” and Romeo
lead to the coming conflict. Romeo and Juliet offers many lessons to today’s teens,
and Juliet also teaches lessons about friends, peers, and associates. During the fight
including __________________________ [families], _________________________
at the beginning of the play, Romeo’s confidant __________ says, “Part, fools! Put
[friends], and _____________________________ [romantic partners].
up your swords; you know not what you do,” this shows _______________________
According to the Prologue, the two families in the play, the __________ and
_____________________. Another of Romeo’s friends __________, who makes
the __________, bear an ancient grudge toward each other, which means ________
sarcastic jokes in nearly all his lines, says, “Nay, I'll conjure too. Romeo! humours!
___________________________________________________________________.
madman! passion! lover!” when he knows Romeo doesn't want to answer because
In the beginning of the play, both Romeo’s father and Juliet’s father offer to join the
________________________. __________ attempts to be helpful to both Romeo
fight in the streets, and both men’s wives argue against the idea of the husbands’
and Juliet when he decides, “I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy
fighting. This shows __________________________________________________.
prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love. Juliet confides in the Nurse,
When __________ says, “O, where is Romeo? saw you him to-day? Right glad I am
who tells her about __________, “A man, young lady! lady, such a man As all the
he was not at this fray,” this shows _______________________________________
world--why, he's a man of wax,” to persuade her __________________________
__________________. Mothers in literature are often symbols of _______________,
__________________________________. Later she tells Romeo about Juliet, “if
and Romeo’s mother can be seen to represent _____________________________.
you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any
When ________ says, “Away from the light steals home my heavy son, And private
gentlewoman, and very weak dealing” which shows __________________________
in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out,” this
________________________. Together, these various friends, counselors, or
shows ___________________________________________. Fathers are often
associates show __________________________________________ about what
symbols of _______________. Here, Romeo’s father can represent _____________
will happen to Romeo and Juliet in the play, and today’s readers should learn
________________________________. When __________ says, “'tis not hard, I
_______________________________________________________________ for
think, For men so old as we to keep the peace,” it shows ______________________
their own lives.
___________________________. When __________ says, “by my count, I was
The Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet “star-crossed lovers,” which means
Romeo and Juliet is widely recognized as a story of ____________________
___________________________________________________________________.
but also a story that concludes with the main characters’ ____________________.
When ______ says, “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen
Even so, the couple does have some happy moments. One of the most famous lines
unknown, and known too late!” does it mean that they had no other choice or
of English literature is _____’s, “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”
chance? _____, because ______________________________________________.
which means, _____ are you Romeo, or _____ do you have to be a ____________?
When __________ says, “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall
This shows that even though the families were foes with an ancient grudge, _______
bitterly…expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of
___________________________________________________________________.
untimely death,” does it mean that nothing could have been done by anyone tp avoid
When _______ says, “Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I
the couple’s sad conclusion? _____, because ______________________________
shall say good night till it be morrow,” it shows that ___________________________
_______________. The lesson today’s readers can understand from this is _______
_______________________________________. At their wedding, _____ says,
__________________________________________________________________.
“They are but beggars that can count their worth; But my true love is grown to such
An example of how this lesson applies to high school students is _______________
excess I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth,” which shows __________________
_______________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________. These and other passages
Tragedies vary in format and style, but definitions of literary tragedy typically
in the beginning of the play together suggest that love ________________________
describe the tragic hero as a person who at the beginning of the play is __________
________________________. This is important for today’s readers because ______
________________________, but by the end of the play _____________________
__________________________________________________________________.
_________________. Many definitions of tragedy include hamartia, and define it as
In a typical if simplified definition, tragedy offers lessons on the consequences
the tragic hero’s ____________________________, or the reason why _________
of judgment. Even though the Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet “star crossed lovers,”
_______________________________________________. .Some tragic heroes
the play can also be seen to suggest a variety of lessons on how family, friends, and
may seem guilty of worse judgment than others. Are Romeo and Juliet guilty of bad
the romantic couple themselves take steps early in the play that lead toward the
judgment? _____, because _______________________________________. Are
tragic conclusion. Romeo and Juliet’s families suggest the lesson that ___________
we all able to make choices in life, and does that free will mean we are each
______________________. From Benvolio, Mercutio, the Nurse, and Friar
responsible for the consequences of our choices? ________, because ___________
Lawrence readers can learn ____________________________________________.
___________________________________ This is important for today’s teens
The characters Romeo and Juliet show today’s readers _______________________
because we all face __________________________________________________,
_________________________. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet offers many
so we must all ______________________________________________________.
lessons on judgment, but the most important is ____________________________.