Journals .. --[Romeo and Juliet]--> =]

#1 Write a headline for each scene

#2 Find four metaphors in the scene, identify the type

#3 Taking on the person of Romeo and Juliet and ask her advice on falling in love with the offspring of a family who hates your family.


#1 -
I


Scene 3 . A talk about Juliet getting married

Scene 4 . About fantasies and dreams

Scene 5 . A Party at Capulet's


#2 -

Act I - Scene 1

Lines 222 - 230 Extended Metaphor (Romeo compares Rosaline with a war)

Act I - Scene 3

Lines 88 - 103 Extended Metaphor (Paris is compared with a book)

Act I - Scene 4

Lines 114 - 121 Extended Metaphor (Romeo is compared with a boat)

Act I - Scene 5

Lines 102 - 105 Direct metaphor (Romeo compares Juliet to a shrine)



#3 -

Dear Abby,
yesterday I went to a dance and there was this entirely marvelous girl. Her eyes were so sparkly like the stars in the brightest night sky. Her hair was so soft and shiny like a meadow on a beautiful summer day. The youth of her voice was like the touch of falling snow. I was not able to take my eyes off of her. She was just standing there and before she even said a word I fell in love with her. You cannot believe how much I want to see her, feel the touch of her soft, red lips again, but common sense won't make it possible. She is a Capulet, a girl from that family that my family has a feud with for an unknown length of time. I do not know what I should do anymore. I haven't seen her for a long while. The moon went up and down once since our lips met. I cannot stand this dreadful feeling of emptiness anymore, the fear that I might never see her again because of our families' hate. I do not know what to do.

Romeo Montague