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  1. May 2016
    1.  To live an unstained wife to my sweet love.

      Juliet doesn't want to betray Romeo by marrying Paris. She is no longer a little girl. Juliet agreed to marry County Paris but went to Friar Laurence for help.

    2.  Is Romeo slaughtered and is Tybalt dead? FTLN 1747 My dearest cousin, and my dearer lord?

      At this point Juliet doesn't know how to feel about Romeo. She doesn't know whether she loves or hates him because he killed Tybalt.

  2. Apr 2016
    1. Where is your mother?

      The nurse is teasing Juliet and stalling to tell her the news about Romeo.

    2.  In man as well as herbs—grace and rude will; FTLN 105830 And where the worser is predominant, FTLN 1059 Full soon the canker death eats up that plant.

      These lines foreshadow the death of Romeo and Juliet. They both die by the poison (herbs).

    3. I know not how to tell thee who I am. FTLN 088360 My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself FTLN 0884 Because it is an enemy to thee. FTLN 0885 Had I it written, I would tear the word.

      Romeo over hears Juliet say that why is Romeo Romeo. Why does he have to be a Montague. Romeo replies that he will change his name for her if she wants him to. He hates his name because he can't be with her.

    4. Or, if thou thinkest I am too quickly won,

      Juliet says if you think you have won me, I will play had to get. Women in society are suppose to play hard to get and not give in easily. Since Romeo had been watching her he already knows that the feeling is mutal.

    5. If love be rough with you, be rough with love

      Mercutio is trying to convince Romeo to get over Rosaline. He says that since she not interested in you stop being interested in her. Mercutio just wants Romeo to stop being so down and find someone new because they are plenty of pretty women.

    6.  It is an honor that I dream not of

      Juliet doesn't want to get married. That's the last thing on her mind and the nurse and her mother are trying to encourage to find a man to marry.

    7. She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. FTLN 027110 Let two more summers wither in their pride FTLN 0272 Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.

      She is only twelve, and they're already planning for her to get married. That's crazy and illegal, she should be able to chose who she wants to marry.

    8. doth

      third person singular present of do.

    9. Lammastide

      the festival of the wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year.

    10. e’en

      even

    11. hath

      third person singular present of have.

    1. sadly

      The poem has a rhythm scheme pattern of abab,cdcd, efef, gg. For example The first and third line both end with "ly." And The second and fourth line end with "oy." creating that abab pattern. At the end of the sonnet the Volta, the two line both end with "ne." This creates the gg rhythm.

    2. Resembling sire and child and happy mother

      I really don't quite understand this. What's meaning to this? Are they comparing a chord of strings to a family and a single note to a single person. Does this mean that having a family is better than being by yourself. Or that you'll never be fully happy until you've settle down? Are all mothers really happy?

    3. Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly? Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.

      These two lines really prove a point, if there's music to hear why hear sad music. If you hear happy music then you'll be in a good mood, but if you hear sad then you will be in an upset mood. This has a bigger meaning than just in music, but in life. If you're upset then fix it, if someone is hurting you then do something about it. Get that person out of your life. If you dreamt of doing something then go do it. At the end of the day you shouldn't live pleasing everybody else, make sure that your content with what you're doing.

    4. confounds

      Confounds: destroy, overthrow, ruin

    5. a

      The vowel "a" is a stressed syllable which creates an effective uses of iambic pentameter.

    6. e

      This vowel is stressed to emphasize that a person should sing this to thee.

    7. thou single wilt prove none.

      The 12 lines of the poem are about a man seeking to find a partner and not to be single anymore and to have a family. In the end it says that to say "thou single wilt prove none." To a single person, not literally but to encourage people to settle down.

    1. At this juncture, Donald Trump was seen as less a threat than a diversion

      Well now he's a threat, people are worried that he might be able to win the election. But I have faith in humanity that the adults won't make the wrong choice. I hope.

    2. “The theatre is all about imagining yourself as other than you are.”

      This is very true, women weren't allowed to perform so men had to play women roles. For example in Romeo & Juliet, boys who had a high pitch voice would play as Juliet.