3. Do you approve of the Nurse's and Friar's actions in helping with the secret wedding? Explain why or why not and support your reasoning with citations from the text.
3. I approve of the Nurse's and Friar Lawrance's actions in helping Romeo and Juliet with the secret wedding because they both care about Romeo and Juliet and they would do anything for them. In Act II, Scene VI, Friar Lawrence says before he marries Romeo and Juliet, "So smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not!" and Romeo says, "Amen, amen! But come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail th' exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight. Do thou but close our hands with holy words, the love-devouring Death do what he dare; It is enough I may but call her mine." In this conversation, Romeo is expressing his love for Juliet and how happy he is that Friar Lawrence is marrying them in secret because their parents would not allow it.
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because he wants to end the fight between the two families and hopes that it does, but it ends up not going as he had planned, even though he stopped their fight by marrying their children.
VOCABULARY:
1. chided- to express disapproval of; scold; reproach;to harass, nag, impel, or the like by chiding; to scold; find fault.
2. confounds- to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse
3. driveling- to utter childishly or idiotically; to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
3. driveling- to utter childishly or idiotically; to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
4. exposition- writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; explanatory treatise
5. idolatry- excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.
5. idolatry- excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.
6. lamentable- that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate
7. perjuries- the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
7. perjuries- the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
Caitlin - good thoughts on why Friar was okay with marrying Romeo & Juliet. What about Nurse's reasoning? Also, your image is good, but I'd like you to be more original in the future (image and caption very similar to my example). Lastly, your text is still very hard to read. Remember that your background is BLACK once you post - even if it isn't when you're drafting your post. Can you come up with creative titles??
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