Originally Posted by Roobles

Yer, my english teacher has given it me to do over the easter hols and is holding back for me because, I missed the whole of year 10 for shite loads of reasons - mainly because I was smoking way 2 much weed and wouldnt go to school just got wrecked instead - then came back year 11 quit the drugs got myself back on track, dropped all my subjects except english maths and science and ICT GVNQ, but lately given up because the school fucked me around didnt telling me when my catch up exams were when I put the effort in to get entered, so I thought there was no point bleh bleh got all depressed about it bleh bleh but now I've changed my attitude and trying to do something about it =]

Originally Posted by Roobles

That site makes me want to copy and paste it all and enter that ahaha

Originally Posted by Roobles

I wish I hadn't already sent my essay off, there was some great bits on there to help me!

Originally Posted by Roobles

Grr, dead man walking isn't on there either!

Originally Posted by Roobles

Dead man walking is what I have to do for my media study, its a film based on a true story and all that jazz

Originally Posted by Roobles

Nooo, In english I have to do an essay on media studys, like comparing 2 soaps or something, but we watched dead man walking in class and I have notes and already have a page of the essay wrote down so thats easy enough

Originally Posted by Roobles

Ok well first of all I gotta do a original writing piece any ideas what I could do? Except an autobiography?

Second of all this is my Romeo + Juliet essay on Act 1 Scene 5, you prob cant be assed to read it but if anyone does is it good enough? I'm top set english, contrustive or just plain critasism(sp) please

Romeo & Juliet Essay

Act 1 Scene 5 is an important scene in the play because it is when Romeo and Juliet meet, Romeo snuck into the Capulets party to see Juliet, but he doesn’t know that Juliet is a Capulet, in this scene, Romeo realises he doesn’t love Rosaline anymore and likes Juliet. They get the chance to see each other and this is when they kiss. It is an enjoyable scene to watch because of all the secrecy between Romeo and Juliet and the romance in it. Before this scene we learn quite abit about both Romeo and Juliet. We learn that Romeo is older than Juliet, good reputation in Verona, quiet one amongst rowdy friends, romantic boy, believes in stars and fate, impetuous – acts without thinking. Juliet appears to be young/innocent, obedient, good mannered, only daughter of rich Capulets, not much to do with opposite sex.

The scene opens with lots of servants that are getting the Capulets party ready, serving the food. There is lots of humour at this stage, for example Lord Capulet says ‘Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes unplagued with corns will walk a bout with you’ this shows that he is in a good mood. The mood in the Capulet household is a good one because there is a party going on; everyone is in the party spirit, music playing and everyone is dancing.

Tybalt realises Romeo is at the party ‘This, by voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy’ he wants to kill Romeo. But Capulet does not get upset, he gives Tybalt three reasons to why he does not object to Romeo being there; ‘Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone, ‘a bears him like a portly gentleman; to be a virtuous and well-governed youth. I would not for the wealth of all the town here in my house do him disparagement; therefore be patient, take no note of him; it is my will, the which if thou respect, show a fair presence, and put off these frowns, an ill-beseeming semblance for a feast’ what Lord Capulet is telling Tybalt, is to be calm and bear him like a well mannered gentleman, to be virtuous and a responsible youth, here in his house do not disrespect, show good manners and put off these frowns. But then he looses his temper with Tybalt; ‘He shall be endured. What, Goodman boy, I say shall, go to! Am I the master here, or you? Go to! You’ll not endure him? God shall mend my soul, you’ll make a mutiny among my guests! You will set cock-a-hoop! You’ll be the man!’ He says this because Tybalt does not agree with Romeo being there because he hates him and wants to kill him.

The reason why Romeo goes to the party is because he feels as though he must see Juliet. You can tell Juliet has an effect on Romeo from as soon as he sees her, we see this from when he says ‘What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?’ he also compares her to ‘a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear - beauty too rich for earth too dear: So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, as a yonder lady o’er her fellows shows. The measure done, I’ll watch her place of strand, and touching her, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night’ When Romeo says ‘Did my heart love till now?’ He means he didn’t ever love Rosaline in the same way. If I were Romeo I would speak in a quite romantic toned voice, and move elegantly around the stage to show how love struck I was. When Romeo and Juliet come together you can tell how much they have fallen for each other. They speak about their growing love for each other and the fact that they want to kiss. They speak in sonnet. The Juliet we see now is different from the Juliet we saw earlier: then she was quiet, not showing interest in boys, now she is louder and showing a lot of interest in Romeo.

Juliet is interrupted by the nurse calling her as her mother wishes a word with her so she has to rush off. Romeo then asks the nurse who her mother is; this is when the nurse tells Romeo what Juliet’s mother is the lady of the house. Romeo is now distraught saying ‘Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt’ this means his life is at mercy of his enemy. Romeo leaves the party after this after being called away with his mates. Juliet then speaks with the nurse asking who the gentleman was, ‘Go ask his name ‘ If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed’ the nurse returns saying ‘His name is Romeo, and a Montague, the only son of your great enemy’ Juliet is now also distraught saying ‘My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy’ by saying this she means that the man she is supposed to love she has fallen in love with. Juliet then gets called away, the scene ended with both Romeo and Juliet being called away, this seems to happen a lot for these two, In my opinion this is like saying that the two shouldn’t be together but they are star-struck.

I feel this scene is important to the play because it starts off the story, there is tragedy in this scene which is one of the first scenes, so obviously there are more tragedies to follow. I liked this scene because of the mixture of secrecy, hate, upset and happiness all in one. I liked that in the newer version how they were looking at each other through the water, they used the feature of water a lot in the play. The music adds a lot to the scene as it betrays the mood. If I was the director I wouldn’t change anything because I feel they did it all right and set a good picture for the viewer/reader.

Originally Posted by Roobles

Well done Ruby, I'll print this and add any changes you might need,
hopefully that wont take you long when we're back. Good luck with the
rest. Remember, now you're on a roll we should change that target grade to
A/B although I know that just getting a C is our lowest target!
jp


YAYAYAYAYAYAYYA

Originally Posted by Gazzmundo

hmpf.

I was happily stollling along the front page, then I notice 'coursework' in the last thread bar. And then I remembered how much I have to do.

thanks. Thanks a lot. lol