Rain W Assessment: Brainstorm for R+J by Rain Weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg Mandatory Graphic Organizer en-us 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC 2026-03-10 14:26:14 UTC hello@padlet.com OPTION ONE rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894240 Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of love vs. infatuation to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?
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From movies to television shows, from poetry to music, one thing is for certain--love is almost always in the air.  Yet, love is a concept that should not be oversimplified.  No--there are several aspects to what love is and to what love is not.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of love vs. infatuation is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that love has the power to blind anyone, especially emotional adolescents.  This idea is significant because it emphasizes the point that when people allow themselves to be swept away by passion, they run the risk of ignoring all of the warning signs along the way.
]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894240 OPTION TWO rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894241 Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of fate to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?
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In popular cinema, the idea of tempting fate or even escaping fate is a prevalent notion.  Movies like Final Destination and Slumdog Millionaire are two relatively well-known examples; plays often explore these same concepts, too.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of fate is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that no matter how hard people try, if they tempt fate or try to defy their destiny, they will likely lose.  This idea is significant because even though people like to think they are in control, sometimes there are greater forces at play.
]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894241 OPTION THREE rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894242 Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on his use of antithesis to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?
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There is an old saying that opposites attract--that for every yin there is a yang.  Yet, there also exists the popular notion that extreme feelings often lead to extreme endings.  Throughout Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s repeated use of antithesis helps foreshadow the idea that things will not work out well for the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet.  This idea is significant because it teaches the audience that loving in moderation is often safer than being swept away by passion.
]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894242 YOUR SELECTION rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894244 Copy and paste the Prompt and Intro Paragraph you are choosing to work with.  Paste it into this post.

Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of love vs. infatuation to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?
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From movies to television shows, from poetry to music, one thing is for certain--love is almost always in the air.  Yet, love is a concept that should not be oversimplified.  No--there are several aspects to what love is and to what love is not.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of love vs. infatuation is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that love has the power to blind anyone, especially emotional adolescents.  This idea is significant because it emphasizes the point that when people allow themselves to be swept away by passion, they run the risk of ignoring all of the warning signs along the way.
]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894244 E1: EVIDENCE ONE rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894247 Write out the passage and make sure to cite the act.scene.lines

"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" (Shakespeare 1.5.59-60)]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894247 CONTEXT: E1 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894248 Summarize the PERTINENT circumstances leading up to E1

Romeo went to a party at the Capulet's mansion because he saw that the object of his passion, Rosaline, was going to be there. Not long after he walked in, he saw Juliet for the first time.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894248 SUMMARY: E1 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894249 Before writing your summary, paraphrase the passage aloud.  Then, write your summary here. 

Romeo immediately questions whether he's ever been in love before, saying that was the first time he'd seen such a beautiful person.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894249 ANALYSIS: E1 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894250 Analyze the meaningful language in your evidence.  Focus on the figurative language.  Also, make sure you tie in this evidence to the argument laid out in the thesis you've chosen.

By saying "Did my heart love till now?", Romeo discarded his feelings for Rosaline, which he had previously regarded as love, and already attached the word "love" to his feelings for Juliet. He justifies his quick change in feelings by saying that he'd never seen "true beauty" before seeing Juliet, confirming that his feelings are only based on looks. Romeo doesn't realize that feelings based on looks are not "love", they are lust and infatuation. This quick change and readiness to call it love shows Romeo's blindness from his feelings.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894250 E1: EVIDENCE TWO rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894252 Write out the passage and make sure to cite the act.scene.lines

"Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste To season love, that of it doth not taste! The sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears, Thy old groans yet ringing in mine ancient ears. Lo, here upon thy cheek the stain doth sit Of an old tear that is not washed off yet. If e'er thou wast thyself, and these woes thine, Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline. And art thou changed? Pronounce this sentence then: Women may fall when there's no strength in men" (2.3.69-85)]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894252 E1: EVIDENCE THREE rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894253 Write out the passage and make sure to cite the act.scene.lines

"Fie, fie, thou shamest thy shape, thy love, thy wit, Which, like a usurer, abound'st in all And usest none in that true use indeed...Thy dear love sworn but hollow perjury, Killing that love which thou hast vowed to cherish; Thy wit, that ornament to shape and love, Misshapen in the conduct of them both, Like powder in a skilless soldier's flask, Is set afire by thine own ignorance, And thou dismembered with thine own defense" (3.3.132-144)]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894253 CONTEXT: E2 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894255 Summarize the PERTINENT circumstances leading up to E2

Romeo met Juliet at the Capulet's party and instantly forgot all about Rosaline. He was so in love that he couldn't leave after the party, so he stayed with her all night and finally came back to Friar Lawrence the next morning.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894255 CONTEXT: E3 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894256 Summarize the PERTINENT circumstances leading up to E3

Romeo had just heard from Friar Lawrence that he was sentenced to exile from Verona for killing Tybalt to avenge Mercutio. When the Nurse told him that Juliet was crushed by the news of her cousin's death and her husband's exile, Romeo attempted suicide.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894256 SUMMARY: E2 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894258 Before writing your summary, paraphrase the passage aloud.  Then, write your summary here.

Friar Lawrence scolds Romeo because his old feelings, so strong he was willing to die for them, are gone, replaced by a new passion who's much more beautiful in his eyes.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894258 SUMMARY: E3 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894260 Before writing your summary, paraphrase the passage aloud.  Then, write your summary here.

Friar Lawrence scolds Romeo again, saying that he wasn't loving or thinking properly. The love Romeo swore was genuine would be an empty lie if he killed himself, killing his emotions with him, and his inexperience impaired his ability to think.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894260 ANALYSIS: E2 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894261 Analyze the meaningful language in your evidence.  Focus on the figurative language.  Also, make sure you tie in this evidence to the argument laid out in the thesis you've chosen.

With the words about where young men's love really lies, the Friar further emphasizes that there was no true love involved in Romeo's feelings for both Rosaline and Juliet, only lust for their looks. Romeo was weeping and shutting himself away over Rosaline, and his feelings for her were dead in an instant. His feelings blinded him, making it seem like his unrequited "love" was the only thing in the world, but in reality, he was able to ditch those feelings instantaneously.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894261 ANALYSIS: E3 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894263 Analyze the meaningful language in your evidence.  Focus on the figurative language.  Also, make sure you tie in this evidence to the argument laid out in the thesis you've chosen.

The Friar said that the suicide attempt would have made the love Romeo felt for Juliet hollow. He would have died, ending his feelings that he swore were important and going back on his word to protect them. This also questions the integrity of Romeo's feelings. By comparing Romeo's wit to flammable powder set on fire from his ignorance, the Friar explained that Romeo, being irrational in his blindness, was literally willing to die because of Juliet's feelings. If Romeo had been thinking clearly, instead of blinded by infatuation, he wouldn't have picked up the dagger to stab himself when he heard his wife was upset. He was an emotional teenager, and his feelings for Juliet blinded him to what was the rational thing to do in that situation.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894263 CONNECTION BETWEEN E1 and E2 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894264 How do these two quotes work together?

Both of these quotes are referring to the same moment, however the first quote is from Romeo's point of view and the second is from the Friar's. The difference in the way they see the event is clear.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894264 CONNECTION BETWEEN E2 and E3 rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894265 How do these two quotes work together?

Both of these quotes are said by Friar Lawrence, chastising Romeo for his rashness. Romeo hasn't heeded any of the advice the Friar has offered him.]]> 2021-05-06 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1499894265 cool thing I said but it makes it redundant so I made it a note rain_weiner https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1527545899 The relationship at the center of one of the most iconic love stories is merely a trivial infatuation that came as quickly as the other one went. ]]> 2021-05-15 22:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rain_weiner/l4f458biohvtzyyg/wish/1527545899