VISUAL ARTS HOMEWORK
MS. STILLWAGON
JULY 15,2016
Level 1: Two text messages.
Level 2: Four text messages.
Level 3: Six text messages.
Original
Text
CHORUS
Now
old desire doth in his deathbed lie,
And
young affection gapes to be his heir.
That
fair for which love groaned for and would die
With
tender Juliet matched, is now not fair.
Now
Romeo is beloved and loves again,
Alike
bewitchèd by the charm of looks,
But
to his foe supposed he must complain,
And
she steal love’s sweet bait from fearful hooks.
Being
held a foe, he may not have access
To
breathe such vows as lovers use to swear.
And
she as much in love, her means much less
To
meet her new beloved anywhere.
But
passion lends them power, time means, to meet,
Tempering
extremities with extreme sweet.
Modern
Text
CHORUS
Now
Romeo’s old feelings of desire are dying, and a new desire is eager to take
their place. Romeo groaned for the beautiful Rosaline and said he would die for
her, but compared with tender Juliet, Rosaline doesn’t seem beautiful now. Now
someone loves Romeo, and he’s in love again—both of them falling for each
others' good looks. But he has to make his speeches of love to a woman who’s
supposed to be his enemy. And she’s been hooked by someone she should fear.
Because he’s an enemy, Romeo has no chance to see Juliet and say the things a
lover normally says. And Juliet’s just as much in love as he, but she has even
less opportunity to meet her lover. But love gives them power, and time gives
them the chance to meet, sweetening the extreme danger with intense pleasure.
Act 2
Scene 1
Level
3
ROMEO returns
ROMEO returns.
ROMEO
He
jests at scars that never felt a wound.
ROMEO
It’s
easy for someone to joke about scars if they’ve never been cut.
JULIET appears in a window above
JULIET enters on the balcony
ROMEO
But
soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It
is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise,
fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who
is already sick and pale with grief,
That
thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.
Be
not her maid since she is envious.
Her
vestal livery is but sick and green,
And
none but fools do wear it. Cast it off!
It
is my lady. Oh, it is my love.
Oh,
that she knew she were!
She
speaks, yet she says nothing. What of that?
Her
eye discourses. I will answer it.—
I
am too bold. 'Tis not to me she speaks.
Two
of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having
some business, do entreat her eyes
To
twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What
if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The
brightness of her cheek would shame those stars
As
daylight doth a lamp. Her eye in heaven
Would
through the airy region stream so bright
That
birds would sing and think it were not night.
See
how she leans her cheek upon her hand.
Oh,
that I were a glove upon that hand
That
I might touch that cheek!
ROMEO
But
wait, what’s that light in the window over there? It is the east, and Juliet is
the sun. Rise up, beautiful sun, and kill the jealous moon.
The
moon is already sick and pale with grief because you, Juliet, her maid, are
more beautiful than she.
Don’t
be her maid, because she is jealous. Virginity makes her look sick and green.
Only fools hold on to their virginity. Let it go. Oh, there’s my lady! Oh, it
is my love. Oh, I wish she knew how much I love her. She’s talking, but she’s
not saying anything. So what? Her eyes are saying something. I will answer
them. I am too bold. She’s not talking to me. Two of the brightest stars in the
whole sky had to go away on business, and they’re asking her eyes to twinkle in
their places until they return. What if her eyes were in the sky and the stars
were in her head?—The brightness of her cheeks would outshine the stars the way
the sun outshines a lamp. If her eyes were in the night sky, they would shine
so brightly through space that birds would start singing, thinking her light
was the light of day. Look how she leans her hand on her cheek. Oh, I wish I
was the glove on that hand so that I could touch that cheek.
JULIET
Ay
me!
JULIET
Oh, my!
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