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WU: Quote Analysis 1) “These violent delights have violent ends  And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,  Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey  Is loathsome in his own deliciousness  And in the taste confounds the appetite.  Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.  Too sweet arrives as tardy as too slow” (2.6).

What is Friar Lawrence trying to communicate to Romeo and to the young lovers? What is he warning them about?

What can Friar Lawrence see that Romeo and Juliet cannot, and why does he think that they cannot see these potential dangers themselves? 2) “O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies  In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities  For naught so vile that on the earth doth live  But to the earth some special good doth give.  Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use  Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse.  Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,  And vice sometime by action dignified” (2.3).

What is Friar Lawrence trying to communicate to Romeo and to the young lovers? What is he warning them about?

What can Friar Lawrence see that Romeo and Juliet cannot, and why does he think that they cannot see these potential dangers themselves?

Read/Act: Act 3, Sn. 1 Watch: scene comparisions Like the balcony scene, how do the two productions stage this key scene? What affects mood? Characterization? Which do you prefer, and why?

How can you apply your ideas to the way(s) you stage your final scene?

HW: Work on your final project. I would strongly suggest that you have your lines annotated by next class, and have started work on your individual writing (character analysis) and/or storyboard. Here are the guidelines for your actor reflection: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13yqnsfa0MRrsZORuLg4oHpxnh49m9SYw1B9Tjs2YU-M/edit?usp=sharing