Date: 21/06/21
Text Title: Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 4
Text type: Play
Text source: Spark Notes
Text purpose: To tell the story between two characters
Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio are with a group that are wearing masks during the Capulets feast, However Romeo is still confused on how he was invited to the feast considering that his family (Montague) and the Capulets are enemies. Romeo does not want to dance at the feast. Mercutio mocks Romeo by turning all his statements into sexual metaphors this lead to Romeo regretting attending the feast.
Mercutio responds with a speech about Queen Man of the fairies who enters peoples dreams. The speech started off as a calm, fancy note, however, it starts to escalate. Romeo calms Mercurtio down.
Critical literacy:
What genre does this text belong to? Tragedy and romance.
Hi Johanna I like how you explained what the class did, I was away and it gave me a idea of what you guys read. I am not sure what you could do next time.
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