Question

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activities 6a-6b: establish understanding: react to the text
in your learning log, record the text title and author, and then answer the questions about lines 108 - 175 of
act iii, scene 3 from romeo and juliet.
using your answers to the questions, write a summary of lines 108 - 175 of act iii, scene 3 from romeo and
juliet and locate imagery used in these lines in your learning log.
title author
somebody wanted but so then
who are the
characters? which
characters are the
main characters?
what do the main
character(s) want
to accomplish?
what conflict or
problem do the
main character(s)
encounter?
what did the main
character(s) do in
response to the
problem?
how did the
conflict resolve
itself? or did it?
summary
example of imagery textual evidence
(including parenthetical citation)

Explanation:

First, identify core text details, then break down character actions/conflict using the graphic organizer, draft a concise summary, and pull specific textual imagery with citations from the specified lines of Romeo and Juliet.

Answer:

Title & Author

Title	Author

SOMEBODY-WANTED-BUT-SO-THEN

SOMEBODY	WANTED	BUT	SO	THEN

Summary

In lines 108-175 of Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene 3, Romeo is distraught over his banishment from Verona, viewing separation from Juliet as a fate worse than death and even threatening suicide. Friar Laurence confronts Romeo's excessive despair, reminding him that he is lucky to avoid execution, that Juliet is unharmed, and that the Prince showed mercy. The friar then lays out a plan: Romeo will sneak to Juliet's chamber that night to comfort her, then escape to Mantua to wait until the friar can announce their marriage, reconcile their feuding families, and secure Romeo's pardon. Romeo regains his composure and agrees to follow this plan.

Example of Imagery & Textual Evidence

Example of Imagery	Textual Evidence (including parenthetical citation)
Light imagery (to link Juliet to hope/life)	"More light and light: more dark and dark our woes" (Shakespeare III.iii.35)
Animal/violence imagery (to describe Romeo's unruliness)	"Thou untaught! what manners is in this? / To press thy tongue in rough outrage / Against the goodness of my mercy?" (Shakespeare III.iii.108-110)
Nature imagery (to urge Romeo to be patient)	"The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb; / What is her burying grave, that is her womb" (Shakespeare III.iii.103-104)