Sunday, October 23, 2011

Identifying Your Monologue

In this blog post you will choose the monologue, aside, or soliloquy that you will perform in class between November 7th and 9th.  

First, state who is speaking, in what act and what scene.

Second, state to whom they are speaking.

Third, indicate if the lines are part of a monologue, a soliloquy or an aside.

Finally, explain how you can personally connect with the selection that you have chosen.

Your post should be a minimum of 250 words.

23 comments:

  1. The person speaking in my monologue is romeo The at is act 1 scene 4 . I fear too early , for my mind misgives.../dierct my sail! -on lusty gentleman!

    Romeo is talking to Benvolio and the rest of his friends about how he is afriad that they are at the party to early and how he think that the night want end well because of the family problem but how he would let God and faith work out throught the night.

    My scene is a monologue because am not the only one on the stage and everyone can here me .

    I can connect with this monologue because I make bad decission but I all way let God see me through.

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  2. The person speaking in my monologue is Romeo the and the act and scene are act 1 scene 4. I fear too early, for my mind misgives.../direct my sail! -on lusty gentleman!

    Romeo is talking to Benvolio and the rest of his friends about how he is afraid that they are at the party to early and how he thinks that the night want end well because of the family problem but how he would let God and faith work out through the night.

    My scene is a monologue because am not the only one on the stage and everyone can hear me.

    I can connect with this monologue because I make bad decision but I all way let God see me through

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  3. In this monologue Juliet is speaking. I am doing Act 3 scene 2. In this monologue Juliet is speaking to the nurse. I can identify with this because there are many people with a evil heart that you thought was nice. You sometimes think what their parents are teaching them at home and why they choose to act that way. I can also tell a person that I can talk to information like this. This is a monologue.
    Paraphize: How dare you hide an evil heart with a beautiful face? You devilish angel! You are opposite of what you seem a known villain! What were you doing in hell when you allowed entrance to the devil? Was there ever an obscene book captive with such a beautiful cover?
    I can connect with this because my people around me have a evil heart.

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  4. In this monolouge Romeo is speaking to Juliet.I am doin Act 3 scene 6. I can connect with this because i was once in love everybody was . and i know about how powerful it is and what people wll go throw for love. Stupid things people will do that you would never espect them to do for anybody or with anybody. That felling you get that certain type of felling when youre with them.This is my monolouge. I can paraphase by saying stuff like . But i love you. or I cant just help myself Or i dont know this feleling im haveing.

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  5. Firstly my character is juliet in Act 2 scene 5, "The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse..../Hast thou met with him? Send thy men away.
    Secondly, juliet, I belive, is speaking to the audience because no one is on the stage with her but she is talking about the nurse not coming early like she promised after juliet sent her out to send Romeo a message for her which shows her impatience.
    Thirdly, this is a soliloquy because juliet is the only one on stage and no one else is (at least until the very end when the nurse came on the stage with her servant), its not a aside because she is not speaking to another character about another on stage because she is the only one on stage.
    Finally, I can relate to this because when I send someone to do something for me I get really worried, anxious, nervous and impatient because I'm like what the heck is taking them so long and when they finally show I bombared them with question which is what julit did.

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  6. The person speaking in my monologue is Montague. Act 1 scene 1, Many a morning hath he there been seen,
    With tears augmenting the fresh morning dew,
    Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs;
    But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
    Should in the furthest east begin to draw?
    The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,
    Away from the light steals home my heavy son,
    And private in his chamber pens himself,
    Shuts up his windows, locks far daylight out
    And makes him an artificial night,
    Black and portentous must this humor prove,
    Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
    but basically what he was saying was "He’s been seen there many mornings, crying tears that add drops to the morning dew and making a cloudy day cloudier with his sighs. But as soon as the sun rises in the east, my sad son comes home to escape the light" 2. my character is talking to benvoleo. 3. i know for clear fact that this is a monologue because he’s not pulling out a sword or threating people nor is he on stage alone so this can’t possibly be a soliloquy. See look at this and tell me what you think Many a morning hath he there been seen,
    With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew,
    Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs.
    But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
    Should in the farthest east begin to draw
    The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed,
    Away from light steals home my heavy son,
    The person speaking in my monologue is Montague. Act 1 scene 1, Many a morning hath he there been seen,
    With tears augmenting the fresh morning dew,
    Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs;
    But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
    Should in the furthest east begin to draw?
    The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,
    Away from the light steals home my heavy son,
    And private in his chamber pens himself,
    Shuts up his windows, locks far daylight out
    And makes him an artificial night,
    Black and portentous must this humor prove,
    Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
    but basically what he was saying was "He’s been seen there many mornings, crying tears that add drops to the morning dew and making a cloudy day cloudier with his sighs. But as soon as the sun rises in the east, my sad son comes home to escape the light" 2. my character is talking to benvoleo. 3. i know for clear fact that this is a monologue because he’s not pulling out a sword or threating people nor is he on stage alone so this can’t possibly be a soliloquy. See look at this and tell me what you think Many a morning hath he there been seen,
    With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew,
    Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs.
    But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
    Should in the farthest east begin to draw
    The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed,
    Away from light steals home my heavy son,
    The person speaking in my monologue is Montague. Act 1 scene 1, Many a morning hath he there been seen,
    With tears augmenting the fresh morning dew,
    Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs;
    But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
    Should in the furthest east begin to draw?
    The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,
    Away from the light steals home my heavy son,
    And private in his chamber pens himself,
    Shuts up his windows, locks far daylight out
    And makes him an artificial night,
    Black and portentous must this humor prove,
    Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
    but basically what he was saying was "He’s been seen there many mornings, crying tears that add drops to the morning dew and making a cloudy

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  7. 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; O, it is my love!
    O 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 eyes 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!
    O that I were a glove upon that hand,
    That I might touch that cheek!

    I can relate to this because, Romeo is more romantic, loving, reckless, and he cares about Juliet more than anything.He will fight to be with her no what his parents say.

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  8. First i choose romeo from act 5 scene 3,a churchyard; in it a monument belonging to the capuets.
    Second romeo is telling balthasar to give him the matock and the wrenching iron.A ring that he must use in dear employment.Tere for hence,be gone.he's also saying that he will tear thee joint by joint and strew that hungry churchyard with thy limbs.
    Third in lines (75-95)Act5,Scene3.Romeo was saying in faith,I will.Let me peruse this face.Mercutio's kinsman,noble counrty paris!how oft when men are at the point of death have they been marry!Which their keepers call a lighting before death.
    Finally I can connect with this person because he is strong man that really care about in really take care about his womens.That's why i respect this man alot.JERRY BACON

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  9. In The Book Of Romeo And juliet i picked a siliquy told by lady capulet .
    Lady capulet juliets mother is speaking in act 1 scence 3 on page 39 in the acutual book. Lady capulet is spaeking to juliet about marring paris .
    I Can realte to the text that lady capulet is spaeking beacuse i rember the times when my friend tryed to hook me up with somone and tryed to make us go out and they put alot of pressure on me about trying to ge wih some boy i dont even like because little do they kn i dont like him at all i like some one completley diffrent . the summary of my siliquy is : so what do you say ? could you love him your going to see him at ot banquet tonight make sure you check him fuly out . so you will find the real things you love about him look at his feartures carefully and see how they compliment eachother reconize his presaonlity youll mainy notice that in his eyes in the book of love only wife can make him better theres many single people but its nice o see someoe loves someone to many people a book is good when its cover is pretty yall wil share everything love has if you marry him your rank wont go down .

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  10. The person speaking in my monologue is romeo. The act is act 1 scene 4. I fear too early , for my mind misgives./dierct my sail! -on lusty gentleman. Romeo is talking to Benvolio about how he think that they are to early.Romeo also expresses the fact that he think if he stay to long some bad things might happen. The part i have choosen is a monologue becuase its not really a conversation so much with him. I can personally connect to this selection in a way becuase in romeo's head he starts thinking to himself about what the outcomes could be if he go or stay. Romeo also shows his fears he actually uses his mind in the act.I sometimes hide and show my fears and i am very wise so i can also say that i think to myself about my actions.Romeo attended the party for juliet i think but he's scared in his mind that if something happens then he have to react to it eventaully.I myself also attend parties but when i go to a party i have no fears i just think to myself that ok if this person does that what if this happen.It's a great thing that romeo expressed his fears rather than showing them becuase people would then expect that he is scared. Romeo really went to the party for a stupid reason becuase of his love for juliet and that is a stupid reason. Now me on the other hand would never go to a party becuase I'm in love or i like someone no never.

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  11. First: The person speaking is Montague. Montague is Lady Montague husband and Romeo’s father. I chose some of Montague’s lines in Act 1 , Scene 1.
    Second: Montague is speaking to Lady Montague and Benvolio about the disappearance of Romeo. Both the parents of Romeo are asking Benvolio has he seen Romeo at any time of the day.
    Third: The lines that I chose of Montague are a monologue. Montague is only speaking to his wife and Benvolio .
    Fourth: I can personally connect with the lines that I have chosen because in the lines Montague is stating of his son Romeo. Romeo cries are similar to the fresh morning dew. His feeling are like clouds with deep sighs. I can relate to this because I sometimes cry in the morning . Romeo and I sort of share some of the same characteristics in the lines that I have chosen. In addition, usually on a normal day I will always go in my room close my curtains and just sleep. In those lines that I have chose Romeo would pen himself to his room and shuts up his windows , locking fair away from daylight. In conclusion, I can also connect to these lines because I wouldn’t come out of my room unless there was something very important.

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  12. Friar is speaking in Act lll Scene lll. Friar is speaking to Romeo and what he was doing. It is defiantly a monologue. This are the lines I'm going to speaking to whole entire class about.Hold thy deperate hand. Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art; Thy tears are womanish. thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast. Unseemly woman in a seeming man! And I'll-beseeming beast in seeming both! Thou hast amazed me.By my holy order, I thought thy disposition better tempered. Hast thou slain Tybalt?Wilt thou slay thyself?

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  13. Friar is speaking in my monologue. The Act that Friar is speaking in is Act 3 Scene 3. Hold thy desperate hand. Art thou a man? Thy form cries out though art
    Friar is speaking to Romeo about him not taking the truth about Juliet being a Montague. Thy tears are womanish. Thy wild acts denote the unreasonable fury of a beats.
    This act is a monologue because Friar and Romeo aren’t the only one’s on stage and everyone could also here them.
    I can connect to this monologue because I think that if a man cries it would be alright. It be womanish if Romeo was continuously crying over Juliet being a Montague. Its not womanish for him to cry for the first time over his true love (Juliet). That met at a ball danced together, held hands, and kissed. It was the perfect match and Romeo was heartbroken that Juliet wasn’t on the same side as Romeo. Even though she was on the opposite side of the Capulet’s, Romeo still went back to see Juliet which is what I would have done. So to make a long story short it is alright for a man to cry every now and then.

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  14. My monologue is Romeo act 1 scene 4
    I relate to this monolugue because of the emotion within the text, which makes me relate becasue i can feel how he felt. To paraphrase this monologue i would say i fear that my mind is playing tricks on me , some consequences will be coming . And i am scared for this day to come . On this night i have a deep feeling in my chest, that there will be an untimely death . bit i will push forth and go on with it anwyay
    this is a monolgue also.

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  15. I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
    Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
    Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
    With this night's revels and expire the term
    Of a despised life closed in my breast
    By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
    But He, that hath the steerage of my course,
    Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen.

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  16. My monologue is romeo act 1 Scene 4. I really relate to this monologue allot. I Relate to this because me and romeo feel the same about the situation. To actually sum up the monologue Romeo also shows his fears he actually uses his mind in the act.I sometimes hide and show my fears and i am very wise so i can also say that i think to myself about my actions.Romeo attended the party for juliet i think but he's scared in his mind that if something happens then he have to react to it eventaully

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  17. My character is Montesquieu and i am doing a monologue. i am speaking to romeo.i was telling romeo to come back to the crew and leave juliet alone. I tried to bribe him by telling him about another girl that i thought was even more pretty then juliet.I can connect with Montesquieu because i can see how he wants his best friend back and it seems like juliet is taking him away from all the fun that they used to have. And it is not the same as how it used to be

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  18. 1. I chose Friar Lawerence in Act II, Scene iii. It looked very instresting and looked like a monologue that would be easy to do and remember.

    2. Friar Lawerence is speaking to Romeo about how he left Rosaline for Juliet. How Juliet is a Capulet and they (Romeo) is a Montague and they had so much history between the two families. Also he was telling Romeo how he could leave her after he had shed so many tears for her and cried and did everything he could to be with her, and then just leave and forget her name so soon.

    3. This is a monologue because it is a long speech, but he is talking to someone. He isn't talking to himself under his breath. Also he isn't on the stage by himself talking to the audience. Which gives me my answer. This is a monologue because it is a long speech that is being told to someone. Soliloquy and asides aren’t told to someone. Soliloquy is being told under there breath. And aside are being told on a stage by themselves.

    4. I can't relate to this because i never cried over a girl, and i never dated a girl from a rival family. I couldn’t even imagine doing something like that. They could be very cute, but if our families had a history and didn’t like each other that would be very hard for me to like her because my family might disown me for liking or even thinking about a rival families daughter.

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  19. The person speaking in my monologue is romeo The at is act 1 scene 4 . I fear too early , for my mind misgives.../dierct my sail! -on lusty gentleman


    Romeo is talking to Benvolio and the rest of his friends about how he is afriad that they are at the party to early and how he think that the night want end well because of the family problem but how he would let God and faith work out throught the night

    My scene is a monologue because Its a long speech on a stage alone

    I conneted with this because i fear for my life an i want to stay alive

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  20. i did princes monologue . act 1 scene 1 .
    he is speaking to both capulet and montagues because they have disturbed the streets of verona fighting three times . the prince is sick and tired of it and has put his foot down to say that he is fed up with them . so finally his law is put to work . and as he said in his monologue " if ever you disturb the quiet of our streets again , your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace . " finally , this relates to me because once i put my foot down , it over with . i dont have time anybodys mess . and usually ignoring them and avoiding them works to get the point across . it may not be as harsh as death but is does work their nerve and thats good enough for me .

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  21. 1. I did Prince ; Act 1 , Scene 1
    2.The Prince is speaking to Montague , Capulet , Lady Montague , and Lady Capulet. because he is tired of their families disturbing the quiets streets of Verona.
    3.This is a monologue , because he is angry with the two families for disturbing the quiet streets of Verona and because he is stating his feelings with a person or people listening. the prince is sick and tired of it and has put his foot down to say that he is fed up with them . so finally his law is put to work . and as he said in his monologue " if ever you disturb the quiet of our streets again , your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace . "
    4. I can relate to this because , if I was in charge I would not want anybody disturbing my precious city . Especially , over a old family rivalry. What I say goes , and if they do not want to listen they will pay the forfeit of peace. ( " if you ever disturb our quiet streets again , your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.) I don’t play when it comes to something I am in control of. What’s mine is mine , nobody can tell me how to control it . Even though I don’t handle my situations like this,ignoring them and avoiding them works to get the point across . It may not be as harsh as death but is does work their nerve and that’s good enough for me .

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  22. - I chosed the monologue in act three, scene two. which starts of as "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband " and end as " Where is my father and mother Nurse".
    - In this scene Juliet is talking to Nurse. they are talking about Romeo being banished and Tybalt's death.
    - This is defintely not a solioquy because in the act Juliet isn't talking to herself, she is talking to Nurse. It isn't an aside because an aside is a piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage, and it is pretty clear that Nurse and Juliet are having a conversation, so Nurse can perfectly hear her.
    - I chose this monologue because Juliet is the main character. I like to be the "wow" girl, the girl who everyone looks at in amazement. I also like to do things to the extreme. I am a very competitive person so, I like to be on top of my game. I enjoy going about and beyond to do things. Another reason I decide to do this specific monologue is because you get an extra thirty bonus points. The thirty points would get me up to a gold star, because I dont like to be in "second place" . I can personally connect with the monologue I chose because it is about being stuck in between a hard place and a rock. Juliet is kind of sad yet happy. She is talking, and as she speaks, I understand where she is coming from. She is happy her husband lives , she doesnt really care about Tybalt because if he was alive he would have killed Romeo, which Juliet cares about most. Once i was upset about something yet happy because if this thing that had made me so angry, was still in my way, then the thing that made me so happy would have been destroyed !

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  23. I chose " But Soft".....
    Romeo is speaking. this great monologue starts in the Act:2 Scene:2 of romeo and juliet's great Tragedy

    in this monologue romeo is talking to himself about Juliet. at this stage in the story, he is in capulet's orchard which is right under juliet


    these lines were in a great MONOLOGUE in the story.

    The connection i made with this monologue was great. i think that shakespeare did an outstanding job of describing romeo's love for juliet. in this part of the story, Romeo is talking to himself, as if to convince himself of how much he loved juliet. the words that shakespeare used were word-for-word great. i haven't heard a better man with words than shakespeare. in the monologue shakespear compares juliet to the sun and to the stars in all the heavens. he goes on to talk about her skin and how much he admires it. At this point Romeo is desperate for being with juliet.

    If i were romeo, in this situation, i would have done that same things inspite of all the risks. i think that this is where shakespeare really made the connection. in making this monologue, he shows how dangerous this move is for romeo. if romeo is caught in the orchard of capulet, he would have been killed right away. in writing this part, shakespear does a good job in showing how much romeo loves juliet. i am glad that shakespeare put this part into his play. in my opinion, if this scene was not accomplished, the story would have never been the same

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