4 December 2013

On your journal document, type today's date. Review the following lines from Act I, scene v:

Romeo
"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear,
...
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows."
(ll. 42-44; 46-47)

What do you think about Romeo and his poetic speech? What does that reveal about him as a young man? And speaking of men and sweet words and thoughts, what do you think about men and love? Do real men express their love openly? When a man expresses tender thoughts, do you think it makes him less masculine? Write in complete sentences. The topic...men and tender expression.