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Now let's play, not our public face to an extreme, but play what's happening to us through our conscience. So for everyone, suddenly now it's about the terror. And the fear of this moment. It comes from Romeo and Juliet, and is the last words – a curse – of a character who is dying as a result of the feud between the two families.
Storytelling is, just like the "Thomas Chaloner" series, although this is the series that the author started and sent her on the way of recognition, of a superb quality, it's also a story where all the characters come vividly to life and where the historical details are wonderfully worked out in this medieval mystery, and not to forget the delightful picturing of the atmospheric surroundings of Cambridge, England. This phrase is often alluded to in contemporary writing. But in the 20th century, many of the allusions replace the word plague with pox. A Plague on both your houses” is an idiom meaning “I’m not going to take sides: you’re both at fault and I will have nothing to do with it.” This article on CNN.com was published on November 28, 2017 and quotes the phrase spoken by a U.S. Senator: Breslin S (2011) East Asia and the global/transatlantic/Western crisis. Contemp Polit 17(2):109–117Act 3, scene 5 Romeo and Juliet separate at the first light of day. Almost immediately her mother comes to announce that Juliet must marry Paris. When Juliet refuses, her father becomes enraged and vows to put her out on the streets. The Nurse recommends that Juliet forget the banished Romeo and regard Paris as a more desirable husband. Juliet is secretly outraged at the Nurse’s advice and decides to seek Friar Lawrence’s help.
The other half star off is for two points that I feel are pretty minor but nevertheless kept occurring to me as I read. First, many of the characters' names are similar enough that if I had split the reading up over a week or more, I wouldn't have remembered who was who. Stephen and Swynford, two Stanmores (the fact that there are two is key to the plot), Wilson and William, Alcote and Augustus, Michael and Matthew, etc. After having read all the books so far from this astounding mystery author, Susanna Gregory, of the great "Thomas Chaloner" series, I decided to make a start with the "Matthew Bartholomew" series beginning with this book, volume 1. Jenkins S (2020) The coronavirus crisis has exposed the truth about the EU: it’s not a real union. The Guardian 10 April Then ask students to look in detail at the exchange between Tybalt and Romeo starting from the line, “Romeo, the love I bear thee...”.
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Why does Romeo say that he loves Tybalt? What is the effect of Romeo's 'love' on the scene? And on Mercutio? In Elizabethan times this would have been interpreted as a serious statement and would have been taken literally. To wish the plague on someone was a serious matter because it still existed and they still had not found the cause. Whereas, for a modern audience, these words do not have as much dramatic effect, because we now know the cause of the plague and it is not current in our lives. Also, a modern audience knows that from the words alone, nothing is going to happen, but in Elizabethan times they were more superstitious and this would have been a serious matter. Vidal J (2020) “Tip of the iceberg”: is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? The Guardian, 18 March
Looking at the story like this, it does look very fascinating and gripping. A medieval murder mystery with a handsome doctor investigating – what more can one want? Well, appearances can be deceptive. Act 4, scene 5 The Nurse finds Juliet in the deathlike trance caused by the Friar’s potion and announces Juliet’s death. Juliet’s parents and Paris join the Nurse in lamentation. Friar Lawrence interrupts them and begins to arrange Juliet’s funeral. The scene closes with an exchange of wordplay between Capulet’s servant Peter and Paris’s musicians. Your man! I’d be hanged before he would put on the uniform of your manservants. You call him your servant, your follower. Go to the dueling field; he’ll be your “follower” then. He’ll follow you onto the field to give you a proper fight. In that sense, your worship may call him your “follower.” Tybalt As a fan of historical fiction and a former medieval history student, I loved reading about the development of the university system in Cambridge. I feel like the author captures the feel of 14th century life very well; the character types and their motivations feel very of their time. As far as characterization, I feel the author does a very good job of avoiding stereotypes. Brother Michael is fat and constantly eating, but he's not the stereotypical jolly, vapid fat guy. Matthew Bartholomew has studied with an Arab physician and has modern views on cleanliness and medical treatments, but is not supremely enlightened.
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Hang out with him? Do you think we’re a musical group? If so, you’re only going to hear harsh notes from us. Mercutio In this regard, COVID-19 is an equal opportunity enemy. Not even the rich and powerful are immune, although there is no doubt that poorer people and parts of the world will be far more badly affected than their richer counterparts. In this context, at least, some of the more impoverished parts of East Asia may well be hit harder than even places such as Italy and Spain. It is very unlikely that there will be any regional cooperation to share the economic pain caused by the pandemic either. At least the EU is trying to come to the economic rescue; in East Asia there is no similar regional capacity. And yet there is one country that has proved itself capable of making a difference domestically and internationally: China.
Act 4, scene 1 Paris is talking with Friar Lawrence about the coming wedding when Juliet arrives. After Paris leaves, she threatens suicide if Friar Lawrence cannot save her from marrying Paris. Friar Lawrence gives her a potion that will make her appear as if dead the morning of the wedding. He assures her that when she awakes in the vault, Romeo will be there to take her away.
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The mystery is not well-paced. Clues are laid out nicely in the beginning and then -nothing about the mystery for awhile and the book becomes very slow, and this cycle continues throughout the book. In the end, I would just say the mystery itself is mediocre. The Plague was clearly at the top of his mind as he wrote. In Venus and Adonis he explained that love was so pure and beautiful as “to drive infection from the dangerous year,” and so powerful “That the star-gazers, having writ on death,/May say, the plague is banish’d by thy breath.” We haven’t seen the end of the fallout from this awful, fateful day. This is just the beginning of a sorrow that future days will end. Benvolio There was something about the end that was really disturbing about Mercutio like... schizophrenically going from one extreme to the other. And going, I'm only joking. Or am I? Remember, in act 3, scene 1, Mercutio gets baited into a duel with Tybalt, fighting in Romeo's honor (after Romeo refuses to accept Tybalt's challenge). Tybalt slays Mercutio in the duel and then runs off, leaving Mercutio to die. This is the context in which Mercutio makes this repeated refrain.
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