Act 3 headlines

1: killing in the meaning of the law?
2: Even a murderer is loveable
3: Hiding at Friar L's
4: Paris still trying to get Juliet
5: The last goodbye with a big lost

R&J Plot

Exposition: Montague vs. Capulet feud,  threat of killing people if there's more fighting in the streets
Inciting Event: Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio go to the party, Romeo meets Juliet
Raising Action: Romeo climbs over the walls, R&J admit their love, decide to get married,
Climax: Fight between Mercutio and Tybalt-> Mercutio dies; fight between Romeo and Tybalt -> Tybalt dies
Falling Action: Romeo gets banished, hides in Friar L.'s place, R&J spend the night together, "Final Goodbye", Juliet is told to marry Paris in 3 days

Act 2 headlines

#1: Romeo listening to Juliet and admitting his love
#2 perversely rash wedding
#3 Romeo, the wedding planer
#4 Guiding words
#5 Juliet, waiting for the nurse's report
#6 Secretly married

Words of the day, Jan 24

9. Unwieldy: Compared to the new iPod nano, the original walkman is really unwieldy.
10. Variable: In my science fair project, time and pH Value were my variables.

Words of the day, Jan 23

7. Lamentable: Being forced to experience my brother's cooking skills and the result was lamentable... for me.
8. Kinsmen: The brothers of my father are kinsmen of mine.

Words of the day, jan 22

5. Cunning: adj
Her plan to fake a pass and then do the lay-up was cunning.

6. Procure: verb,
To make pancakes, my mum had to procure some milk.

Words of the day, jan 21

3. Waverer (noun) :Lisa is a waverer, since she's never able to decide what she wants. Hahahaha :)

4. Perverse (adj.) : His decision to take Anatomy over Biology was perverse in the eyes of the other students.

Words of the day, Jan 20

Rosemary: My mum always puts rosemary into the food, because it gives a good aroma to it.

Sallow: After the rollercoaster ride, Lisa looked sallower than she ever did before.

Journal #3

There could be several reasons causing a conflict between the houses of Montague and Capulet. The first one could be a clash of interests caused by their beliefs. Religion has always been a source of trouble. To believe in one god or another, or having religious habits that are different from others, still separates cultures today. Since the piece played in the late ages of the sixteenth century (Renaissance), the majority fo the people living in Verona were Catholics. It might be possible that either one, Montagues or Capulets, had changed their beliefs due to the Protestant Reformation, which also took place in the 16th century.

The other reason could simply be money. We know that today's family conflicts are mainly about money. Why wouldn't it be the same back then? One family has more money than the other does, and voilà: we have our fight that keeps on dividing the two families over generations. Back then it might even had been the difference of  social classes, that made the two houses fight each other.

Vocab words

1. Rosemary: noun, evergreen aromatic shrub
2. Sallow: adj, unhealthy colored face
3. Waverer: verb, shake with a quivering motion
4. Perverse: adj, showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable
5. Cunning: adj, having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion
6. Procure: verb, obtain (something), esp. with care or effort
7. Lamentable: adj, deplorably bad or unsatisfactory
8. Kinsmen: noun, one of a person's blood relations
9. Unwieldy: adj, difficult to carry or move because of its size
10. Variable: - noun, an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change
                      - adj, not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change