Romeo was talking about having a dream about his death but then Benvolio had said that if we don’t go now we will be late to the party, Romeo had replied saying “I fear to early,for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this nights revels,and expire the term of a despised life clos’d 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”.
In this piece Romeo was explaining that if he goes to that party he could die but at the same time he would of met the most beautiful girl h has ever seen,Romeo had even agreed to this and said to everyone that his is meant to happen it was destiny a fate that god gave him he said let my sail direct me in my course even if it is death.The statement i was talking about before in my paragraph was this statement “hath the steerage of my course direct my sail! On,lusty gentlemen”. In this metaphor he is describing himself as a ship being helmed by God.
The reason I think this is a semantic field is because it is Romeo talking about his fate and how it is in the hands of God and he can’t change whatever has to happen to him when he goes to the Capulet party.
There are two other things that are linked to my semantic feild with is the the coincidence of the servant finding Romeo on the street and not anyone else and the prologue says to everyone two star crossed lovers take there life and as far as i have read up to the two lovers are Romeo and Juliet this is showing the future of the play and what happens to them these two things that i have talked about in this paragraph is part of my semantic field.
October 14, 2015 at 10:28 pm
Hi Alex,
As we discussed in class, here is my advice for developing the structure of your piece:
You’ve got everything you need for an excellent analysis of the semantic field generated throughout the play in relation to fate. What is needed now is for the language you’re using to express these complex ideas to be developed a little.
You need to write an introductory paragraph that explains the over-all points you’re going to make about how Shakespeare communicates fate in Romeo and Juliet
What is good is that you’ve organised the examples and explanation well, keeping each to its own paragraph. Now look at structuring each paragraph a little more carefully:
1) Start with a topic sentence that links to the over-all point of the piece: “Shakespeare extends the reference to fate using the narrative device of co-incidence…”
2) Explain how this device is being used to communicate the idea of fate
3) Provide a clear quote to support your idea and explain what it means in the context it’s used.
Have another look at my example on the class website if you want a simple formula to follow when constructing body paragraphs.
With these matters tidied up, this is going to be a very strong analysis.
CW
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