Year 11 english; Clancy of the overflow

How does the text create an opposition between town and country?

The text creates an opposition between town and country by using words and phrases to position the reader to believe that the country is the better way of living than the town life. He tell's the reader that he'd love to switch lives with Clancy, but he said that Clancy wouldn't suit the office. The writer of this text uses binary opposition to compare the country to the town and in this poem the invited text positions us to believe that the country life is better than the town life.

How is language used to romanticise the outback and degrade the town?

The language has been used in a effective way to romanticise the outback and degrade the town/city, the writer of this text uses binary opposition to highlight the positives of the outback and the negatives of the town. For example the text says "dusty dirty city" in comparison to "bush has friends", this romanticises the idea of the country life and degrades the idea of the town life and it is displayed all throughout the poem.

What is left out? What is privileged?

There are many gaps in this poem, the author has left out the negatives of the country and the positives on the town. This has impacted the poem, and has made the invited reading position the readers to believe that the country is a better place to live than the town is. The other gaps and things that are left out are the townsfolk opinions, in this poem you only get the poets perspective and it is also a male perspective, no women, children or Aborigines are mentioned or their perspectives are heard.

Romeo is an impulsive character and his actions are influenced by his emotions.

The statement that Romeo is an impulsive character and his actions are influenced by his emotions is true. Throughout the play Romeo is seen as an impulsive character and his actions are always influenced by his emotions. A part in the book that supports this statement is at the end of the play where Romeo finds out about Juliets death and goes to the Apothecary to buy poison. Act 3, scene 1 line 83-84 " I sell thee posion, thous hast sold me none. Farewell, buy food and get thyself in flesh." This part in the play is a prime example of how Romeo's actions are influenced by his emotions. Romeo always acts on how he feel's no matter what the situation.

Write a persuasive paragraph that responds to the following statement:Juliet would not have been forced to take such drastic action if she simply communicated with her family. Ultimately, Juliet, her mother and her father needed to sit down and have a nice long talk.

Juliet would sitll have to have had taken the same drastic action if she did communicate with her parents. Juliet ended up killing herself because she was being forced to marry Paris and also Romeo got banished. In the play Juliet did not communicate with her parents and she ended up killing herself because of that. Even if Juliet did communicate with her parents the same story line would possibly occur as her father threatened to disown her if she did not marry Paris. Act 3, scence 5 line 151-156 "And yet 'not proud' mistress minior you? Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds, But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next, to go with Paris to Saint Peters Church, or i will drag thee on a hurdle thither. out, you green-sickness carrion! out, you baggage!" As Juliet has enourmouse respect for her parents and has never been out of her dad's care and money, it frightened her to see her dad call her a spoilt brat and threaten to disown her so if Juliet had communicated with her parent's the outcome could have been posibly worse as the Capulets and Montague are sworn enemys.

Respect your elders

As Romeo and Juliet progresses, the audience is positioned to see that in the Capulet household respect for the family elders is paramount.

In Romeo and Juliet, the audience is positioned to see that in the Capulet household respect for the family elders is paramount. This is shown in Act One Scene 5, when Lord Capulet holds a party Tybalt finds out that Romeo has sneaked in and Tybalt gets very angry and Lord Capulet comes along and tells him that he needs to tolerate him and that he is boss of this house and that Tybalt has to do as he says. This is shown in the text, act one, scene 5 line 76-78 "He shall be endured.
What, goodman boy! I say, he shall. Go to.
Am I the master here, or you? Go to." This here shows that Tybalt needs respect for his elders in the Capulet house. Juliet also displays this respect for her elders because she is always doing what her mother and father wants her to do and this is displayed when Lady Capulet comes and tells Juliet that she has to marry Paris, and as she does not want to marry Paris she tell's her mum she would rather marry a Montague, their enemy. This displeases her father and Lord Capulet gets angry at Juliet and tells her she is baggage and threatens to disown her. Act 3, scene 5, line 151-156 "And yet “not proud”? Mistress minion you,
Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds,
But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next
To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church,
Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.
Out, you green sickness, carrion! Out, you baggage!"

Respect for the elders in the Capulet household is paramount as it is displayed throughout the play.

Benvolios Character Profile

Benvolio
* How would you describe this character's personality?
Benvolio is concerned about Romeo in when he is sad about Rosaline, so he is portayed as being caring. He also wants to make peace with Tybalt as he is a Capulet which shows he is very calm and wants every one to get along.

* How is this character viewed by other people in the play?
Tybalt thinks Benvolio as an idiot, as he stopped the fight between the Montagues and the Capulets

* What relationship does this person have to others in the play?
Benvolio is the nephew of Lord Montague and Lady Montague, and the cousin of Romeo, friend of Mercutios and his enemy Tybalt.

* What does this character's main role seem to be?
He wants to help Romeo get over Rosaline by finding him another girl at the ball, and he is trying to make peace with Tybalt by not fighting.

Romeo's Character Profile

Romeo

How would you describe this character's personality?

At the beginning of the play in scene one and two, Romeo comes across as quite depressed and sad. This is for the reason that he is in love with Rosaline and his love for her is unrequited, but Romeo is still determined to make Rosaline love him until he finds Juliet.

How is this character viewed by other people in the play?

Romeo as a character in the play in the first two scenes he is seen as very depressed and sad about Rosaline. His cousins see him as sad because of his unrequited love for Rosaline so that is the reason why they sneak him into the Capulet party.


What relationship does this person have to others in the play?
Romeo has relationships with most of the people in the play, Romeo has a mother and a father, Lord Montague and Lady Montague he also has a cousin, Benvolio and a best friend by the name of mercutio. Romeo also has a servant Balthasar and he is in love with Rosaline who is a Capulet. These are the only relationships that we have come across so far.

What does this character's main role seem to be?
Romeos main role in this play is that he falls in love with Juliet, but at the moment we have only read up to the 2 scenes and so far he is in love with Rosaline and is the son of Lord Montague and Lady Montague.

Emily has the love story exercise, because we done it together.