45: Why English Teachers Aren't Liars
Classical Stuff You Should Know
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The Role of the Star Conversion in Romeo and Juliet
AJ: I try to look for those little scenes where it seems like something innocuous is going on or it seems like a little weird phrases happening oftentimes in Shakespeare. In the second half of Romeo and Juliet the sort of star conversion heavenly body motif fades away and the new one that comes in is poisons and medicines. Father Lawrence says I can make medicines I can combine these two elements Romeo and Juliet and turn them into a medicine that heals the feuds. He has this big long motif about the mixing of Romeo andJuliet becoming this healing medicine but he has to crush the ingredients to have it work. AJ: As a teacher this means that every time I read the book I have something
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