Your task is to identify the metaphor present in the following excerpt and then write a paragraph that explains the metaphor and its effect on the meaning of the passage it is embedded in.

MERCUTIO

True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,
Which is as thin of substance as the air
And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes
Even now the frozen bosom of the north,
And, being anger’d, puffs away from thence,
Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.

Feel free to watch the presentation again from this lesson to remind you of how to approach a passage that contains a metaphor:

To follow are the official results of the EBA Awards for December 2012. Invented by Gabriel, these awards are designed to celebrate excellence, creativity and innovation in Year 8 Blogging.

Voted for by the students themselves, everyone gets one watchmark for every vote they receive, and the winners of each category get 5 watchmarks. The top 4 blogs also get promotion on their peer’s blogs, and get profiled for 14 days on the Edutronic front page.
 
The winners are:

BEST CONTENT:

1. Gabriel’s English Blog
2. Henry’s English Blog

BEST APPEARANCE:

1. Gabriel’s English Blog
2. Meshach’s English Blog

Conratulations to everyone involved!

Mr Waugh

To show my understanding of the play I will be showing three subjects. A analytic essay,a dramatic monologue and will write a short scene in the style of a Shakespearean play.

New Idea:

When I complete this summary of Romeo and Juliet I will have an essay of ether on Faith or Interpretations between The Play and the film.I have already chosen Interpretations and this is why in my Acts/Scenes have not included much Faith however there is a lot of it. As I get through the film more I will Include a lot more Interpretation between the Play and the Film such as Mercutio’s death (how he died), Juliet trying to avoid Paris, etc.