 So now let's read through another past paper question and the answer and this time I will read it all the way through and then you can hopefully start to see trends in how you can write a solid level 9 response to these past paper questions. Read the following extract from Act 2 scene 2 and then answer the question that follows. At this point in the play Romeo has secretly returned to the capillary orchard after the mast bore. Romeo. But soft. What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun, a rise fair sun and killed the envious moon who's already sick and pelled grief, that thou her maid art far more fair than she. Be not her maid since she is envious, her vestual livery is but sick and green and none but false do wear it, cast it off, it's my lady, oh it's my love. Oh, that she knew she were, she speaks yet, she says nothing. What of that? Her eyes discourses, I will not answer it. Empty bald. It is not to me she speaks. Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business do entreat her eyes to twinkle in the spheres till they return. What of her eyes were there? They in her head. The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth alampe, her eyes in heaven would, through the airy region, stream so bright that birds would sing and think it were not night. Starting with the speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Romeo as lovesick, write about how Shakespeare presents Romeo this extract and how Shakespeare presents Romeo in the play as a whole. So let's have a look at this essay and I'll read it all the way through. In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is depicted by Shakespeare as being at the mercy of his emotions and in the duration of the play here appears to be very lovesick and ruled by his passions. Within the extract above we as the audience witness Romeo has become extremely lovesick after the meeting, after meeting Juliet at Lord Capulet's masquerade ball. Moreover, elsewhere in the play we find that Romeo was initially melancholic and lovesick over his unrequited love for Rosaline and he later became lovesick and heartbroken after leaving Juliet after he was banished from Verona. Shakespeare's success video picks Romeo as lovesick and his passionate persona will be examined in depth. Within the extract, Romeo has met Juliet and soon after meeting her at the masquerade ball ended, he decided to scale the Capulet orchard wall and find Juliet's by bedroom. As he is standing beneath the balcony, he looks into her room and states, but soft, what light yonder, window breaks. It is the east and Juliet is the sun. Romeo speaks in metaphors using celestial imagery to describe Juliet as the sun and this illustrates his obsession for Juliet, which is making him lovesick. He is extremely enamoured by Juliet and is willing to risk his life to see her again. To be sure in the play, we as the audience learn that Romeo is Montague and his family is sworn enemies of the Capulets, which is the family that Juliet belongs to. Romeo appears to be so infatuated by Juliet that he's willing to risk death if he's discovered in the Capulet orchard so that he can see Juliet. Therefore, Romeo is presented as being extremely lovesick, which leads him to risk his own life and well-being in order to be close to Juliet, despite only having met her hours before. As the extract progresses, Romeo catches sight of Juliet and exclaims, it's my lady, oh, it's my love. This exclamatory sentence reveals Romeo is as extremely excited to see Juliet. He does not know her very well, yet he appears convinced that they are both destined to be together. Indeed, this is emphasised through the possessive pronoun my, which illustrates that he believes that Juliet is his rightful lover. This presents Romeo as extremely lovesick as his world appears to have been dramatically transformed by his encounter with Juliet. Indeed, he will never be the same again unless he is united with her. Romeo is presented as lovesick as he is willing to forsake his family for Juliet, despite not knowing her very well. Contextually, it seems that Romeo was very young, while Juliet was 13 years old, 13 years of age. It is probable that Romeo was only a few years older than her. This therefore means that he was a teenager who was likely experiencing very intense and turbulent emotions. Hence, we can presume that she also presents Romeo as being a typical teenager who is in the throes of young and passionate emotions, which are making him impulsive and lovesick. Romeo uses more celestial imagery to describe Juliet's eyes as being two of the fairest stars in all the heaven. The repetition of the noun stars coupled with the religious reference to heaven illustrates Romeo's belief in the notion that it was divine destiny that brought him and Juliet together at the masquerade ball. His hyperbolic language which describes Juliet illustrates that Romeo believes he is destined by fate to be with Juliet. He appears to be very lovesick because he could appear to feel compelled by destiny to seek Juliet, hence Romeo is lovesick due to the fact that he feels a destiny to be together has been divinely faked. Elsewhere in the play, Romeo appears to be dominated by his emotions, which seem to be somewhat fickle. To be sure, at the beginning of the play in Act 1, Scene 1, we find that Romeo is feeling extremely lovesick as he had heartbroken over his unrequited love for Rosaline. Romeo laments, a loving hate, feather of lead, and he speaks using oxymorons to illustrate his inner conflicting passions. On the one hand, he appears to be enamoured by Rosaline, and he wants her to require his love, yet her rejection is also causing him extreme pain and heartbreak. Romeo appears to be lovesick as he is dominated by intense feelings of love. He seems to be obsessive when he falls for women in the play. However, the fact that Romeo was able to simply forget Rosaline in Act 1, Scene 5, once he saw true beauty this night makes us as the audience question the authenticity of his feelings. Whilst Romeo is quite lovesick, the fact that he is able to rapidly move on from his melancholy over Rosaline to falling deeply in love with Juliet makes us wonder whether his feelings are enduring. Therefore, while Romeo is presented as lovesick in the play, his rapid ability to recover from his sadness over Rosaline and fall quickly in love with Juliet illustrates his emotions can also easily be changeable. The love between Romeo and Juliet quickly escalates the day after the meet. Romeo seeks out Fire Laurence in order to legitimise the love through marriage. Fire Laurence appears skeptical at how quickly Romeo becomes lovesick as he asks his Rosaline that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken. This illustrates that perhaps Romeo's lovesickness reveals his too easily given over to his emotions. Moreover, we begin to see Romeo's lovesick behaviours highly impulsive and somewhat destructive. Fire Laurence cautions him that these violent dislikes have violent ends, therefore love moderately. In other words, Fire Laurence reveals that Romeo is easily blinded by love and intense feelings of infatuation. However, this can be extremely destructive. Indeed, Fire Laurence's repetition of the adjective violent foreshadows the fact that Romeo's intense lovesick behaviour will eventually lead to his death because in Act 5, when he falls, he believes Juliet to be dead. He commits suicide, thus, while Romeo is presented as lovesick towards both Rosaline and Juliet, we learn that his lovesick behaviour can be impulsive and self-destructive. To conclude, Shakespeare has successfully presented Romeo as lovesick, both of them the extract, as well as the player as a whole. Romeo appears to be dominated by his emotions. On the one hand, it appears that his ability to be lovesick impels him to act quickly, and may as the audience sense that the love he shares with Juliet was positive, as it eventually brought the Montague and Caprilet families together. However, on the other hand, his lovesick behaviour is also self-destructive, as it ultimately led to his suicide, and it dominated his brief life, leading to the eventual tragic death of both him and Juliet. So let's quickly go over this essay again. Now, as you can see, I've started with an introduction, and not only have I summarised what's happening in this passage, and of course this passage just shows when Romeo is... He breaks into the... Or rather, he sneaks into the Caprilet orchard and goes to where Juliet's room is positioned, and of course this is the famous balcony scene, and before he sees her, he's basically wondering about her beauty, wondering about what she's doing within. Now, I've summarised that, but also talked about briefly. Broadly, Romeo does seem to be someone who's very prone to love sickness and very impulsive. Then, in these first three paragraphs, what I've done, is use the PEE method, Point Evidence Explanation, much like I've done in my previous essay, and I've mentioned, for instance, different examples. First made the point, as you can see here, then the evidence, as you can see here, and then explanations, I've explained the evidence here, and what I've also specifically done is done close language analysis talking about metaphors, celestial imagery, and then as you can see, the bulk of my writing is related also to analysis, context, and relating it to Romeo, and of course, as you can see, I've essentially done the same for these two paragraphs, and then I've also linked it to Also in the Play, and I've taken two examples from Also in the Play, but really discussed them and analysed them in depth, and so it's sufficient when you're thinking about Also in the Play. If you have two really good examples, which are relevant, definitely use them as long as it's more quality rather than quantity. Don't just list lots of different examples, but not going to depth. You can list two examples and go into lots of depth, having language analysis, so as you can see here, he speaks in oxymorons, and then also having lots of good analysis, and linking it back to the question, and also as you can see, the other example I've given is actually when we're thinking about Romeo being lovesick, how others view him, and in this case it's Friar Lawrence, and Friar Lawrence says he is lovesick, but also he's so fickle, he once initially at the play was so in love seemingly with Rosaline, and so sad, however suddenly he changes, so what this does is maybe also reveal a critical approach to Romeo's lovesick behaviour, as maybe impulsive given his age, he's quite young, he's probably also likely a teenager, but also it shows that it can be very destructive, because also Friar Lawrence really cautions him to not be so destructive, and then I've ended with a conclusion summarizing what I've written about, but also broadly talking about how his lovesick behaviour ultimately leads to his death, but actually the good outcome is that it brings the Capulet families and Montague families together, but of course the downside of this is the suicide. So I hope this helps in understanding how to write essays, as I mentioned, all of these resources are available for downloads, so do make sure you watch this video maybe once more, look at the other model answer examples as well, and try and apply this by practicing independently. There are two more model answers within this pack, do read them over, and then of course one of the things that really will improve your essay technique is actually writing and applying this knowledge. So thank you so much for listening.