Question
Read the excerpt from Act I of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo: Is the day so young?
Benvolio: But new struck nine.
Romeo: Ah me! sad hours seem long.
Was that my father that went hence so fast?
Benvolio: It was. What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours?
Romeo: Not having that which having makes them short.
Which adaptation best maintains the original meaning and tone of the underlined part of the excerpt?
Is it too early to begin the day?
Is it so early in the day?
Do we know what time of day it is?
Do we have to wake up this early?
Romeo: Is the day so young?
Benvolio: But new struck nine.
Romeo: Ah me! sad hours seem long.
Was that my father that went hence so fast?
Benvolio: It was. What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours?
Romeo: Not having that which having makes them short.
Which adaptation best maintains the original meaning and tone of the underlined part of the excerpt?
Is it too early to begin the day?
Is it so early in the day?
Do we know what time of day it is?
Do we have to wake up this early?
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"Is it so early in the day?"
This keeps the original rhetorical, slightly poetic sense—Romeo asking whether it’s still so early—without adding modern casual phrasing or changing the meaning. The other choices change tone or meaning.
This keeps the original rhetorical, slightly poetic sense—Romeo asking whether it’s still so early—without adding modern casual phrasing or changing the meaning. The other choices change tone or meaning.
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