Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet
Forbidden Love and Family Loyalty
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Who is William Shakespeare?
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The Globe Theater
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Who is William Shakespeare?• Born in 1564 to John and Mary Arden
Shakespeare• 1582: Married to Anne• 1583: Birth of Daughter Susanna• 1585: Birth of twins: Judith and Hamnet• 1587-1592: Established in London as
actor/playwright; first work Comedy of Errors
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Who is William Shakespeare?
• 1593: Begins writing sonnets (until 1597-ish)• 1594-1596: Some more famous plays
Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer Night’s Dream
• 1597-1608: Best known plays including the rest of the tragedies
• 1599: The Globe Theatre built • 1609: Publication of the Sonnets• April 23, 1616: Shakespeare dies
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His Works
• Poetryo The Sonnetso The Rape of Lucrece
• PlaysTragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, MacbethComedies: Much Ado About NothingHistories: Richard III, Henry V
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The Time Period
• Elizabethan Era• The Renaissance• Actors were men only
o Men even played female roles!
• Plays were one of the main source of entertainment
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Three Classifications of Shakespearean Drama:
• COMEDY
• HISTORY
• TRAGEDY
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Romeo and Juliet is a…
Tragedy
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TRAGIC HERO
Qualities of a Tragic Hero:• Possesses high importance or rank• Exhibits extraordinary talents• Displays a tragic flaw—an error in
judgment or defect in character—that leads to downfall
• Faces downfall with courage and dignity
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Act I Vocabulary Words
• adversary –opponent; enemy• boisterous – noisily jolly or rowdy• nuptial – having to do with marriage or a
marriage ceremony• augmenting – adding to• warrant – swear• begot - born
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Shakespearian WordsAct I
• dog – a man of low standing in society, no one wants anything to do with him
• maidenhead - virginity• bite my thumb – the ultimate insult (like
giving someone the finger)• shrift - confession• coz - nephew
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BLANK VERSE
• Written like poetry• But tells a story• More free-flowing rules
o doesn’t have a rhyme scheme or set number of lines, etc.
• Iambic Pentameter
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Iambic Pentameter
• Lines have a rhythm to them• 10 syllables• Pattern of stressed and unstressed
syllables
He JESTS at SCARS that NEV er FELT a WOUNDBut SOFT! what LIGHT through YON der WIN dow BREAKS?
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SOLILOQUY AND ASIDE
• Soliloquy - Long speech given by a character while alone on stage to reveal his or her private thoughts or intentions
• Aside - Character’s quiet remark to the audience or another character that no one else on stage is supposed to hear
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DRAMATIC IRONY
• Irony—contrast between appearance and reality
• Dramatic Irony—the audience or reader knows something the character(s) does not know
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Act II Vocabulary
1. cunning - skillful, sly, clever2. vile - repulsive, wicked, disgusting3. predominant - having superior strength, influence, or authority4. unwieldy - hard to manage because of size or weight5. bounty - generosity, something given generously6. substantial - existing, real, not imaginary7. imagery - word pictures, words that paint a picture
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Conflict
• External o Man vs. Man Example:o Man vs. Nature Example: o Man vs. Society Example:
• Internal o Man vs. himself Example:
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Figurative Language• Simile – comparison using “like”
or “as” o Her face is like a summer’s day…
• Metaphor – comparison by saying one thing is another; finding similarities in two seemingly unalike things o “I am the East, and Juliet is the West…”
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Figurative Language• Pun – play on words
o "Vandals destroyed many road signs. They really pulled out all the stops."
• Alliteration - group of words that begin with the same letter or soundo desire doth in his deathbed lie
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Foreshadowing
• A hint about what is to come in literature or what the outcome of the conflict will be
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Foil
• A character with qualities that are in sharp contrast to another character, thus emphasizing the qualities of each
• How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?
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Do Now
Assume that you write an advice column for a newspaper or magazine. A modern day Romeo (or Juliet) writes to you asking for advice. He or she explains what happened at the party and also mentions the family feud. 1.Write what his or her letter says.2.Write your response
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Journal Entry
Write about a time when you've done something wrongand it's affected others around you.• What did you do?• How did it affect others?• What consequences did you face?• Did you resolve it?