Romeo and Juliet

Write Away:
Silent "Graffiti" Conversations:
Expand, question, challenge, connect

Why do you think Shakespeare chose to start the play with a fight scene?

Act 1 scenes 1-3:
Street brawl:
They Love to Hate
Lovesick Romeo:
He hates to love

Act 1 scene 1

• Word play/Puns
• Carry coals= carry grudge
• colliers= coal-carrier (lowly)
• Collar= hangman's noose
• Choler= anger

HW:
Read Act 1,
Scenes 2 and 3
on MyShakespeare.com.

Due today:
Act 1 scenes 2-3 and comprehension quizzes on myshakespeare

Write Away: (1.2-4)
how do Lord and Lady Capulet feel about Paris marrying Juliet? What do their different opinions show about their personalities and relationships with Juliet?

The Great Fate Debate:
Do you believe in Fate? Destiny?

Romeo has a premonition that something BIG will at the Capulet party. Do you believe in fate, or do you think we have the power to change our destiny through our choices?

Act 1 Scene 5:
Romeo and friends Crash the party!
Romeo meets Juliet

before we begin:
check the clock/calendar:
how much time has passed? Make a timeline

Act 2:
The Secret and forbidden Romance

Write Away: (2.1-2)
Have you ever had to choose between what your family wanted and what you wanted? What was the situation and how did you handle it?

Act 2 Scene 2:
The Balcony scene

Timelines and sleep deprivation:
street fighting, party crashing, trespassing, stalking, secret scheming

Due today 2.3:
Friar talks about the dual nature of plants and how they can be both healing and harmful. He also warns about the dangers of acting too hastily.

Write Away:
Passion:
Friend or Foe?

3.1:
Turning Point:
Romeo explodes with anger

Riding down the roller coaster:
Fast! Thrilling! Scary!

passion, impulsivity, and Dramatic Irony

Why? What? How?

• Tybalt wants Romeo dead. Why?
• Romeo doesn't want to fight Tybalt. Why?
• Mercutio takes on Tybalt. Why?
• Tybalt kills Mercutio. How?
• Romeo kills Tybalt. Why?
• The prince banishes romeo. Why?

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Tableaux Vivants
"Living Pictures"

Tableaux Vivants:
Group Engagement
Dramatic appropriateness
Effectiveness of choices

Motif:
a pattern of recurring imagery, representing a concept, and related to a theme.

symbol vs motif:
Conch is a symbol
weather can be a motif

What "motifs" have you noticed in R and J so far?

Write Away:
anger and its consequences:
think about a timE you were so angry that you acted without thinking. Situation? Action? Consequences?

'Look before you leap'
'All things in moderation.'
'the dose makes the poison'
How do these common sayings apply to Romeo and Juliet's situation?