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Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet. Prologue. Lines 1-4. Take turns reading aloud lines 1-4 (each person reads 1 line) Find and circle repeating words. Line 4. Civil is usually defined as “polite” Replace the first appearance of civil in line 4 with “polite”

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Romeo + Juliet

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  1. Romeo + Juliet Prologue

  2. Lines 1-4 Take turns reading aloud lines 1-4 (each person reads 1 line) Find and circlerepeating words

  3. Line 4 Civil is usually defined as “polite” Replace the first appearance of civil in line 4 with “polite” How does this change your understanding of the sentence?

  4. Line 4 Civil can also be defined as something relating to ordinary citizens (civilians) Replace the first appearance of civil with the word civilian How does this substitution change your understanding of this sentence?

  5. Line 4 Whose hands are being made “unclean”? What words and phrases can you find in line 1-3 to support your understanding of this second use of civil in line 4?

  6. Line 4 “Polite blood makes civilian hands unclean” or… “Civilian blood makes polite hands unclean”? Which “translation” do you think makes more sense?

  7. Line 4 Why do you think Shakespeare uses civil in two different ways in the same sentence?

  8. Lines 1-4 Reread lines 1-4 What is at stake in this ancient fight? Who is suffering?

  9. Lines 5-8 What happens to the lovers? What adjective in line 5 supports your answer?

  10. Lines 7-8 Look at the word misadventured in line 7. What familiar word can you find in misadventured? What does this word mean? How does the prefix mis- change your definition?

  11. Lines 7-8 What familiar word do you hear in piteous? How can this familiar word help you to understand what piteous means?

  12. Lines 7-8 What tone or mood does Shakespeare create in this passage through these two words? (Misadventure and piteous)

  13. Line 8 overthrows: downfalls, ruins What does the death of the “star-crossed lovers” accomplish?

  14. Lines 9-11 How can you use lines 9-11 to support and strengthen the claim you made about what the death of the star-crossed lovers accomplishes?

  15. Lines 12-14 Who is “our” in line 12? Who is “you” in line 13?

  16. Lines 12-14 What does the CHORUS ask you to do in the final three lines?

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