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Do Now. Clear off your desk except for a pencil and your current events article Give me honors work!!! . Journal Entry . Define tragedy in your own words and give an example from your current events article. (There is an extra article next to the journals if you need it)

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Do Now

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  1. Do Now • Clear off your desk except for a pencil and your current events article • Give me honors work!!! 

  2. Journal Entry • Define tragedy in your own words and give an example from your current events article. (There is an extra article next to the journals if you need it) • What TV shows, movies, or books show tragedy? • How does tragedy affect people’s lives? • What do you think “tragic love” means?

  3. Romeo & Juliet By William Shakespeare

  4. William Shakespeare: Biographical Info • 1564-1616 • Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England • Wrote tragedies, histories, and comedies • Wrote 38 plays and appx. 154 sonnets • Began as an actor • Writes in Modern English

  5. The Globe Theatre

  6. The Theatre • Roofless - open air • No artificial lighting • Audience • Rich sat on benches • “Groundlings” or “droolers” or “stinkards” stood in the pit • Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleries • Stage: platform that extended into the pit • Second-level gallery: upper stage • Trap door: ghosts • “Heavens”: angelic beings

  7. The Plays The Actors Only men and boys Young boys whose voices had not changed play women’s roles Would have been considered indecent for a woman to appear on stage • Opening scenes could promise supernatural beings, a party, or a fight • No scenery, but elaborate costumes and plenty of props • Settings: Referenced in dialogue • Crowd interaction

  8. Romeo and Juliet • Written about 1595 • Tragedy • Setting: Verona, Italy • High class characters speak in iambic pentameter • Low class characters speak in prose

  9. Romeo and Juliet: Summary • A family feud • Falling in love • A secret marriage • A fight • A banishment • A match-making father • A desperate plan • Some deadly gossip • The death of Romeo and Juliet • A lesson learned

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