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What’s Wrong with Romeo?

What’s Wrong with Romeo?. Act I Scene 1. Introducing…. Romeo!. Shakespeare introduces Romeo, the main character of the play, after a bloody street fight where his mother and father are looking for him. How does the audience learn about Romeo?. Characterization.

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What’s Wrong with Romeo?

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  1. What’s Wrong with Romeo? Act I Scene 1

  2. Introducing…. Romeo! Shakespeare introduces Romeo, the main character of the play, after a bloody street fight where his mother and father are looking for him. How does the audience learn about Romeo?

  3. Characterization Is how the author builds a character through • What the character does (behavior) • What the character says (speech) • What the character thinks and feels • What other people say about the character Which of these types of characterization did Shakespeare use to introduce Romeo?

  4. What’s the matter with Romeo? Behaviors Reasons for Behavior • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ Use lines 131-133, 140-148 and 157 • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ Describe the emotions that might lead to each behavior

  5. But what does Romeo say? Examine Romeo’s comments about his problems: • “O brawling love! oh loving hate!” 189 • “Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health” 193 • “This love feel I, that feel no love in this” 195 • “I have lost myself; I am not here: This is not Romeo, he’s some other where.” 213-214

  6. What does he say about the girl? Examine Romeo’s comments about the object of his affection: • “She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow” 225-226 • “She will not stay the siege of loving terms, nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes, nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold” 229-230 • “She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow do I live dead that live to tell it now.” 241-242 • “Thou canst teach me to forget.” 256

  7. Is Romeo Really in Love? Directions: • Complete the paragraph outline on your half-sheet. • Write a full sentence for the introduction and the conclusion. • Write jot notes for the reasons.

  8. Introduction Examples: Clearly, Romeo is……. for two obvious reasons. There are two substantial reasons to argue that Romeo is… The text proves that Romeo is… with two pieces of evidence.

  9. Evidence Reason #1 Reason # 2 Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Evidence 3 Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Evidence 3

  10. Conclusion Choose a different way to state your claim. Examples: Clearly, Romeo is……. for two obvious reasons. There are two substantial reasons to argue that Romeo is… The text proves that Romeo is… with two pieces of evidence.

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