1 / 9

Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet. "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.“ -Act 5, Scene 3. Let’s get warmed up:. In your notebooks, answer the following questions: What is a tragedy? What is a feud? Examples?. Tragedy….

jasia
Download Presentation

Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.“ -Act 5, Scene 3

  2. Let’s get warmed up: In your notebooks, answer the following questions: • What is a tragedy? • What is a feud? • Examples?

  3. Tragedy… Exemplifies the sense that human beings are inevitably doomed through their own: -failures or errors -the ironic action of their virtues -through the nature of fate, destiny, or the human condition to suffer, fail, and die. In other words, it is a drama with an unhappy ending. Adapted from http://classics.lifetips.com/cat/58435/shakespearean-tragedies/index.html Why the long faces?

  4. “We’re all Doomed!” What are the top reasons people are doomed? (according to tragedies) • Being too mean • Being too nice • Bad Luck Adapted from http://classics.lifetips.com/cat/58435/shakespearean-tragedies/index.html 1 2 3

  5. Speaking of tragedy…key terms to know for this unit include: • Tragedy • Feud (and the effects of) • Irony • Foreshadowing • Soliloquy • Themes • Tone • Fate (the unawareness of) • Star-crossed lovers

  6. Who was William Shakespeare? • One of the greatest poets and playwrights of his time and of all time (1564-1616) • Left school at 14 years old, married at 18, had children • Worked in theatres • 1585-1592: “The Lost Years”

  7. Why write tragic plays? • The Bubonic Plague (the Black Death) - Mid 1300s, when Romeo and Juliet took place -Caused many deaths, including people close to Shakespeare (sisters, brother, only son) • The Renaissance (rebirth) throughout Europe -1300s-1500s, from Italy to England -Multi-dimensional, psychologically complex characters -Upheaval in hierarchy (feuds) -Topics that were once suppressed were no longer

  8. What to Expect: • A good, action-packed story • Difficult language that this edition of the book and the “Confusing Quotations” sheet will help with • Reading, quizzes, and fun activities • To reach the final goal: for you to not only enjoy, but to see the relevance that the story still holds today. See? Justin Bieber liked it

  9. Class Website If ever absent or in need of class materials or additional information, visit our class website where everything from this unit that you will need is linked to: www.orsibaldwin .wikispaces.com

More Related