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Loss of Innocence & Shakespeare

Loss of Innocence & Shakespeare. Ms. Mitchell Freshman Literature. Do Now!. Answer the following questions on a piece of paper: Do you believe in love at first sight? Can love overcome all obstacles? Is it more important to follow your heart or be loyal to your family?. Innocence.

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Loss of Innocence & Shakespeare

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  1. Loss of Innocence & Shakespeare Ms. MitchellFreshman Literature

  2. Do Now! • Answer the following questions on a piece of paper: • Do you believe in love at first sight? • Can love overcome all obstacles? • Is it more important to follow your heart or be loyal to your family?

  3. Innocence • What is innocence? • Let’s define it! • What does it mean to lose one’s innocence? • Can one stay innocent forever? DO NOW!: On a blank piece of paper, free write for 10 minutes on a time your innocence was lost. (I will be the only one who sees these!)

  4. William Shakespeare • 1564-1616 • Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England • Married Ann Hathaway at age 18 (she was 26!!) and together they had three children • Only went to school through grammar school • The most performed playwright ever

  5. Shakespeare, continued • Wrote approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and two long narrative poems • Wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories • Plays were performed by Lord Chamberlain’s Men: a group actors sponsored by the wealthy Lord Chamberlain • Starting in 1599 the Globe theater was built and Shakespeare’s plays were performed there

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  10. Look Up!

  11. A rose by any other name… • It has been said that Shakespeare contributed over 1700 now common words to the English language. • Some ones you might know include… • Blushing • Addiction • Amazement • Bedroom • Eyeball • Fashionable • Laughable • Puking • Swagger • Dawn

  12. And… • “Be-all and the end-all” (Macbeth) • “Break the ice” (The Taming of the Shrew) • “Eaten me out of house and home” (2 Henry IV) • “Elbow room” (King John) • “Kill with kindness” (The Taming of the Shrew) • “Knock! Knock! Who’s there?” (Macbeth) • “Too much of a good thing” (As You Like It)

  13. Iambic Pentameter • A common meter in English poetry • 10 syllables per line • Second syllable accented EX) de/DUM de/DUM de/DUM de/DUM de/DUM

  14. Romeo and Juliet • Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595 • Takes place in Verona, Italy • Follows the story of two star-crossed lovers • Romance, violence, death • Dualities: fate/chance, life/death, light/dark Lovers whose love is thwarted by outside sources

  15. R&J Today

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