Romeo and Juliet

1. Romeo and Juliet Forbidden Love and Family Loyalty

2. The Globe Theater Who is William Shakespeare? www.oppidanlibrary.com/shakespeare.htm www.unplowedground.com/.../travels/travels.html

3. The Globe Theatre • Where Shakespeare’s plays were performed. • Housed everyone from common drunks to the Queen. • Had no roof and plays were performed at 2pm because there was no electricity to light the stage.

4. The Globe • The floor was muddy (made worse by people urinating on it because they’d been to the local tavern before). • You had to pay extra for a cushion on your seat (but if you had a seat you were pretty rich anyway!). • Most people watching the play were illiterate. • If they didn’t understand or enjoy the play, they would throw objects at the actors. • Objects ranged from their shoes to clumps of soaked mud from the floor.

5. The Globe To prevent his actors from being heckled off stage, Shakespeare: • Used the most dramatic words • Included very shocking (at the time) themes • Created intriguing and entertaining characters. The fact that his plays are still extremely popular over four hundred years later proves he was doing something right!

6. Who was William Shakespeare? Born in 1564 to John and Mary Arden Shakespeare 1582: Married to Anne 1583: Birth of Daughter Susanna 1585: Birth of twins: Judith and Hamnet 1587-1592: Established in London as actor/playwright; first work Comedy of Errors

7. Who was William Shakespeare? 1593: Begins writing sonnets (until 1597-ish) 1594-1596: Some more famous plays Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer Night’s Dream 1597-1608: Best known plays including the rest of the tragedies 1599: The Globe Theatre built 1609: Publication of the Sonnets April 23, 1616: Shakespeare dies

8. The Time Period Elizabethan Era The Renaissance Actors were men only Young boys played female roles Plays were one of the main sources of entertainment

9. Three Classifications of Shakespearean Drama: COMEDY HISTORY TRAGEDY

10. His Works Poetry The Sonnets The Rape of Lucrece Plays (a partial list– he wrote 37) Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello Comedies: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Histories: Richard III, Henry V

11. Romeo and Juliet is a… Tragedy

12. TRAGIC HERO Qualities of a Tragic Hero: • Possesses high importance or rank • Exhibits extraordinary talents • Displays a tragic flaw—an error in judgment or defect in character—that leads to downfall • Faces downfall with courage and dignity

13. Romeo & Juliet Who’s Who? The Montagues • Romeo – son to Montague. • Benvolio – nephew to Montague & friend to Romeo. • Balthasar – servant & friend to Romeo. • Mercutio – friend to Romeo. • Lady Montague – wife to Lord Montague. • Montague – Romeo’s father and head of the family. • Friar Lawrence – a local priest, friend of Romeo.

14. Romeo & Juliet Who’s Who? Capulets • Paris – a young nobleman. • Juliet – daughter to Capulet. • Capulet – Juliet’s father and head of the family. • Lady Capulet – wife to Lord Capulet. • Nurse – servant & Nurse to Juliet. • Tybalt – nephew to the Capulets.

15. The Main Themes in R&J Love at first sight – common 16th century belief that if you didn’t fall in love at first sight then you weren’t really in love.

16. Hate The two families hate each other and are constantly fighting, causing many deaths. Are they right to continue to hate even though they don’t know why?

17. Fate Another common belief was that your future was mapped out in the stars and you couldn’t influence the future in anyway. Do you believe in fate? Why?

18. Loyalty Some characters have certain loyalties: • The Nurse to Juliet • The Friar to Romeo and The Montagues • Do you think you have to be loyal to someone just because it is expected of you?

19. Honesty Many of the characters lie and deceive to get what they want such as the Friar, Romeo and Juliet. How far would you go to get what you wanted in life? Do a few lies here and there matter?

20. Tricky words • Thee • Thou • Thy • Wherefore • Ere • Thence • Whence • Hence • Hither

21. BLANK VERSE Written like poetry But tells a story More free-flowing rules doesn’t have a rhyme scheme or set number of lines, etc. Iambic Pentameter

22. Iambic Pentameter Lines have a rhythm to them 10 syllables Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables It IS a VEry DARK and LONEly NIGHT! He JESTS at SCARS that NEV er FELT a WOUND But SOFT! what LIGHT through YON der WIN dow BREAKS?

23. SOLILOQUY AND ASIDE • Soliloquy: • Long speech given by a character while alone on stage to reveal his or her private thoughts or intentions • Aside: • Character’s quiet remark to the audience or another character that no one else on stage is supposed to hear

24. DRAMATIC IRONY Irony—contrast between appearance and reality Dramatic Irony—the audience or reader knows something the character(s) does not know

25. Shakespearian WordsAct I dog – a man of low standing in society, no one wants anything to do with him maidenhead - virginity bite my thumb – the ultimate insult (like giving someone the finger) shrift - confession coz - nephew

26. Act I Vocabulary Words adversary –opponent; enemy boisterous – noisily jolly or rowdy nuptial – having to do with marriage or a marriage ceremony augmenting – adding to warrant – swear begot - born

27. Act II Vocabulary 1. cunning - skillful, sly, clever 2. vile - repulsive, wicked, disgusting 3. predominant - having superior strength, influence, or authority 4. unwieldy - hard to manage because of size or weight 5. bounty - generosity, something given generously 6. substantial - existing, real, not imaginary 7. imagery - word pictures, words that paint a picture

28. Conflict External Man vs. Man   Example: Man vs. Nature    Example: Man vs. Society   Example: Internal Man vs. himself   Example:

29. Figurative Language Simile – comparison using “like” or “as” Her face is like a summer’s day… Metaphor – comparison by saying one thing is another; finding similarities in two seemingly unalike things “I am the East, and Juliet is the West…”

30. Figurative Language • Pun – play on words • "Vandals destroyed many road signs. They really pulled out all the stops." • Alliteration - group of words that begin with the same letter or sound • desiredoth in his deathbed lie

31. Foreshadowing A hint about what is to come in literature or what the outcome of the conflict will be

32. Foil A character with qualities that are in sharp contrast to another character, thus emphasizing the qualities of each How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?

33. Do Now Assume that you write an advice column for a newspaper or magazine. A modern day Romeo (or Juliet) writes to you asking for advice. He or she explains what happened at the party and also mentions the family feud. Write what his or her letter says. Write your response

34. Journal Entry Write about a time when you've done something wrong and it's affected others around you. • What did you do? • How did it affect others? • What consequences did you face? • Did you resolve it?