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Loss of Innocence & Shakespeare. Ms. Mitchell Freshman Literature. Do Now!. Answer the following questions on your notes packet: 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 Ms. MitchellFreshman Literature
Do Now! • Answer the following questions on your notes packet: • 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 • 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 thesebut keep in mind if you share something that makes me think your health or safety is in jeopardy I have to go to guidance!)
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
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 of actors sponsored by the wealthy Lord Chamberlain • Starting in 1599 the Globe theater was built and Shakespeare’s plays were performed there
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
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)
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
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