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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. PROLOGUE. What is a CHORUS in Drama?. The character(s) who speak(s) the prologue and comments on the course of events. (kind of like a newscaster observing and commenting on events). What is a PROLOGUE?.

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet PROLOGUE

  2. What is a CHORUS in Drama? • The character(s) who speak(s) the prologue and comments on the course of events. (kind of like a newscaster observing and commenting on events)

  3. What is a PROLOGUE? • An introductory scene, used to call attention to the theme and basic conflict of a play.

  4. Directions: • Identify and mark up the rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter of the prologue. • Read through the prologue and talk to the text. • Rewrite the prologue in modern-day language.

  5. [Enter] Chorus Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. [i]dignity: social position [ii]mutiny: riot [iii]civil: of citizens, also (ironically) civilized

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