Prepare to travel back in time…… William Shakespeare Prepare to travel back in time……

Introduction What do you know about Shakespeare? What have you read by Shakespeare? Why do so many people find Shakespeare difficult? Why do you think he is so well respected that his plays are on every high school reading list?

What is a comedy? Comedy: form of drama intended to be humorous or to amuse by inciting laughter in theatre, television, film and stand-up comedy

What is a tragedy? Tragedy: Is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience pleasure in the viewing

Universal story? Universal Story: The presentation of humankind as a whole and coherent unit

What can you guess about the play by looking at the book? What makes you want to read it? What makes you not want to read it? Is this something you can overcome?

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Fair Verona North of Italy

Prologue Is an opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information

Chorus A group of people (or sometimes one person) who introduce the prologue / introduction to each act in Shakespeare’s plays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PIhGgtWTs