Wednesday – February 4, 2015 Entry Task Silent reading/daily edits Participation today is based on the entry task Agenda Daily edits Review characters & CD gathering packet Act 1.1 – listen to audio Adding CDs to packet Homework: NONE

You will need… Daily edits Pen/pencil Blue character chart Green CD packet No Fear Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet

Learning Targets I will identify and fix grammatical errors. I am familiar with important characters in Romeo and Juliet I know some tips on how to read a Shakespearean tragedy. I will record CDs that support my ideas

Success Criteria Students will have… …completed Wednesday’s daily edits …listened to Act 1, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet …recorded 2 CDs that demonstrate the factors which resulted in R and J’s deaths

Internal factors External factors Essay Prompt: Internal factors External factors (body para. #1) (body para. #2) Are Romeo and Juliet to blame for their deaths? If so how much of it can be blamed on their personality flaws or their individual choices? How do other factors such as family expectations, society pressure, fate/destiny, secrets contribute to their deaths?

Characteristics of a Shakespearean Tragedy Characters Dramatic Conventions Tragic Hero the protagonist, or central character usually fails or dies because of a personality flaw or a cruel twist of fate Soliloquy a speech given by a character alone exposes a character’s thoughts and feelings to the audience Antagonist the adversary or hostile force opposing the protagonist can be a character, a group of characters, or a non-human entity Aside a character’s remark that others on stage do not hear reveals the character’s private thoughts Foil a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character Dramatic Irony when the audience knows more than the characters helps build suspense Comic Relief a humorous scene or speech intended to relieve tension p.177

Reading Shakespearean Tragedy Act III Act IV Act II Act V Act I Resolution

Tips for Reading Shakespearean Tragedy Keep track of the relationships between characters. Are they... Friends? Relatives? Enemies? Also, consider a character’s dramatic function ... Tragic hero Antagonist Foil Comic relief which will help you interpret his/her words or actions.

Tips for Reading Shakespearean Tragedy Note important character traits revealed through dialogue, soliloquies, and asides, as well as through the action. Do the characters show any flaws or weaknesses?

Tips for Reading Shakespearean Tragedy Look for cause-and-effect relationships between events, especially those events that lead to the tragic outcome.

Act 1 Wordy Summary Sampson and Gregory, servants to the Capulets and Abraham and Balthasar, servants to the Montague family, start a street fight, which is joined by Benvolio (Montague) and Tybalt (Capulet). Escalus, the Prince of Verona who angrily learns of this fight, declares a death penalty for further feuding between the two families. Romeo we learn is lovesick; Rosaline, the object of his affections will not return his love. His friend Benvolio tells Romeo to look at other girls...

Act 1 bullet-point summary 1.1 Brawl 1.2 Paris & Capulet talk; Romeo and Benvolio learn about the party 1.3 Lady Capulet, Nurse & Juliet talk about Paris 1.4 Queen Mab gives men wicked dreams 1.5 The Capulets throw a party and Romeo and his friends crash it. R & J meet for the 1st time

Example Factor: Fate Act CD + Notes 1 (1.1.59-65) Tybalt insults the Montagues and Benvolio tries to maintain the peace. Tybalt successfully gets Benvolio to have a sword fight showing that not matter what the two families will be in conflict.

Romeo Act I.i.169-175 Romeo’s Description of Love What do these contradictory terms reveal about his feelings about love? “heavy lightness” “brawling love” “loving hate” “misshapen chaos of well seeming forms” “serious vanity” “feather of lead” “bright smoke” “cold fire” “sick health” “still-waking sleep” Collections TE p.189

Factor: Personality Flaw CD + Notes 1 1.1.164-188 Romeo’s hyperbole about love shows that he is a slave to it and shows he cannot think straight How will this lead to his death? Rome’s love for his enemy’s daughter puts his life in danger because he will do anything to keep love alive.