Eng Lit, LAP 2, Day 4 Background info Reading and understanding Shakespeare Begin reading Act I, Scene 1 in class

Homework Finish reading Act I, Scene 1 and work on your journal– see LAP Handout #3 for more info on journals Vocab 8 quiz due K day. Lit Terms open lab due C day

Dialectical Journal Assignment LAP Handout #3

The Globe http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/virtual-tour

Types of Plays Tragedies– dramatic, usually end in death. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet. Comedies– lighthearted, lots of joking, usually end in marriage. Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night’s Dream Histories—tell about a king or queen’s reign. King Henry VIII

Women in Renaissance England The ideal woman is silent and mild. Wives supposed to obey their husbands like subjects obey a prince. A time of social upheaval.

Comprehension Strategies Take your time– try to translate as you go. Try creating descriptive names for the characters as you go; adjust them as you read. Visualize the action.

Use the text notes as you go They’ll clue you in on words we don’t use anymore. They’ll help you realize when words have changed in meaning.

Sentence Order Shakespeare wrote using iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter= 10 syllables of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables. Ex. Farewell, sweet masters both. I must be gone.

To Achieve Iambic Pentameter… Sometimes subjects and verbs are reversed Ex. “Full of vexation come I.” Sometimes the object is put before the subject and the verb Ex. “Him I hit”

Interrupters Characters often interrupt their own trains of thought. “My fortunes every way as fair ranked (If not with vantage) as Demetrius’”

Wordplay Puns– plays on words that sound the same but have different meaning. Extended simile– what began as a simple simile is turned into a long, extended comparison using “like” or “as”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theseus– in Greek Mythology was the king of Athens, a Greek hero. Hippolyta– queen of the Amazons, who were a warrior race of women. Was kidnapped by Theseus and married him Egeus– Hermia’s father Hermia Demetrius Lysander Helena– Hermia’s friend

Characters Allusion—a reference to a historical or fictional person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar with. Theseus– in Greek Mythology was the king of Athens, a Greek hero. Hippolyta– queen of the Amazons, who were a warrior race of women. Was kidnapped by Theseus and married him Diana– goddess of woodlands, hunting, the moon, and animals. Venus– goddess of love, mother of Cupid Cupid