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TODAY’S AGENDA Character name origins: Why are they appropriate? Act 1 & 2 Quiz Journal Entry #9 Notes: Iambic pentameter, blank verse, meter, etc. HOMEWORK: Outline completed by tomorrow at 11:59 pm The Chicken Marinara Melt from Subway is amazing, but it’s only $5 for a limited time!

CHARACTERIZATION The techniques a writer uses to reveal the personality of characters to the reader. Direct Characterization: the writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells what the character is like. Indirect Characterization: the writer reveals information about a character and his personality through that character's thoughts, words, and actions, along with how other characters respond to that character, including what they think and say about him.

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION Words: what the character says or what characters say about the character Thoughts: what the character thinks How do we know what characters are thinking in R&J? Actions: what the character does Interactions: how the character relates to others Names: often symbolic of a major character trait or role There are several characters in Romeo & Juliet whose names reveal something about their characterization. Like…

MERCUTIO Named for the chemical element mercury, which has a very low melting temperature. The element is named for the god Mercury, the messenger of the gods. What characteristics of the element and the god make the name a good it for Mercutio?

BENVOLIO In Latin bene means “well” and volens means “wishing”; benevolent means “kindly or well-intentioned” Why is this name appropriate for Benvolio?

TYBALT He is named for a cat that is know for its slyness in the fable “Reynard the Fox.” How is Tybalt like the cat he is named for?

PARIS He shares his name with a Trojan prince in Homer’s epic the Illiad who persuades Helen to leaver her husband and marry him. How is Paris in R&J like Paris in the Illiad?

JOURNAL ENTRY #9 What do you think of Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other? Do you think it is true love or just infatuation? Explain…

IAMBIC PENTAMETER IAMB: unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable EXAMPLE: - / again IAMBIC PENTAMETER: five verse feet with each foot an iamb (a total of ten syllables) - / - / - / - / - / But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

BLANK VERSE BLANK VERSE: poems that do not rhyme but consist of iambic pentameter Shakespeare wrote many of his play in blank verse including this example from Romeo and Juliet.

TRY IT OUT… Act I, Scene 5 My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me That I must love a loathed enemy. 155