Movie Types As a class, brainstorm your favourite kind of movie.

What is your favourite kind of movie? Action: gang fights, ancient rivalry, sword fights, death, blood, etc. Comedy: Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio are typical teenaged guys who are hilarious. They are always joking around. Also, Juliet’s nurse can sometimes be a bumbling fool.

Movies Continued Romance: the romance between Romeo and Juliet is pretty intense ADULT: Romeo, Mercutio, and Banvolio are hormone crazy guys (once again, typical teenage boys). This play is full of sex, sexual innuendos, and conversations about sex. So many naughty bits, if you are paying attention!

William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre

William Shakespeare Born April 1546, died April 1616 Born in Stratford-upon-Avon and died there too Father was a middle-class glove maker An English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language The most quoted writer in the literature and history of the English-speaking world

Exact dates and chronology of his work are uncertain Believed to have produces his work between 1586 and 1612 Excelled in both tragedy and comedy Attended grammar school in central Stratford Romeo and Juliet is the most famous of his plays

Image of Shakespeare from the First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays

Romeo and Juliet statue in Central Park in New York City.

The Globe Theatre The original Globe Theatre, built in 1599 by the playing company to which Shakespeare belonged, was destroyed by fire in 1613 Was rebuilt in 1614, closed in 1642, and demolished in 1644 A modern reconstruction opened in 1997 Most of Shakespeare's post-1599 plays were originally staged here 3 story 100 ft wide open-air amphitheatre that could house 3,000

Base of the stage was an area called the "yard" where people (the "groundlings") would stand to watch the performance Around the yard were 3 levels of seating which were more expensive than standing The first two were called the Twopenny Rooms and the top level was called the Penny Gallery A rectangular stage platform thrust out into the middle of the open-air yard

Trap door on stage, seconded trap door in the back of the stage Was a balcony which housed the musicians and could also be used for scenes such as the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet Balcony referred to as the "Lord's Room" where higher-paying audience members could pay to be seated. They sat here more to be seen than to see the play as they would have been behind the performers

Setting: Verona, Italy Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in full knowledge that the story he was telling was old, clichéd, and an easy target for parody. Through the incomparable intensity of his language Shakespeare succeeded in this effort.

Tragedy The protagonist must be an admirable but flawed character, with the audience able to understand and sympathize with the character. Love tragedies differ from the other tragedies in that the lovers are not doomed through any fault of their own, but because of some barrier in the world around them.

Romeo and Juliet is a love tragedy…..

Everyone dies!!! (I just told you the ending)

THEMES Yes, you have to write this in your notebook. You know how important themes are!

Love is an overpowering force that overrides all other values, loyalties, and emotions.

People may often use acts of violence for the sake of love.

Lovers will struggle against public and social institutions that oppose the existence of their love. Father figure and familial power Religion Male honour

Fate is an inevitable force that cannot be changed or altered.

The Fickleness of Love Love that is impulsive or based on appearance is insincere and false. Love in this play is insincere and rash. Romeo falls in and out of love very easily. Juliet falls in love with Romeo instantaneously

Let’s Talk About LOVE!

Let’s discuss the following statements as a class. Agree or disagree? Mysterious love is something we like to believe in- it heightens the sense of the romantic. True love never dies. One can only truly love one person at a time. If arguments arise between lovers, this proves that there is no love High school sweethearts are not realistic

When true love comes, all uncertainty disappears. Love is a deep and abiding friendship for some other person. Men are more likely to use the word “respect” than “love” when referring to another male. Many of the love scenes in movies are unrealistic. The word “like” is more suitable than “love” when referring to a friend. There is no such thing as love at first sight