1. R+J Agenda 5/1/17 Goals: Homework: Study for Quiz Bring book to class
Thank you cards
Review for quiz
Shakespearean Vocab
Prologue
Goals:
Students will be able to define and identify oxymoron and antithesis in Romeo and Juliet.
Students will be able to list and identify a sonnet’s rhyming scheme.
Homework:
Study for Quiz
Bring book to class

2. Pre-R+J Quiz Review
3 rules: 1. Loud, clear voice 2.Physically expressive (an expressive body) 3. Always follow directions Pentameter: a line of verse containing 5 metrical feet (usually 10 syllables) Iambic: second syllable is more important (but soft what light through yonder window breaks) (to be or not to be that is the question) Trochaic: First syllable is stressed second is unstressed Primal rhythm (most primal): heartbeat . / . / . / Tableaux/ tableau: frozen stage picture / still image Arms length distance – victim does a lot of the work  sells it
Blocking: telling actors where they should move for the proper dramatic effect Stage left/right: the actor’s left and right (facing audience) Upstage: back of stage Downstage: front of stage Cheating out: to face your body toward the audience Monologue: any longer speech addressed by a character out loud Aside: when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage Soliloquy: a monologue given by a character in a play who is alone on the stage Shakespearean Sonnet: three four-line stanzas and a rhyming couplet. The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD

3. R+J Vocabulary
Would: wish (I would I were rich) Alack: an expression of dismay or regret (shucks, darn) Anon: in a minute Ere: before Thither: there Idle: lazy Rancor: hatred Suit (suitor): proposal; one who proposes Morrow: day E’en: even/evening Verily: very/truly Prithee: please
Fie: a curse Profane: irreverence or contempt for something sacred Pernicious: destructive; deadly Augment: to make greater Portentous: amazing; omen Presage: an omen or warning Languish: to become feeble or weak Heretic: one who differs in belief (from a religion) Esteem: how others regard you Intercession: to intervene, especially a prayer for intervention (devine) Chide: scold

4. R+J Vocabulary
Brine: salty water Woo: to court a woman Feign: to pretend/ to fake (do not feign affection) Wanton: hard to control (mean/ lustful) Fickle: erratic/ easily changed Woe: grief Consort: to keep company Beguile: deceive/ trick Abhor: to hate Beseech: to beg for/ implore
Baleful: deadly/ evil Inundate: to cover with a flood (often metaphically) Arbitration: decide Orisons: prayer (Anderson! pronounce correctly) Cull: select from a group Dirge: a song of lamentation, especially at a funeral Posterity: future generations Impeach: to accuse Discourse: conversation Ensign: a flag flown to show nationality

5. Prologue to romeo and juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
With your table read the prologue in unison. Follow punctuation carefully and try to find the rhythm (One line is trochaic).
With your table read ‘round robin’ style, each person reading one word before the next person.

6. Shakespearian sonnet
A 14 line poem, usually about love. Iambic Pentameter (10 syllables per line) All sonnets have the same rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG The last 2 lines form a couplet. Very, very popular in late 1500s/early 1600s; more popular than dank memes today. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets: 126 to a young man and 28 to a woman.

7. Shakespeare hides many sonnets in the text of Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespearian sonnet
Shakespeare hides many sonnets in the text of Romeo and Juliet.
Why would he do that?

8. Prologue to romeo and juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Using a few different writing tools, mark the Sonnet rhyme scheme in the prologue!

9. Prologue to romeo and juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Using a few different writing tools, mark the Sonnet rhyme scheme in the prologue!

10. Antithesis
A key tenant of Shakespearian Sonnets, and Romeo and Juliet, is the term antithesis. Antithesis is the opposition of words or phrases against each other. For example: “More light and light, more dark and dark our woes!” from Act 3 Scene 5, line 36. What opposition exists in the line above? What kind of effect do you think repeated use of antithesis might create or emphasize to readers or viewers?

11. Antithesis
Antithesis intensifies or creates a sense of conflict. This is especially important in Romeo and Juliet. As we read try and identify where Shakespeare is utilizing antithesis to try and heighten the conflict on stage! Example: Fiar Lawrence’s first speech (Act 2 Scene 3, lines 1-30) contains 15 different examples of antithesis; like ‘tomb’ vs. ‘womb’ and ‘virtue’ against ‘vice.’

12. What oxymorons exist in Romeo’s first line?
Romeo’s first dialogue contains 12 oxymorons, a special type of antithesis where two incongruent words are placed next to each other, like “cold fire” or “bright smoke.”
Romeo:
Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate
What oxymorons exist in Romeo’s first line?
One of the most famous lines from R+J is an oxymoron: “Parting is such sweet sorrow.”

13. Prologue to romeo and juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Read the prologue again. This time: try and identify examples of antithesis in the prologue. You should be able to list 4.

14. Final thoughts
Why would Shakespeare tell us “A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life”? What is the literary device for giving this type of information to the audience but not the characters?