1. What is Happening in R&J?
A summary sheet to remember the important events & revelations in each scene
What important information is the audience given in the prologue?
What is happening in Act 1, Scene 1? What important information is the audience given?

2. Meet Juliet Act 1, Scenes 2 & 3
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Meet Juliet
Act 1, Scenes 2 & 3
To analyse Juliet’s character and personality
To explore the effect of context and patriarchy on the play

3. Act 1, Scene 2 Capulet = Juliet’s father
Count Paris = high-class, interested in Juliet
Peter = the Capulet servant
Benvolio = Romeo’s cousin
Romeo
What does Paris ask of Capulet?
What is Capulet’s response?
What is Peter’s problem?
What metaphor does Romeo use to describe his situation?

4. How were women treated in Shakespearean times?
Act 1, Scene 3
Lady Capulet = Juliet’s mother
Nurse = Juliet’s guardian & closest friend
Juliet
Peter
How were women treated in Shakespearean times?
How does Lady Capulet describe Paris?
What is Juliet’s response to her mother’s question?

5. Juliet’s Birthday
Juliet’s birthday is on 31 July, also known as Lammas Eve. The next day, 1 August, is called Lammas-tide, during which “the earliest corn to ripen was made into loaves, which was a festival celebrating the beginning of harvest.”
These associations with youth, plenty and ripening grain were also appropriate for Juliet who’s at ‘a pretty age.’
The play takes place at the beginning of July, a few weeks before Juliet’s fourteenth birthday.

6. Juliet’s Character & Personality
LADY CAPULET Tell me, daughter Juliet,
How stands your disposition to be married?
JULIET It is an honour that I dream not of.
[…]
LADY CAPULET Speak briefly, can you like of Paris' love?
JULIET I'll look to like, if looking liking move:
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.
What is Juliet saying to her mother? What imagery does she use? What does this reveal about her character?
Is she similar or different to the character of Romeo?
Disposition = mood, outlook
Move = be approved, make happy
Endart mine eyes = shoot looks
Consent = permission

7. Juliet’s Character & Personality
How is Juliet first portrayed in Act 1, Scene 3 of the play?
2 quotes per paragraph, all proving the point
Identifying 2-3 techniques by name, and how they were used
Explaining the purpose of the techniques
Explaining what 2-3 of the keywords connote
Explaining Shakespeare’s influences, ideas & intentions
Explaining the influence of context on the text
Using correct theatrical terminology (play, playwright, act, scene)
Using correct language techniques
Using correct literary terminology
POINT = In Act 1, Scene 3 of the play, Juliet is portrayed as… through her use of…