1. Is this even English?

2.   Takes place in Verona and Mantu, Italy  In fourteenth or fifteenth century  Written by Shakespeare  Performed at the Globe Theater Background

3.   April 26, 1564-April 23, 1616  Born at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England  Famous Playwright  Wrote Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare

4.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsRQSazjl4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsRQSazjl4U Queen Mab Speech

5.   He is saying lovers dream of love, soldiers dream of wars, etc., and that dreams mean nothing  Develops character for Mercutio  Really shows the differences in the language  O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.... She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep. What?

6.   Sampson. Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it. Sampson. Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.  [Enter ABRAHAM and BALTHASAR]  Abraham. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Abraham. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?  Sampson. I do bite my thumb, sir. Sampson. I do bite my thumb, sir.  Abraham. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Abraham. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?  Sampson. [Aside to GREGORY] Is the law of our side, if I say ay? Sampson. [Aside to GREGORY] Is the law of our side, if I say ay?  Gregory. No. Gregory. No.  Sampson. No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir. Sampson. No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.  Gregory. Do you quarrel, sir? Gregory. Do you quarrel, sir?  Abraham. Quarrel sir! no, sir. Abraham. Quarrel sir! no, sir.  Sampson. If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you. Sampson. If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you.  Abraham. No better. Abraham. No better.  Sampson. Well, sir. Sampson. Well, sir.  Gregory. Say 'better:' here comes one of my master's kinsmen. Gregory. Say 'better:' here comes one of my master's kinsmen.  Sampson. Yes, better, sir. Sampson. Yes, better, sir.  Abraham. You lie. Abraham. You lie.  Sampson. Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow. Sampson. Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.  [They fight] Biting Your Thumb

7.   Old timey way of flipping someone off  Says he is a “better man”  Insults his pride  Creates a fight  Had sarcasm back then OK…

8.  Clothes

9.   All about how fancy and expensive it was  People judged  Had to be unique and get people’s attention  Some of that is still true today Explanation

10.   Romeo & Juliet is like a history lesson  Takes a lot of effort to understand  Way different from today but still the same  A look into a time that we will never get to experience To Sum It All Up…

11.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsRQSazjl4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsRQSazjl4U  http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/pla ys/play_view.php?WorkID=romeojuliet&Act=1&Sc ene=1&Scope=scene http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/pla ys/play_view.php?WorkID=romeojuliet&Act=1&Sc ene=1&Scope=scene  http://www.litcharts.com/lit/romeoandjuliet/back groundinfo http://www.litcharts.com/lit/romeoandjuliet/back groundinfo  http://www.wtps.org/wths/imc/Teacher_Assignm ent/english/Lapenta/dress.jpg http://www.wtps.org/wths/imc/Teacher_Assignm ent/english/Lapenta/dress.jpg  http://images.artnet.com/images_US/magazine/ne ws/jeromack/jeromack10-22-07-2.jpg http://images.artnet.com/images_US/magazine/ne ws/jeromack/jeromack10-22-07-2.jpg Sources