Describe Friar Laurence. Do you agree with his opinion regarding Romeo’s love for Juliet. Is it appropriate that Friar Laurence and the Nurse help Romeo and Juliet get married? Choose one of the following with your must have a speaking part—to share with the rest of the class: Act out a talk show format (host is your decision) in which you focus on a specific scene in the play. Act out a news broadcast in which you focus on a specific scene in the play. Act out a press conference in which one character must answer questions from many interviewers/journalists. Act out a scene from the play in Shakespearean language or modern language. Include bloopers if you want. Act out a scene from what you think will happen in the play (any future scene) in Shakespearean language or modern language. Include bloopers if you want. Pretend you are Romeo or Juliet and your new husband/wife to your mother and father. “sell” What would you say and do to get them to buy in to your idea. ACT II: QUOTE IDENTIFICATION Identify and justify the below themes, symbols, motifs, and relevance to today with specific text evidence and citing. (ACT.scene.lines) = (I.iii.5-10). THEME LINES FROM TEXT MEANING OF Themes are the underlying purpose, message, lesson (with proper citation) in the literary work. At least 2 examples/box The forcefulness of love and hate: The intense passion that arises from love at first sight and supersedes other values, such as honesty, loyalty, and morals. Shakespeare portrays love not as dainty, but rather as a destructive, violent, powerful force that can cause violence and that captures the individual and pushes them against their world and even themselves. Similarly, Shakespeare portrays hate as just as forceful, causing a dramatic, deadly feud that has no basis. Within this also is the uselessness of violence. The individual vs. society: The battle between the individual’s needs and the needs/demands of the society (social institutions, political/law institutions, religious institutions and family institutions).
Describe Friar Laurence. Do you agree with his opinion regarding Romeo’s love for Juliet. Is it appropriate that Friar Laurence and the Nurse help Romeo and Juliet get married? Choose one of the following with your must have a speaking part—to share with the rest of the class: Act out a talk show format (host is your decision) in which you focus on a specific scene in the play. Act out a news broadcast in which you focus on a specific scene in the play. Act out a press conference in which one character must answer questions from many interviewers/journalists. Act out a scene from the play in Shakespearean language or modern language. Include bloopers if you want. Act out a scene from what you think will happen in the play (any future scene) in Shakespearean language or modern language. Include bloopers if you want. Pretend you are Romeo or Juliet and “sell” your new husband/wife to your mother and father. What would you say and do to get them to buy in to your idea. ACT II: QUOTE IDENTIFICATION Identify and justify the below themes, symbols, motifs, and relevance to today with specific text evidence and citing. (ACT.scene.lines) = (I.iii.5-10). THEME Themes are the underlying purpose, message, lesson in the literary work. LINES FROM TEXT (with proper citation) At least 2 examples/box MEANING OF The forcefulness of love and hate: The intense passion that arises from love at first sight and supersedes other values, such as honesty, loyalty, and morals. Shakespeare portrays love not as dainty, but rather as a destructive, violent, powerful force that can cause violence and that captures the individual and pushes them against their world and even themselves. Similarly, Shakespeare portrays hate as just as forceful, causing a dramatic, deadly feud that has no basis. Within this also is the uselessness of violence. The individual vs. society: The battle between the individual’s needs and the needs/demands of the society (social institutions, political/law institutions, religious institutions and family institutions).
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