Romeo and Juliet Day 2 Absent last class? -Class website: lit. terms to define -Complete “Love at First Sonnet” assignment +See front table for a copy! All due next class, 5/3 YOUR responsibility to show me your make up work. Agenda: 1. Annotated Bibs. 2. Honor Code 3. Check homework 4. Shakespeare Relevant? Shakespeare Relevant? 5. Prologue 6. Act I of R+J

Prologue Act I 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-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, naught 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. 1. How do the two households compare on the social hierarchy? 2. Where is the city of Verona? 3. What is the history between the two families? 4. What is important about the term “star- crossed”? 5. How long will the play take to perform? 6. What is a chorus? A prologue?

Romeo and Juliet Timeline Sunday – Act One Monday – Act Two Tuesday – Act Three Wednesday – Act Four Thursday – Act Five

Late 1500s, mostly in Verona, Italy

Montagues

Capulets

Act I The purpose of watching the act instead of reading it aloud is to see and hear and experience Shakespeare as it was meant to be! As we watch, take notes in your notebook about what is happening. Summarize each scene.

Homework, due 5/3 3rd and 4th period: Finish the 6 questions at the bottom of the Prologue handout. Prologue was discussed in class, as were the questions, but you’re responsible for writing the answers down in your own words!