Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare Course: Drama 101 Grade Level: 9th

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Movie) Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Movie) Dramatic Model (Diagram) Dramatic Model (Diagram) Exposition and Rising Action Exposition and Rising Action Climax Falling action and resolution Falling action and resolution Main Players (Protagonists) Main Players (Protagonists) Romeo Juliet

Main Players- Romeo ▫Romeo - Son and heir of the Montagues. He is young, impulsive, sensitive, and immature. He is a passionate instinctive character. His family has a feud with the Capulet family. He doesn’t care about the feud, and is driven by his adoration of love. His love is variable to change. He is willing to die for love, even though Shakespeare has shown that he is more interested in the idea of love, rather than the actual beloved.

Main Players- Juliet ▫Juliet- Daughter of the Capulet's. She begins as a naive character who grows through developing an understanding of love and marriage. She falls in love with Romeo. Her gender limits her from experiencing the world as Romeo does. However she is courageous and very trusting of the love she shares with Romeo. She is also loyal to him. Her confidant is her nurse, who plays the role of a mother figure.

Dramatic Model- Exposition and Rising action Exposition ▫The exposition provides the background information needed to properly understand the story, such as the protagonist, the antagonist, the basic conflict, and the setting. Rising action ▫During rising action, the basic internal conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts, including various obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal. Secondary conflicts can include adversaries of lesser importance than the story’s antagonist, who may work with the antagonist or separately, by and for themselves or actions unknown.

Dramatic Model- Climax and Falling Action Climax ▫The third act is that of the climax, or turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist’s affairs. If the story is a comedy, things will have gone badly for the protagonist up to this point; now, the tide, so to speak, will turn, and things will begin to go well for him or her. If the story is a tragedy, the opposite state of affairs will ensue, with things going from good to bad for the protagonist. Falling action ▫During the falling action, or resolution, which is the moment of reversal after the climax, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist. The falling action might contain a moment of final suspense, during which the final outcome of the conflict is in doubt. Summary: The falling action is that part of the story in which the main part (the climax) has finished and you're heading to the conclusion.

Dramatic Model-Resolution/Denouement Resolution ▫The dénouement comprises events between the falling action and the actual end of the drama or narrative and thus serves as the conclusion of the story. Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis, or release of tension and anxiety, for the reader.

Dramatic Model- Diagram

Romeo and Juliet the Movie (1996) Modern Adaptation