Homework: Scene Summary of Act 2, Scene 3
Your homework tonight is to complete your scene summary of the above named scene and copy and translate the following quotations: Friar Lawrence: But come, young waverer, come, go with me, In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancour to pure love. Friar Lawrence: Within the infant rind of this small flower Poison hath residence and medicine power: For this,...
Homework: Act 1, Scene 5
Your homework is to complete your scene summaries for all of Act 1. This is due Friday 10 October.
Homework: Complete Metaphor Analysis
Due on Wednesday 8 October, your task is to “fly solo” on an analytical paragraph, based around Shakespeare’s use of metaphors. This paragraph will be eligible to unlock the Stage 3 “Figure it Out” achievement. If you’re still struggling to grasp the idea of metaphor, I encourage you to review the class presentation here This is the passage you must refer to: MERCUTIO True, I talk of dreams,...
Fate, Free Will and Figurative Language
Today we explored some of Shakespeare’s very deliberate use of metaphor in Act 1, Scene 4. The resolution of this work was for the students to attempt writing a paragraph explaining the reference to the action of fate in one of Romeo’s statements. This should be completed for homework.
The Entire Script Online
Should you miss a lesson where the play is read, or if you would like to go back and re-read sections of the play, you are encouraged to use these two sources. There is a No Fear Shakespeare version of the play online which includes a somewhat over-simplified modern English version and then there’s a great Shakespeare resource that offers you a annotated complete text.
Homework: Baz Luhrmann Film Interpretation
After watching the first scenes in Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the students are writing an explanation of an aspect of the film that is original – not in the script – but that in some way develops or reflects ideas that are present in the script. Henry gave the example where Romeo co-incidentally seeing the TV show where the Capulet Party was being discussed was a good...
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