Scene Summary Homework
Nov05

Scene Summary Homework

Today: Brief Scene Summaries of: Act 3, Scenes 2-5 Full Scene Summary of Act 4, Scene 1

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Homework: Scene Summary of Act 2, Scene 3
Oct15

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,...

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The Entire Script Online
Oct01

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.

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Homework: “Two Households…”
Sep12

Homework: “Two Households…”

Romeo & Juliet: The Prologue Today we spent some time exploring the metre of the prologue to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. The next step is the decode the language of the lines you were assigned so we can build the whole picture together. Download (PDF,...

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