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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Treading the Boards: Act I, Scene 1
Sep12

Treading the Boards: Act I, Scene 1

This period we look at Romeo and Juliet as a play – examining the features of the text that are typical of what you’d expect from a play text – intended to be viewed rather than read. The attached presentation explores these features, provides a guide to annotation and contains an excerpt of a filmed interpretation to demonstrate how much of a play’s interpretation is left to the actors and director.  Your...

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