Romeo and Juliet Sonnet 18 Shall I compare

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely

Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

What is an Elizabethan sonnet? A type of sonnet much used by Shakespeare, written

What is an Elizabethan sonnet? A type of sonnet much used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet with the rhyme scheme Abab cdcd Efef gg.

What is an oxymoron? • Two words that conflict with each other. • •

What is an oxymoron? • Two words that conflict with each other. • • Example: Awfully good Open secret Paid Volunteer

Can you find an oxymoron example from Act 1, Scene 1?

Can you find an oxymoron example from Act 1, Scene 1?

Act 1, Scene 1 Questions • Romeo and Juliet is essentially a love story.

Act 1, Scene 1 Questions • Romeo and Juliet is essentially a love story. Why do you think Shakespeare begins it with a violent street fight? • For which family do Gregory and Sampson work? • Benvolio’s name means ‘well-wishing’. How does our first encounter with him help to establish him as a ‘well-wishing’ character?

Questions Cont’d • What impression do you have of Tybalt and his attitude to

Questions Cont’d • What impression do you have of Tybalt and his attitude to this feud? Refer to the text to substantiate your answer. • Prince Escalus scolds Capulet and Montague. What punishment will they suffer if their followers fight in the street again? • Romeo is introduced as a typical romantic lover. Describe his behavior, with specific reference to the text and what he says to illustrate this point.