Romeo and Juliet The Fight Image courtesy of

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A quick prologue recap! The audience are told of a quarrel between two families in Verona The families ae the MONTAGUES and the CAPULETS The quarrel has become increasingly violent We learn that the bitterness and fighting will only be ended through the death of the Montague son- Romeo and the Capulet daughter Juliet. Why is the prologue important? We learn that the story is about the love of the two characters Romeo and Juliet. They are from the quarrelling families The feud ends with their death.

Can I understand the key plot points and characters at the beginning of Act I, Scene 1 of the play? . Success Criteria • To create some Shakespearean insults. • To understand the setting and events at the start of the play. • To understand the key points of the Prince’s speech in Act I, Scene i.

Meet the Characters The House of Capulet The House of Montague – head of the family. Lady Montague – Montague’s wife. Benvolio – Montague’s nephew Abram - servant Capulet – head of the family. Lady Capulet – Capulet’s wife. Tybalt – Lady Capulet’s nephew. Sampson – servant. Gregory – servant. Escalus – Prince of Verona

The Opening of the Play Act 1 Scene 1 The Capulets servants meet the servants from the Montague household and provoke them. The fight is started by one of the Capulets biting his thumb (a rude gesture) at one of the Montagues. Benvolio (A Montague) aims to keep the peace but fiery Tybalt (cousin to the Capulets) arrives and there is a fight on the streets of Verona. The fight is stopped by Escalus, the Prince of Verona. He is not please with the disturbance.

The Prince’s Decree Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins, On pain of torture, from those bloody hands Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground, And hear the sentence of your moved prince.

The Prince’s Decree Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets, And made Verona's ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans, in hands as old, Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate.

The Prince’s Decree If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. For this time, all the rest depart away: You Capulet; shall go along with me: And, Montague, come you this afternoon, To know our further pleasure in this case, To old Free-town, our common judgment-place. Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.

The Prince’s Decree Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.

The Translation PRINCE (shouting at the rioters) You rebels! Enemies of the peace! Men who turn their weapons against their own neighbors—They won’t listen to me? —You there! You men, you beasts, who satisfy your anger with fountains of each others' blood! I’ll have you tortured if you don’t put down your swords and listen to your angry prince. (MONTAGUE, CAPULET, and their followers throw down their weapons) Three times now riots have broken out in this city, all because of a casual word from you, old Capulet and Montague. Three times the peace has been disturbed in our streets, and Verona’s old citizens have had to take off their dress clothes and pick up rusty old spears to part you. If you ever cause a disturbance on our streets again, you’ll pay for it with your lives. Everyone else, go away for now. (to CAPULET) You, Capulet, come with me. (to MONTAGUE) Montague, this afternoon come to old Free-town, the court where I deliver judgments, and I’ll tell you what else I want from you. As for the rest of you, I’ll say this once more: go away or be put to death.

Answer as many questions as you can -use quotes if you can. 1. When the men will not stop fighting, what does he call them? 2. How many times have they fought recently? 3. What does he say has started all the fighting? 4. How will they pay if they ‘disturb the streets again’? 5. He sends everyone away except one man – who does he keep behind? 6. When does he wish to see Montague?

Answers 1. ‘You rebels’ 2. Three times 3. A casual word from you old Capulet and Montague 4. They will pay for it with their lives 5. Capulet stays with the Prince 6. The prince wants to see Montague in the Old Freetown the same afternoon.

Lesson 3 Can I understand the key plot points and language used in scene 1 act 1? 1. What does the Prince threaten unless they immediately put down their weapons? 2. How many public brawls have there been between the Montagues and the Capulets? 3. What does the Prince say he will do if there is another brawl? 4. Have a go at filling in the Princes Decree using the PPT

Lesson 4 Flash! Imagine you are a TV news reporter, covering the recent brawl between the Montagues and the Capulets. You will be reporting from the scene – what will you say? You will find a planning template for the news report, in which you can record key details. However, you will need to write your whole script out in full separately from this plan. If you like you can even have a go at recording your news report live! Like Max did last week There was a little confusion last week so if you had already completed a ‘news report’ then today you can write the story as a newspaper report using the template provided (further details on the next slide). Think about: • the history behind the events; • what started the brawl; • who was involved; • how they were stopped; • what the Prince has threatened.

Lesson 4 Flash! If you are writing a newspaper report then you will find a planning template, writing template and the a document labelled features of a newspaper report to help you. Don’t forget the 5 W’s! Think about: • the history behind the events; • what started the brawl; • who was involved; • how they were stopped; • what the Prince has threatened.